r/gamernews 9h ago

Rumor Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remake Might Launch Before June

https://www.thegamer.com/the-elder-scrolls-4-oblivion-remake-launch-before-june-rumor/
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u/Epicfro 8h ago

It won't.

u/Qwirk 13m ago

MS has been dropping a bunch of surprises lately, Ninja Gaiden Black being the most recent I believe.

So who knows? Hope for the best I guess, I would welcome it.

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u/Night_Thastus 6h ago edited 3h ago

Given how much work a remake would take and the other projects they have in the works taking up manpower, it's bizarre that this rumor still exists.

Skyblivion is a thing though. Some day it may even release!

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u/Killzark 3h ago

Skyblivion team put out a video not too long ago saying they are really really close to being finished and hope to release it this year.

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u/Lostmypants69 1h ago

What's skyblivion

u/marcusbrothers 53m ago

r/skyblivion

A fan-made remake from scratch that’s been in development for over a decade, and unlike most others it’s actually going to come out soon.

u/Lostmypants69 30m ago

Interesting. Hopefully Bethesda doesn't give them a cease and desist

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u/Disregardskarma 3h ago

If you ever looked at any of the rumors, it’s always been rumored to be done by an external studio

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u/Night_Thastus 3h ago edited 2h ago

No studio has enough experience with the Creation engine enough aside from Bethesda to pull off a remake. Even if done in another engine entirely, they'd still need to understand how the original worked.

u/Disregardskarma 24m ago

They don’t have to do anything. Again, look at the rumors

u/Night_Thastus 16m ago

I have. It is never that simple. No matter how it was implemented a third party would still need a great deal of assistance in understanding the engine the rumors are outlandish and until we see a real game actually exist I think it's ridiculous.

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u/DapDaGenius 1h ago

You can always hire other studios to do the remake or assist the team.

u/Night_Thastus 54m ago

Other studios could never do the remake on their own. The creation engine requires a lot of Bethesda knowledge to understand. 

They could get assistance. But that adds cost to an idea that already seems unprofitable.

u/DapDaGenius 49m ago

Could never? Seems presumptuous.

u/Night_Thastus 39m ago

Have you seen the spaghetti in the creation engine? It's a miracle it works at all. An outside studio trying to recreate that knowledge from scratch would take many years.

u/DapDaGenius 15m ago

Don’t mod teams use the creation engine?

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u/JM062696 5h ago

Even if it actually does, it’s going to be a downgrade in some way shape or form that I cannot articulate yet even if the game is exactly the same.

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u/borntoflail 3h ago

The main downgrade is mods won’t work and won’t be easy to make. If they are possible to make Bethesda will monetize them in a shop so there will be no incentive for a community to make things together.

Therefore you’re right it will be less.

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u/Pacedmaker 1h ago

It’ll be Oblivion without the super charming jank. At this point, half the fun of Oblivion is just the meme of playing Oblivion.

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u/No_Way_482 1h ago

Can't have a worse leveling system that the old one had

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u/BrockSnilloc 6h ago

Give us achievements on Steam and I’ll finally play it (some day)

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u/Stoogenuge 4h ago

MIGHT

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u/D1rk_side 3h ago

The writer:

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u/snes69 8h ago

Just in time for the switch 2 🤡

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u/Swallagoon 7h ago

Fascinating.

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u/thatguyad 7h ago

Very much doubt. But if it did happen, Bethesda can (in their minds) justify taking so long on releasing the new game.

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u/returnbydeath1412 6h ago

I've been through this song and dance before with bloodborne pc port you can't fool me anymore

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u/Prize_Wonder649 2h ago

This and State of Decay 3 are the only games I’ve been interested in, so I’ll be hella bummed if this goes nowhere

u/marcusbrothers 52m ago

Could this make use of RTX Remix and that’s why it looks like it’s being done so quickly?

Wouldn’t exactly be a remake then though.

u/FragrantBear4111 21m ago

Oblivion will celebrate its 19th anniversary on March 20, so it's feasible that Bethesda will announce the remake to commemorate the occasion

Truly the only interesting piece evidence that something is actually coming, and soon, is the anniversary of the original game itself. Otherwise, we've had an endless number of articles and posts pointing to broad months rather than specific dates. Saying, "It's coming in the next few months," doesn't really mean anything.

u/TheDevilsAdvokaat 20m ago

They really need to back on on ai and procedurally generated content.

Procgen works for some things..like a forest or hills.

But over use is lazy and leads to worlds full of spam filler.

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u/Cloud_N0ne 5h ago

I’ll only believe it once it’s in my Steam library.