We can’t make anything new. Have the same old game in a new package.
Microsoft documents leak new Bethesda games, including an Oblivion remaster
Submitted 2 days ago by lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
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dojan@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 days ago
To be fair, that’s all Bethesda’s games have been since Oblivion.
dojan@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yeah. It’s “The Bethesda game.”
BioWare and Gamefreak have the same issues. Always the same games, but with slightly different gimmicks.
I’m glad for people that enjoy it, but it doesn’t work for me.
paultimate14@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Hilarious thing to say about a studio that literally released a new game in a new IP this month.
dojan@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Honestly more commentary on the state of gaming in general with rereleases happening all the time. Bethesda did release Skyrim like five separate times.
But it’s not just Bethesda. Final Fantasy is getting remakes. Persona 3 is being remade. Blizzard is working on rereleases. The Resident Evil games are being remade. Like hasn’t resident evil 4 been released three times now?
TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 2 days ago
It’s the Oblivion formula on a slightly upgraded Oblivion engine
GoodEye8@lemm.ee 2 days ago
I actually wouldn’t mind an older game in a new package. I love seeing old movies remade (if they’re well done) and I would love if we could do the same for games. There are some really great remakes like Black Mesa, System Shock, Final Fantasy 7 (though I guess the jury is still out on that one considering it’s split into multiple games that haven’t been released), Demons souls, Resident evil etc. I think a lot of Morrowind fans would salivate over the idea of getting a Morrowind remake that contains the entire province of Morrowind and not just Vvardenfell (+ Mournhold and Solstheim), as long as it stays true to the feeling of Morrowind.
What I do mind are remasters. That’s just slapping a new coat of paint on an old game. Remakes (especially good ones) take effort and will feel fresh, remasters however are pretty much just cash grabs. Considering Oblivion is supposedly getting a remaster I have zero interest in it.
Psythik@lemm.ee 2 days ago
And then when they do make something new, they have to go and put the most boring story they could come up with in it.
Knusper@feddit.de 2 days ago
An Oblivion remaster in between the Skyrim re-releases. Getting creative here…
xinayder@infosec.pub 2 days ago
An Oblivion remaster made in Skyrim
owait, that already exists, Skyblivion is a thing
dangblingus@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Cool! You know it’s just going to be an AI upscale job, so there will still be the amazingly terrible brokenness that Oblivion offered. Tying major skills to a 1-10 level up system seems to make sense initially, until you wanted to be a potion making wizard, and then it’s “OOPS! you made too many potions, now you’re not strong enough to fight a rat”. Exploration-wise though, Oblivion is a master class in open world design. It doesn’t overstay its welcome and every corner of the map is a joy to visit.
Summzashi@lemmy.one 2 days ago
You can easily create a killer potion to kill that rat though. You can be a god in Morrowind in under 10 minutes by just training alchemy and enchanting. Which is why this was changed in oblivion. Everything you describe are nothing but issues that arise from the user not taking the time to understand the game mechanics. That’s why Skyrim was dumbed down to the point where nothing mattered anymore. Oblivion at least tried to be a proper RPG.
Mandy@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
we already have a oblivion remaster, its called skyrim, skyrim special edition, skyrim alexa edition, skyrim vr, skyirm fuck you give us your money edition, skyrim very special edition, skyirm legendary edition, skyrim anniversary edition
BloodSlut@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Dont forget Skyrim Space Addition (i enjoy Starfield but i have to be honest here)
Mandy@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
ah yes, apologies
pzyko@feddit.de 2 days ago
And what about the Fallout 4 Remaster that Todd has announced last year as coming in 2023 and never has been mention by Bethesda ever again?
Jimbo@yiffit.net 2 days ago
Holy shit, it looks like skyblivion is getting kinda closed to finished finally and then this
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Skyblivion and skywind are fan made and will be infinitely better than any remake/remaster from Bethesda.
dangblingus@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Look at Enderal. A stand alone Skyrim mod that people (who’ve played it) rate much higher than Skyrim.
tal@kbin.social 2 days ago
Heh. Porting Skywind to an Oblivion remaster might make sense.
It'd be interesting to see Tamriel Rebuilt ported to Skywind ported to this Oblivion remaster.
BloodSlut@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Skyblivon will likely be higher quality tbh
Summzashi@lemmy.one 2 days ago
The developers of skyblivion are probably getting a bit worried now… let’s hope Bethesda doesn’t pull a Rockstar here.
gothicdecadence@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Guarantee Skyblivion will have way more love and though put into it, hopefully it can fully release
Nfntordr@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Here’s a remaster with new fancy lighting and effects and shit but same crusty old gameplay!
caseofthematts@lemmy.world 2 days ago
$80, please!
_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
…but not a Morrowind remaster??? Weak.
emeraldheart@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Look into Skywind and rejoice 😊
pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
smh for real. May as well just make our own at this point
Never_Sm1le@lemdro.id 2 days ago
Let’s hope the remaster implement all the good Skyrim thing and not just an ai-scaled-graphic port. I miss Shivering Isle
PotatoKat@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I see no love for Dishonored 3. I hope it’s real (not canceled). I love the first two
tal@kbin.social 2 days ago
The Fallout 3 remaster (fiscal year 2024)
If you consider that A Tale of Two Wastelands -- where people forward-ported the Fallout 3 world to the Fallout: New Vegas engine and ruleset -- was successful, that could be pretty solid. I still think I'd forward-port Fallout: New Vegas to the current Bethesda engine before I'd forward-port Fallout 3, though. Fallout: New Vegas was a better game.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout:_New_Vegas#Tale_of_Two_Wastelands
Tale of Two Wastelands
Tale of Two Wastelands is a total conversion mod for Fallout: New Vegas that merges the entire content of Fallout 3 and its DLC and New Vegas into one game. The mod implements features introduced in New Vegas into Fallout 3, such as the Companion Wheel, crafting recipes, and weapon mods. Players can freely traverse between the two games on a single save file, keeping all of their items and their progression between game worlds.[76][77][78][79]
Rheios@ttrpg.network 2 days ago
I wouldn’t want Fallout 4 shooting or the terrible “perk” system tainting FNV, tbh. Frankly I’d be pleased with the arrangement that Bethesda never touches FNV or anything related to it again, but blue sky thinking’s just that.
Nutteman@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Remaster not remake. Bethy isn’t gonna be putting time or effort into rebuilding their old games in the newer engine versions.
maxenmajs@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I hope they would at least get it into a game engine that doesn’t make my computer freak out every time I press alt+tab.
buru5@lemmy.world 2 days ago
please don’t tease me
CitizenKong@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Since the Oblivion and Fallout 3 remasters will be on the Creation Engine, they will probably just be the old games with HD textures more or less. So basically what is already possible with mods.
Nilz@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Hopefully a better UI for Oblivion, with the included ability to actually remove spells.
bob_lemon@feddit.de 2 days ago
As long as us Germans get to keep using our “Schw. Tr. d. Le.-En. W.”
CitizenKong@lemmy.world 2 days ago
A better UI? By Bethesda? I wouldn’t bet on it.