The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered reimagines one in every of Bethesda’s most necessary video games with new visuals, gameplay mechanics, and extra, however that didn’t cease the staff at Virtuos from together with one in every of the unique’s most iconic strains.
Most veteran Elder Scrolls followers have little question heard of Grasp Speechcraft coach Tandilwe, a Excessive Elf who could be present in the Temple of the One in the Imperial Metropolis. When Oblivion launched for PC and Xbox 360 greater than 19 years in the past, it was clear Tandilwe may use some speech coaching of her personal. Considered one of her voice strains is a recording of what has lengthy been assumed to be mistakenly included audio of actress Linda Kenyon taking one other stab at a line.
Begging Bethesda to maintain this voice appearing flub in Oblivion Remastered pic.twitter.com/rzGymRMchw
— TheNCSmaster (@TheNCSmaster) April 21, 2025
As gamers started their trek by way of a revitalized Cyrodiil yesterday, many had been on the hunt to see simply how devoted the ground-up remaster really was. Whereas so many environments, character fashions, and objects have been given a recent coat of paint, others have been pleased to seek out that lots of the blemishes that made 2006 Oblivion so particular stay intact. Tandilwe’s notorious (and hilarious) blooper is one second followers have been overjoyed to see return. It’s simply because it was almost 20 years in the past, lack of subtitles and all.
THEY KEPT THE BLOOPER IN OBLIVION REMASTERED YESSSS#OblivionRemastered pic.twitter.com/SiwfbnF5cK
— samwise (@kojimahead) April 23, 2025
In a 2019 interview with YouTube channel Jake ‘The Voice’ Parr, Kenyon was made conscious of the Oblivion blooper making it into the sport and turning into web well-known, insisting: “It wasn’t my fault!”
Whereas the hundreds of gamers hopping into Oblivion Remastered are debating about whether or not the Bethesda re-release is extra remake than remaster, others are simply pleased to see a lot of its jank stay largely untouched. It’s a facet of the unique launch that Bethesda and Virtuos had been decided to keep up, and to date, it appears to be going over effectively with each new and veteran gamers.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion shock launched for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Sequence X | S yesterday. For extra, you’ll be able to find out about how the modding group banned collectively to launch dozens of mods simply hours after the remaster was revealed. You can too click on right here to learn up on why one unique designer feels the remaster is extra like “Oblivion 2.0.”
We have a complete information to the whole lot you will discover in Oblivion Remastered, together with an expansive Interactive Map, full Walkthroughs for the Most important Questline and each Guild Quest, The way to Construct the Good Character, Issues to Do First, and rather more.
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