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So listen, there’s this thing with Oblivion Remastered. Yeah, it’s Bethesda, which means mods are, like, life. People have been going bonkers over them—over 2,000 mods or something have hit since the remaster came out. Crazy, right?
Now, here’s the kicker. This one mod, Ultimate Engine Tweaks, has been downloaded 675,000 times. That’s a lot. But someone decided to do a little digging, maybe because they had nothing better to do, I dunno. And turns out, the supposed “magic” of this mod might be, well, a big fat placebo. Imagine spending all that time modding your game for, essentially, zilch.
The Gamer reported on this after some testing by Digital Foundry. They lined up the game with and without this mod in a nerdy side-by-side. And guess what? Apart from the game getting a little jittery at the start with the mod, it’s like they’re mirror images. Same speed, same look—the whole shebang. I kind of laughed, honestly.
But hold on, because the mod creator, some person named P40L0X, is sticking to their guns. They’re saying, “Hey, maybe DF tested the wrong version. Give it a whirl yourself; if it sucks, just trash it.” Pretty defiant in a funny sort of way, but hey, who am I to say? It’s like trying a bizarre flavor of ice cream, right? Could be gross, could be amazing.
And while all this is going down, Bethesda isn’t just chilling. They’re actually taking notes from players, tweaking bits here and there. So perhaps they’ll iron things out eventually, assuming they’re not just enjoying the drama or whatever.
Anyway—wait, where was I going with this? Right, so, give the mod a try if you’re curious. Some folks swear by it. Must be like that one band everyone loves except you don’t get why. Try it, ditch it, whatever works. Just, uh, don’t blame me if your game runs like a donkey on roller skates.
