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Oblivion Remasterd Deluxe Edition is reminding us all of the fall of gaming.

That ~~smile~~ horse armor. That damned ~~smile~~ horse armor.

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[–] Tracaine@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

This is the only reason they remastered the game. They wanted to sell the horse armor again.

[–] MisterOwl@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I cannot believe the number of suckers who fell for this cash grab. It's just a fucking $50 graphics mod.

[–] SassyRamen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

They saw Diablo II and said "fuck yeah"

[–] Slab_Bulkhead@lemmy.world 47 points 3 days ago (21 children)
[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Mods are not supported "officially" but check NexusMods and then get back with me

[–] Slab_Bulkhead@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

THEIR BREAKING THE EULA!? TODD! TODD THEY DIDN'T READ THE EULA!!!

[–] jaark@infosec.pub 52 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Are you implying by that that mods are being prevented from operating? The second line implies the opposite .. "If you are experiencing gameplay issues while playing with mods, it's recommended you first try uninstalling your mods"

'Supported' could means that Bethesda will basically ignore any problem reports or support requests whilst mods (which are completely out of their control) are installed - seems reasonable to me.

[–] shiroininja@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago (7 children)

This. When have developers actually put in support for mods, except for paid bullshit like the content store?

[–] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 11 points 1 day ago

BG3 has a built in mod manager and (free) mod library.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Says mods are not supported, but then goes on to suggesting you uninstall mods if you're experiencing an issue with them.

Sounds less like the game itself can't be modded, and more like they can't provide support for issues stemming from mods. Which has literally always been the case.

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Wtf happened to bethesda

Who will make the game then ? It’s like firing their entire dev team

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[–] shiroininja@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (5 children)

But no game officially supports mods, at first. Like 99% of mods for games are made without the developer’s assistance or blessing. That’s part of being a mod developer, figuring out how to do shit. I honestly want developer’s hands off of the community

[–] entwine413@lemm.ee 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

That's absolutely not true anymore. Many games support mods now, and Steam Workshop is a thing.

[–] bob_lemon@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There's a semantic difference between "supporting mods" and "provide support for modded installations". The former is fairly common and is what steam workshop is about and is what you are talking about.

The latter is basically unheard of (for what I hope are obvious reasons).

The OP is a bit ambiguous about which of the two or is.

[–] entwine413@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

OP is only ambiguous because you don't understand what 'supporting' means in this context. Supporting mods has never meant providing customer support to make them work.

It's always meant that modders didn't have to find exploits to change the game.

[–] shiroininja@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Steam workshop isn’t mod support. It’s a place to get mods. Mods work without developer support, always have, always will.

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[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 days ago

This is definitely untrue and the reason some games have 18,000 mods and some games have 0 is almost entirely down to developer cooperation.

Sometimes if a game is using an existing engine that is known to be moddable, you can get a community built off of some pre-existing knowledge and kind of strike out on your own to build a mod. In most cases if the devs didn't build the game with mod support in mind you're not getting any mods.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm fairly sure Bethesda released Skyrim, Oblivion, and Morrowind with officially supported mod toolkits shipping on day one. The reason their games have official mod tools is to make it much easier to work with which leads to the huge number of mods in their games compared to other games, and contributes to the longevity of their games.

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[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I don't know why people still give bethesda money; they've clearly not had the players' best interests in mind for ages. Don't buy their cash-grab bullshit!

[–] nfreak@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

Microsoft, and by extension Bethesda, is currently a big target of the BDS boycotts as well. Hard pass on this one for the time being.

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

That's a given these days. I'll never understand what people like about these half assed games. That Bethesda look that all these games have is just disgusting.

[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

One of my oldest, dearest friends drives me up a fucking wall with his insistence on prepurchasing all the slop that EA and Ubisoft and Bethesda churn out. His library of games that are >28% completed is unparalleled.

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I have a fifa friend. He buys every fifa game on launch and hates rvery single one of them

[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Ugh. That shit is so frustrating.

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 2 points 5 hours ago

The frustrating part is that i bought him schedule 1 because he was low on cash. Which was stupid of me, because i kinda know how much money he blew on fifa.

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[–] MudMan@fedia.io 24 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The horse armor being the deluxe upgrade bonus is actually funny. I'm very much fine with it. It's an intentional joke.

I'm less clear on the expansions being in the base game. Their messaging for the deluxe edition suggests they'd be part of it. Either way the messaging around it sucks and that's less funny.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 23 points 3 days ago (2 children)

All of the original DLC, including the infamous horse armour, is included in the base game. The Deluxe edition adds OST, art book, and some new armours, weapons, and horse gear that are new to the remaster.

[–] SgtAStrawberry@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

So I understand correctly that the deluxe edition contains even more horse armour?

Because if, that is absolutely hilarious.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

Correct, it does contain exclusive horse armour.

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[–] MudMan@fedia.io 7 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Good to know, but that is EXTREMELY not how the Steam page reads:

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered Deluxe Edition includes:

  • Digital base game

  • New quests for unique digital Akatosh and Mehrunes Dagon Armors, Weapons, and Horse Armor Sets

  • Digital Artbook and Soundtrack App

  • Shivering Isles and Knights of the Nine story expansions

  • Additional downloadable content: Fighter’s Stronghold, Spell Tomes, Vile Lair, Mehrune’s Razor, The Thieves Den, Wizard’s Tower, The Orrery, and Horse Armor Pack

Both the text and the image seem deliberately engineered to equivocate about this, which IMO sucks a lot more than actually selling some horse cosmetics as a ha-ha joke thing.

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[–] darkecho@feddit.org 17 points 2 days ago

I have already returned it.

Runs like ass on the Steam Deck even though it's verified. As soon as you get out of the sewer, the framerate drops and it barely manages to keep 30fps with bad framedrops all over the place, even on lowest settings and then you get some muddy blur that looks far worse than the original and it's barely recognizable due to all the AI-Upscale rendering artifacts.

I have just played Cyberpunk 2077 and it ran and looked so much better on the same device (and after that horrendous launch I never thought that time would come, when I would use it as a good example).

Also I quickly understood why it's called a remaster. Pretty much nothing has changed except for Textures and Models and the few gameplay improvements (and let's be honest here, Oblivion desperately needs them), you can get a so much better experience with mods for the original and make it a really immersive game.

The probably missing mod support was the final nail in the coffin. I may install the original again, as I really like Oblivion, or maybe I will just wait for Skyblivion, as it looks so much better than anything I saw here.

My expectations for TES VI are getting lower and lower. I'm pretty sure this is juat a cheap testrun for Bethesda to check if they can get away without having to put any work into a new engine and just outsource the Unreal graphics to the lowest bidder.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

It’s new cosmetic horse armor. The original DLC armors are included in the base remaster, at least.

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

Unless you need something, let's continue on to Weynon Priory

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (3 children)

At least it’s not being sold separately.

My favorite official DLC for Oblivion is the Wizard’s Tower. I crashed the game stealing everything and storing it all in the attic.

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[–] PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I still don't get it. Why this? Why not skyblivion?

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 6 points 3 days ago
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