The text blurb just below seems to imply that the expansions are only included in the deluxe edition. The fact that it’s so hard to tell isn’t very promising lol
All of the old DLC is available in the base game. The deluxe edition adds new horse armor (and a few new weapons and armor sets). But to be clear, the old horse armor is 100% available in the base game.
Crazy marketing and release strategy for this one, making it just vague enough to inspire drama between those-who-believe and those-who-didn’t; from what I can tell, it has generated A LOT of interest, and the Steam numbers are super high right now. We might see more of these slow-leak-surprise-drop releases going forward, based on the success of this.
Brilliant marketing trick: Keep people waiting for the next game in the huge blockbuster series for 14 years and they’ll be eager for whatever they get
This game is a technical mess. Oblivion is top 3 of all time for me. I’m the target audience for a litany of reasons, yet I refunded it after 3 hours.
It runs like shit on everything. Windows? Check. Linux? Check. Steam Deck? Check. GeforceNow? Check.
As soon as you leave the prison it all falls apart. Hopefully the next few months of patching can salvage it. I’ll keep an eye on reports. Until then though, the console versions seem to be the only way it’s worth trying to run this release.
Specs for anyone interested:
PC running Win 11 23h2 and PopOS - Ryzen 5900x, 5080FE
Laptop Running 24h2 and Mint Ryzen 7945HX, 4080
Both of those should be able to run this game at 240 1080p, 120 2k or 60 4k and unfortunately none of that happens. Its just a see saw of random drops and stutters not matter what settings I use.
I was wondering if it was just my 1660 Super being basically the minimum requirement. Runs nice when in interior cells; lose half my frames in the exterior, unless I use the Ultra Performance setting for FSR, which then makes the game look uglier than the OG.
I’m surprised they’re remastering this one when Morrowind seems to be remember more fondly. I was around when Oblivion came out the first time and it was good but not great, Skyrim seemed like an upgraded version of the same thing.
I’m currently listening to Sir Patrick Stewart’s memoir audiobook, and totally forgot that he was the voice actor for Uriel Septim! Quite drastic change in his voice these past twenty years unfortunately.
The game looks gorgeous, but I’m going to wait until Skyblivion is released, just to make sure Bethesda doesn’t pull some bs and block the creators from releasing their passion project.
The AI-generated speech animations are strangely exaggerated like it’s some kind of lip reading training program. There’s no hair physics. You don’t get a shadow in first-person mode. The persuasion minigame UI looks worse than it used to. Sometimes the NPCs look off to the side while they’re talking to you as if the camera’s in the wrong place. Considering that the main point is to make the old game look nicer, they seem to have neglected a lot of little details.
That was my reaction watching it on Twitch. Playing it in person is way more fun, the nostalgia got me. Still, Skyblivion will probably be better-looking as well as having better mod support.
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Creating new horse armor to lock behind the deluxe edition is possibly the greatest piece of video game irony ever
Oh my god your right
Also knights of the nine and shivering isles aren’t included
All original DLC is included in the base release.
Yeah I see that now I originally misread
My understanding is that they are included? Unless I read it wrong
Edit: oh my god you’re right
Maybe I read it wrong, but this is what I saw from the steam page so I’m assuming that’s what you get from the upgrade
In my defense I haven’t had coffee yet
Edit I think I read it wrong because for shivering isles it says included and on the right column it says deluxe content
The text blurb just below seems to imply that the expansions are only included in the deluxe edition. The fact that it’s so hard to tell isn’t very promising lol
Yeah idk if you saw my edit but I think I misread the image the first time around
Yeah, pretty pathetic in my opinion.
All of the old DLC is available in the base game. The deluxe edition adds new horse armor (and a few new weapons and armor sets). But to be clear, the old horse armor is 100% available in the base game.
Source: I’m fuggin playin it right now.
Definitely never spending a penny for this.
I hope this means my Skyrim modlist is finally safe and they’ve moved on to milk a new cash cow
Yea… I’m gonna wait for that discount lol
Crazy marketing and release strategy for this one, making it just vague enough to inspire drama between those-who-believe and those-who-didn’t; from what I can tell, it has generated A LOT of interest, and the Steam numbers are super high right now. We might see more of these slow-leak-surprise-drop releases going forward, based on the success of this.
Brilliant marketing trick: Keep people waiting for the next game in the huge blockbuster series for 14 years and they’ll be eager for whatever they get
This game is a technical mess. Oblivion is top 3 of all time for me. I’m the target audience for a litany of reasons, yet I refunded it after 3 hours.
It runs like shit on everything. Windows? Check. Linux? Check. Steam Deck? Check. GeforceNow? Check.
As soon as you leave the prison it all falls apart. Hopefully the next few months of patching can salvage it. I’ll keep an eye on reports. Until then though, the console versions seem to be the only way it’s worth trying to run this release.
Specs for anyone interested:
PC running Win 11 23h2 and PopOS - Ryzen 5900x, 5080FE
Laptop Running 24h2 and Mint Ryzen 7945HX, 4080
Both of those should be able to run this game at 240 1080p, 120 2k or 60 4k and unfortunately none of that happens. Its just a see saw of random drops and stutters not matter what settings I use.
I was wondering if it was just my 1660 Super being basically the minimum requirement. Runs nice when in interior cells; lose half my frames in the exterior, unless I use the Ultra Performance setting for FSR, which then makes the game look uglier than the OG.
I’m surprised they’re remastering this one when Morrowind seems to be remember more fondly. I was around when Oblivion came out the first time and it was good but not great, Skyrim seemed like an upgraded version of the same thing.
I think it’s because of this TC mod that these volunteers have been working on for 10(?) years. It’s due for a 2025 release
https://skyblivion.com/
Because when you’re trying to maximize money, you work your way to the good stuff - save the best for last.
I’m currently listening to Sir Patrick Stewart’s memoir audiobook, and totally forgot that he was the voice actor for Uriel Septim! Quite drastic change in his voice these past twenty years unfortunately.
The game looks gorgeous, but I’m going to wait until Skyblivion is released, just to make sure Bethesda doesn’t pull some bs and block the creators from releasing their passion project.
They gave each of the creators of Skyblivion a free key for the deluxe version. Last I heard they were being friendly
That’s great to hear!! Glad they did that.
Massive cash grab
Alright, for those who got it. How fucked up can you make your character look?
The AI-generated speech animations are strangely exaggerated like it’s some kind of lip reading training program. There’s no hair physics. You don’t get a shadow in first-person mode. The persuasion minigame UI looks worse than it used to. Sometimes the NPCs look off to the side while they’re talking to you as if the camera’s in the wrong place. Considering that the main point is to make the old game look nicer, they seem to have neglected a lot of little details.
That was my reaction watching it on Twitch. Playing it in person is way more fun, the nostalgia got me. Still, Skyblivion will probably be better-looking as well as having better mod support.
I’m pretty sure the main point was getting another million or ten sales for relatively little development cost.
Anyone test it on steamdeck?
Eribees and Mortalbeef will be streaming it on Twitch as soon as they can download it, along with many others. Might be interesting.
Taking bets! Now that it’s on unreal engine, is it gonna support mods?
I’m calling that it won’t have mods and this is them shutting down future Skyblivion and Fallout UK projects without pissing off the fans.
Slowly boil the fanbase frogs and they won’t notice that the creation club is the only option left. Be sure to buy their micropayment currency! 🤮
No official mod support, unofficial mods have already started rolling in though.