Skyblivion, the bold mod recreating The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion in Skyrim’s engine, has launched a brand new video exhibiting the darkish and spooky facet of Cyrodiil. Positive, the video was posted a day late for Halloween—or 364 days early for subsequent Halloween—however who cares? I am at all times excited to get one other eyeful of the mod’s progress.
Better of all, the Skyblivion mod staff is rarely content material to only 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 have 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 sport, which includes a cursed wizard and a Daedric prince. We additionally go to the city of Hackdirt, dwelling to a memorable lacking individuals case (effectively, lacking Argonian). Subsequent we go spelunking in a reimagined Haunted Mine, which is thrilling to see. Previously simply a typical goblin HQ, Haunted Mine has been utterly redesigned and can give gamers a thriller to resolve about miners who went lacking within the historic 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 may be even a brand new murderer to satisfy, 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 out to be my companion once 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 sport. The video skips previous all of the gathering of substances and soulstones you’ll want to do, however it reveals 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 crammed with zombies, skeleton warriors, and the legendary vampire Hindaril, for whom the cave has turn out to be a jail. The encounter with Hindaril himself has been redesigned as effectively, as he is now a particularly highly effective multi-stage boss with extra spells and talents than within the unique sport.
Gotta say, this mod continues wanting completely nice. The one draw back is the discharge yr of 2025, which feels desperately far off each time I watch a brand new Skyblivion video. However contemplating The Elder Scrolls 6 remains to be most likely 5 years away, I suppose I can wait simply one other two years or for Skyblivion.
