Oblivion Remastered’s newest replace fixes a problem Elder Scrolls lore followers have been questioning about because the remaster’s launch, although the change is not listed within the official patch notes.
Spoilers for Oblivion forward. Those that have beforehand performed the unique Oblivion’s Dark Brotherhood storyline will seemingly keep in mind the intimidating door to the Dark Brotherhood’s Cheydinhal sanctuary, which sports activities a reduction depicting a girl (the Night time Mom) elevating a knife in opposition to her kids. The Night time Mom had 5 kids she conceived with the god-like entity Sithis, which is backed up by the truth that contained in the Night time Mom’s tomb in-game, there are skeletal stays of 1 grownup and 5 kids.
That, nonetheless, is not what the Dark Brotherhood door in Oblivion Remastered appears to be like like. Not solely is it missing the moody purple lighting of the unique, however it’s truly lore-inaccurate as nicely. Within the launch model of Oblivion Remastered, the door exhibits seven kids as a substitute of 5.
It is a change that left Elder Scrolls lore students scratching their heads, nevertheless it seems it was seemingly only a mistake and never a significant lore ret-con. Whereas it isn’t listed within the patch notes, these taking part in the newest patch Steam Beta 1.2 replace have seen the door has been modified. As noticed by PC Gamer, it now sports activities a glowing purple ambiance that extra carefully resembles the door from the unique Oblivion and is now lore-accurate, depicting the unique 5 kids as a substitute of seven.
The most recent replace to Oblivion Remastered is not but out there for all platforms, however could be performed early by those that personal the sport on Steam by opting into the sport’s Steam Beta model. Along with the unlisted door change, the replace additionally provides a brand new problem choice and extra efficiency optimizations.
Oblivion Remastered’s first main replace arrived in June and largely centered on addressing bugs and varied technical points. In GameSpot’s Oblivion Remastered evaluation, we stated it’s a worthy remaster, partially as a result of it retains most of the unique Oblivion’s tough edges that, in the event that they have been to be sanded down, would strip the open-world RPG of a lot of its appeal.