We played a newly renewed Oblivion. After 20 years it is in excellent form

Bethesda’s review has been provided by Bethesda

There are good games, there are great games and there are games that are not forgotten. Oblivion belongs deservedly in the last category, because many moments from its playing have players engraved in memory almost 20 years after finishing.

It is a play of heroes in the best form, enough action to not bore you. At the same time, it has sufficiently elaborated mechanisms that will force you to look for new things, perform tasks, and bless you behind new adventures.

When the memories come back

The renewed Oblivion comes after two decades, which is a long time to check the timelessness of the game. There has been a lot of happening in the game world.

This game, however, once brought one nasty thing – microtranization. At that time we laughed from armor to a horse for a few euros. Today it is a common reality.

Oblivion was a significant game, sophisticated, massive and especially entertaining. Playing heroes was unforgettable especially for the huge freedom you get as a player.

The developers left this foundation, basically they left a lot. The return to the Oblivion world is therefore exactly what we remember from our last playing many years ago.

Everything is in place, the introductory getting to know the game is the same, and your first steps in the open world will be equally breathtaking. You can also play the original version of the game for comparison, it is still available on Steam.

You will better realize all the changes and the amount of work that has been done on the game. Because even though it is presented as a remaster, it would deserve a label rather than a full remake.

She looks amazing

The game mechanisms in Oblivion have successfully survived all the time. If it were not for the original graphics, a 20 -year -old game would be able to reach the current player. The visual side of the game will be the very first thing you notice.

The open world, caves, dwellings, nature, all this has its solid foundation in the original version of the game. The first minutes on the way from prison will start to return memories, the corridors are the same, the objects are also and you will come across the same enemies.

Everything is much nicer, instead of a flat texture, the details are modeled, the lights are mowed and catacombs look dark and frightening. You will not reveal the real beauty of the sophisticated world of the Tamriel Empire after leaving the opening part of the game.

A rugged terrain full of vegetation will appear in front of you, you will see the first ruins and huge mountains in the distance. Unreal Engine 5 is a good choice, although with the amount of detail comes one inconvenience.

It is significantly harder to recognize on the ground comfortable things. They can simply blend in with their surroundings. Crossing the dark dungeon is a bit complicated, if you don’t want to overlook the unique equipment.

(Source: Bethesda)

Story, things and fights

It’s not easy to choose the funniest thing about the whole game. Oblivion is amazing just as a whole, for perfect fusion of all its parts. Someone can enjoy the discovery of even the last hidden treasure.

You may enjoy enhanced fights, someone else will spend hours to create drinks, and someone may enjoy when looking at the night sky full of stars and aurora.

The freedom is incredibly addictive, because basically no one will force you to solve the main stories line. Feel free to leave her for a few hours, fight, discover, learn new things.

If we were to point out imperfections, they are interviews. They are lagging behind the current trend, but on the other hand for memorials they have their charm. They also have a Soyian sense of humor.

Many things and problems can be solved in several ways, it depends only on your skill. For example, to get an extra strong armament right from the start you just need to lure the enemy into the city, there will be a guard for him and you take your reward.

(Source: Bethesda)

Do you play on a weaker computer?

When I first launched the original Oblivion on my computer in the summer of 2006, I quickly understood that I couldn’t buy hardware. Even then, the game was functional on ordinary gaming computers, but with some restrictions.

At that time the game was enough for 512 megabytes of memory, with two gigabytes it was perfectly brisk. Now, as a minimum, you need 16 gigabytes, twice the recommended.

However, the game looks decent even when setting up low details, even playable on such old graphics cards as the GeForce GTX 1650. You play it on Steam Deck, which certainly does not exaggerate, while the novelty still looks better than the original version.

Relatively trouble -free playing you enjoy on modern consoles, we tried the game on PlayStation 5 Pro. You will have two graphics modes – one for quality and one for performance.

We recommend the second one, the difference in graphics is not significant, but the doubling of the number of images displayed per second will make you much more enjoyable playing and especially fights.

The overall impression of sophisticated graphics is excellent, the game is not just converted into higher resolution. The characters are elaborated in detail, nature is much livelier and dungeons even darker.

(Source: Bethesda)

Get ready for tens of hours of fun

Oblivion is an almost 20 -year -old game and it feels a bit of it. We live in a modern era, which rules a completely different type of games and heroes’ games may look different than the older generation of players remembers.

It really does not have to be a return to the past for everyone, especially for a young player who has not even been in the world at the time of this game. Oblivion is still unique in many ways, the most striking of its comfort and speed, which adapts to your playing style.

You can go to the main goal of playing your hands from blood, you can go this way as a strong mage, or go in a completely different direction and enjoy a calm playing in which the main story is only a necessary sealant.

The world of Oblivion is huge and full of surprises. It is not sterile, it can surprise even after tens of hours played and you will never get bored.