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Look, if it plays as good or better than the original without the Skyrim enshitification then I don't carer how it looks. If it plays like Skyrim though, I'll hate it even more.
But the unique colors and style of Oblivion are why I remember it kind of fondly. By losing that, it turns into generic RPG #5263...
Oblivion is hugely over saturated. The game feels perfect for that in some areas and like a kids story book in others.
The people commenting the generic "now it's brown and dull" are just lame. Its just hating to hate really.
Personally, Oblivion is 10x than skyrim even if the game looked like fucking Morrowind I would play it. It is like people on Lemmy have to purposefully hate on something popular so they feel different than the "Normies."
The game could use a graphical overhaul and the bloom and over saturation hurt my damn eyes in a recent play through. So please tone it down and make it feel more realistic.
Also, lol, the image for comparison is just subjective bullshit bias. It purposefully makes a comparison to make the remaster feel boring. People were all over this style when Skyrim released.
Much like my opinion people don't have to agree and if you like the way Oblivion looks now versus the graphical overhaul in the leaked screenshot well then the good news is you can still play the original Oblivion. I know, complete shocker.
The point I am trying to make is that Lemmy sometimes feels like the "I am not like other girls" version of Reddit. You guys hate shit just as much as Reddit but in a weirder "I am different so my opinion is better." Reminds me of a post I saw on here where some guy raved for 4 paragraphs about why he didn't think the new Deadpool was funny but that his opinion wasn't like others that didn't like the new Deadpool because his was more refined and over all carried sophistication I'm his criticism. When in the end all he was saying was, "it wasn't my kind of humor." That is Lemmy.
Just say you don't like something and move the fuck on. Personally, Oblivion is peak Elderscrolls for me. This remaster looks fucking fantastic and I am going go play the fuck out of it. Have a nice day.
Or they simply have fond memories of the graphical style of Oblivion, and are disappointed that it's now more "realistic"? I don't want realistic, I want Oblivion. It's a fucking fantasy game.
Sure, but we're not in 2011, so why change the graphical style to fit opinions of that time?
I would love to play a remastered version that keeps the distinct graphical style I fondly remember. I know, a complete shocker.
I did, and you really didn't like me saying that! I like Oblivion, I really like the graphical style. I don't like that they are removing the graphical style and making it look like any generic action RPG. If you don't like my comment, maybe move the fuck on?
I will say, all that aside, there's one thing I hated about oblivion. The FUCKING OBLIVION GATES, ugh so tedious, when I first learned there was mods I think the first one I downloaded was one that let you skip them for my next playthrough, but I would love to see if they somehow make them less grindy in this one
Honestly all this game needs for a 10 out of 10 from me is to be able to take the annoying fan to Dive Rock, cast paralysis on him and give him a little nudge.