The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered images leaked from Virtuos' website.

[Selbaek]

Oblivion images on Virtuos website : r/oblivion

The direct link to the Virtuous site is now properly locked down, but for a time people were able to freely peruse the file list and see the screenshots. Seems as if it may actually be real, and coming at some point!

Oblivion remake - Imgur
Here's a link to an imgur album with a lot of those screenshots... assuming it stays up and doesn't get taken down by Virtuos or anyone else.

Would anyone choose to pay for Oblivion again, or would you rather stick to the Skyblivion mod coming to Skyrim?

EDIT: It's official! All will be revealed....

EDIT 2: Extended Look at The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered

[Random Encounter]

I have a fondness of Oblivion as it was my first Elder Scrolls game. I would not be opposed to an official remake that brings us a more up to date engine. And at least jt isn't yet another reissue of Skyrim! I'll be watching this with cautious interest.

[Selbaek]

And at least jt isn't yet another reissue of Skyrim!

The rumors were right about this, barring the leak being an elaborate prank by the development company somehow. If the rumors remain true, this will be the first Elder Scrolls game to run in Unreal Engine! That would be enough for me to get it, just to feel the difference in clunk.

[The Grimace]

Oblivion was my first and only Elder Scrolls game. Fallout was always my focus.

I'll pick it up when it goes on sale at some point. The story never did much for me, but I heavily enjoyed the exploration.

I hope they hired more voice actors for this version lol

[Selbaek]

Looks like it's official now!

[Selbaek]

Extended Look at The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered

There have been a ton of updates done to this one.
Not least of all its 120GB size! 20x the 6GB the original game was, more or less.

I think I am most interested in the controls. They make it sound like it's been completely refined, and I personally might actually stick with it this time around.

[Random Encounter]

Just having integrated controller support in the PC port will be a big step up. It took years and years to finally get a mod that did this for the original PC release.

[Random Encounter]

So having picked it up and spent a couple of hours with it, my impressions so far:

• Still fundamentally the same game, mostly for the better and only a tiny bit for the worse (two crashes to desktop so far, but it is an Elder Scrolls game after all)
• The game looks gorgeous even on low settings
• Leveling still gives you the customization of the original Oblivion but is more lenient in a Skyrim way in that even minor skills contribute to gaining your next level now
• Some extra voice acting has been added to pad out the monotony of the original's limited cast
• Picking alchemical agents in the field removes them like in Skyrim, which is SUPER nice

I'm getting a new machine this weekend that should allow me to significantly crank up the settings, so I'll have more impressions as I do more MSQ and some Oblivion gates. I don't know yet if this is $50 dollars worth of game, but this is a significant graphical upgrade that will almost certainly get a lot of post-release love from the modding community.

[Kirklander]

It's cool! The Remaster is a really good one, but the initial price is IMO a tad too high. I used this:

https://gg.deals/game/the-elder-scrolls-iv-oblivion-remastered

To get it at a lower price. Don't get me wrong, the game is great, and I have always had a spot in my heart for Oblivion. Yes, I like it more than Skyrim and Morrowind. And while the remaster is GREAT, it's nothing world-breaking. I generally think that the video game prices are crazy nowadays.

[Althena]

Welcome to Valiant Gamers, Kirklander! Did you find us on one of our streams?

[Sarah Valentine]

Yes, I like it more than Skyrim and Morrowind.

Same! I played around with Morrowind but didn't get into it at the time. Oblivion is where I stepped on board the franchise, and to this day Shivering Isles remains my favorite experience of any TES game. I went back and boned up on the lore from Morrowind after Oblivion got me invested. Michael Kirkbride's lore writing was absolutely off the chain for Morrowind (CHIM alone is worth dozens of hours of video essays), and Bethesda did us all dirty by getting rid of him. Skyrim may be technically impressive and a blast to play, but its depth and worldbuilding just aren't on the same level as the previous two games.

[Kirklander]

Welcome to Valiant Gamers, Kirklander! Did you find us on one of our streams?

Yes, yes I did! Thank you, for having me :)

[Kirklander]

Same! I played around with Morrowind but didn't get into it at the time. Oblivion is where I stepped on board the franchise, and to this day Shivering Isles remains my favorite experience of any TES game. I went back and boned up on the lore from Morrowind after Oblivion got me invested. Michael Kirkbride's lore writing was absolutely off the chain for Morrowind (CHIM alone is worth dozens of hours of video essays), and Bethesda did us all dirty by getting rid of him. Skyrim may be technically impressive and a blast to play, but its depth and worldbuilding just aren't on the same level as the previous two games.

Exactly! I.e., Worldbuilding and the depth. I couldn't agree more. I want to say, it's just my opinion, but Skyrim is the size of an ocean (what is great!), but the depth of a puddle, with occasional, well, ponds. I LIKE Skyrim, but it's more of a sandbox or stealth archer simulator than a proper RPG.