Players diving into The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered are becoming fixated on saving Emperor Uriel Septim VII. In a case of history repeating itself nearly two decades after the release of the original game, The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered is once again seeing players trying, and failing, to come up with new ways to keep the central character in Tamriel's lore from meeting his end.
Prior to the release of The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim in 2011, Uriel Septim had been featured in every game in the series, dating back to the PC launch of The Elder Scrolls: Arena in 1994. A stalwart protector of the provinces of Tamriel, the emperor is thrust into danger at the very start of Oblivion: Remastered, making a retreat from assassins through a secret passage in the player character's prison cell, with the fortunate escape route immediately endearing him even to players who had never experienced the story of the first three games.
Oblivion Remastered hides a wealth of secrets beneath its surface, so mastering its unwritten rules is key to transforming confusion into freedom.
Unfortunately, Uriel Septim is destined to die in this escape effort just after entrusting the fate of...