- The former Blizzard chief, Mike Ybarra, commented on the recent launch of The elderly scrolls 4: remastered oblivion
- The former president says that Remasters cannot hold on to “modern masterpieces” such as ELDEN RING
- He adds: “We have had so many ‘remassers’ that nostalgia is limited”
Former Blizzard Entertainment president Mike Ybarra said he is “skeptical” about remassers like The elderly scrolls 4: remastered oblivioncomparing the game with the success of ELDEN RINGwhich argued that he has moved the bar too high for role -playing games (RPG).
In a recent publication about X / Twitter (through PC Gamer), former Blizzard chief shared his thoughts about the Forgot Remaster, saying that he does not believe that the remassers of the old games can hold on to the “modern masterpieces” such as Fromsoftware ELDEN RING.
“I am skeptical about 20 -year -old remassers,” said Ybarra. “What was once fantastic, now remastered, will never cling to modern masterpieces such as ELDEN RING. The bar has simply moved from open world role games safe to what ELDEN RING He brought us all.
“I would love to show me no,” he continued.
“I don’t mean souls, I mean discovery, classes, the combat system, etc.,” Ybarra added. “Only a new quality level.”
When another user said that remastering) like Forgot “Lack of innovation” and compensate in nostalgia, Ybarra replied, saying that he believes that players want something new.
“I listen to you, but I think we have had so many ‘remastering ones’ that nostalgia is limited. It could be wrong. But I think the game community wants fresh and new more than ever,” he said.
Despite Ybarra’s comments, it is clear that there is space for both rowing and modern role -playing games and ELDEN RING and Assassin’s Creed: Shadows. Only a few hours after the launch of the fall of the shadow of Remastered oblivionThe game quickly won more than 180,000 concurrent players in Steam.
At the time of writing, the game has reached a count of maximum players of all time of 216,784 players, according to SteamdB, and has a general rating of the “very positive” user on the platform.
