Summary
- Magic leveling is broken, making it easy to max Restoration & Destruction skills in Oblivion Remastered.
- Players can abuse custom spells for high XP rates in Oblivion Remastered.
- Exploits in Oblivion always allowed for fast skill leveling, disrupting game balance.
Some Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered players have noticed that Magic leveling is absolutely broken in the new game, particularly when it comes to two specific Schools of Magic. This has made it a breeze for Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered players to max out their Restoration and Destruction skills.
Although it's largely faithful to the original game, Bethesda and Virtuos have made some important changes to Oblivion Remastered that help make it feel like a much more modern and rebalanced experience. It goes beyond just being a visual overhaul - certain mechanics that were now way outdated from the 2006 original have been given a contemporary touch, such as the addition of sprinting. The leveling system has been given an overhaul too, although it seems some mistakes may have been made along the way.
All Oblivion Remastered Difficulty Levels Explained
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A thread started by Redditor Omgzjustin10 pointed out that leveling Destruction and Restoration appears to be far too quick in Oblivion Remastered. This is because players now seem to gain more experience based on how high the base mana cost is for a spell. According to the player, they created a spell in Oblivion Remastered that healed 20 health for eight seconds, which with the way the game now calculates XP for spellcasting, was taking just two casts to level up at 80 Restoration. This applies to Destruction spells, too, making it very quick to max out these skills with custom spells.
Restoration and Destruction are Easy to Max in Oblivion Remastered
Another user in the thread raised the point that "Oblivion has always been a game that if you wanted to skip progression it was pretty easy to do," with plenty of exploits in the game making it easy to quickly level up certain skills. In the past, Oblivion exploits to level Acrobatics involved jumping into doorways rapidly, while players could also level Sneak by holding down their analog stick near sleeping NPCs. Faster leveling methods in Oblivion have always been a thing, and it often messes with the balance of the game as NPCs level faster than players have the gear to deal with.
Given the fact that Oblivion Remastered is already a complete package, it remains to be seen how much post-launch support the game will receive outside of major bug fixes. For now, it's a perfect appetizer while Bethesda continues to work on The Elder Scrolls 6, which, later this year, will have been announced for 7 years. The upcoming RPG currently seems no closer to a release date, despite its long development cycle.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 82 /100 Critics Rec: 87%
- Released
- April 22, 2025
- ESRB
- Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Sexual Themes, Violence
- Publisher(s)
- Bethesda
WHERE TO PLAY
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 5
- Genre(s)
- Action, RPG, Open-World, Adventure
