Summary
- Skyblivion is a remake of Oblivion, made in Skyrim.
- Despite this, the devs want to stay true to Oblivion’s NPC conversations.
- While they won’t work exactly as they did in Oblivion, the devs say that the conversations will still be in the game.
When you think of Oblivion, you probably think of those wonderfully odd NPCs dotted across the world. Not only do they look pretty wild, even for a game of that era, but they also have some of the most iconic dialogue of all time, thanks to Oblivion’s radiant AI.
Results may vary, but often, it means that you can walk past NPCs having the most bizarre conversations since everyone has a selection of topics and responses for the AI to use, and many of them don’t pair well. Still, it wouldn’t be Oblivion without it, and it seems that the Skyblivion team is very much aware of this.
Skyblivion Dev Explains How NPC Conversations Will Work
In a Q&A, a Skyblivion dev answered a question concerning NPC conversations in the unofficial remake. Here, we’re told that the team is trying to capture the magic of these interactions in Skyblivion, even if it works a little differently in Skyrim, which the game is built in.
“My intent is to implement the random [conversations],” says Jadkai, quest department lead on the Skyblivion team. “I don’t know whether we’ll get quite to the level of people going around to everyone in the vicinity saying ‘I don’t know you and I don’t care to know you’, but it should be possible not to go full Skyrim scripted.”
So, it probably won’t be as janky as the original game, but at least those conversations aren’t going anywhere. It wouldn’t be the same without hearing two characters sound like they’re having two entirely different conversations while facing one another.
Skyblivion is set to launch at some point this year, after development kicked off in 2012. Incidentally, it could launch around the same time as an official Oblivion remake, as there are rumours floating around about one coming soon. Not everyone is convinced that this is really happening now, as a predicted release date has come and gone, but only time will tell.
- Released
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November 11, 2011
- ESRB
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M for Mature: Use of Alcohol, Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes