Summary
- Oblivion Remastered's vampirism remains challenging, with harmful sunlight and fatal fast-travel.
- Players are discovering the harsh reality of vampirism in Oblivion Remastered, unlike in Skyrim.
- If regretful players want to cure vampirism in Oblivion Remastered, a helpful guide is available at TheGamer.
Seeing people rediscover the joys of Oblivion through its recent Remastered release fills my heart with happiness. I will always respect Bethesda's decision to keep all of Oblivion's charm, warts and all, and carry them over into a modern-day remaster.
This does mean that Oblivion Remastered's take on vampirism is almost the exact same as it was in the base game. While there have seemingly been some changes to character appearance, everything else, including the terrible, terrible weakness to direct sunlight, has stayed. And as a new wave of bright-eyed, adventurous players dive into Oblivion Remastered, they're discovering that the life of vampirism kind of sucks, and not just in the neck-bitey way.
Oblivion Remastered players are learning the hard way about the issues of vampirism
As spotted by the lovely folk over at our sister website TheGamer, people have been dabbling in becoming a creature of he night in Oblivion Remastered. They're then quickly discovering the issues of becoming a creature of the night after the sun burns their poor characters into a crisp.
If you take a stroll through the OblivionRemaster subreddit, you may see posts like this one from LoTheReaper. Titled "I HATE being a vampire," it goes into a rant about how Oblivion Remastered handles vampirism and just how tough it is to play as one.
Walking outside in the sun will slowly kill you, and if you try to get around it by using fast-travel, the game will retroactively apply the damage when you arrive, usually killing you instantly. And if you try to use the wait command outside so you can fast travel during the night, you'll still end up roasting to death.
As noted by TheGamer, it's likely people embraced vampirism because of how it was handled in Oblivion's sequel, Skyrim. In that game, standing in the sun doesn't kill you. It will harm your stats, but it won't outright kill you. And there are plenty of guides out there that will help you make the most of the benefits you get. It's easy to imagine someone playing Oblivion Remastered, believing that its version of vampirism is just as powerful as Skyrim's, only to be turned into a pile of ash when they step out into the sunlight.
If there are any players out there who got vampirism and wish they hadn't, I urge you to check out TheGamer's guide on how to cure vampirism in Oblivion Remastered. It may be a chore to do, but it beats turning up dead after waiting in-game for 12 hours.
