Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "ELDER SCROLLS IV: OBLIVION REMASTERED IS THE THIRD BEST SELLING GAME OF 2025"

Episode Date: May 21, 2025

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Now when talking about Elder Scrolls, we already know the ultimate iconic status that it has in the gaming industry. But as far as the Elder Scrolls for Oblivion remastered, we have to talk about the original Oblivion. As that came out in 2006, of course, developed by Bethesda. And the main thing that intrigued gamers about this game was the crazy, open world element and of course the combination with freedom of choice now as a mass effect fan whenever i hear freedom of choice my ears always perk up because that means there's a lot of different branching pathways you could go down dependent on what you choose to do in certain scenarios so as far as this being very uncaptivating on the dynamic mpc interactions of course the AI and

And this is 2006, mind you. So this is why I end up captivated the masses back then because of it being pivotal as far as the improvement on that immersive world and the freedom of choice. And of course, the deep quests that set the benchmark and basically set the bar for the overall genre when it comes to single player open world RPGs. Now, of course, getting into the remaster, we're going to get into reviews and the sales round up. But one of the main things I want to just put a lot of emphasis on how the. 2006 impacted gamers so now when the remaster comes out in 2025 right the original came out 2006 the remaster came out in 2025 and people are still enamored by this single-player open world RPG to the point where it crossed over four million players across all platforms

but specifically getting into the sales right PlayStation It is currently the second most played game on PlayStation when it comes to Xbox. I couldn't find it in the top 10 list. So I don't know if it's 11, 12, 13, but it's not in the top 10 list currently. But on Steam, on Steam, you can see that Oblivion is also now in the top 15 list on Steam. So take a do of that what you will. It's still doing phenomenal as when it comes to this player count as a hundred and twenty two thousand, twenty four hours. peak on steam specifically 64,000 people playing right now on steam and then the all-time peak as far as four days ago was 2,000 and 216,000 when it comes to the all-time peak now that's a big deal because of course that means it's still going crazy as far as it's all-time peaks are passing it and raising the bar as far as the amount of people that's actively playing the game at one at the same time so let's get into the overall mechanics as I already told you this is a single-player

just know that you're going to be coming out of $49 which is basically $59 because it's $49.99. So it's $59 across platforms like the PS5 Xbox, Xbox Series X and S and the PC. But if you just wanted the deluxe edition, which the deluxe edition basically includes all of the standard edition, of course, but it has exclusive Akatosh. I don't know what that is. it has merroons dagging armors weapons horse armor sets and new quest that is currently 5999 which basically 60 dollars but it is discounted 49 79 on fanatical so when it comes to the xbox game pass it shines once again as oblivion being on the game pass should really skyrocketed as far as it being in the top 10 games play on Xbox, but I currently don't see it. So I think that's probably, I don't know what that is. Like maybe they're just enamored with South to Midnight because that's also in the game pass.

So that's also for free. But it just showcases how Game Pass really gives you a lot of value for the dollar amount that you give them as people are saying, oh, the game pass costs too much at the beginning, right? Because you're subscribing. You don't even know if you like the games. But guess what? If you do like a game, you subscribe for one month and you play two games, you got your money's worth. Now, you may not own the game, but you definitely own the experience that you enjoy throughout that time span that you would have had to come off probably $40 to $50 more if you ended up playing like two to three games on it. Right.

So with that being said, I think the biggest thing when showcasing the customization in this game is talking about the character. So if you didn't know, there's 10 playable races in this game. There's 21 skills, seven attributes. And when it comes to the combat, there's melee, magic, archery, stealth. there's a lot of ways you could go as far as this particular game. And I think as a Mass Effect fan, I love the variety of choice because that just enhances the replayability. Because if you play a game once as a certain class, but then let's say you want to get on your Clint Barton tip and turn into Hawkeye himself, where they have a whole archery class that you could go into. And of course, there's not other, whether there's other classes that you can explore to the point where now the replayability is at a, is at a,

a certain level that I don't think a lot of other games give you as far as the overall package of a game, right? Because this game is at least 80 to 120 hours if you was wanting to explore, which you probably do want to explore. And that's probably on the lighter side as far as 80 to 120. It's probably even more to that. More than that. As far as the main story, though, people are saying it's 25 to 30 hours, but that's the main story. And usually that's not how people like to play single player RPGs. If you're diving into a single player RPG, you'd probably want to get and captivating into the world to the point where it's like watching a motion picture, but you're playing as the main character.

So I would say it's at least 80 to 120 hours if you was wanting to dive into this game, which I think makes the price point fair as far as coming off of $50 for this particular game. And of course, when it comes to this review roundup of this particular game, there's nines across the board as Xbox Air. gave this a nine out of ten praising the graphical remake smart gameplay tweaks and inclusion of all d oc retaining oblivion's cool charm despite you know the jankiness of the of it originally being out in 2006 game brant gave it a nine out of ten highlighting the nearer remake level improvements enhanced combat and memorable quests making it a treat for veterans and newcomers and of course ig n gave this a nine out of ten describing it as a a fantastic modernization of an iconic RPG recapturing its magic despite performance issues in Jane.

So when it comes to the review roundup, you obviously see the recurring sentiments on how the gameplay is captivating. The world is immersive and there's a lot to get into, especially with this being an open world and having your freedom of choice. So you really get to do whatever you want, which is what a lot of gamers enjoy from the video games, which is why Mass Effect will. forever be my favorite game of all time because the overall freedom of choice and the uncaptivating story is why I enjoy RPG so much. I think it takes a different level of attention

to detail to make branching storylines all high quality as far as engaging to the masses. Because what if you go down a certain pathway, right? Just because you did a certain decision and now the rest of the storyline is just complete garbage. That's why I believe attention to detail when it comes to having freedom of choice is so important because you have to make a certain each branching choice and pathway engaging and exciting for the gamer so anyways when it comes to quests you already know with this being an 80 to 120 hour plus game there's 200 plus quests over a thousand NPCs so you're going to have a lot of a lot to do let's just say if you're diving into this game and you enjoy it you're going to be able to enjoy it for the foreseeable future for the

for an indefinite amount of time because it's just a lot to do in this particular game and of course the mods if you play on PC came through with the quickness as when it comes to my support there's been a bunch of mods which you can look up on the internet as far as the best mods on oblivion and essentially makes the game even more enjoyable to the point where there's a completely different game but it's still pertaining to my point as PC gamers have mods at their disposal I want to go back through cyberpunk 27 and see what mods I could put into the game to enhance the experience because when you play certain games and the storyline is incaptivating, you don't mind playing it again because, of course, you could go down different branching pathways.

So I would say I don't know if the same would be for Mass Effect because for me, I do like my play-through of Mass Effect. I feel like I played everything in the game that you could imagine. So as far as the mods, I don't know what it could add in that aspect, but I have to look at it because there's whole videos that people put out about best Miles on this game, best miles in this game you definitely will be able to find best mods for oblivion just make sure it's not from uh 2006 so with that being said it was the top seller when it first came out in the week of 18 2025 of course when it comes to free games being included it still ranked number one above counter strike two and it

outsold new releases such as expedition 33 as far as the charts being considered game pass it went to number one and when it comes to it being included in the game pass that's already a w for xbox right but it's it's upon the players to decide if it was if they was going to play the game or not and they was definitely playing oblivion on the game pass day one so there's a lot of positive reviews as i've already went over to review roundup i've talked about certain things as far as the the original oblivion that came out 2006 and why it encapsitated people so much and you know So the main thing I got from people playing this game is that the storytelling is really what drives you throughout the whole game. It's so, it's so, it's so, it makes you so enamored to see what's going to happen next.

I think that's one of the main things the classic RPG needs is that story that's entertaining at every, which way you turn, depending on what decision you make. So shout out to Elder Scrolls, oblivion remaster for nailing the two, the two, the, original 2006 version of their game and just know the first oblivion re-release in 19 years they are not doing the last of us right they're giving you some time to enjoy their original before they put out remasters and re-releases to the point where now the ultimate remaster is almost like his new game almost like a new game because it looks completely different because of the evolution and advancement of technology that we have now so another thing I wanted to say is that when it did did initially release it did end up going to the top six on steams most play chart and it was only

below uh below the multi-player giants like dota a counter strike two you know the ones that just stay at the top like counter strike two and dota they just stay at the top i mean counter strike two currently has a million people playing the game there's no other game that comes close to that the highest is doda two with 428 000 so when you're battling it out statistics wise on steam like that as far as against multiplayer giants you just come to realize that oblivion is a long away to re-release that people gravitated towards as soon as it came out and that's all you should want from your particular fan base when it comes to Bethesda and Virtuos, the developers of this video game so with that being said click my link to my bio let me know one of my social medias

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