Yesterday, the long-rumoredThe Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remasteredwas finallyrevealed and then was available on all modern platformsas a shadow-drop release.
Despite somecriticisms regarding the pricing and locked-behind-payment cosmetic items and quests, it was warmly welcomed by its fans asit joined the list of best-selling titles on Steam.
Now one of the original developers of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion has reacted to whatBethesda Game Studiosand Virtuos have done to the game in this new version.
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Bruce Nesmith, a veteran Bethesda Game Studios' developer who worked on The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion as a senior designer, believes thatcalling this version a “remaster” does not do justice to this game.
In an interview withVideoGamer, he said he was not initially aware of this project and only found out about it when the leaks went online.
Pride Is The Number One Thing I Feel
At first, he imagined the scale of changes would be similar toThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Editionandwas surprised when he saw how much improvement this new version of Oblivion had to offer:
“I was assuming this was going to be a texture update. I didn’t really think it was going to be the complete overhaul that they’ve announced it to be…I would not have batted an eye at that. But to completely redo the animations, the animation system, put it in the Unreal Engine, change the leveling system, change the user interface. I mean, you’re touching every part of the game. That’s a staggering amount of remastering. It almost needs its own word, quite frankly. I’m not sure remaster actually does it justice.”
He believes that this new version is more like“Oblivion 2.0”and he feels veryproudthat the game he worked on is still being recognized to this day:
“Pride is the number one thing [I feel]. A game that I worked on has the longevity to still generate interest 20 years later and to be worth the effort.”
The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion Remastered is now available on all platforms to play with its huge 125GB file size. If you don’t feel like dealing with such a huge file size, you may want toconsider using Game Pass subscription.
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