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

masterpiece where a majestic, orchestral symphony plays while a potato-faced NPC aggressively tells you about mudcrabs, spins in a circle, and floats into the ceiling, ah so peak

I had played the remastered version of Oblivion and I liked it. It used to run well for me about a year ago, but I had gotten it through a subscription, so I lost access to it. A few days ago, I bought the 2009 version of the game, and honestly, I liked this version even more compared to that one. At first, I thought there might be some problems or issues, but there were none. I didn’t even install any mods—I played the entire vanilla game from start to finish. And man, what a game! I really loved it. I liked the story a lot too—more than Skyrim, actually. Yeah, this game has now become my favorite. It’s a good thing I didn’t buy that remastered version. From what I’ve been hearing these days and the reviews I’ve been watching, people are saying its performance isn’t that good because it’s made on Unreal Engine. And Bethesda isn’t really paying attention to the game—no proper updates or whatever. Whoever is responsible, this version of the game is much better in comparison.

after i won the arena someone came to me and said let me be your servant and clean your shoes. 30 min later i found him dead outside some cave 10/10

The first elder scrolls game I ever played. I remember getting a copy for the 360 at a Sunday marketplace when I was a kid. Still one of the best RPG's ever made. Sure there are some things about it that have aged like milk but I think it adds charm to it. But overall still a great experience. I always loved getting the fan mauled by mountain lions. Also the best way to play is playing on the easiest setting and just one hitting fools and only taking their pants. PS, my mate has like 40 physical copies of this too because Its his favorite game ever. PSS, I brought like 20 of them copies for him.

Nach gefühlten 15000 Stunden seit 2006 - das einzig wahre Oblivion! Mit Mods aufgemotzt und stabilisiert wischt es mit dem lieblosen Remaster den Boden auf! Man kann zusätzlich ohne Probleme eigene Musik in den Soundtrack-Ordner hinzufügen, die alte deutsche Synchro ist zwar mangelhaft (zB "Geheime (?) Universität" aber warum kennt die dann jeder?^^) aber sie ist im Gegensatz zum vermurksten Remaster, DA! Hochwertige Story-Mods aus Deutschland (Orden des Drachen, Blood&Mud, Nehrim etc) runden das ganze ab. Ein Game für die Ewigkeit!

If once you get into the game it's just one blank color, try turning off HDR. If that doesn't work (like it didn't for me), swap shader packages 2 and 19, immediatly fixed my issue.

I realized I never rated this game, so here I am I have about 400 hours on steam, but I played more than that a long time ago (around 2008 I guess) This game is fire. It has this sweet spot between the complexity and interesting quests of morrowind and the enjoyable gameplay (including fights) of skyrim. It still leaves you the ability to create your own spells (to break the game if you want). I replayed it a few months ago with [b]Maskar's Oblivion Overhaul[/b], making the fights more enjoyable and the game more challenging overall, you can even build your own house wherever you want with it. it was amazing. The only thing I don't like much is the fact that you have to min max your character a bit if you don't want the enemies becoming (much) stronger than you as you level up, but this can be fixed with mods (eg: oblivion XP, set XP gained to X5 and don't train) I especially recommend the dark brotherhood questline. Back when I was a teenager, I thought it was so cool. Now I think the voice acting of Lucien Lachance is hilarious. In both cases it was a blast. I 100% recommend it.