PWB April (Fools) edition 2025

Started by big mean bunny
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d0k

I mean, I have Oblivion, why do I need it again?

Just like they keep trying to sell me Skyrim "Special Edition" or whatever the heck it's called. I already bought it. Long ago. When it first came out. I can still play it just fine. You know, just like Oblivion. And Morrowind. And Daggerfall. And Arena.

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Alastor

I did my first Oblivion gate today in the remaster and it was as fun as I remember, but I have to be honest I kept going back and forth mentally today on how much of the full game I am actually going to play. It's no doubt a good remaster (although the almost washed out fields in comparison to the 360 version hits me like a ton of bricks every time I leave a city or cave) of a good game but I'm for sure not going to, or have have the time to play it for a couple hundred hours again, at least not anytime soon.

I will probably close all Oblivion Gates I actually see, do all main guilds and daedric shrines, do the DLC but I dunno' about beyond that. Also, despite what I said before, this combat after a few hours is really not very good, 200 hours of charge attacks and parrying probably aint it. We'll see how much I can integrate spellcasting into the mix I guess, but if you're not sneak attacking and using the bow I feel like you're probably playing yourself.

The fact that Expedition 33 is out in a few hours isn't helping either.

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Mr Party Hat

This remaster face lift is nice but I'm pretty sure Skyrim still looks nicer. 🤔

I just wish the colour palette wasn't so muted. It's a mad decision, everything is so brown. When I think of Oblivion, I think glowing green forests and blinding white stone.

The lighting is pretty incredible though. It's the first game in a long time where I've stopped in my tracks to stare at some uncanny detail, usually the torches flickering in the city at night.

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Alastor

Well the PC community will take care of that sooner or later, I have to contend people trying to tell me it's 'the time of day' or just implying I'm being a hater. It's still a very nice looking game otherwise.

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Alastor

Aight' so far Expedition 33 is French as fuck and I'm here for it, I just had a fight against a big headed mime and parried all his attacks and countered him to break, this is really fun so far.