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While I'm framing this as an inconvenience, the remaster being such a gigabyte hog is likely indicative of the size and scope of the improvements Bethesda Game Studios and co-developer Virtuous made to the original game.
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As detailed in an Xbox Wire post, the remaster was built in Unreal Engine 5 and boosts the game's resolution up to 4K at 60 frames per second, with "all-new textures, lighting effects, and landscape improvements." Character, spell, and weapon animations have also been updated alongside weather effects and the day/night cycle.
On top of those visual improvements, the remaster includes various quality of life upgrades including HUD, menu and map reworks including "improved UI for systems like Persuasion, Clairvoyance, and more," updates to levelling, encumbrance, non-combat perks, improved enemy scaling, new accessibility features, more autosaves, a "revised first-person and third-person camera," and "much more." Phew.
The remaster costs $50 on all platforms, but again, if you're a Game Pass subscriber, you can download and play it at no additional cost.
After earning an English degree from ASU, I worked as a corporate copy editor while freelancing for places like SFX Magazine, Screen Rant, Game Revolution, and MMORPG on the side. I got my big break here in 2019 with a freelance news gig, and I was hired on as GamesRadar's west coast Staff Writer in 2021. That means I'm responsible for managing the site's western regional executive branch, AKA my home office, and writing about whatever horror game I'm too afraid to finish.
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