Summary

  • Level-up messages in Oblivion Remastered enhance immersion.
  • Players are noticing the difference it makes to have details like this in the remastered RPG.
  • Small details like level-up messages elevate game experience, making it more immersive.

The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered players are enjoying one cool feature that many had forgotten was in the game in the first place. It's cool to see players rediscovering everything The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered has to offer.

Although Oblivion Remastered makes many important changes to the 2006 title, it retains much of what made the original game so charming. Its faithfulness to Oblivion has been touted as one of the biggest selling points of the recent remaster, even keeping some of the game's clunkier aspects to help maintain a similar feel. Certain modern features like sprinting have been added, but largely, Oblivion Remastered is an excellent way to revisit Bethesda's classic RPG.

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A Reddit thread started by user Excellent-Can-7524 highlighted how cool Oblivion Remastered's level-up messages are. When leveling up in Oblivion Remastered, players are greeted with a new message for each level, offering inspirational advice for the adventure ahead. This forgotten feature did not appear in Skyrim or any subsequent Bethesda game, and gamers in the thread were enjoying it as a blast from the past, with some claiming that the messages made the game feel much more "immersive" as they progressed.

Oblivion Remastered Players Are Enjoying the Game's Level-Up Messages

It's not clear exactly why the level-up messages disappeared in Bethesda titles after Oblivion, as the personality they add to the experience is clear in the remaster. One gamer in the thread pointed out that "a million different little things make a good game great," and it's clear that Oblivion Remastered is filled with these small details that add up to create an excellent RPG experience.

Bethesda recently began post-launch support for Oblivion Remastered with a brand-new patch for the game, which fixed several important issues. In true Bethesda fashion, it also seems to have broken a few things, including upscaling options, with a fix for the "fix" incoming. Because Oblivion Remastered is already a complete experience, any post-launch support will likely be limited to bug fixes rather than new content, especially with Bethesda's ongoing work on The Elder Scrolls 6.

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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
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RPG
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Top Critic Avg: 82 /100 Critics Rec: 87%
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Released
April 22, 2025
ESRB
Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Sexual Themes, Violence
Developer(s)
Virtuos, Bethesda
Publisher(s)
Bethesda
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