{"id":5546,"date":"2025-04-23T00:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T00:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=5546"},"modified":"2025-04-24T18:20:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T18:20:26","slug":"games-inbox-is-the-elder-scrolls-4-oblivion-remaster-worth-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/23\/games-inbox-is-the-elder-scrolls-4-oblivion-remaster-worth-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Games Inbox: Is The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion remaster worth it?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered – everyone seems impressed (Bethesda)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Wednesday letters page thinks it understands Sony<\/a>\u2019s plans for the PS6<\/a> portable, as a reader celebrates pre-ordering a Nintendo Switch 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Honest hype<\/strong>
Nice to see some hype that was actually worth it, with the Oblivion remaster<\/a> looking really nice. I appreciated that they made lots of changes to the gameplay and UI and other aspects to modernise it too. It reminds me of Metroid Prime<\/a>, in that while they\u2019re both technically remasters this looks more significant than some remakes.<\/p>\n

The price is good too and as of right now I\u2019ve bought it on PlayStation 5<\/a> and I\u2019m downloading it now. Bethesda<\/a> always seem a bit too full of themselves, which I think leads to some of their biggest mistakes, but at the end of the day they do make some great games.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not quite sure what went wrong with Starfield, but I know Oblivion is good and I can\u2019t wait to start playing what, in terms of the number of hours it\u2019ll suck me in, looks to be the bargain of the year.
Purple Ranger<\/strong><\/p>\n

Face to face<\/strong>
I\u2019ve got to hand it to Bethesda, the Oblivion remaster looks really good. A major upgrade in graphics and I really like the way they\u2019ve improved the combat with special effects and new sound. The landscapes look really good and it\u2019s not actually too expensive, given it\u2019s a nearly 20 year old game.<\/p>\n

The only problem, and I can\u2019t believe they drew attention to it, is that the faces are still terrible. What is it with Bethesda and facial animation? Why do all their characters look like Mr Potato Head after too much cosmetic surgery?<\/p>\n

There was some improvement in Starfield, but it was still well behind the curve and while I guess this is bad because it\u2019s a remaster and not a remake, it\u2019s still laughable. It makes it seem like everyone at Bethesda is an alien that\u2019s never seen a real human being before.
Bosley<\/strong><\/p>\n

Random remaster<\/strong>
I have to admit the Oblivion remaster looks really nice and I will probably end up getting it. I don\u2019t really see why it\u2019s Oblivion they\u2019ve picked on though. Everyone jokes about how many times Skyrim has been re-released, but it\u2019s never had a remaster like this. Why not start with it or with Morrowind, which is in desperate need of a full remake.<\/p>\n

Starting in the middle with Oblivion seems a bit random to me. I\u2019ll be honest and admit I don\u2019t really remember the game all that well, just that I liked it and the celebrity voiceovers were good, so it\u2019s definitely worth a revisit. I just hope it\u2019s not a one-off, as the other two games definitely need the attention. Heck, why not do Daggerfall as well, I\u2019ve never even played that one.
Glottis<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Three not of a kind<\/strong>
I feel the logic behind the PlayStation 6 portable<\/a> is beginning to make sense. The initial rumours said that Sony was inspired by the unexpected success of the PlayStation Portal, so it would track that they\u2019d want to make a new one for the PlayStation 6 that could play its games through streaming and PlayStation 5 games natively.<\/p>\n

That actually seems really appealing to me, although I don\u2019t know how existing Portal owners would feel, faced with having to buy another portable.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s clearly not very much like the Switch though and I\u2019m going to guess the Xbox handheld is going to be a much more straightforward copy of the Steam Deck. If that\u2019s true, then we could end up with three very different portables this generation, from all three console manufacturers. That\u2019s pretty exciting.
Focus<\/strong><\/p>\n

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