DirebearCoat Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 (edited) I know the remastered game has just come out, but you've been playing for several hours already, by now. 1) How is the UI, compared to original game? 2) Have they changed the skills selection menus, leveling up, perks (how has that changed between the original and the remastered)? Is it better now, worse? Better AND worse? 3) Did they change anything important? What and how? 4) The visuals looked pretty good in the video on Steam, but if you're running the game on the minimum required hardware, how did it compare? 5) Can you switch between first person and third person, or are you stuck on first person the whole time? 6) What are your complaints about the game? 7) What are your compliments for the game? 8 ) What mods are you running and is it worth it to play without the mods, first before playing again without the mods? Or are certain mods essential, which ones, and why? Edited April 23 by DirebearCoat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundzen72 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 1) never played oblivion before, only skyrim and lately ESO so i don't have a comparison reference (replies to #2 and #3) 4) my RTX4070 works fine and graphics are amazing - better than skyrim but similar to ESO and i'm not even on Ultra Settings 5) camera and 1st to 3rd view works flawlessly - most of the time i'm in 3rd person except using bow i zoom-in in 1st person view 6) 3 complains --- bug climbing on horse my char always stands tall upon the saddle before dropping to seated --- the lockpicking is getting on my nerve and it was easy in Skyrim --- landscape / nature is empty of animals & bandits compared to Skyrim (ohh, and the price!) 7) compliments are the graphics, console command still working, can be modded despite bethesda alert 8 ) ím for mods but i'm still analysing them over at Nexus but i use console commands to get 10K gold, run 2x faster and get more lockpicking i break them every time because opening its hard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aisaacs Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 ) Ui when playing is bad , has a large black text box and other bloat that blocks screen . use Simple Classic HUD https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivionremastered/mods/201?tab=description will fix all issues and make look a lot better 2) yes merged skyrim and oblivion system . it is better in my option 3) Did they change anything important? they added some features , some minor changes , nothing major . 4) good , dont run on minimum . test out settings. its a mix using a 1070 and 7770k both over clocked thats 2 cores less then recommended and with two mods added 40-50 fps inside 29-38 outside settings mixture of low to high. Oblivion Optimizer https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivionremastered/mods/39? LUMEN BEGONE - Disable RT for better Performance BASE VERSION https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivionremastered/mods/183 5) yes 6) What are your complaints about the game? didnt fix a couple base issues , not properly listing features and changes anywere . lack of organic mod support . price being $50 to buy . (game pass trial is 2 weeks for 1.13$ though so try before buying 7) What are your compliments for the game? 1 merging gabro and ue5 is a amazing accomplishment that boards well for gaming . graphics are next gen and at same time staying true to original . little details like bugs and fish quick release 8 ) new mods by the minute but atm these are essental Simple Classic HUD https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivionremastered/mods/201?tab=description needed to fix black box pop ups Oblivion Remastered High Quality Music https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivionremastered/mods/75 better sound for songs Horse Whistle - Summon and Follow https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivionremastered/mods/153 how didnt they just add this to base game. LUMEN BEGONE - Disable RT for better Performance BASE VERSION https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivionremastered/mods/183 i got 5-10 fps boost and less issues graphicly Oblivion Optimizer https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivionremastered/mods/39?tab=description got a 10-20 fps boost Difficulty Slider Fixed https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivionremastered/mods/58?tab=description adept is way to easy , hard is to hard this fixs it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundzen72 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 thank you for your links to mods... im interested in that horse whistle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchAngelAries Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 1) Feels more modern, kinda distracting compared to the OG Oblivion though. 2) I'd say it's fairly the same, a few changes that make it feel like a blend of Skyrim and Oblivion, but not horrible and still feels very Oblivion-y 3) Important? Depends on what you consider important. For me, I was disappointed to see all the fun exploits & glitches gone. 4) N/A. I'm on a High End PC 5) 1st and 3rd person toggle, similar to OG Oblivion/Skyrim 6) I'm very disappointed they decided to revamp so many systems but felt that the most important one (IMO) needed to stay the same. Character Creation. They had the oppourtunity to give us an UE5/Bethesda style blend character creator and decided to saddle us with the outdated user unfriendly sliders and lack of body/face/hair options. That and there can be game breaking bugs. I encountered two so far: Permanent Chameleon bug & Broken Dialog Camera forcing me to talk to NPCs' crotches 7) The graphics are gorgeous, combat feels more modern, 8 ) Personally, mostly just using cheat-y mods. But I think Faster Horses and Classic HUD might be essential for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbyssDragonModding Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 I played the original back on 360 and then pc as a kid, in fact oblivion is the game that kickstarted me into learning to make mods. I haven’t played the original in over 15 years (god I feel old lol) so here’s my take from what I remember about the original. 1. Ui is much better but still needs some adjustment for keyboard and mouse. but I would like to figure out how to make ui mods for the remaster and make some adjustments to it inspired by skyUi and DarnifiedUi. 2. Leveling system/scaling in the remaster seems much better than the original game. With the mix between og system and Skyrim. The only thing I found odd is the huge spike in difficulty when going from just adept to master like it seems a little unbalanced comparatively. It even feels harder than I remember it being on expert. So I’m thinking of downloading that difficulty slider adjustment mod to balance it a little bit more. 3. Sprinting is a huge addition and modernization of this classic game. I kinda figured they would do some adjustments like that and I’m personally happy with the adjustments they have made in the remaster. Third person also feels really good to play. 4. Can’t relate to minimum hardware specs as both my test systems are above the recommended. Here’s my experience on high end systems tho. Running everything maxed out even hardware RT with both systems running at native resolution (with DLSS at quality and frame generation on) both test systems monitors are 144+hz and both have VRR (gsync) My desktop is rocking a Ryzen 9 9950X, RTX 4080 Super, 64 gb of ram, 3840x1600 ultrawide monitor. Outside areas since they are the most intensive average around 80-90 fps with some dips to 60 occasionally. My laptop rocking an intel core ultra 9 275HX, RTX 5080 Laptop GPU, 32 GB Ram, 2560x1600 screen resolution. In performance mode plugged in obviously it gets around 90-120+ fps outside on average. 5. I mostly play in third person to be honest unless it’s super tight space like a cave corridor then I switch to first person if I’m in combat to be able to see better. 6. Complaints nothing so far besides the crashing issues. 7. In my opinion the game is very faithful remaster (let’s be honest it’s a remake lol, they just don’t say so for marketing) 8. I’m not actually running many currently mainly just upgrading the DLL files to their latest versions for example DLSS4 dlls and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pannonian Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 On 4/23/2025 at 5:27 AM, DirebearCoat said: I know the remastered game has just come out, but you've been playing for several hours already, by now. 1) How is the UI, compared to original game? 2) Have they changed the skills selection menus, leveling up, perks (how has that changed between the original and the remastered)? Is it better now, worse? Better AND worse? 3) Did they change anything important? What and how? 4) The visuals looked pretty good in the video on Steam, but if you're running the game on the minimum required hardware, how did it compare? 5) Can you switch between first person and third person, or are you stuck on first person the whole time? 6) What are your complaints about the game? 7) What are your compliments for the game? 8 ) What mods are you running and is it worth it to play without the mods, first before playing again without the mods? Or are certain mods essential, which ones, and why? I'm an old man now, (49) and I did some modding of Skyrim, but not Oblivion back in the day. I had about 300hrs with Oblivion and I sort of gave up when I finished the main quest. Then I had a few other saves , varying around 100-200hrs each but avoided the main quest, since I didn't want the oblivion gates ruining the pristine game world. I liked the game as it was vanilla, but couldn't help to dump plenty of mods in it, mainly graphical enhancements and modification to leveling and just how the game functioned. So, here is what I noticed so far (level 8 Nord currently - since I never played a fighter character in Oblivion, always magic) 1. I'm not totally happy about the new UI. I think the original was great. There was a mod I forgot the name, which made it even better. They could've made it high resolution and that's it. Possibly a future mod? 2. The level up is certainly different. I have to point out that there was a mod that did the same type of leveling for the original. It's ok, but they could've done even better if you ask me. 3. I like the new magic effects. Sine I chose to be a fighter this time, when I saw the remastered magic effects, I almost regret that I didn't chose to be a mage. Oh well, I may just make a new character save too, it's not like I never played this game before so.. 4. I run the game on 2 systems. My main rig is a 12th gen intel + RX6750XT at HIGH settings and it runs ok. I see some jerkiness and slowdowns, but it seem to come from the software / rendering engine itself not my hardware. I also run this game on minimum settings on my Asus Laptop which only has a 3050ti / 4GB and while the game said that I don't meet the hardware requirements, I was able to run it anyway. It runs terrible outdoor, but inside caves and dungeons, the performance is acceptable. 5. Yeah, rolling the mouse wheel. 6. My main complaints is, that while I can see how they tried to preserve Oblivion as it was, that means they also preserved all the issues I also had with the original game. There are just many things to list, what I think should have been updated/ replaced/ redone. There was a reason why I ran at least 20 mods with the original back in the day. 7. Despite all my issues I listed above (possibly more to come as I progress playing it) I think the remaster team did a fantastic work. They could possibly optimize it even better so it runs even more fluently, I also understand that they were probably bound by their contract not to change a whole lot from the original- unless it was was Bethesda/ Todd approved change. 8, I'm not running any mods yet, trying to absorb in all how it works without mods, possibly I try some visual mods like reshade as a starter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NULLxZER0 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Save your money, buy the original, mod it a little, 100x better experience. Most disappointing "remaster" ive ever experienced, game is worse in almost every way, it just looks "better", and i would disagree and say a lightly modded Oblivion will look better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christianhulen Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 For question number 8, I am running the sprint replacer mod and the Ayleid Reshade preset. But as far as essential mods, I am really missing the following original Oblivion mods: 1. Maskars Oblivion Overhaul 2. Knights of the Nine Revelation 3. The ImpeREAL series 4. Morrowind style soul gems 5. Maskars Unarmored skill 6. Mod that allows you to have more than one follower at once, and lets you access their inventory 7. One of a Kind Weapons, or any mod that will replace unique items, i.e witsplinter 8. Capes mod 9. I really want to be able to replace/add custom music tracks, but it is more complicated than just dragging and dropping .mp3 files now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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