Skyblivion, the formidable mod recreating The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion in Skyrim’s engine, has launched a brand new video displaying the darkish and spooky aspect of Cyrodiil. Certain, the video was posted a day late for Halloween—or 364 days early for subsequent Halloween—however who cares? I am all the time excited to get one other eyeful of the mod’s progress.
Better of all, the Skyblivion mod staff is rarely content material to simply give us a fast little clip: this new video is a whopping 25 minutes lengthy and filled with stuff to gawk at, from acquainted places to redesigned ranges to new creatures and characters. Sit again and take an extended take a look at what they’ve cooked up:
The video begins with Quagmire, the horror-filled realm of Oblivion that is a part of the Vaermina quest within the unique recreation, which includes a cursed wizard and a Daedric prince. We additionally go to the city of Hackdirt, house to a memorable lacking individuals case (properly, lacking Argonian). Subsequent we go spelunking in a reimagined Haunted Mine, which is thrilling to see. Previously simply a normal goblin HQ, Haunted Mine has been fully redesigned and can give gamers a thriller to resolve about miners who went lacking within the historical cave centuries in the past. Spooky.
Subsequent we’re off to the Darkish Brotherhood sanctuary, the place we get to see a remastered murderer hideaway. There’s even a brand new murderer to fulfill, the Darkish Guardian. He is a reanimated skeleton in some fairly sick wanting Brotherhood armor.
I hope—hope hope hope—this murderous skeleton can turn into my companion after I play the mod.
The second half of the video is devoted to Oblivion’s Vampire Treatment quest—one of many longest and most intricate quests within the recreation. The video skips previous all of the gathering of substances and soulstones it is advisable do, but it surely exhibits the go to to a totally redesigned Redwater Slough, which is way larger and extra ornate than the unique cave.
Along with some puzzles the cave is stuffed with zombies, skeleton warriors, and the legendary vampire Hindaril, for whom the cave has turn into a jail. The encounter with Hindaril himself has been redesigned as properly, as he is now a particularly highly effective multi-stage boss with extra spells and skills than within the unique recreation.
Gotta say, this mod continues wanting completely nice. The one draw back is the discharge 12 months of 2025, which feels desperately far off each time I watch a brand new Skyblivion video. However contemplating The Elder Scrolls 6 continues to be in all probability 5 years away, I assume I can wait simply one other two years or for Skyblivion.
