Oblivion Remastered System Requirements and Recommended Specs

After a refreshingly short period of speculation, Bethesda has announced and simultaneously released a complete remaster of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. This is both a bold move and a no-brainer from the developers. Oblivion holds a particularly soft spot in many a gamer’s heart. We have absolutely no doubt it will sell like hot sweet rolls. However, with something that people are so nostalgic about, any tiny little change can and will provoke anger.

Happily, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered system requirements probably won’t upset anyone, since they aren't too demanding. You can get away with a slightly out-of-date PC without much problem, potential optimisation issues notwithstanding.

• OS: Windows 10 64-bit Version 21H1 (10.0.19043)
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X / Intel Core i5-10600K
• RAM: 32 GB
• GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6800XT / Nvidia RTX 2080
• DirectX Version: 12
• Storage: 125 GB (SSD Required)

• OS: Windows 10 64-bit Version 21H1 (10.0.19043)
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X / Intel Core i7-6800K
• RAM: 16 GB
• GPU: AMD Radeon RX 5700 / Nvidia GeForce 1070 Ti
• DirectX Version: 12
• Storage: 125 GB (SSD Required)

With requirements as middling as these, you're unlikely to run into any issues unless you’re chasing a 4K high refresh rate experience. Given the open-world nature of these games, we do have a few upgrade recommendations. First up is faster, higher capacity RAM. 32 GB of DDR5 will do very well, and 64 GB isn’t such a bad choice either if you don’t mind spending a bit more money.

The immersion and smoothness of large open world games depends heavily on being able to hold a lot of data in RAM so it can be deployed quickly. This helps reduce texture pop-in and other graphical nastiness.

Additionally, a new SSD could certainly be helpful. The game needs 125 GB of available space, which will only increase as patches and potential future DLC inevitably arrive over the next few days, weeks, or months. A PCIe Gen 5.0 drive is an excellent option, as it maximizes data transfer speeds, keeping loading times as short as possible. You won’t even be able to read the loading screen tips with something like an MP700 PRO installed.

Lastly, this game looks to be the most beautiful game Bethesda has ever released, probably as a combination of timeless design of the world, and the gigantic technological leaps we’ve made in the 19 years since Oblivion was first released.

So, if you’re one of the many who are positively fizzing with excitement, an OLED monitor, perhaps even an ultrawide model like the XENEON 34WQHD240-C will make your reunion with the world of Cyrodiil all the more enjoyable.

The original version of this game came out so long ago that many readers might not have even been born on release, so this is a reasonable question to ask. Luckily, it remains easy to answer, as the Elder Scrolls games haven't really changed much in terms of gameplay – even after nineteen years.

If you’ve played Skyrim, you’ll be right at home in the Oblivion. You start the game a nameless chump stuck in contrived custody. You soon escape, pick the silliest possible name, use the character creator for 45 minutes before realising that you’re going to be covered up with armor the whole time, and then the game begins.

You’re plopped into a broad and scenic landscape, with a few objective markers to get you started, and the game steadily expands from there. You’ll find an incredible amount of side content to distract you from the somewhat perfunctory plot, and spend most of your time in Tamriel exploring and fighting various bugs, beasties, and other ne'er-do-wells.

Of course, as it’s an RPG, you’ll also be given a choice in how to approach most aspects of the game. You can focus on being charismatic, or brutal, or perhaps a passive aggressive stealth-archer dirtbag.

All this is to say that The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is going to suck you in very quickly. It's the kind of game you can experience in countless different ways, so don’t be surprised when you come to and realise you’ve already clocked 600 hours.