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The hype got to me and I started playing Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 tonight. Really strong start. Really cool visuals, unique JRPG-style wacky world with kooky lore. I’m not a big fan of turned based combat but it’s got enough QTE type stuff that it stays lively, hopefully it’s not 80 hours like a normal JRPG though.

Movement speed in Oblivion is so fast, no wonder I remember mainly crouching with a bow and arrow through the entire game, it’s the only way to move at a remotely human speed. Maybe it’s because I’m an Argonian?

Anyway, has anyone done any research into what your go-to Oblivion character says about you as a person? Because there’s probably no other game in which I would voluntarily play as a stealth character. I hate stealth gameplay! But I love shooting people in the back of the head with a bow and arrow. I loves it!

Oblivion Remaster looks really fantastic. Fully cranked at 1440p Ultrawide, my 4090 can’t really hack it. There’s also some problem in the latest patch that disables DLSS and the on-by-default screen space reflections are clearly really borked and should not be turned on when RT is running. Kind of strange.

But the experience of going through the intro dungeon and venturing out into the world the first time… I felt it, that Elder Scrolls feeling, it started to pull me in. But… I still have a lot of Assassin’s Creed Shadows to play, so… I’ll wait for Oblivion Remastered to get patched a couple times.

I’m about 35 hours into Assassin’s Creed Shadows and I’m having a great time. The game is really gorgeous on PS5 Pro and I am all the more convinced that 4k 40fps VRR is the future of console gaming. We don’t need 60 fps on a 120hz television. 40 fps feels like a great sweet spot where it feels a little cinematic but still smooth. Here’s hoping GTA6 has a beautiful 40fps mode on PS5 Pro.