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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
Oblivion Remastered is really a remake, since it was built from the ground up. However, the team over at Virtuos called it Oblivion Remastered because the game is so faithful to the original, simply improving upon Bethesda’s work.
However, fans have spotted one change — one of the shopkeeper’s signs has a spelling error. Well, actually, it did in the original, but back then, he had at least tried to correct his mistake by awkwardly shoving the missing letter back in. In the remaster, that correction is nowhere to be seen, so the error remains.
Oblivion Remastered Makes This Spelling Error Worse
This was spotted over in the Oblivion subreddit by user Xeredek. I went to check it out myself, and true enough, there it is — a part of the gag from the original game removed in the remaster. Poor old Norbert Lelles has truly given up, not even bothering to attempt to fix the sign this time around.
The game does still acknowledge the error, as it did in the original. It’s all intentional, and feeds into the idea of Norbert not being the sharpest tool in the shed, something others comment on. He will also draw attention to the sign in dialogue, so he is aware that he messed it up.
Jokes aside, it is impressive that this is one of the few differences we’ve found between the remaster and the original. Well, there is the case of the dead body that’s been covered up in the remaster, rather than left nude. I suppose the devs thought that might have been a bit much with the improved graphics.
