I don’t know why I believed my coworker when he said Skyblivion was canceled.
Official Remaster is meh, so I hope this will be the “remaster” everyone wants.
I’m also very much interested in Skywind. Even more than this one, as Morrowind is one of my favorite games of all times.
I’m actually not that excited about Skywind myself as base Morrowind already has such a lively modding scene that is impossible to migrate over. With OpenMW, Tamriel Rebuilt and Project Cyrodiil the game just keeps getting better and better with time. I fully acknowledge that this is a very subjective opinion but I also feel like Morrowind doesn’t translate over to a Skyrim-style gameplay nearly as well as Oblivion does. So much dialogue and random NPC banter will have to be cut out if they want to voice act every single NPC like they to plan to do.
So much dialogue and random NPC banter will have to be cut out if they want to voice act every single NPC like they to plan to do.
Egrets from Skywind here. We’re really not cutting anything in that regard (or really in any respect). For lines that are very repetitive, we might reduce the number of NPCs that deliver those lines to avoid auditory fatigue and immersion issues, and some lines are being tweaked to avoid feeling too encyclopedic in their delivery, but our ultimate solution is just a ton of voice actors (hundreds, literally) and a lot of work to implement them all.
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Thank you for your reply! One of my favourite aspects of Morrowind is how I can just walk up to a random NPC and ask them about a generic thing like directions to a place I have to get to, local services available, important NPCs or just their trade or a little secret or advice (and how those act as a soft tutorial with useful gameplay tips often being mentioned). If you actually plan to implement and voice most of these I bow before your ambitions!
The dialogue system isn’t identical, but we’ll absolutely be including those features as dialogue options. We recently cast the last few open roles, including major characters, so although VA is a bigger job than in any published TES game, we’re well on our way.
I also feel like Morrowind doesn’t translate over to a Skyrim-style gameplay nearly as well as Oblivion does
Because Oblivion was arguably Skyrim-style gameplay already; not much to translate there.
If i recall correctly the Skywind team said on stream they have roughly 2-3 times the volume of written and spoken dialogue compared to edit: either Skyeim or Oblivion.
I agree though, I think there’s an argument to be made that Morrowind in its entirety is perfect as it is, but that’s why I’m looking forward to it even more than to Skyblivion. Really curious what they are cookin
Fuck yes dude! I’m so excited to play this!
I was so disappointed with Oblivion Remastered, I can’t wait for this!!
I haven’t played Oblivion Remastered—what was disappointing about it?
Have you played OG Oblivion? Are you okay with it? Then don’t buy the Remaster. It was okay, but it was still basically the original Oblivion in a slightly prettier wrapper.
I have played the original when it came out for about a hundred hours, and I really enjoyed it.
Then as long as you’re fine with the poor performance Oblivion remaster is excellent. It’s Oblivion (almost) as you remember it, the main difference being the ability to sprint (which doesn’t actually change) and fixed attribute points leveling (which I welcome because the original levelling system was stupid where you needed to level minor skills to get +5 bonuses for attributes).
It felt empty, clunky, and the quests were boring to me. I loved Skyrim and was expecting a similar experience, but it just wasn’t anywhere close imo.
It being an actual remaster instead of a reimagining of the game is what people like and dislike.
I guess. It probably means I wouldn’t have enjoyed the original Oblivion either. So I can’t blame them much, I’m just not the target audience
The censorship, it’s basically an asset flip, it’s Bethesda, it’s $60 for an over decade old game
It’s just a year shy of being two decades old. Even Skyrim is over a decade old at this point.
