Kinda. The website was inactive for a few years there, and only recently started updating again. The author was focusing on Patreon, which was reportedly porn of the VGCats characters.
Right? I grew up in oblivion so when Skyrim came out with its dull brownish greys I was super disappointed, still can't really get into the game that much. Then a miracle happened and the Witcher 3: blood and wine came out. Toussaint was such a breath of fresh air, it reminded me that why I loved fantasy games was to feel like I was in a fantasy
I was also not super into witcher 3. I liked it but I just didn't grab me. Would you mind saying a bit about what set blood and wine apart for you? I think I have it, and maybe it's time to give it a shot!
I don't personally find the gameplay in W3 very interesting so it was 90% story and 10% Gwent that limped me through the main game. Blood and Wine doesn't change gameplay at all but the setting is maybe the best I've had the pleasure of enjoying in a game probably ever. The art direction is just wonderful and they really set the scene from the opening moments. There are also a couple of end game touches they made. All of that added up to a very memorable experience for me. Honestly it's still far from my favorite game but it's still to this date the best thing CDPR has done IMO.
The brown is bad, but to be fair to the right side, it's the left one that has bad reflections and is blurry - it was released when bloom effects were new and it used them way too much.
Look, if it plays as good or better than the original without the Skyrim enshitification then I don't carer how it looks. If it plays like Skyrim though, I'll hate it even more.
Oblivion is hugely over saturated. The game feels perfect for that in some areas and like a kids story book in others.
The people commenting the generic "now it's brown and dull" are just lame. Its just hating to hate really.
Personally, Oblivion is 10x than skyrim even if the game looked like fucking Morrowind I would play it. It is like people on Lemmy have to purposefully hate on something popular so they feel different than the "Normies."
The game could use a graphical overhaul and the bloom and over saturation hurt my damn eyes in a recent play through. So please tone it down and make it feel more realistic.
Also, lol, the image for comparison is just subjective bullshit bias. It purposefully makes a comparison to make the remaster feel boring. People were all over this style when Skyrim released.
Much like my opinion people don't have to agree and if you like the way Oblivion looks now versus the graphical overhaul in the leaked screenshot well then the good news is you can still play the original Oblivion. I know, complete shocker.
The point I am trying to make is that Lemmy sometimes feels like the "I am not like other girls" version of Reddit. You guys hate shit just as much as Reddit but in a weirder "I am different so my opinion is better." Reminds me of a post I saw on here where some guy raved for 4 paragraphs about why he didn't think the new Deadpool was funny but that his opinion wasn't like others that didn't like the new Deadpool because his was more refined and over all carried sophistication I'm his criticism. When in the end all he was saying was, "it wasn't my kind of humor." That is Lemmy.
Just say you don't like something and move the fuck on. Personally, Oblivion is peak Elderscrolls for me. This remaster looks fucking fantastic and I am going go play the fuck out of it. Have a nice day.
The people commenting the generic "now it's brown and dull" are just lame. Its just hating to hate really.
Or they simply have fond memories of the graphical style of Oblivion, and are disappointed that it's now more "realistic"? I don't want realistic, I want Oblivion. It's a fucking fantasy game.
People were all over this style when Skyrim released.
Sure, but we're not in 2011, so why change the graphical style to fit opinions of that time?
Much like my opinion people don't have to agree and if you like the way Oblivion looks now versus the graphical overhaul in the leaked screenshot well then the good news is you can still play the original Oblivion. I know, complete shocker.
I would love to play a remastered version that keeps the distinct graphical style I fondly remember. I know, a complete shocker.
Just say you don't like something and move the fuck on.
I did, and you really didn't like me saying that! I like Oblivion, I really like the graphical style. I don't like that they are removing the graphical style and making it look like any generic action RPG. If you don't like my comment, maybe move the fuck on?
Or they simply have fond memories of the graphical style of Oblivion, and are disappointed that it's now more "realistic"? I don't want realistic, I want Oblivion. It's a fucking fantasy game.
We have reshades problem solved. Not all fantasy games have to be overly saturated but hey look the remaster is great and you have options.
People were all over this style when Skyrim released.
Lol, why does it have to fit the original style of Oblivion. Stupid fucking argument.
I would love to play a remastered version that keeps the distinct graphical style I fondly remember. I know, a complete shocker.
Not a shocker? Just fucking do so? I don't mind a change in style because the game doesn't change. Also, stupid argument.
I did and you really didn't like me saying that! I like Oblivion, I really like the graphical style. I don't like that they are removing the graphical style and making it look like any generic action RPG. If you don't like my comment, maybe move the fuck on?
Your comment was pretentious and so here we are on the internet using it as intended.
We have reshades problem solved. Not all fantasy games have to be overly saturated but hey look the remaster is great and you have options.
Can you link a reshade that restores the look of the original? It will be hard to do with a reshade, since the actual textures have changed - they didn't just turn down the saturation.
Lol, why does it have to fit the original style of Oblivion. Stupid fucking argument.
Why does a remaster of Oblivion have to fit the art style of Oblivion? Stupid fucking question. Seriously, did you even think for a second?
Not a shocker? Just fucking do so? I don't mind a change in style because the game doesn't change. Also, stupid argument.
Wow, what incredible arguments you bring up.
Your comment was pretentious and so here we are on the internet using it as intended.
Yeah, incredibly pretentious to share my opinion. I'm sorry your highness, it shan't happen again towards you, as I'm tired of your stupid fucking arguments, questions and thoughts.
I will say, all that aside, there's one thing I hated about oblivion. The FUCKING OBLIVION GATES, ugh so tedious, when I first learned there was mods I think the first one I downloaded was one that let you skip them for my next playthrough, but I would love to see if they somehow make them less grindy in this one
Honestly all this game needs for a 10 out of 10 from me is to be able to take the annoying fan to Dive Rock, cast paralysis on him and give him a little nudge.
With all that brown it's as if they accidentally took the Fallout 3 colour palette instead of Oblivion's. Doing a replay now and (Pip) boy, I forgot how bland the Capital Wasteland looks before you get used to it.
This sums up my opinion of the new Assassins Creed. It's a beautiful world but half the time I can't actually see anything because I'm either blinded by sunlight or shaded by darkness.
Apparently UE5 only for rendering, the game logic still on the old gamebryo engine.
Because if done well, UE5 is fairly pretty and if it’s used just for graphics, maybe it won’t perform as badly either. The mixture of two engines tells me at the very least that the devs spent some amount of thought and time on the engine(s).
But yea, when it comes out and I find out it runs like crap on my 5700xt, I’ll just wait until Skyblivion is out. Not gonna be too long anyways.
Depends on how much work they put into the graphics. Sure, if they keep UE at default settings, it’ll look like any run of the mill UE5 game. But if they cared enough to combine two engines, maybe they also cared enough to actually make UE5 look and feel more unique and more Elderscrolls-y..
Also, keeping gamebryo for logic might be a good thing to make the game feel more like the original.
It’s not actually done by Bethesda though but by Virtuos Games, which have both a history of making excellent remasters and miracle ports, and remasters that were very buggy at release.
The over saturated, bright environments are a key factor to the vibe of Oblivion. Them somehow regressing to Gears of War brown is a terrible sign. Even if its just in those few regions.
Never said I wasn't excited friend, I would love to have another romp through my childhood. I complain because I love this game, and would like to see it how I remember. If it comes out with the brown filter over it, it's whatever, it's oblivion it will get modded back.
But I daresay there's much worse things we could be doing online than griping about an old favorite, harmless fun I'd say.
The piss filter is back baby!
What is old is new again
https://vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=222
Freakin' VGCATS, my man! What a blast from the past
That comic is still alive!?
Kinda. The website was inactive for a few years there, and only recently started updating again. The author was focusing on Patreon, which was reportedly porn of the VGCats characters.
Not really. It's porn now.
We've known since the 2010s that brown equals realism.
Yes, in polluted cities.
Add a tiny splash of yellow tint then we get Mexico
https://youtu.be/AUXGW6sWYDY
Piss*
Pea milk*
Oh you sweet summer child...
This trend is quite an explosion.
Oblivion without its megasaturation and bloom is gonna look weird
Right? I grew up in oblivion so when Skyrim came out with its dull brownish greys I was super disappointed, still can't really get into the game that much. Then a miracle happened and the Witcher 3: blood and wine came out. Toussaint was such a breath of fresh air, it reminded me that why I loved fantasy games was to feel like I was in a fantasy
That expansion was marvelous, nearly hit every note for me and I say that as someone with otherwise very mixed feelings for Witcher 3.
I was also not super into witcher 3. I liked it but I just didn't grab me. Would you mind saying a bit about what set blood and wine apart for you? I think I have it, and maybe it's time to give it a shot!
I don't personally find the gameplay in W3 very interesting so it was 90% story and 10% Gwent that limped me through the main game. Blood and Wine doesn't change gameplay at all but the setting is maybe the best I've had the pleasure of enjoying in a game probably ever. The art direction is just wonderful and they really set the scene from the opening moments. There are also a couple of end game touches they made. All of that added up to a very memorable experience for me. Honestly it's still far from my favorite game but it's still to this date the best thing CDPR has done IMO.
Hey, thanks. I started a play through file starting at blood and wine. Appreciate your rundown.
Sure let me know how you like it!
Oblivion Remexicoed.
The ghosting of the sword, the overly wavy reflections in water, the sun burning your retinas. 15 frames of perfection every second!
You can actually get bonus ghosting if you switch to FSR Performance with frame gen!
The brown is bad, but to be fair to the right side, it's the left one that has bad reflections and is blurry - it was released when bloom effects were new and it used them way too much.
Honestly they just need to put on a blueish green bloom filter and it's back to being faithful
Skyrim was already grey rpg. They can't do that again. So now it's brown rpg. Maybe next we'll get fuchsia.
They kind of did fuschia with the shivering isles iirc
Don't worry everyone free labour will fix it
If that is the only difference you can see you need some new glasses
Skyblivion better
Look, if it plays as good or better than the original without the Skyrim enshitification then I don't carer how it looks. If it plays like Skyrim though, I'll hate it even more.
But the unique colors and style of Oblivion are why I remember it kind of fondly. By losing that, it turns into generic RPG #5263...
Oblivion is hugely over saturated. The game feels perfect for that in some areas and like a kids story book in others.
The people commenting the generic "now it's brown and dull" are just lame. Its just hating to hate really.
Personally, Oblivion is 10x than skyrim even if the game looked like fucking Morrowind I would play it. It is like people on Lemmy have to purposefully hate on something popular so they feel different than the "Normies."
The game could use a graphical overhaul and the bloom and over saturation hurt my damn eyes in a recent play through. So please tone it down and make it feel more realistic.
Also, lol, the image for comparison is just subjective bullshit bias. It purposefully makes a comparison to make the remaster feel boring. People were all over this style when Skyrim released.
Much like my opinion people don't have to agree and if you like the way Oblivion looks now versus the graphical overhaul in the leaked screenshot well then the good news is you can still play the original Oblivion. I know, complete shocker.
The point I am trying to make is that Lemmy sometimes feels like the "I am not like other girls" version of Reddit. You guys hate shit just as much as Reddit but in a weirder "I am different so my opinion is better." Reminds me of a post I saw on here where some guy raved for 4 paragraphs about why he didn't think the new Deadpool was funny but that his opinion wasn't like others that didn't like the new Deadpool because his was more refined and over all carried sophistication I'm his criticism. When in the end all he was saying was, "it wasn't my kind of humor." That is Lemmy.
Just say you don't like something and move the fuck on. Personally, Oblivion is peak Elderscrolls for me. This remaster looks fucking fantastic and I am going go play the fuck out of it. Have a nice day.
Or they simply have fond memories of the graphical style of Oblivion, and are disappointed that it's now more "realistic"? I don't want realistic, I want Oblivion. It's a fucking fantasy game.
Sure, but we're not in 2011, so why change the graphical style to fit opinions of that time?
I would love to play a remastered version that keeps the distinct graphical style I fondly remember. I know, a complete shocker.
I did, and you really didn't like me saying that! I like Oblivion, I really like the graphical style. I don't like that they are removing the graphical style and making it look like any generic action RPG. If you don't like my comment, maybe move the fuck on?
Well, here we are. Some 2 or 3 weeks in now.
We have reshades problem solved. Not all fantasy games have to be overly saturated but hey look the remaster is great and you have options.
Lol, why does it have to fit the original style of Oblivion. Stupid fucking argument.
Not a shocker? Just fucking do so? I don't mind a change in style because the game doesn't change. Also, stupid argument.
Your comment was pretentious and so here we are on the internet using it as intended.
Can you link a reshade that restores the look of the original? It will be hard to do with a reshade, since the actual textures have changed - they didn't just turn down the saturation.
Why does a remaster of Oblivion have to fit the art style of Oblivion? Stupid fucking question. Seriously, did you even think for a second?
Wow, what incredible arguments you bring up.
Yeah, incredibly pretentious to share my opinion. I'm sorry your highness, it shan't happen again towards you, as I'm tired of your stupid fucking arguments, questions and thoughts.
I will say, all that aside, there's one thing I hated about oblivion. The FUCKING OBLIVION GATES, ugh so tedious, when I first learned there was mods I think the first one I downloaded was one that let you skip them for my next playthrough, but I would love to see if they somehow make them less grindy in this one
Honestly all this game needs for a 10 out of 10 from me is to be able to take the annoying fan to Dive Rock, cast paralysis on him and give him a little nudge.
Obsepion
With all that brown it's as if they accidentally took the Fallout 3 colour palette instead of Oblivion's. Doing a replay now and (Pip) boy, I forgot how bland the Capital Wasteland looks before you get used to it.
This sums up my opinion of the new Assassins Creed. It's a beautiful world but half the time I can't actually see anything because I'm either blinded by sunlight or shaded by darkness.
I was so excited. Until I saw it's going to be UE5. Ah well, Skyblivion it is for me then.
Apparently UE5 only for rendering, the game logic still on the old gamebryo engine.
Because if done well, UE5 is fairly pretty and if it’s used just for graphics, maybe it won’t perform as badly either. The mixture of two engines tells me at the very least that the devs spent some amount of thought and time on the engine(s).
But yea, when it comes out and I find out it runs like crap on my 5700xt, I’ll just wait until Skyblivion is out. Not gonna be too long anyways.
That's disappointing. So it's going to have all the logic bugs of gamebryo plus that same annoying graphical feel of UE5
Depends on how much work they put into the graphics. Sure, if they keep UE at default settings, it’ll look like any run of the mill UE5 game. But if they cared enough to combine two engines, maybe they also cared enough to actually make UE5 look and feel more unique and more Elderscrolls-y..
Also, keeping gamebryo for logic might be a good thing to make the game feel more like the original.
It's Bethesda. They probably did it in a couple months trying to recoup money after the Starfield desaster.
It’s not actually done by Bethesda though but by Virtuos Games, which have both a history of making excellent remasters and miracle ports, and remasters that were very buggy at release.
And if they changed it too much you'd complain and say "it's too different" you people just loooooove complaining
Fallen from grace, because I've been away too long
You guys know these are still officially not confirmed leaked pics?
Even if it really comes out and the screenshots are real are you really so bored that you just decided to hate something based on this?
The over saturated, bright environments are a key factor to the vibe of Oblivion. Them somehow regressing to Gears of War brown is a terrible sign. Even if its just in those few regions.
I know this, played Oblivion since day 1 and would also like a faithful remaster/remake.
I just don't undurstand why do this hate-circlejerk based on leaked unofficial info.
I'm still excited for it.
What are you guys even complaining about here? The color pallette? Really?
Never said I wasn't excited friend, I would love to have another romp through my childhood. I complain because I love this game, and would like to see it how I remember. If it comes out with the brown filter over it, it's whatever, it's oblivion it will get modded back.
But I daresay there's much worse things we could be doing online than griping about an old favorite, harmless fun I'd say.
good, always hated that goofy ass bright ass color palette of oblivion