The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remasteredhas gotten its first major update since the game’s shadow-drop last month, and it fixes one of the game’s most irritating exploration issues. The originalOblivionalways had a lot of bugs, system-wide issues, crashes, and more due to its sprawling world and layered system mechanics back in 2006. Most of thegame’s quirks have been preservedin the remaster, and the nostalgia has been enjoyable for fans, but one issue needed to be addressed.
According to the patch notes posted byBethesda, there has been a fix fornot automatically showing the local map when inside interior spaces. Previously, the game would often pull up the overworld map or the city map instead of pulling up the map for interior areas, like when exploring the inside of the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary or exploring caves or ruins, which made exploration harder than it needed to be. With this update, players should have an easier time exploring the game. The update is scheduled for June 11.
Oblivion Remastered Fixes The Local Map Problem
A Problem That Needed To Be Addressed
The game’s intact bugs, funny glitches, and general strangeness at times are nice nostalgia trips and can be great for a laugh, butthe local map not being readily accessible was a problem for many people. The game has quite a few interior areas, some of which have hidden doors, levers, NPCs to talk to, and confusing pathways, so not being able to access a local map initially was a hindrance to exploration.Oblivion Remasteredhas a huge mapfull of interior spaces, so this new update should make life easier for players, since it’ll default to the interior map from the get-go.
There may be some contention about this fix for hardcoreOblivionfans who enjoyed the challenge of the local map not being usable at times or being forced to change map types, but this update will make the exploration more inclusive for casual players. And Oblivion veterans can just choose not to use the map inside local spaces if it bothers them, sothis fix is a win for everyone.
Everything Oblivion Remastered’s First Update Has Fixed
A Lot Of Bug And Crash Fixes
This first update is aimed ataddressing some major glitches, quest issues, and general problems with the core gameplay. A second update is in the works to address some performance issues and will be released at a later date. While a lot of the glitches and bugs are fun, there are some major ones, like gettinglocked out of a main story quest, so hopefully, this update fixes those big issues.
The update is testable in beta on Steam now. The patch notes are as follows, addressing general issues, UI changes, crashes, gameplay, system, and quest issues:
With so many fixes, this update forThe Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remasteredis sure to make most fans happy. Now that a lot of general issues will be addressed soon, fans can look forward to some performance enhancements soon, too.
