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[–] Undearius@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Meanwhile, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Re-release-master-vamped 3 Toaster edition is likely six-plus months away

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Baseless speculation here, but my gut tells me that Microsoft is going to put a remaster-focused studio to task on a current-gen Morrowind/Oblivion/Skyrim triple pack, a la the Master Chief Collection, to tide people over.

Remastering Skyrim is the easy way out, but Oblivion is still trapped on the 360 (if you don't have a PC) and Morrowind is the darling title of the franchise that people would love to see remastered (and was recently used as an example by Nvidia on "how to remaster a game"). Remaster the earlier two and then just shove the Xbox One copy of Skyrim Anniversary Edition in there for funsies is something people would get behind, more than just another port of Skyrim alone.

[–] specialneedz@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

A 4K60 Oblivion with a much much improved draw distance would be fantastic! I’d buy that in an instant on my Series S

[–] Sharmat@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

While I’d love a Morrowind remaster (not remake), it’s incredibly unlikely since Todd Howard himself is against it.

[–] valpackett@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What would even be the point of an official remaster when you can combine the OpenMW engine with a mod pack? And there's Skywind the great remake still in the making…

[–] Sharmat@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fair point, I was thinking of some of the complex graphical features, like ambient occlusion, screen space reflection or even ray tracing.

[–] valpackett@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People have hacked a lot of those onto the old official engine actually (MGE XE) :D OpenMW is more focused on fundamentals than on the flashy stuff, but AFAIK currently has great fog support and the ability to load custom shaders from mods

[–] Sharmat@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Oh, nice. Seems like a good time for a new journey in Vvardenfell =3

[–] sadreality@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I am amazed people are still buying Bethesda games. I was done with them after Fallout 4. I see Starfield hype... no thank you Todd. I am keeping my money.

[–] Dr_Cog@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

Fallout 4 had its missteps for sure, but it's still a pretty fun game. What about it made you quit Bethesda?

[–] tal@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I liked Fallout 4. There were things that I didn't like as much as New Vegas, sure, but I don't see alternatives that are doing a better job, and that's really the bar that counts.

[–] tegs_terry@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

I had a blast.

[–] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Bethesda games scratch a unique itch it's hard to describe and no other studio is able to fulfill it.

[–] Dr_Cog@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Just in time for the Xbox X Series SSX Tricky