The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered has introduced a whole new generation to the game's two-decade-old debates: Is Frostcrag Spire really that overpowered? Is Vampirism a cheat code or a curse? Are the Oblivion Gates truly the worst part of the game? With such a vast world and complex lore, there is always going to be things people love, and things people hate, and that's always going to prove divisive.
Oblivion Remastered players are speeding through the Arena and Dark Brotherhood questlines, but ignoring the Fighters Guild.
The latest debate to arrive on the Oblivion community's plate is less of a debate and more of a complaint, as it revolves around Bethesda's strange grasp on how much things weigh.
Over the last few days, on both the Oblivion and Oblivion Remastered subreddits, players have begun to realize just how much the weights of items don't make sense. These discussions have garnered hundreds of comments and thousands of upvotes between them, with players lamenting the lack of logic behind how much certain items weigh.
In one discussion, the original poster ohhhhlorrrrddymy said, "Longswords wielded with ONE HAND are FORTY POUNDS? FORTYYY??? FIFTY pounds sometimes????? Dawg swords historically are like...
