The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered

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New weapon and armor models
Is there any weapon re-design that you feel like its much worse than how it looked in the original?

I kinda like most of them, a pretty solid upgrade from the original, though i do have a few issues: ebony and glass weapons for me are a slight downgrade from the original look due to the less intricate pattern glass in particular since the new ones lacks the polished loo , the Mace of Molag balls too is very slightly worse imo but it's a very petty complain. Chillrend having a shorter handle and longer blade than a glass shortsword instead of being merely a recolour is a little frustrating and Silver weapons are also a little too dark in my opinion.
I don't hate the new design of the Dragonsword of Lainlyn, this one got a bigger change in design than most and it's ok, i much preferred the original.
I kinda wish they kept the look of the original Wabbajack instead of adding the 3 faces on top, but i guess that goes to personal taste, Horomir's ice staff suffers the same issue of glass weapons where they don't look as smooth and polished as before.
Speaking of that dragonsword and things looking polished and smooth, there's a single re-design that i strongly dislike and it's the new Shadowrend sword, going from this beautiful smooth crystalline version of the Dragonsword of Lainlyn to a generic black daedric claymore reskin. This one i wish ras reversed or that we were given a different look. the axe variant never looked good, and i wish they took the opportunity to make a new version of it, instead of painting black a daedric greataxe.

Regard armors and clothing...
Let's start by adressing the huntsman vest, i don't care about the fact that they removed the fur bra for the female variant, it never made sense to me in the first place and it's petty to criticize it. Maybe a version of that could've still been added as an easter egg like the fluted helm in the demon souls remake, i guess, but it's really not that important and really you shouldn't care.
Dwarven armor is probably the first armor set that i feel like isn't as good as its remastered counterpart, it's a little too bright and the engravings should be more pronounced, orchish, dark seducer, blackwood armors and a few other clothes too suffers a similar issue by looking too bright, like black and burgundy clothes now looking more purple than black to me...
Most stuff looks better overall, glass armor in particular, i don't like the treatment they gave to the weapons, but i recognize the armors to be a clear improvement.
Amber armor is butt ugly but let's be honest, it never looked good to begin with.
Daedric armor has traded it's crude and rough texture for a more polished look, up to you which is better honestly, they're both fine.
I like the redesign of the Mythic dawn robes, adding the pointy cowl and sun pattern instead of just making a magenta robe is a pretty good take.

Overall, i appreciate how this game dealt with re-designing equipment, except for Shadowrend, everything i pointed out up there is pretty much less of a proper complain and more of a nitpick.
Last edited by Crown; Apr 24 @ 2:45am
Date Posted: Apr 24 @ 2:18am
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