The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009)

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There Is No Remake.

𝙶⊔ɗ 𝙶ƌᨓ⋲ꭱ ƶơơᨓ

abjure the elderslop, embrace the old text

i don't know you, and i don't care to know you

So first a little bit of personal history. I played this game 20 years ago on a really crappy pc without knowledge on how to get it to work properly. And now i played it with max settings on a steamdeck. And what a nostalgic adventure it was. First things first. -PLay this version if you want a more streamlined and original experience. Not the remaster. It not only runs bad but the devs abandoned it and thought this is fine. And they changed so much that it looks weird. Not to mention that the AI was already questionable when it came out but it had its charm and it was still (for the time) very good. But now in the remaster it looks from the surface good (from a UE5 perspective) but the AI is still stupid. So you get a really weird almost horror style vibe. If you have time and like to dig further play it with mods. -I found in this case the steamdeck or steam controller perfect for this game. (my own created layout: Nostalgia Practical) - Heads up for video settings. When in game atleast in my case i could not change the settings. It would jump back to the original settings. What worked for me was change the settings in the launcher. And in this specific order: 1. Video quality presets ultra 2. resolution 3.antialiasing max ( you get a pop up that this setting can only be changed when hdr is off. This is a good thing because hdr sucks in this game.) 4.Then choose v-sync if needed 5. When in game go to settings and swipe the last sliders to max. (you can also do this in the main menu) And now i can talk about the game sorry for the long list of info but i had to get it of my chest. So i created my donkey looking character and got through the sewers. And this was already very nostalgic because back in the day every time when i got through that gate i knew my steady 30 minus fps would get slaughtered with all the textures and stuff. But even with that bad FPS i was wondered what i saw and precisly that moment i knew i wanted to explore everything. But this time i was speechless. I could wipe my thumb over the trackpad of my steamdeck and there was zero FPS drop. And i thought to myself. If i could show this to myself back when i was younger. I would probably snatch that steamdeck out of my own hands and never give it back until i was done playing. That moment back then was wonder and know i had a little part of sadness. I grew up and everybody knows that is hit with pure nostalgia knows this feeling. Getting older getting more responsibility etc.etc. But i didn't feel it was a bad feeling or something. Because this time i had knowledge. It was still a little retarded at times. But i wanted to have a proper build. And here is another tip or heads up. This time playing i actually learned something. Yes about the major and minor skills. You can find everything on the internet ofcourse but the short version is. If you make a character you want to have you MAJOR skills more or less not so major. So the donkey i am. I picked everything that i wanted to level. The problem is that if you do that you level extremely fast, and because you level fast the enemy is scaled to that level. So you can level yourself into a corner (found the term on the internet and loved it, because its precisly that) So before you go out the sewers and pick your skills and stuff. First make a save so you can always go back or start a new character from there. And for the skills. just think about what you gonna do and how much you gonna do that. But also just enjoy the game because i think the devs knew this and made a difficulty slider so you dont have to start al the way from the sewers. Also i think that level 17 was THE level because of the sigil stone and their max buffs they could provide. That aside i "screwed up" but later when i understood this i found it funny, that i was still learning things. Also this playthrough i focused on making potions what was really fun. And abused the duplicating glitch a lot when i was getting bored of grinding the ingredients of merchants and in the world. (For the lazy people out there: the glitch is simple. Have some scrolls And of my understanding the amount has to be more than the item you gonna duplicate. So first press TWO times on the scrolls and then go to the item and press the "discard/throw away" button. It is so easy, and also different then i remembered.) This revieuw is already way to long with nostalgic personal talk, and the only thing a wanted to add is the quest "knights of the nine" Back in the day i hated this quest because its a lot of talking and go here and there quest. But this time i found it perfect because it felt like a tour through Cyrodiil. Yes if you start with this whole quest the weapons and armor gonna be a little weak later on but there is so much stronger gear and gear you gonna make eventually. So...This game even to this day holds up and i was surprised. The iconic music (Yes also the music that became a meme) The sound effects the art direction. I found everything just so good. Thank you for reading this and sorry for any mistakes in language.