2025-04-28 23:30:03

I have never written a review on Steam before, but I feel compelled to do so for this game.

In 2008, seventeen years ago, my mom took me to a GameStop after a rather grueling orthodontist appointment. I was allowed to pick out a game to buy. I wasn’t sure what to get, but the associate working there gave me a recommendation: a relatively recent game packed full of fantastical adventure — a game where you could go anywhere and do anything. I wish I could thank that associate for what he gave me, because, of course, that game was Oblivion.

It’s hard to put into words just how important Oblivion is to me. It was my first "real" game as a kid and truly what made me fall in love with video games as an art form. Beyond that, I credit it for sparking my lifelong love of fantasy and medieval settings. Maybe it sounds weird or a little cringe, but Oblivion is foundational to who I am today.

As time marched on and gaming standards evolved, Oblivion aged — and not gracefully (even worse than Morrowind, in my opinion). I found it harder and harder to go back to it. I tried to replay it several times but kept bouncing off. The years had worn heavily on this beloved game from my childhood. At times, I even wondered if I could still confidently say I [i]liked[/i] Oblivion, since I found it so difficult to revisit. Was it all just nostalgia?

This remaster has given Oblivion back to me.
It fixes all the issues that made me bounce off the game so many times before. It's no longer an early-2000s 3D bloomfest — it looks gorgeous. It no longer feels like you’re floating through the world, smacking enemies with a pool noodle — now, you feel [i]present[/i], tangibly part of the world. The punishing min-maxing system is gone; you can actually play the builds you want to play.
And the incredible part is: it fixes all of this without changing what the game fundamentally [i]is[/i].
If you played this version without ever touching the 2006 original, I wouldn't consider your experience "less than." This [i]is[/i] Oblivion, through and through.

This remaster has validated my feelings about Oblivion. I [i]do[/i] still love this game to death. It had just aged so poorly that I struggled to enjoy it. That’s no longer an issue, because this remaster has brought all of that magic back to me.

2025 hasn’t been a great year for me so far. I've been in a pretty unhappy place for most of it.
As corny as it might sound, this game has honestly given me a lot of happiness. Beyond just playing it, I’ve had so much fun talking about it with other people. The whole rollout — the leaks, the reveal stream, the shadowdrop — is something I think will go down as one of my favorite memories ever.

It’s clear this game was made by people who loved Oblivion as much as I did, and that love shines through in every facet. To me, this remaster is more than just a fresh coat of paint on a 20-year-old RPG. It's a reminder — at least in part — of how I became who I am today.

Oblivion Remastered really does mean the world to me, and I’m so excited to spend several hundred more hours in Cyrodiil.

2025-04-27 16:38:29

It's 2006, I've just gotten home from school and I'm booting up my 360 to play Oblivion. Life is good. This game reminds me that life is good. Thank you <3

2025-04-27 00:43:35

exited sewers
got achievement
game crashed...
we're so fucking back

2025-04-26 22:38:24

For those wondering. You do NOT need to buy the Deluxe edition to get the original dlc ( shivering isle, knights of the nine etc). Despite the borderline false advertisement shown above, the standard edition includes all the OG dlc including the original horse armour.

Despite this BS practice, the game itself is very well done. There are issues, crashes UI flaws such as the alchemy UI which i think is dumb. I do recommend it but I would wait a week or 2 for them to fix the major crashes. I mean its a 20 year old game, whats 2 more weeks.

2025-04-25 01:48:12

this is like seeing those "XXXX REMADE IN UNREAL ENGINE" videos turned into an actual game and its actually good

2025-04-24 15:18:18

They stay so true to the original game that even the sudden FPS drops when transitioning to a new location are faithfully recreated.

2025-04-23 18:41:32

STEAMDECK USERS BEWARE:

Do not let the green check-mark fool you, even on the lowest graphics settings the game runs terribly on the Steamdeck.

Honestly, I feel it's rather disingenuous of them to verify it on Steamdeck when they know it runs like horse manure on the system.

The game needs a dedicated Steamdeck patch.

2025-04-23 07:30:20

Was riding a horse, tripped over a rock and flew into the sky...ahhh just how I like it

2025-04-23 05:42:06

It's still Oblivion. The graphics have surpassed my wildest expectations, but it's still Oblivion. The UI is so much cleaner, the gameplay is smoother, and the combat is more fun. But it's still Oblivion. This is the benchmark for a remaster, and I couldn't be happier.

2025-04-22 21:11:03

Don't get this for steam deck. Despite verified status it is nearly unplayable. You have to lower the settings to the point of looking worse than 2006 oblivion and it still runs very poorly.