Video Shows Oblivion Running With Over 200 Mods
While Skyrim is the game that many immediately think of when it comes to The Elder Scrolls series, its predecessor Oblivion is still celebrated to this day. While it's more than a decade and a half old, it's still beloved by many players and contains one of the most fascinating side quests in gaming in the guise of the Dark Brotherhood's «Whodunit» mission. Visually it has aged, but as anyone who's ever played a game in Bethesda's epic franchise knows, there are ways to keep it looking up to date.
As spotted by DSO Gaming, the YouTube channel Digital Dreams has uploaded a video which compares Oblivion with itself, showing the vanilla experience on one side and a heavily modded version on the other. The difference is night and day. In fact, the altered version utilizes more than 200 mods, including implementing ray tracing, and really gives this 16-year-old release a modern facelift. While it's not quite up to par with its 2011 follow-up, it still looks pretty impressive and really gives some insight into how far modding can go.
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The YouTube channel is known for showcasing numerous examples of how games can be graphically improved with custom add-ons. Not long ago, Digital Dreams showed how realistic Red Dead Redemption 2 can look with an 8K ray tracing mod. RDR2 is already a gorgeous title, considered one of the most true-to-life worlds in gaming, so adding a visual kick to it just makes the game pop with realism and verisimilitude.
While Oblivion is considered one of the best Elder Scrolls games, with a Metacritic score of 94 on PC, some who have yet to play it could easily be put off by the dated graphics. Luckily, as Digital Dreams has demonstrated, there are tons of mods
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