Ah, The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, the game where you could accidentally pick up a fork in someone’s house and hear “Stop right there, criminal scum!” before the silverware even hit your inventory. It was buggy, bizarre, and brilliant in equal measure.

And now, nearly two decades later, it’s making a comeback, maybe. The rumored remastered edition is reportedly clocking in at a massive 120 Gb. That’s a lot of Tamriel. Under normal circumstances, we’d raise an eyebrow at a file size that big. But if one specific upgrade comes with all that extra weight?

The feature: A seamless open world, like Elden Ring, but with fewer crab monsters and more lovingly awkward Npc greetings.

Why a modern Oblivion needs a modern world design

When The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion launched in 2006, its world was expansive for the time, but limited by hardware constraints. Cities, dungeons, and...