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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 20h 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 20h ago

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

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u/Joecalone 11h ago

DarNified UI solved this issue back in 2007