"Bald, Naked And Empty-Handed": Oblivion Remastered Player's Post-Game Celebrations Were Ruined By A Strange Bug

"Bald, Naked And Empty-Handed": Oblivion Remastered Player's Post-Game Celebrations Were Ruined By A Strange Bug

From TheGamer (Written by Jack Coleman) on | OpenCritic

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If you've progressed far enough in the main quest of Oblivion Remastered—which many people haven't, according to achievement statistics—you'll know that the good people of Bruma commission a statue in your honour after your heroics at the Great Oblivion Gate that opens outside the city.

The "spawning" of the statue is an interesting process. After completing "Great Gate", the statue spawns the next time you enter a cell with Martin present in it. This can either occur on the road from Bruma to Cloud Ruler Temple, or instead temple itself.

At this point, the game calculates the "best" armour and weapon you have in your inventory, something you need to be cognizant of if you don't want an ugly statue.

This can be problematic because the calculation includes quest items that can't be removed from the inventory, and they also tend to be the best items in your inventory. This includes Umbra, which is pretty cool, and the Bloodworm Helm, which looks terrible.

However, anything would be better than what Reddit user Cook_Over received for their efforts defending Bruma. The sculptor in charge of depicting their visage decided to sculpt them at their most vulnerable: "bald, naked and empty-handed," as...