I never did get any of the DLC when I played it on the PS3. Finally I will get to experience the horse armor.

  • @Saledovil@sh.itjust.works
    46•2 years ago

    Honestly, if they make the original unavailable comercially, acquiring it through non official channels becomes morally acceptable.

  • chaogomu
    18•2 years ago

    I wouldn’t mind a remake, provided they did it correctly.

    See, earlier games talked about Tamriel (edit; Cyrodiil), it was described as being a dense, bamboo filled jungle, The empire was described as being sort of like Rome, but with an ancient Chinese bent.

    In other words, nothing like the generic European fantasy land that we actually got.

    Imagine a claustrophobic jungle where adventure is just on the other side of the tree line. You could stumble on to hidden temples and cozy villages.

    Sadly, that would require more than one type of tree texture. Otherwise, it would be a wall of blandness for the entire game, and if you’re doing a wall of blandness, you might as well open things up so that the player can see the horizon.

    • @the_great_period@startrek.website
      19•2 years ago

      This is why Morrowind sucked me in back in the day. Huge-ass mushrooms everywhere. Weird floating jellyfish and all manner of bizarre creatures from top to bottom. It was so foreign and different, it was amazing.

      I played TES Online briefly and the uniqueness of Morrowind was incredibly stark. Every other zone is just standard European fantasy. And that’s fine, but what originally pulled me into the series was the strangeness of Morrowind. It was truly unique.

      It’s a bit sad to me that they brought the series way back into the standard fantasy fare.

      • @sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
        10•2 years ago

        Yeah, that’s probably why I bounced off of Skyrim. I skipped Oblivion, so I came in expecting an interesting environment and it was just standard European fantasy for the most part.

    • vladEnglish
      5•2 years ago

      I was going to say that I don’t think it’ll ever become “unavailable”.

  • @banana_meccanica@feddit.it
    6•2 years ago

    You don’t really want a remake of oblivion. This game is good because the actually old print mechanics. If you do a remake then you make something different, like was Skyrim. I don’t think anyway audience want a game like Oblivion, there is the need for more and much intuitive.

  • CarlsIII
    5•2 years ago

    Hate to break it to you, but I’m pretty sure the horse armor hasn’t been available for a long time.

    • @jsdz@lemmy.mlOP
      4•2 years ago

      They took Dark Souls off the market when its remaster came along. Microsoft is not above doing the same. If nothing else, you’ll need a copy of the original Oblivion in order to play Skyblivion when it comes out. Of course I’m sure you’ll be able to get it somewhere. Really I just wanted to play it again with the Shivering Isles expansion.

      • @evdo@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        2•2 years ago

        True. I just don’t foresee an Oblivion remake this soon, especially with Starfield, ES6, and probably Skyrim again coming up.

    • @pory@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2•2 years ago

      You can’t buy Skyrim anymore on Steam, only Special Edition. This is important for mods.

  • conciselyverbose
    3•2 years ago

    I’d be more likely to buy it in the hopes they do something like Skyrim Anniversary edition and give owners the game free/discounted.

    Admittedly because it’s older that’s less likely (especially free), but they could do it to keep good faith so those people evangelize the game on other platforms and to new audiences. I was surprised they did it for Skyrim, which was also pretty old.