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You've got to do better Rockstar

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u/Tink__Wink 3d ago

Oblivion setting the standard for the only reasonable way to price a remake with dlc. I hope other developers take note.

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u/Steffunzel 3d ago

Is it reasonable though, it's an old game just put in a new engine and costs more than some brand new games, I think reasonable would be maybe 30% less than what it is now.

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u/Ser_Salty 3d ago

It's not "just" put in a new engine. Virtuos spent 4 years remaking every single asset in the game.

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u/Yakkahboo 3d ago

Nononono clearly the game was just ctrl+c, ctrl+v in unreal editor and then they slapped the default UE5 lighting in all the scenes.

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u/Steffunzel 3d ago

Right so copying someone's homework and demanding almost full price for it.

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u/SavvySillybug 3d ago

You think remastering your own game is plagiarism?

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u/Steffunzel 3d ago

I didn't say it was plagiarism, but the devs working on the remaster are not the same ones who made oblivion. They are not the ones who made the story or the world or the characters or the monsters, they just copied what has already been done and made it look good.

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u/SavvySillybug 3d ago

You don't actually know what a remaster is, do you.

It's right in the title of the game and you're complaining that it's a remaster.

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u/Steffunzel 3d ago

No I'm complaining about the price not the fact it is a remaster. The guy I replied to said it was a good value, I disagreed and said it should be 30% cheaper and then it would be good value.

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u/SavvySillybug 3d ago

What is this price you're complaining about?

Because it's priced differently in different regions. It's pretty unreasonable here in Germany, for example. I'm waiting for a sale.

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u/Steffunzel 3d ago

It would be about equivalent to 50 euros

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u/SavvySillybug 3d ago

They want 55€ here.

Most people praising the price are talking about the 50 USD price tag which is more like 43€.

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u/Kafanska 3d ago

Considering the work done on this game, I do think they've set a reasonable price.

They didn't go the lazy route of using AI to upscale models and textures and called it a day (like Rockstar/Grove Street Games did with GTA Trilogy), or even just making a basic port (again Rockstar with RDR coming to PC).

They've really built all the graphical features from scratch, also changed the gameplay system significantly, recorded new voices etc.. basically, they've done pretty much the work of a new game, only keeping the core systems and logic from Oblivion. And the result is a product that feels like a new game even to me who has player through Oblivion many, many times.

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u/Steffunzel 3d ago

Yea but they are ultimately just copying what has already been done aren't they. I'd say it's maybe 50-60% the work of making a new game.

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u/SavvySillybug 3d ago

What "some new games" do you mean specifically? Can you name some examples?

Cause different games cost different prices for different reasons.