Summary
Remember earlier this year when a modder made the ambitious claim that they were going to bringMorrowind,Oblivion,andSkyriminto Starfield,only to cancel it three days later? Fun times. Anyway, someone is recreating Oblivion inStarfield! Kind of.
This is more than just a vague promise on Reddit, at least. They’ve recreated part of the starting dungeon, whichyou can downloadand see for yourself in-game right now. Using Blender and PAINT.net, they remade the original textures over 22 hours, building up the iconic cell “brick by brick”. It even comes with the prisoner clothes.
22 hours for a fraction of a level puts into perspective how monumental a task recreating the entire game would be. Hell, an entire team has beenremaking Oblivion in Skyrim for over a decade, and it’s still not finished! So, I doubt we’ll see the entire thing in Starfield anytime soon, but they plan to finish the first dungeonbeforeSkyblivion and maybe even that first area you see when stepping out of the sewers.
Some Other Fun Oblivion Mods You Can Download
If you’re hankering to make Starfield feel even more like Oblivion than cramming the starting cell into the game, there are a few good choices out there. You can overhaulcertain sound effects, or you canreplace the UC Police with The Imperial Guards; stop right there, Starborn scum! Otherwise, you canswap the Starfield main menu for Oblivion’s.
The modding community isn’t quite as bustling as Skyrim’s, so there are far fewer options, but it’ll be interesting to see where this more ambitious Oblivion-in-Starfield mod goes. Frankly, I’d be happy just to see Kvatch on the moon.
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Starfield is the first new IP from Bethesda in a quarter of a century, launched for the next-gen Xbox Series X|S and PC. Taking place outside our own Solar System, you play a member of the Constellation, a collective of explorers set on discovering new worlds.
