Bitmob: I've mentioned here before -- several times, by now -- that I found The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion really hard to get into and even harder to finish. The story didn't pull me in, the classes and leveling system were inscrutable, and the combat felt lackluster to me. So I went into my hands-on demo with Oblivion's sequel, Skyrim, at PAX Prime last week with a certain preconceived opinion.
Virtuos is currently working on a multiplatform Unreal Engine 5 remake, which is rumored to be The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.
I thought they’d go for Morrowind first to be honest but this is a welcoming surprise to tide us over before ES6
Unreal Engine isn't efficient for open world games, so I question the reliability of this story.
Yeah, 1st thing that came to my mind too, although i CAN see it being likely for ease if use, but it's not going to run very well if so
I'd wonder if it would just be exploiting Unreal for graphics but the underlying engine/logic is still the original framework.
Like how we had the graphical remakes of Halo Anniversary, Tomb Raider I-III, and Demon's Souls.
Could also end up a disaster like the GTA Trilogy
"remake will run both an Unreal Engine 5 project and the old Oblivion project. For instance, new graphics are rendered in the Unreal Engine 5 project, but most of the gameplay and physics are still done on the original Oblivion engine"
So with this logic it'll run just fine using UE5 tool sets on top of Gamebryo's engine or maybe even Creation Engine, who knows.
Hopefully modders can fix the aged combart in this game if this is true. Enemies leveling up with you broke and defeated the whole purpose of leveling up.
Yeah it could use some tuning for sure hence the need for a Remake not a Remaster. I'm surprised it's even a conversation within them group which makes me skeptical it's Oblivion. I wouldn't say they shouldn't level up at all though maybe just a leave them a couple levels behind to appease the masses.
Replaying Skyrim after 13 years is a reminder of the progress made in western RPGs over the last decade, but also what's been lost.
RPGs are often huge, sprawling endeavours. With limited playtime, we have to choose wisely, so here's the best western RPGs available today.
"I started playing games yesterday" the List... Meh!
How about a few RPGs that deserve some love instead?
1 - Alpha Protocol - Now on GOG
2 - else Heart.Break()
3 - Shadowrun Trilogy
4 - Wasteland 2
5 - UnderRail
6 - Tyranny
7 - Torment: Tides of Numenera
And for a bonus game that flew under the radar:
8 - Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
Not only glorious jank, but the idea that the story can completely change depending on what you do, or say, or side with, makes it one of the most forward thinking games ever. The amount of story permutation is the equivalent of a Hitman level but in Story Form. And it wasn't just that the story changed, no, it was that you met completely new characters, or missed them, depending on your choices. Made Mass Effect feel static in comparison.
Alpha Protocol was absolutely glorious, indeed. And it was, and still is, more Next Gen than most anything out there these days. In this regard at least.
Pity.
1: Level scaling fixed
2: 100% Handcrafted world
3: presentation(everything sound, animation etc)
it's just those reasons are small compared to mine ;)
i always liked the elder scrolls games, but their too open for my add riddled brain sometimes.
Those aren't my main concerns.
1) I want to explore and fine loot that is unique and useful.
2) I want the game to have an economy where the weath I achieve is actually helpful in the game.
3)I want to be able to steal with out everyone in the game automaticly knowing that the item was stollen.
The more I think about what I want the more anger I am feeling over what was done to Oblivion. I know many of you love that game. But just thinking about it just make me no even want to give this game the chance it deserves. I am a huge fan of Morrowind. It is the best game I have ever played. I was expecting so much from Oblivion that it lead me to massive disappontment, to the point where I wasted my $60 and traded in the game after closing 2 gates. Oblivion mught have been a good game, but it was not what I was expecting to play when I bought it.
3 reasons is selling this game short. There are at least 30 reasons.
I love elder scrolls for its vastness.....I can't but wonder if Skyrim is that much big,what it will become in 10 years.......May be a game that will never end....