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Sandwiched between the releases of the revolutionary Morrowind and the eternally re-released Skyrim, Oblivion is sometimes thought of as the middle child in the modern history of one of gaming’s most beloved RPG series.


While most of the Bethesda games recently added to Game Pass are worth playing for one reason or another, few are more intriguing than The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. For the moment, though, the biggest benefit of this acquisition is undoubtedly the ability to access a good portion of Bethesda’s library of classic games via Game Pass. The question still stands though.With their acquisition of ZeniMax Studios finally complete, Microsoft is poised to challenge Sony’s recent reign of exclusivity dominance by potentially making the next generation of Bethesda releases exclusive to Game Pass platforms. If not, I'm pretty sure I can just perform manually what the installers do automatically, since the DLC are just official mods, but it would be nice to know either way in advance.ĮDIT: Just bought it anyway. That said, will I be able to install the DLC I currently have for a copy of Oblivion bought through Steam? I'm already buying a game I already own and I'm not really interested in shelling out even more money for some frankly generally rubbish DLC that I also already own, so I'm going for the non-deluxe GOTY version. I can't remember if SI was offered as DLC, but I've got it on disc anyhow. In addition to Oblivion itself, I have SI, Knights of the Nine and all the DLC but Battlehorn (which I got while it was free, but then lost.). Before I do buy it though, I'd like to clear up a question I have regarding the usage of DLC with the Steam version. However, I was planning on re-purchasing Oblivion through Steam anyway to save myself the bother of having to carry the disk around with me. In the meantime, I can't play (or mod! ) Oblivion, owning a retail version. My laptop's disk drive just committed suicide today, and I'll have to get a replacement.
