Oblivion is just what I’m looking for
On the left, we see a potato. On the right, a slightly sharper potato. Nowhere near up to modern facial modelling standards, but improvement.
Bethesda issued the game Oblivion in 2006 (The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, to give its proper name) and they’ve issued this re-render earlier this year. The game is the same, the story is the same, the audio (including voices) is the same, it just looks better. And sure, I fell for it.
I played the original Oblivion, but I don’t remember anything about it except Emperor Potatoface here (who dies in the first fifteen minutes). Oh, and harvesting nirnroots.
This is just the sort of nonsense I’m in the mood for at the moment.
Posted: June 2nd, 2025 under personal.
Comments: 3
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Comment from QuasiModo
Time: June 2, 2025, 8:46 pm
You’d think with all the AI tools they could make something look better…just a quick re-tread like cheap truck tires and out the door.
Comment from Durnedyankee
Time: June 3, 2025, 2:56 am
The Horriblewood movie plan applied to games.
Remake a hit game with a few modern gimmicks.
Of course son #2 is still playing Ultima Online and they’re rewriting pieces and parts and running it on subscription servers. Old games always have a following.
Comment from Jon
Time: June 3, 2025, 4:26 pm
And a French company did all the work on the remaster. Zut allors!
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