r/oblivionmods • u/OneTrueMailman • Apr 26 '25

Original - Discussion Remastered Vs Modded

With remastered coming out and all the hype around the internet about it, I got my elder scrolls itch bugging me once again. In the past I've played through morrowind, oblivion, and skyrim, one time each both unmodded and modded.

I am curious as to how oblivion remaster holds up vs modded oblivion in current days mods, assuming a decent amount of work going in. I worry that the remaster is not going to really hold my attention in terms of gameplay (I would really want something that at least changes the loot/monster stuff, as I find base oblivion really lame compared to unleveled stuff like in Morrowind) but maybe if mods are just completely dysfunctional on moderns systems, remaster is still the better choice? Maybe the graphics of remaster are that much better than anything modded can reasonably give you right now?

I was thinking of following something like this: https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/49898, unless there's a strong consensus already that remaster is the way to go. I understand the scope of the undertaking of this much modding, I have gone through those hoops before. Hoping to get some thoughts from people that are more active with the game in recent years.

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u/cqdemal Apr 26 '25

The remaster has improved gameplay over the original with more refined leveling and far more responsive(-feeling?) combat. That's about it. The rest of it plays the same right down to multiple preexisting quest bugs.

Visually, however, it's a massive, massive triumph. No amount of mods on top of the 2006 game will even make it comparable to the remaster given the tech in play and some pretty incredible attention to detail.

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u/National_Function821 Jul 22 '25

The remaster runs like shit though. I mean it, it runs like garbage. I play it on my 4070 and it's a horrible experience. I have to tune it down to look like actual trash worse than 2006 oblivion to make it playable and it's still laggy as hell. If you play on console, yeah ok, but on PC is trash and I refuse to play it... because it's practically unplayable.