In the event you’ve performed The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion or its lately launched Oblivion Remastered, you’ll know the opening tutorial part and its iconic ‘leaving the Imperial sewers’ second effectively. You’ll additionally know all about that surprising dying that arrives simply earlier than you make your remaining escape and, blinking, emerge into the stunning open world of Cyrodiil.
Warning! Spoilers for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered observe.
The surprising dying I’m speaking about right here is after all the assassination of Emperor Uriel Septim, an assassination he is aware of is coming and has come to phrases with. Veteran followers have replayed Oblivion sufficient at this level to realize it’s coming, too. However again in 2006 when Oblivion first got here out, it grew to become a ceremony of passage to attempt to save him from the inevitable Mythic Daybreak backstab that kicks off the story.
Lots of of arrow pictures later and gamers quickly found that there was nothing that may very well be accomplished to save poor previous Septim, not with out tinkering with the sport with mods or console instructions. Oblivion solely actually is sensible if the Emperor dies at the starting, so it stands to purpose that the builders at Bethesda compelled it to occur it doesn’t matter what the participant did to attempt to cease it.
And now, 20 years later, a brand new era of Oblivion followers is attempting to save the Emperor, and by that I imply attempting and failing in a lot the similar means. Gamers are ready, bow and arrow primed, for the murderer to emerge from the shadows in a bid to kill him earlier than he stabs the Emperor, however alas, it’s no good.
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Some newcomers to the sport didn’t even know they have been supposed to discuss to the Emperor in the first place, and so ended up with a room filled with useless assassins as the limitless stream of Mythic Daybreak goons emerged to battle the group.
Others are searching for out their revenge on the Mythic Daybreak, piling these corpses excessive.
Newcomers are additionally discovering that the assassins will simply carry on coming should you do not discuss to the Emperor. They will not cease. They can not cease. They’re infinite.
I discovered you may ignore the Emporer and have the cultists spawn just about infinity throughout the maintain out part
The previous fight and look of the sport actually was stopping me from having fun with the authentic. I am very pleased the remastered it pic.twitter.com/s30YFoSEhl
— Eclipse (Miniatures Arc) (@3clipserenders) April 27, 2025
Different gamers are taking to console instructions to see what occurs, and, sure, it breaks the cutscene that’s supposed to play out after the Emperor is killed.
In the event you’re something like me, if you first performed Oblivion you reloaded your save to attempt to save the Emperor and, after a number of failed makes an attempt, gave up. I confess I additionally tried in Oblivion Remastered, simply in case the builders added some new consequence to the sport, however alas, the Emperor should die now, in 2025, simply as he had to all these years in the past.
In the meantime, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered gamers are warning newcomers to do Kvatch earlier than the stage scaling makes it an absolute nightmare. We’ve additionally acquired a report on a participant who managed to escape the confines of Cyrodiil to discover Valenwood, Skyrim, and even Hammerfell, the rumored setting of The Elder Scrolls VI.
And be certain to take a look at our complete information to all the things you may discover in Oblivion Remastered, together with an expansive Interactive Map, full Walkthroughs for the Principal Questline and each Guild Quest, How to Construct the Good Character, Issues to Do First, each PC Cheat Code, and way more.
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