The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remake

[VolInNorthCack]

I watched a few people playing it on YouTube. Looks pretty good, but my goodness it looks slow and boring as crap.

 

[VolInNorthCack]

25 years in IT, the last 10 in Cyber. Once I broke into that side of the industry, my time in front of the screen when not at work crashed. Granted, I have to keep systems at home for work, but I avoid them wherever possible. Something about going over to this side (at least for me) broke me from wanting to be near a keyboard or monitor. In fact, it’s off and on again with the consoles too.

Same here. IT 30 years. Until I built my gaming rig earlier this year, I haven't had a true gaming PC in probably 10-15 years. Had my Acer Nitro 5 that had a 1050 in it and for most of the stuff I wanted to play on PC, that was fine. Civilization, GTA, cities skylines. I have always preferred PlayStation for sports games and most FPS games. Anti-cheating is a bit better on console, but modding was always almost nonexistent.

Can't wait for Battlefield 6, Borderlands 4 and GTA 6.

 

[LouderVol]

I watched a few people playing it on YouTube. Looks pretty good, but my goodness it looks slow and boring as crap.

I haven't played it, but it really seems like a game for people who were fans already. either of the game or the series. they definitely weren't trying to expand their player base.

and frankly I don't mind it. too many companies lose their souls trying to expand beyond their core players, and lose the meaning along the way.

 

[Brave Volunteer]

I'm console for life. Teaching kids nowadays is pretty much just using your computer all class.
Sure, I actually teach them, but still: Their assignments are digital, I have to grade digitally, I even sometimes have to leave videos when I'm out: digitally.
So yeah, I understand PC gaming, and it's fun, but I'm with UTK on this one.

Same. I'm in front of a computer all day long. The last thing I want is to sit in front of one when I game. Plus I was in the PC game for several years, but eventually I came back to console. I just like the simplicity of it and when I was into PC gaming, I was relentlessly thinking about upgrading. The idea that I could always upgrade something to eek out more frames or pixels obsessed me, to the point where I cared more about that than just enjoying gaming. God bless those who enjoy PC's, but for me, console will always be king.

 

[LouderVol]

Same. I'm in front of a computer all day long. The last thing I want is to sit in front of one when I game. Plus I was in the PC game for several years, but eventually I came back to console. I just like the simplicity of it and when I was into PC gaming, I was relentlessly thinking about upgrading. The idea that I could always upgrade something to eek out more frames or pixels obsessed me, to the point where I cared more about that than just enjoying gaming. God bless those who enjoy PC's, but for me, console will always be king.

Not to kick off a PC vs console argument, but I think you described more than just the PC side of things. even on consoles people obsess about the newest/shiniest bit. whether that was a new console, or the next iteration of a game that is released yearly with little to no mechanical changes in the game itself.

the PS5 has 4 editions. and isn't even 5 years old. my PC is older than that, I haven't had to tweak it, and I still get better performance.
how many cosmetic microtransactions have been squeezed out of video game players?

I think its just the nature of video games/humans. we always obsess about the next biggest thing, and its not confined to the PC side of it.

 

[VolInNorthCack]

Not to kick off a PC vs console argument, but I think you described more than just the PC side of things. even on consoles people obsess about the newest/shiniest bit. whether that was a new console, or the next iteration of a game that is released yearly with little to no mechanical changes in the game itself.

the PS5 has 4 editions. and isn't even 5 years old. my PC is older than that, I haven't had to tweak it, and I still get better performance.
how many cosmetic microtransactions have been squeezed out of video game players?

I think its just the nature of video games/humans. we always obsess about the next biggest thing, and its not confined to the PC side of it.

The only thing about consoles I didn't like, is that you were limited to 60 fps. I think PS5 and XBox can kiiiind of do 100 fps now. I think they claim 120 fps, but i don't think they can reliably do that. And after experiencing a140-180 hz monitor with 160+ framerates in most games, I am starting to spend more time on my PC than console. Such a difference.

 

[LouderVol]

The only thing about consoles I didn't like, is that you were limited to 60 fps. I think PS5 and XBox can kiiiind of do 100 fps now. I think they claim 120 fps, but i don't think they can reliably do that. And after experiencing a140-180 hz monitor with 160+ framerates in most games, I am starting to spend more time on my PC than console. Such a difference.

unless I do a side by side comparison its honestly usually pretty difficult for me to tell. I don't do much PvP so, it doesn't matter a ton to me for that either.

i prefer PC because it gives me the most options. if I want a controller, I can easily add that. no way to add a mouse and keyboard to a console. if I cared about the graphics to be the most up to date, the only way to get it is PC.
its pretty rare for a game on PC to get aged out like console games, for someone who goes back and plays the same games over and over again, this is huge.
the ease of use for Steam, and the sales, make it hard for me to ever pay full price, unless there is some game I have to get. I usually run a year behind just because of backlog, so I can almost always pick up the "complete" version at the launch price, or get launch game for cheap. also getting a new PC I don't have to worry about losing content.
the flexibility to play across any computer is unrivaled. desktop/laptop/ even the steam deck. access to all my games easily. I even have my dad playing multiple games for free in permanent offline mode.

 

[VolInNorthCack]

I hooked my ps5 up to my curved 34" 180 hz monitor and it pretty much looked the same as it does on my 40" 4k tv. When I hooked my computer up to the tv, it looked so much worse.

 

[zhangliao04]

Playing on PC and for some reason I can’t get 2160p to show up in either of the 3 settings (windowed, frameless, full screen). I do get weird ones like 3200x17xx. I will just use 1440p for now until I can figure out what’s going on.

 

[Peradox1K]

I found my old laptop...
I know I hate playing PC, but...
Maybe I upgrade it?
It has Steam, and only 6 GB of RAM. I saw it has all of Fallout (except 76)

 

[Peradox1K]

I found my old laptop...
I know I hate playing PC, but...
Maybe I upgrade it?
It has Steam, and only 6 GB of RAM. I saw it has all of Fallout (except 76)

It also says no playtime on any...
Yall think I should restore? It's from 2016

 

[UTK]

I watched a few people playing it on YouTube. Looks pretty good, but my goodness it looks slow and boring as crap.

The combat is certainly not a strength for this game. It’s the interesting quests where this game shines.

 

[VolInNorthCack]

It also says no playtime on any...
Yall think I should restore? It's from 2016

May not be much you can do with it. Probably can't upgrade processor. 6GB RAM is an odd configuration. Makes me think that it probably has 4GB on the main board and a 2GB stick added. You would have to check the manufacturer's website for your model to see if you can even upgrade the RAM. CPU upgrade is out of the question unless you got an external GPU> But for that price, you could get into a new low-end laptop.

 

[DinkinFlicka]

Did someone kick off a PC vs other inferior mediums argument or was that just the wind blowing?

 

[LouderVol]

Did someone kick off a PC vs other inferior mediums argument or was that just the wind blowing?

mostly left it alone. I didn't want to rile up the peasants.

 

[UTK]

Did someone kick off a PC vs other inferior mediums argument or was that just the wind blowing?

lol I didn’t realize I was picking a side when I said console works best for atm haha. In reality all gaming kicks ass, I’m glad there’s multiple options for peeps. Even ****** Xbox has Gamepass going for it haha

 

[NEO]

It’s been many years so but I’ll try to give a decent answer. Sure a lot of it is “it’s not as simple to be a god at everything”. Oblivion basically has classes you can pick in character customization that really commits you to said traits. You can technically still get good at everything if you wanted.

And sure there’s no real consequences to joining every faction/guild, I’m not gonna pretend it has the roleplaying depth of a Fall Out New Vegas for example where if you join a faction another faction dislikes, they will naturally dislike you too. But a lot of the rp elements are how quests play out in oblivion. Quests are by far the strong suit of Oblivion. I remember oblivion having FAR more options on how to go about quests than Skyrim. I also remember having good speech skills or traits are far more useful in situations when talking to NPCs or going about a unique way to solve a quest. Skyrims quests mostly felt pretty standard with not many ways to go about them tbh.

My basic Skyrim vs Oblivion debate is usually this simple

Skyrims main story and fighting dragons > Oblivions main story and closing “oblivion gates”

Skyrims dungeons > Oblivions dungeons (hopefully they actually don’t copy and paste these, by far oblivions weakest part. To many generic caves with not much going on)

Oblivions quests > Skyrims quests

Oblivions cities and towns > Skyrims cities and towns

so it’s a pretty close toss up and both games are great. Oblivion just gives you more moments in quests to feel a bit more “role play” like.

I got so damn sick of closing gates and found it repetitive as hell. My favorite ES is morrowind and it’s not even close. Then Skyrim and way in the distance Obkivion which sucks because outside of the gates the game was damn good.

I just want a remake of Ultima Underworld (my favorite game of all time) and Morrowind and the Ultima and Kings Quest games.

 

[UTK]

I got so damn sick of closing gates and found it repetitive as hell. My favorite ES is morrowind and it’s not even close. Then Skyrim and way in the distance Obkivion which sucks because outside of the gates the game was damn good.

I just want a remake of Ultima Underworld (my favorite game of all time) and Morrowind and the Ultima and Kings Quest games.

Yeah after you close about 5-6 gates you start to groan when you see a new one spawn haha. But I always feel compelled to go in and close it anyways haha

I never got to play Morrowind really. I remember it briefly when it came out but was too young to understand the hardcore rp elements of it. I’d love for them to remake it from the ground up one day. But at this rate just give me Elder Scrolls 6 before I die haha.

 

[LouderVol]

Yeah after you close about 5-6 gates you start to groan when you see a new one spawn haha. But I always feel compelled to go in and close it anyways haha

I never got to play Morrowind really. I remember it briefly when it came out but was too young to understand the hardcore rp elements of it. I’d love for them to remake it from the ground up one day. But at this rate just give me Elder Scrolls 6 before I die haha.

I definitely remember just speed running the gates. you typically don't have to fight anyone, just go grab the stones.

 

[UTK]

I definitely remember just speed running the gates. you typically don't have to fight anyone, just go grab the stones.

Yeah I do sometimes. But there’s often a lot of good loot in there. But you reach a point where you’re so rich or have the gear you want it doesn’t matter too much

 

[Pennheel]

I haven't touched any of the gates outside of one to advance the story as I've found them tedious and repetitive as well. Ive just been focusing on the guilds and the side quests.

 

[NEO]

Yeah after you close about 5-6 gates you start to groan when you see a new one spawn haha. But I always feel compelled to go in and close it anyways haha

I never got to play Morrowind really. I remember it briefly when it came out but was too young to understand the hardcore rp elements of it. I’d love for them to remake it from the ground up one day. But at this rate just give me Elder Scrolls 6 before I die haha.

You ever play Ultima Underworld?

 

[DinkinFlicka]

I know the reasons why, but am I the only one in here who would have preferred a Morrowing remake?

I never played ESO but the clips of Morrowind in that look awesome. Would love to see it on a U5 engine.

 

[alwaysvol]

You ever play Ultima Underworld?

I never played Ultima Underworld, but my first pc game ever was Ultima 4. I would really love to see a modern day Ultima game.

 

[LouderVol]

I know the reasons why, but am I the only one in here who would have preferred a Morrowing remake?

I never played ESO but the clips of Morrowind in that look awesome. Would love to see it on a U5 engine.

I think they would have to go back and add a TON of assets to make Morrowind worth upgrading. I remember most of the country side being without any real texture, and definitely without anything more than trees, and rocks to keep you from leaving a path.

sure they could make the existing stuff prettier, but it would feel pretty empty imo. Morrowind is fun, but it doesn't stand up to the test of time as much as the others have. imo.