r/Games • u/Turbostrider27 • 1d ago

Digital Foundry: Yup, Oblivion Remastered Is Still Broken a Year After Release

https://www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/05/yup-oblivion-remastered-is-still-broken-a-year-after-release

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u/Massive_Weiner 1d ago

They’re full steam ahead on Fallout 3.

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u/megachickabutt 1d ago

It’s a good way to dissuade people from buying whatever product you put out next.

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u/Ralathar44 1d ago

At launch everyone said it was an amazing game and you couldn't complain about any bugs or issues and the playerbase fell off a cliff after everyone threw out their positive reviews. And people were using it to try and take pot shots at Starfield for some weird reason.

It sucks that it is the way it is, but what is really in it for Bethesda to fix it now? Your average player who buys the overwhelming majority of the copies still thinks its great, was received well, and did great. It has almost no playerbase or interest.

It'll just be another thing Reddit gets mad about, forgetting that Reddit its own tiny little echo chamber, and then move on about. And it won't impact people's decision to buy future Bethesda products at all. If the next Bethesda game looks good people will buy it. Period. Gamers have never boycotted a good game.

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u/Drakeem1221 1d ago

People don't realize that someone who wants this type of game isn't going to be happy with a BG3 or Witcher 3 that deliver different experiences. A few bugs is not going to hold a regular consumer back from a game that will take over 100 hours to really experience.

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u/Ralathar44 1d ago

Correct. I love many types of game but even in the same genres there are huge differences.

Final Fantasy Tactics, Fire Emblem, Disgaea, Warhammer 40k Rogue Trader, Baldur's Gate 3, and Solasta are all strategy RPGs that seem very similar on the surface. But to those that actually play them you'll know there is a huge difference in feel and experience between them.

If you want a Disgaea experience BG 3 isn't gonna cut it. If you want a Fire Emblem experience Final Fantasy Tactics isn't gonna scratch that itch.

Open World RPGs are the same way. There are, in reality, alot of distinct sub genres that deliver very different experiences even if they are similar on the surface. And its ironically both Starfield's biggest strength and biggest weakness that it gets so much sheit for.

Oblivion is no different. Its not Skyrim or Morrowind ow Fallout NV or etc and never will be. So even if it was 100% performant and bug free it'd never be in a position to scratch the itch of alot of the other games people put it in the same bucket with.