Today's game is some more of the oblivion remaster. I did some more of the Mage's guild quest today and the specific quest took me a to a ruin. I have very vivid memories of this specific dungeon because of the puzzle from a few years ago when i did a brief playthrough with a friend. It was very tedious having to open the inventory and find the book again. Luckily i found out i could quick bind a book which made this a lot faster. It did take me a while though to realize i had to cast a spell on the Central Pillar and not the crystals. And i did it all for a Elven Helmet that the mage's guild wants for some reason. Not even a Magic one. Just a plain old Helmet.

I'm not usually a fan of these ruins, or dungeons in general. But damn does the remaster makes these dungeons look pretty. The blue light beams and shadows are a gorgeous effect.

There was also a quest before this which had me meant the count of the area. Dude came outside to meet me and he's a vampire, and i have to say i'm a big fan of the Vampire designs in the Remake. He has a very corpse like design which i like. His lips and mouth being blue are my favorite part. I've heard on players it sadly just makes their face look lethargic which is a little disappointing but it is cool to see the NPCs get a cool design. I accidentally left the poor guy idle in conversation while i answered a call for a bit. He was probably worried the sun was going to rise before we finished talking.

The count's castle had this painting up of an painting in the old oblivion style which i think is kind of neat. I stopped to look at it for a bit. I can't figure out who it's supposed to be but I like to imagine that old Oblivion is a stylized art style in the remaster's world. It's a fun thought. Maybe if the game existed it'd be kind of like that movie about Vincent van Gogh called Loving Vincent?

Today's game is some more of the oblivion remaster. I did some more of the Mage's guild quest today and the specific quest took me a to a ruin. I have very vivid memories of this specific dungeon because of the puzzle from a few years ago when i did a brief playthrough with a friend. It was very tedious having to open the inventory and find the book again. Luckily i found out i could quick bind a book which made this a lot faster. It did take me a while though to realize i had to cast a spell on the Central Pillar and not the crystals. And i did it all for a Elven Helmet that the mage's guild wants for some reason. Not even a Magic one. Just a plain old Helmet.

I'm not usually a fan of these ruins, or dungeons in general. But damn does the remaster makes these dungeons look pretty. The blue light beams and shadows are a gorgeous effect.

There was also a quest before this which had me meant the count of the area. Dude came outside to meet me and he's a vampire, and i have to say i'm a big fan of the Vampire designs in the Remake. He has a very corpse like design which i like. His lips and mouth being blue are my favorite part. I've heard on players it sadly just makes their face look lethargic which is a little disappointing but it is cool to see the NPCs get a cool design. I accidentally left the poor guy idle in conversation while i answered a call for a bit. He was probably worried the sun was going to rise before we finished talking.

The count's castle had this painting up of an painting in the old oblivion style which i think is kind of neat. I stopped to look at it for a bit. I can't figure out who it's supposed to be but I like to imagine that old Oblivion is a stylized art style in the remaster's world. It's a fun thought. Maybe if the game existed it'd be kind of like that movie about Vincent van Gogh called Loving Vincent?

I am glad someone else noticed the painting! I had a good laugh when I saw it.

I'm almost positive the painting is supposed to be the count himself, painted either before he became a vampire or just made to look like he wasn't a vampire.

If you're interested in paintings, there's a cool sidequest in Cheydinhal worth checking out.

Hey, Atticus! Good to see you playing one of the games that really opened my eyes to PC gaming!

I do believe the painting is the Count himself, and like StoveTop said, maybe supposed to be way before he became a vampire, or made to not look like one!

I'm about to finish up the Fighter's Guild questline, and then for the main game, all I will have left is the story mode. After that, I can finally do my favorite part, The Shivering Isles!

Love to see people enjoy this "classic"! (my knees cracked typing that one, oof.)

I'm planning on doing the Fighter's guild next. I've almost never touched the Fighter's guild quest line in any Elder Scrolls Game so i'm excited to get to it

I’ve always started with the Dark Brotherhood (it’s my favorite quest line in the Elder Scrolls games), so by the time I get to the Fighter’s Guild, it feels pretty lackluster.

Maybe that won’t be an issue for you though, hopefully!

Cheers!