Re: The Elder Scrolls Oblivion Remastered is now available

On 4/23/2025 11:18 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Wed, 23 Apr 2025 18:41:56 +0100, Mr Rob
<noemailformethx@jsjsaiiowppw.com> wrote:
 

On Wed, 23 Apr 2025 10:12:58 -0700, Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
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I still need to get around to Fallout London.

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Same.
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Also, Atomfall, Chernobylite 2, Avowed, etc,etc, etc. Plus many more
etc's!

  ... STALKER 2, Manor Lords, Assassin Creed Shadows, Space Marine II,
Kingdom Come Deliverance II, Horizon Forbidden West, Black Myth:
Wukong, Seikor Shadows Die Twice, Ghost of Tushima, Starfield, Indiana
Jones and the Great Circle, Gothic 1 Remake...

Oh yeah I keep forgetting I have to get and play Sekiro at some point as people tell me it's similar to Lies of P which I loved.
Already played Starfield and Indy as much as I cared too.  Did not finish.
KCDII is probably fairly high on the have to get and play list, but I didn't finish the first, so that brings it down a bit. BMW (hey didn't realize it was the same name as the auto-maker) is somewhat on the list as is Gothic and Atomfall.
My wishlist is up to 179 on Steam alone, I'm not going to list them all.   I'm typically removing more when I look at it, than buying any.
There's only 2 I really intend on buying at some point and only on a good discount.  Sekiro and EDF Insect Armageddon.  There's some I might buy on a good discount.

If I look into the backlog of already owned games, oh boy! That would
make for a very long post!

I don't really have a backlog of already owned games.  Pretty much just games I got free of which I have maybe two I intend to play if I count Fallout London.  The rest are just there for when I'm in the mood for a quick try of something different, most of them I won't ever be in the mood for, and now wish I could just get rid of them to reduce the electronic clutter.

"Oblivion Remaster" isn't just competing with other new games; it's
competing with the huge backlogs everybody already has because we get
offered literal hundreds of free games every year. "Oblivion Remaster"
is perhaps a bit more vulnerable to this than, say, a game like
"Monster Hunter World" because -for all its new gloss- ultimate it is
still a 20-year old game. It, like all the freebies, is not a new
experience.
 That's why its asking price seems so weirdly high. I get that it's
just the Day One price; that asking for that much implies a certain
expectation of value, and that more work was put into it than just an
AI-upscaling of textures. Still, it's competing against the likes of
"Assassins Creed Shadows" or "Baldurs Gate 3" and it isn't really
offering the same value. I can play Oblivion -minus some of the fancy
visuals- already, thanks to my dozen of other copies. Even if I didn't
own it already, I could get the GOTY version for a fiver. $50 USD for
a remaster that, ultimately, is mostly about the visuals?

It looks to be more of a remake than a remaster, changing the combat that significantly makes it pretty much a different game.  It actually looking far far better, but I've never been swayed much by graphics.  It looks pretty impressive from what little I've seen. I just know I didn't like the original much, though I did complete it, which these days is high praise.
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