"For people who've only ever played Skyrim, this is gonna be kind of a revelation": Elder Scrolls VA legend is back after fans helped fund his healthcare, and ready for Oblivion Remastered

Oblivion Remastered reveal stream screenshot of Wes Johnson on a yellow chair
(Image credit: Bethesda Softworks)

Back on his feet after a health scare that saw countless fans chip in over $140,000 to help cover medical costs, Elder Scrolls veteran voice actor Wes Johnson showed up at the post-show for today's 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered reveal t🗹o drill down into the origins and moderniz🐻ation of the classic RPG. He also brought his puppy Finn. I'm not sure why, but I'm glad he did.

Slipping in character voices wherever he could, Johnson discussed his history with Oblivion and his response to the remaster from𓄧 Virtuos studios, which previously nailed Dark Souls Remastered.

"Ob♔livion🍸, to me, was where I came out to play," he said of his voice acting career.

"I loved that game," he added.

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Looking further ahead, Johnson points to Skyri🌊m's 10th anniversary edition. "When I first put that on the Xbox Series X, oh my god, the visuals to me, I was blown away," he said.

"To make Oblivion now have that kind of feel, that kind of look, the gameplay, the grap✨hics. I mean, if I walk up to a lady in the middle of one of the towns and tap her on the shoulder, and she turns around and does not look like Terry Jones in drag from Monty Python, I don't know what I'm going to do, but I love the game.

"Now people are gonna get a chance to see it with brand new eyes," he added. "And for people who've only ever played Skyrim♉, this is gonna be kind of a revelation."

Even after the series-defining success of Skyrim, Oblivion, like Morrဣowind, still has devotees who uphold it as Bethesda's crowning RPG.

Tonally and systemically, Oblivion stands out from Skyrim as well as other fantasy RPGs of its era, with many people praising its worldbuilding and NPCs in particular. Th🎃at, and its in💛effable janky charm.

If you are coming into Oblivion from Skyrim, even through this modernized remaster, expect to se🧸e a different side of the same Bethesda cube.

Johnson said that the post-show stream with host and Bethesda Softwork senior community director Jessica Finster was the first time he'd seen the remaster like this. He singled out the detail in environments, clothes and armor, and NPC faces and expressions, praising the jump in quality and attention to realism. He also affirmed that "all the voices in this are the same," assuaging fears that Oblivion's quirkiness might be lost in the jump to current-gen.

The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered costs $50 and is out now on PC, Xbox Series X (included in Game Pass), and PS5. Per our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Oblivion remaster live coverage, the reveal included a nod to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Elder Scrolls 6 from Todd Howard, who said, "obviously we're working on the sixth chapter here."

PC gamers seem happy to pay $50 for Oblivion Remastered: it's already the global top-selling game on Steam, and it came out literally 40 minutes ago.

Austin Wood
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Austin has been a game journalist for 12 years, having freelanced for the lik🦄es of PC Gamer, Eurogamer, IGN, Sports Illustrated, and more while finishing his journalism degree. He's been with GamesRadar+ since 2019. They've yet to realize his position is a cover for his career-spanning Destiny column, and he's kept the ruse going with a lot of news and the occasional feature, all while playing as many roguelikes as possible.

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