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[–] JayEchoRay@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I see the title - and first thing I think

"Oblivion, now with 16 times the upscalers" in Todd's voices

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 88 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I’ll wait for Skyblivion 🔥

[–] luap@awful.systems 2 points 12 hours ago

This will come out about three days before skyblivion officially releases, in order to REALLY mess up Skyblivion, the same as they did for Fallout London.

[–] ogmios@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yea, fan projects (when there is actual work put into it) are often significantly better than AAA remakes.

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fallout London, though not 100% finished, was a blast

[–] ogmios@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Thanks for the tip!

Edit: How close to finished is it? Their website lists version 1.01 as current.

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

It's playable and you can complete most of the content. There are bugs and you have to downgrade pre-NG, but it's stable and the work they did is incredible.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 71 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Anything to avoid discussing TES6.

[–] Sabin10@lemmy.world 61 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What, the announcement trailer from 2018 isn't enough to hold you over until it launches in 2029?

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 27 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I kinda wonder if they even have any good ideas left after Starfield was such a disappointment in the creativity department.

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 days ago

It's still going to sell really well even if it's just pretty Skyrim.

[–] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 49 points 3 days ago

Yeah its called skyblivion.

[–] Yokozuna@lemmy.world 37 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Can't wait for them to remaster skyrim again before TES6

[–] DireTech@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago

You joke, but I’d totally be down with an update that integrates better graphics technology and reduces modding issues. Ive played through it half a dozen times in VR and 2d and there’s still plenty of content I haven’t done. Only issue I have these days is the small pool of voice actors so every 5th person has the same voice.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 46 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (5 children)

oblivion is my favorite in the series, but goddammit bethesda stop making remakes. make a make.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 35 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I mean, Starfield should have been my dream game, but after that...

I dunno. All my enthusiasm for BGS has been sapped, and I adored Oblvion.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

the scope for starfield was just too much, it was doomed to fail from the beginning. i think they'll be fine going back to their TES roots.

[–] dukepontus@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

eh, i don't see any reason why they can't churn out another TES or FO like they have been for years. my problems with starfield were mostly unique to the galaxy map and space.

[–] uniquethrowagay@feddit.org 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The remake is not developed by Bethesda Game Studios

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I bet the remake will be fine, it's just technical upgrades, no new writing or anything. Maybe not as "soulful" as Skyblivion, but fine.

What I am more worried about is "fun" writing and storytelling in new games.

EDIT: Wrong reply, but you get the idea @acosmichippo@lemmy.world

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Why take a third risk (Fallout 76 and Starfield) on the unknown when you can remake a good thing?

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

FO76 and Starfield were much much more risky than TES6 or FO5 will be.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Come on man, gotta get a Morrowind with modern QOL stuff.

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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Aww man, are they going to take down Skyblivion right when its done?

[–] Joeffect@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Probably the only reason they did it

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Or, perhaps optimistically, it's to prepare themselves to transition off of their absurdly dated engine.

[–] Joeffect@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (5 children)

Unless they switch to one of the current Gen engines available, they will keep using the one they have, they just updated it's now the creation engine 2... and that was for starfield and ES6. And it seemed like the same engine for starfield.

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[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Bethesda has actually been consistently supportive of Skyblivion, Morroblivion, and Skywind.

[–] daddy32@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Mod support? Between this and Skyblivion, the one with better mod support wins.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I wonder, can they just cease&desist Skyblivion off the map?

[–] yunxiaoli@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

You can send a cease and desist for any reason to anyone at anytime.

But they wouldn't be able to win in court, the eula of both games explicitly allow using their IP in mods

[–] duchess@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago

probably non-existent

[–] lostbit@feddit.nl 4 points 2 days ago

i don’t believe you

[–] nuko147@lemm.ee 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Wait a moment. Oblivion is turning 20 years old ??? 😥

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[–] ogmios@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago

Oh man, I can't wait for them to reveal it, so I can finally know about it.

[–] j0hax@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago
[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Are they still using their twenty year old engine?

[–] Sabin10@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Noooo, creation engine 2 is new, it definitely not a ball of bandaids wrapped around the netimmerse engine that was released in 1997.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Twenty eight year old engine?

Leonardo DiCaprio would be mortified.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The thing is, the age of the engine doesn't say anything. The Unreal Engine started its development before 1998. But you do have to put in work to upgrade an engine over time and Bethesda doesn't have Fortnite money for that.

[–] falidorn@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

No, they have Skyrim money for that. Imagine making money off of a game for over a decade, while barely putting money towards rereleases/ports. Didn’t even need a team for patches or content updates.

[–] Virkkunen@fedia.io 3 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Unreal Engine is 26 years old. id Tech is 30 years old. What's your point?

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