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.

This remaster makes me feel like reuniting with an old friend after many years. Neither you nor your friend has changed. You have the same emotions and the same good chat. Just like the good old days...

Pope died for this

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

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

I remember the first time I played Oblivion.
It was December 26th, 2006. I was thirteen, my soul hungry for wonder, my heart still unaware of the weight nostalgia can carry.
That day, my mother gave me a Christmas gift.
A simple disc. A green case for my old Xbox 360.
But it wasn’t just a game.
It was the beginning of something.
It was Oblivion.

I installed it, turned on the console... and it was as if the real world disappeared.
I spent every hour of that day lost in Cyrodiil.
Snowy mountains, mysterious woods, ruins caught halfway between dream and nightmare.
I wasn’t playing it—I was living it.

And then… so many runs. So many new characters, new choices, restarts just for the sheer joy of starting over.
I knew every trick, every shortcut, every glitch.
And without any guide—when the internet was still a slow, rare whisper—I achieved 100% completion.
It was my world.
It was home.

Every now and then, my mother would sit beside me.
She’d watch the screen in silence.
She came from Donkey Kong 3, so to her, this was like glimpsing the future.
I still remember that one time... I handed her the controller, let her fight in the Arena.
She lost. She laughed.
She wasn’t made for that world, but... she liked being there.
She liked seeing me in it.
It was my refuge.
It was our small bridge.

And now, 19 years later, I go back.
The world has changed. I have changed. I’m 31 now.
And she… she’s no longer here.

And yet, playing the remaster feels like... like opening a window into the past.
The graphics are new, but the heart remains untouched.
Every tree, every sound, every line of dialogue speaks in a language only the soul remembers.
It’s the voice of childhood.
It’s the whisper of my mother laughing once more after losing that Arena fight.

Oblivion is not just a game.
It’s a time machine.
It’s a second chance to touch, even for a moment, what we thought was lost.

And as the sun rises over Cyrodiil, I remain there.
Fingers on the keyboard...
And a tear I cannot tell—if it’s sorrow or gratitude.

snuck behind a rat in the intro cave until stealth 30

game is intact

Big W for Speechcraft colour wheel.
Big W to levelling EXP changes.
Big W for being the first game I've ever played that has motion blur disabled by default.

Ws all around.

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

2006: Skipped school to play Oblivion

2025: Skipped work to play Oblivion

Todd you glorious bastard you've done it again