Summary
Bethesda put years of rumour and speculation to bed yesterday,confirming that the Oblivion remake is real. Sure, all we got was a vague close-up of the “Hero” wearing an Imperial Guard’s helmet (somehow less thanthe mountain range from The Elder Scrolls 6 teaser), but even the letters ‘IV’ were enough to stir the community into an excited fervour.
But finally, we can stop going back and forth over whenThe Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remasteredwill be released. It’s available right now on PC, PS5, and Xbox for £50, or you can play it for free with Game Pass.
We got a lot more to chew on today (including the game itself). During the dedicated showcase, Bethesda gave us a grand tour of Virtuos' revamped Cyrodiil, remade partly in Unreal Engine 5 as leaks suggested.
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The remake features modern combat inspired by Skyrim, sprinting (finally), an improved third-person camera, next-gen visuals, and updated lip-syncing tech. There’s even newly recorded dialogue to better fit each race, although Virtuos ensured it kept the original’s “quirky” writing.
And yes, Wes Johnson is back.
Lockpicking has also been kept as it was, rather than adopting the newer approach from Fallout and Skyrim, and you’re able to still manipulate every NPC with the dialogue wheel minigame.
Is The DLC Included In Oblivion Remastered?
If you’ve been following the leaks (of which there are alot, so kudos), you might have seen the incredibly fuzzy deluxe edition splash screen that leaked from the Virtuos website. Don’t worry, you won’t need to buy that version (which costs £59.99) to access all the DLC. As broken down onthe Steam page, the base version of the remake includes Shivering Isles, Knights of the Nine, “and additional downloadable content”.
And as fans were able to glean from those fuzzy pictures, the deluxe edition does indeed come with horse armour. There are new quests that unlock “unique Akatosh & Mehrunes Dagon armors, weapons, & horse armor sets.
