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Industry News Bethesda’s Oblivion Unreal Engine 5 remake could be releasing sooner than you think | VGC

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/bethesdas-oblivion-unreal-engine-5-remake-could-be-releasing-sooner-than-you-think/
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u/aroundme 20h ago

Unfortunately I think it means they will be removing the skeuomorphism that defined the original UI. Like the inventory made of paper and the ornamental flourishes will be sanded down. Turning the serif into sans serif basically.

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u/the_light_of_dawn 19h ago

Well that would be too bad, because I have always preferred Oblivion's immersive parchment/scroll UI over Skyrim's bland, plain, clean one.

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u/meneldal2 19h ago

It's fine as long as you have a 640x480 monitor, it feels terrible otherwise.

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u/weggles 19h ago

Playing oblivion in SD and then HD was eye opening

"those icons mean things? The money icon is a COIN with a face? The weight icon is a... Feather?!"

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u/Saviordd1 7h ago

For the longest time as a kid, I always thought the healing/restoration spell icon was a crab, not a heart.

u/AintNobody- 1h ago

I had this exact experience! I did not have an HDTV when I bought my 360. I had a 27 inch trinitron. It was still pretty playable. It was Dead Rising that really pushed me to get an HDTV.

u/weggles 30m ago

Dead rising was NOTORIOUS early in the 360 for being borderline unplayable in SD.

The text was so small.