The team behind Skyblivion, a massive modding project that’s remaking The Elder Scrolls IV, just shared some fresh quest gameplay, and yes, everyone’s faces look kind of funny. There’s a bit of a mages guild feel, a bit of farm melee, and aside from the odd bug, it all looks great.
In the latest reveal, Skyblivion developers immediately provided an update on development progress, with the film’s narrator revealing that everything is still on track for the team’s previously set 2025 release date.
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So, what did we see this time? Well, two classic Annihilation missions, in the form of Finger of the Mountain and Killing Fields, the latter of which looks to have been renamed Killing Fields.
Both take place in and around Chorol, which means the film offers great views of the city surrounding it in the Great Forest, which is usually one of the first places you’ll arrive in any Oblivion game, thanks to The Abbey of Vernon is located next to the great forest. The team seems to have done a good job of retaining Chorrol’s nostalgic feel and layout while making it more vibrant and detailed, as you can see in the first mission when the player chats with Earana in the central plaza.
Fingers of the Mountain is all about acquiring a book to win favor (or not) in the Mages Guild, and beating it gave us an up-close look at how modders transformed Cloudtop Ruins, where the tomes found Much like what they teased at a reveal earlier this year, the visuals are even more spectacular.
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The only problem is that Earana herself suffers from the classic Skyrim face color bug, which Skyblivion project lead Kyle Rebel admitted in a tweet, writing: “It’s something that’s easily fixed, but we don’t want to at the moment Hide our bugs in the game This is an accurate representation of the current state of the game and that’s what we want to show off if you look closely there. [are] There are some more glaring errors in the film.
Anyway, minor bugs aside, both this quest and The Killing Fields (where you help the sons of retired warrior Varus Odile fight off some goblins attacking the family farm) look great, with the latter’s original plot passing Some of the world’s dynamic changes have been enhanced depending on its ending, and the iconic Chillrend sword has been faithfully revamped.
“While progress is steady, we’re always looking for more volunteers to help us complete this project and get it into your hands as soon as possible,” the video’s narrator says of the team’s current stance, later teasing that the team will provide As 2025 approaches, we’ll have “a deeper look” at its current progress later this year.
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