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Original Oblivion Dev Reacts To Oblivion Remastered: "Not Sure Remaster Does It Justice"

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Instead, he was surprised by the amount of work done to the 20-year-old game.

"I was assuming this was going to be a texture update," Nesmith said. "I didn't really think it was going to be the complete overhaul that they've announced it to be…I would not have batted an eye at that. But to completely redo the animations, the animation system, put it in the Unreal Engine, change the leveling system, change the user interface. I mean, you're touching every part of the game. That's a staggering amount of remastering. It almost needs its own word, quite frankly. I'm not sure remaster actually does it justice."

Nesmith went on to call Oblivion Remastered closer to something like "Oblivion 2.0." He also shared his thoughts on the pride he feels seeing so much interest in game so many years later, so check out the full interview for more.

Oblivion Remastered's release comes just as the ambitious mod Skyblivion, which looks to port Oblivion to Skyrim's engine, is nearing completion. Bethesda actually gave free copies of Oblivion Remastered to the entire Skyblivion team, with the mod's project lead calling two versions of Oblivion for fans to play in 2025 a "win-win."

Far from just a visual upgrade, there is plenty new and different in Oblivion Remastered, including UI updates and significant changes to the game's level-up system. Despite not officially supporting mods, fans on PC have wasted no time crafting mods for Oblivion Remastered anyways. If you're diving into Cyrodiil once again or for the first time, check out out Oblivion walkthrough, which will be updated with all the new changes introduced in Oblivion Remastered.

Oblivion Remastered is currently on sale for 17% off at GameSpot sister-site Fanatical (both GameSpot and Fanatical are owned by Fandom).

73 Elder Scrolls: Oblivion Remaster Screenshots Showing Off The New Visuals