Oblivion Remasterd Deluxe Edition is reminding us all of the fall of gaming.

That smile horse armor. That damned smile horse armor.

  • MudMan@fedia.io
    203·
    1 day ago

    The horse armor being the deluxe upgrade bonus is actually funny. I’m very much fine with it. It’s an intentional joke.

    I’m less clear on the expansions being in the base game. Their messaging for the deluxe edition suggests they’d be part of it. Either way the messaging around it sucks and that’s less funny.

    • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      232·
      1 day ago

      All of the original DLC, including the infamous horse armour, is included in the base game. The Deluxe edition adds OST, art book, and some new armours, weapons, and horse gear that are new to the remaster.

      • SgtAStrawberry@lemmy.worldEnglish
        161·
        23 hours ago

        So I understand correctly that the deluxe edition contains even more horse armour?

        Because if, that is absolutely hilarious.

        • drcobaltjedi@programming.devEnglish
          4·
          22 hours ago

          Yes that is correct. You can get a couple of unique armor sets from some new quests, some fancy new weapons, and 2 new sets of horse armor.

          Its honestly really fucking funny.

      • MudMan@fedia.io
        82·
        1 day ago

        Good to know, but that is EXTREMELY not how the Steam page reads:

        The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered Deluxe Edition includes:

        • Digital base game

        • New quests for unique digital Akatosh and Mehrunes Dagon Armors, Weapons, and Horse Armor Sets

        • Digital Artbook and Soundtrack App

        • Shivering Isles and Knights of the Nine story expansions

        • Additional downloadable content: Fighter’s Stronghold, Spell Tomes, Vile Lair, Mehrune’s Razor, The Thieves Den, Wizard’s Tower, The Orrery, and Horse Armor Pack

        Both the text and the image seem deliberately engineered to equivocate about this, which IMO sucks a lot more than actually selling some horse cosmetics as a ha-ha joke thing.

        • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          5·
          1 day ago

          The Deluxe edition does have all those things. It’s just that they are not all unique to the Deluxe edition. It is not unusual in my experience for releases with multiple editions to list everything in that edition, even if lesser editions also contain some of those things.

          • MudMan@fedia.io
            33·
            1 day ago

            Yeeeeah, I don’t know abou that. Typically the copy only lists the pieces not included in the base game. Here for Expedition 33:

            The Deluxe Edition includes:

            Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Base Game The “Flowers” Collection - Six outfits and hairstyles inspired by the Flowers of Lumière, along with six additional “Gommage” outfit variations. One for each playable character. “Clair” - A custom outfit for Maelle “Obscur” - A custom outfit for Gustave

            Or here for Khazan:

            The First Berserker: Khazan DELUXE EDITION includes the following content:

            1. The First Berserker: Khazan (main game)

            2. Hero’s Weapon Set ・ Hero’s Dual Wield ・ Hero’s Spear ・ Hero’s Greatsword

            3. Hero’s Armor Set ・ Hero’s Helm ・ Hero’s Wristguards ・ Hero’s Pauldrons ・ Hero’s Leggings ・ Hero’s Combat Boots

            4. Digital Artbook

            ・ The digital artbook features concept art from The First Berserker: Khazan. It can be accessed from the in-game main menu screen.

            • The Hero’s Weapon and Armor Sets are The First Berserker: Khazan DELUXE EDITION exclusive items and cannot be obtained through alternative means at a later date.

            • The Hero’s Weapon and Armor Sets can be used cosmetically. These sets can also be upgraded and/or have their options adjusted, allowing for continued usage.

            • Clear Mission 2 and open the reward barrel in the Crevice to obtain the Hero’s Weapon and Armor Sets.

            • Updating to the latest version of the game may be required to access this content.

            Listing vanilla content separately from the base game in the same list as the deluxe content without a clear distinction on what you’re paying for where seems very unorthodox. I was certainly confused. At the very least it’s bad copywriting, and at worst an attempt to get people to go for the more expensive version by misrepresenting its value.

            • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              4·
              24 hours ago

              I just said it wasn’t unusual in my experience. I haven’t ordered a special edition of a game in a few years, but I remember press release graphics of everything that comes in an edition, even if some of that stuff is not exclusive to that edition.

              Not one of the graphics I mentioned, but here’s an example of what I mean: https://support.square-enix-games.com/s/article/000001061

              I just don’t think that any confusion on that page is as intentional as you believe it is. The same Steam page indicates that the DLC is included in the base game.