Oblivion is again, and it’s not simply because Bethesda’s remaster is a nostalgia-fueled journey down reminiscence lane. It’s due to all of the humorous faces.
Oblivion Remastered, developed by remake specialist Virtuos utilizing Unreal Engine 5, has a protracted listing of visible and have enhancements. It runs at 4K decision and 60 frames per second, as you’d anticipate, however different modifications are extra significant. Everything from the leveling methods to character creation, and fight animations to in-game menus have been improved. Meanwhile, there’s numerous new dialogue, a correct third-person view, and new lip sync expertise. The modifications are taking place effectively with followers, a few of whom imagine Oblivion Remastered could be extra precisely described as a remake. Bethesda, nevertheless, has defined why it went down the remaster route.
IGN has already reported on how the humorous character faces gamers have give you are going viral, and rounded up a few of our favorites. But now somebody who really labored on the unique 20 years in the past has declared a winner.
Jeff Gardiner labored at Bethesda Game Studios for a whopping 16 years, beginning with Oblivion earlier than changing into lead producer of all its varied items of DLC. In a tweet, Gardiner, now boss of Something Wicked Games, revealed that when testing the unique Oblivion the builders at Bethesda would compete to see who might give you probably the most absurd face. You can think about a few of the faces the workforce constructed, however, in Gardiner’s opinion, there’s one lately made in Oblivion Remastered that may have received all these years in the past.
The nightmarish face in query was created by YouTuber and NASCAR/ARCA driver Cody Dennison, aka CAMELOT331. In a tweet, CAMELOT331 described his creation as “my magnum opus,” and named him ‘Sir Vancealot.’
Towards the top of improvement once we had been all playtesting Oblivion, we used to all compete to see who might take advantage of absurd face. Have to say, I feel this may have received. https://t.co/12Xd5VBBoZ
— Jeff Gardiner 🎮 (@jg93) April 24, 2025
Obviously, Sir Vancealot leans into the JD Vance meme, which revolves round horrifying photos of a bloated Vice President of the United States.
You’ve heard of JD Vance?
Well, here is 3D Vance. pic.twitter.com/iD1ALg2x2y
— Klara (@klara_sjo) March 5, 2025
CAMELOT331’s tweet showcasing Sir Vancealot has been considered an unbelievable 2.1 million instances, so he might be probably the most well-known Oblivion Remastered character creation but. Gardiner’s stamp of approval will little doubt assist, too.
Of course, Gardiner’s tweet has sparked a flood of equally outlandish character creator faces within the replies, a few of that are simply as troublesome as Sir Vancealot.
Ooo I feel that is superior
— Jeff Gardiner 🎮 (@jg93) April 24, 2025
We’ve received loads extra on Oblivion Remastered, together with feedback from one other former Bethesda developer who mentioned it’s so spectacular it could possibly be known as “Oblivion 2.0,” and puzzled what it’d imply for a theoretical Fallout 3 Remastered.
We’ve received a complete information to all the pieces you may discover in Oblivion Remastered, together with an expansive Interactive Map, full Walkthroughs for the Main Questline and each Guild Quest, How to Build the Perfect Character, Things to Do First, each PC Cheat Code, and rather more.
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