Aha thank you.for those wondering
So it says the level scaling was "adjusted" but do we have any word on exactly how that's gone?for those wondering
I haven't been able to find exact figures, but the summary I was given by someone who makes mods was that the HP calculation has changed (and higher-level enemies have less insane HP, but still pretty wild, I'm told), but essentially nothing else changed. Hence me using the mod to constrain scaling which I posted above.
The remaster was done by Virtuos, not Bethesda themselves, so it's unlikely that it impacted development of Elder Scrolls 6. And it's not necessarily one-off revenue, it's also proof-of-concept that can be applied to other older games using the same engine, notably Fallout 3.
I bet we get Fallout 3 Remastered within 6 months.
The Oblivion Remaster has been in the works since at least 2022, because it was initially revealed by the Microsoft disclosures around their anti-trust case when buying Bethesda.
Literally the only thing it means is that, contrary to what Todd Howard (who is in charge of Bethesda) was saying in 2023, Elder Scrolls 6 will almost certainly use UE5 for its graphics engine, but retain the Creation Engine under the hood. Because that's relatively easy to do, and will honestly make Bethesda's life a lot easier on a variety of levels - particularly visual asset creation and hiring people to work on that.
I assume they have been working on it concurrently.
