Summary
The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remasteredfinally dropped and players are already creating the ugliest monsters they can imagine using the game’s character creator. After weeks and months of hype, leaks, and speculation,The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remasteredhas been released on the same day as its official reveal. The remaster of the classic Bethesda fantasy RPG is already super popular, drawing in over 120,000 concurrent players just on Steam in the game’s first few hours. As a first-party Xbox game, the remake also dropped directly into Xbox Game Pass.
Ever since the dawn ofcharacter creators in video games, many gamers have been on a quest to make the ugliest characters possible. Games that allow players to create the most hideous monsters have typically been western RPGs, though many of FromSoftware’s Souls games have served as hotbeds for regular Frankensteins as well. The character creators of many of Bethesda’s RPGs have been known to serve the monster-creating community quite well, as games likeFallout 4andOblivionhave been notorious for allowing players to make some of the ugliest characters ever.
With the newElder Scrolls 4: Oblivionremaster having been available for mere hours so far, players are already getting busy in the character creator making some truly horrific creatures. DeadAimDino666 posted on theOblivionsubreddit showcasing one of their new creations. The green-skinned character is cursed with an unfathomably wide face slightly larger than the width of a basketball, and their teeth appear to be a solid white slab. AnotherOblivionsubreddit poster, DeCarn, showed off their blue-skinned character with a similar rounded face, but this one is blessed with higher cheekbones and a “fuller” head of hair.
Oblivion Remastered Players Are Making Hideous Characters
Fans underneath both posts pointed out the renaissance the OblivionAbominations subreddit is about to experience thanks to thisnewOblivionremaster. The subreddit was created almost a whole decade ago and is home to 13,000Oblivionmonster enjoyers, a number that will likely grow in the coming days, weeks, and months. It’s already loaded with a bunch of ungodlyOblivion Remasteredeyesores and seems like the place to be for fans who enjoy ogling at other players' disgusting creations.
Since all theoriginal game’s DLC is already packed into theOblivionremaster, there doesn’t seem to be any sort of post-launch plans for the game. Additionally, Bethesda confirmed thatThe Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastereddoesn’t have mod support, though that’s not to say it won’t come later on down the road. As more and more RPG fans flock toOblivionRemasteredon its opening day, there are sure to be tons more awful-lookingOblivionmonsters hitting the internet.
