Bethesda amazed the game world this week when she announced and at the same time released a remaster Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion on modern platforms. Although the existence of this re -release of developed virtuoso was released a week ago, many people were unlikely to be prepared for this surprise. Although it is marked as a mere “remaster”, many key elements The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remasteredsuch as his voice acting, control schemes, sound effects and animations, were drastically improved compared to the predecessor of 2006.
The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion RemasteredThe surprise of Tuesday's opening is shown right next to another main RPG that came out this week, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Developed the newly introduced French studio Sandfall Interactive, Clair Obscur is a play to play roles that strongly inspires Japanese RPG Yore like Final Fantasy, Lost Odysseyand Persona. On Thursday, April 24, only two days later, was released on all consoles of the current genes Oblivion remastered. Continuous starting of these two games attracted many comparisons with Barbenheimer, a cultural phenomenon that dominated the Internet in 2023.
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Oblivion Remastered neighboring launch are compared with Barbenheimer
Barbenheimer was a cultural phenomenon that took over the Internet in 2023
Live event Universal Studios Barbie Adaptation and Christopher Nolan Oppenheimer Biopic are two completely unrelated films, but a few years ago they have become the subject of many subtitles and memes due to the date of shared edition. In the United States, Great Britain and Canada, Barbie and Oppenheimer Both debuted on 21 July 2023. Many film shields considered funny that two films with drastically different tones were released on the same day, so they went to watch them in theaters as a double element. This phenomenon became known as Barbenheimer and significantly increased success Barbie and Oppenheimer at the cash register.
Publisher Clair Obscur made a fun link to Barbenheimer on social media
Kepler Interactive, publisher Clair Obscur: Expedition 33recently created a post for X reference to Barbenheimer and comparison with Oblivion remastered and his video game. For further promotion of comparison shared Kepler modified picture of key art for Clair Obscur with the gate of Oblivion in the middle. Not too long after, Bethesda and The Clair Obscur Developers also joined entertainment. After the release of Forgotten Remaster, clerk Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 The account replied to the post Bethesda x with the same Forgotten Crossover picture created by Kepler. Bethesda responded with heart and handshake emoji.
Clair Obscur and Oblivion Remastered may not overshadow each other, despite what some fans think
Unlike Barbie and OppenheimerThere is a certain overlap between the target audience for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered. Although games have completely different game systems, they are still both RPGs at the end of the day, so those who are interested in one title may also want to play another. This led to the fact that some fans were worried about the fact that the games were cannibalizing each other. Many have marked it because since Oblivion remastered was from nowhere to overshadow Clair Obscur: Expedition 33edition.
It is important to note that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Oblivion remastered were launched on the same platforms. Both titles not only landed on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and PC, but also came to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. Since games subscribers have access to these games without additional costs, they can both experience without having to choose between one or the other. This can reduce most of the negative impact Oblivion remastered and Clair ObscurIt could have a neighboring launch and could even increase the sales of Barbenheimer over time.
