Initial impressions of Oblivion Remastered

[annathepiper]

I bought Oblivion Remastered yesterday as soon as I saw the news that it was being released. And last night, I fired up a playthrough to redo Ganniwer, the character I’d started via my attempt to get an Oblivion playthrough going.

Here’s a post to cover my initial impressions of this version of the game, so far. Details behind the fold.

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Comments

[dividedbyblue]

Love your review! As a fan of the original Oblivion (on Xbox 360), I’m intrigued by this remaster, and considering gettint it for my Xbox series X. One think I’m not sure about however, is if they changed how the leveling system works. I remember playing the original and if you weren’t carefull how to level, all enemies (that scaled with you) soon became more powerfull than you were. There were different go arounds back in the day, but still, it was a bit of a pain in the ass. Is it still the same?

[annathepiper]

You're very welcome, glad you enjoyed it. :)

As I understand it, the leveling system is now a hybrid of how Oblivion originally did it, and how Skyrim does it. I actually haven't leveled my character up from 1 yet, so I don't have any firsthand experience with it yet, just going by what I've read about the release so far.

I only got to level 5 or so in my attempt to play the original Oblivion in the last couple of years... but that scaling problem you mention is one of the things I remember reading about, and one of the things I tried to account for in the tiny mod selection I chose for my first crack at an Oblivion run. So it'll be interesting to see how they compare.

[dividedbyblue]

Thanks for your reply. It's good to know they altered it. A hybrid of Skyrim's and Oblivion's systems sounds intriguing. I’m interested in giving it a go and seeing how it works.

The scaling problem in the original was tough. When I played it years ago, I managed to beat the game, but I kept a paper notebook throughout the game. On it I kept not of the skills I leveled, so I knew I would be able to survive the leveling of the monsters with my character’s leveling. I’m not going to be doing that effort again with a replay :)