Tech specialists say The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered has vital efficiency issues throughout all consoles as followers anticipate a much-needed patch.
Oblivion Remastered has loved a massively profitable launch, with over 4 million gamers and a ‘very optimistic’ person overview score on Steam. Nonetheless, if there’s one problem that continues to crop up, it’s efficiency issues.
Digital Foundry has run an in depth evaluation on Oblivion Remastered on all console platforms and located the sport to have vital issues throughout the board. DF’s Thomas Morgan stated of Virtuos’ Unreal Engine 5 overhaul:
No platform is spared of points: whether or not it is PS5, PS5 Professional, or both Xbox Sequence machine, all battle with traversal hitches whereas roaming the open world. Secondly, there’s main sub-60fps frame-rates, the place I’ve additionally found that efficiency slowly degrades with extra enjoying time – fairly probably right down to a reminiscence leak. And eventually, software program freezes are the icing on the cake, with all PlayStation and Xbox platforms crashing to the system menu on loading a save one too many occasions.
How does this present itself in-game? In response to DF, a “charged” playthrough with extra steady play time behind it performs worse than a contemporary boot. Biking by saves additionally introduces bugs within the charged play by, Morgan revealed. And that is significantly curious: this additionally results in the digital camera place being too excessive whereas using horseback. You’ll be able to repair this by resetting the sport.
The invention of efficiency degrading over time because of a possible reminiscence leak is of specific concern. The crashes on loading a save too many occasions is a major problem, too.
The hope in fact is that Bethesda addresses these issues sooner reasonably than later, particularly as gamers spend extra time with the expansive fantasy role-playing recreation and usually tend to run into these efficiency issues.
“It is a dire place for any remaster to be in and developer Virtuos wants to handle the sport’s stability – the crashes – as a precedence,” Morgan continued.
Digital Foundry asks some robust questions in its evaluation, suggesting Oblivion Remastered was “rushed to market.” There additionally appears to be a discrepancy between variations, with a hotfix launched for Xbox Sequence X to this point unavailable for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Professional.
That’s a damning evaluation of Oblivion on console, however what about PC? DF had already issued its evaluation of the PC model, calling its efficiency “dire.” It’s price trying out DF’s evaluation in full for extra.
Rating the Finest Races in Oblivion
Rating the Finest Races in Oblivion
Regardless of the efficiency points, Oblivion Remastered is a success. It turned the third best-selling recreation of 2025 within the U.S. after only one week on sale, having shadow-dropped on April 22. Oblivion Remastered trails solely Monster Hunter: Wilds and Murderer’s Creed: Shadows on the high of the 2025 gross sales chart.
Oblivion Remastered, developed by remake specialist Virtuos utilizing Unreal Engine 5, has a protracted record of visible and have enhancements. It runs at 4K decision and 60 frames per second, as you’d anticipate, however different adjustments are extra significant. All the pieces from the leveling programs to character creation, and fight animations to in-game menus have been improved. In the meantime, there’s a lot of new dialogue, a correct third-person view, and new lip sync know-how. The adjustments are taking place effectively with followers, a few of whom consider Oblivion Remastered could be extra precisely described as a remake. Bethesda, nevertheless, has defined why it went down the remaster route.
Now the sport is out within the wild, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered gamers are warning newcomers to do Kvatch earlier than the extent scaling makes it an absolute nightmare. We’ve additionally acquired a report on a participant who managed to flee the confines of Cyrodiil to discover Valenwood, Skyrim, and even Hammerfell, the rumored setting of The Elder Scrolls VI.
And be sure you take a look at our complete information to all the pieces you may discover in Oblivion Remastered, together with an expansive Interactive Map, full Walkthroughs for the Principal Questline and each Guild Quest, Learn how to Construct the Excellent Character, Issues to Do First, each PC Cheat Code, and way more.
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