The Oblivion Remaster Thread

[Doublezero]

On 5/4/2025 at 8:20 AM, ritualclarity said:

So the remake couldn't even get the  mouth to move? Wow.

I think they animated the faces with good old weights and bones instead of using tri files like Bethesda did in previous games. The studio probably just forgot to make drinking animations or something is broken.

[Doublezero]

Nope.

 

[ritualclarity]

1 hour ago, Doublezero said:

I think they animated the faces with good old weights and bones instead of using tri files like Bethesda did in previous games. The studio probably just forgot to make drinking animations or something is broken.

What else did they "forget".

Quality control was lax IMO.  Let's see how long before they patch that. If it is fast, then they are doing a good job. It shouldn't be hard to fix if it was forgoten.

[ritualclarity]

Talking about mouths and faces... How about

At first glance, the new "remastered' version looks quite good. However, It might be me, but the OG version looks pretty spectacular. With added mods and upgrades for looks, It can be quite satisfying as far as I am concerned.

I am honestly concerned about the Unreal Engine tacked on the Gamebro system. Gambro was fragile as it was. That combined with the refusal to support mods in any way makes me very concerned. Perhaps they seriously thought mods would overwork the system? This is considering how much they love their mod stores, after all. Added review for essentially free and they are giving that up.

[Doublezero]

Everything is brown and it's ugly. It's like there's a wildfire burning out of control in Elsweyr, and all the smoke and haze is moving north into Cyrodiil.

[ritualclarity]

9 hours ago, Doublezero said:

Everything is brown and it's ugly. It's like there's a wildfire burning out of control in Elsweyr, and all the smoke and haze is moving north into Cyrodiil.

But it is beautiful!  That is what people are saying!  The whimsical coloring and ethereal architecture was bad. The massive amount of green was bad. Brown is good!  Haze is good.  We just don't know what we are talking about.  

 

Give it a bit and people will start to seriously see the flaws and problems. It is sad, but understandable. The underlying story was from a time when real RPGs were made by Bethesda. Bethesda which WAS a company that set the standards for RPGs. Them along with Bioware were blowing customers away with their games. People were fond of those games and once they saw what looked like a great re-release they got excited and carried away. I admit, I got carried away as well. It looked good at first and thoughts of perhaps they actually released something decent. It isn't horrible but it isn't the re-release that we deserved. They should have just took everything and put it on Unreal Engine not just the graphics. It would have took a bit longer but it would have been very likely much more solid and much better. Especially if they weren't going to release their dam store and support mods. The whole reason to use Gamebro is for modding tools and flexibility that they had since way back in Morrowind days perhaps even earlier.

[Doublezero]

This video is over a week old, but this is the first time I've seen it. After watching it, I can't understand all the praise for this game.

[Doublezero]

I played my fair share of Oblivion back in the day, and I don't remember anything like this.

 

[ritualclarity]

Looks like any Bethesda game I have played in the past.

 

[ritualclarity]

7 hours ago, Doublezero said:

This video is over a week old, but this is the first time I've seen it. After watching it, I can't understand all the praise for this game.

The studio that worked on Oblivion remake.

"Hey, Bethesda, what you want us to do. ?"

Bethesda

"Make an awesome remake of Oblivion"

Studio working on the remake.

"What you expect is impossible. This is what we expect will be the result of what you are telling us to do"

Bethesda

"Awesome. We will charge the same amount of money as a full game and the customers will eat it up and praise us again"