The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered was one of the most popular games that released last year, but I think it's also fair to say that it was one of the jankiest as well. Not only did the game launch with a series of performance issues, but also a nasty memory leak that made the game's problems intensify the further that a player got into a gaming session.
Despite this, the patches for the game were few and far between, with the last one coming in July, despite the protestations of those that still thought the game had several problems. Back in October, many were concerned that Bethesda and Virtuos had simply abandoned the game, and four months deep into 2026, it seems as though those fears were warranted.
Given that Oblivion Remastered is meant to be the definitive version of the game, the fact that it still runs so poorly should be another stain on Bethesda's reputation, and a year on, you still have tech experts like Digital Foundry claiming that the game is "still broken."
Fallout 3 Remastered can't simply be a repeat of Oblivion's success. It needs to be something more.
After testing the game a year...
