{"id":1187295,"date":"2026-02-16T10:58:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T10:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hs8xu7SHJQPnUEGvyGt5JE"},"modified":"2026-02-16T10:58:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T10:58:33","slug":"theres-a-reason-oblivion-remastereds-new-voice-actors-all-sound-familiar-its-a-huge-skyrim-reunion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/theres-a-reason-oblivion-remastereds-new-voice-actors-all-sound-familiar-its-a-huge-skyrim-reunion\/","title":{"rendered":"There’s a reason Oblivion Remastered’s new voice actors all sound familiar: It’s a huge Skyrim reunion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered is most notable for its graphical and gameplay updates to the 2006 classic, but something that’s brought me a lot of joy is how fantastic and, critically, well-casted its new voiceovers are.<\/p>\n

The original Oblivion had a ludicrously small cast for how large a game it was, and while this represented a clear area of improvement for the remaster, it also risked wiping out some of the game’s distinctive charm.<\/p>\n

There’s a real tension between “Wes Johnson and Linda Carter’s performances are iconic” and “Wes Johnson and Linda Carter keep talking to themselves about mudcrabs.”<\/p>\n

Bringing back almost exclusively voice actors from The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim was a genius way to split the difference. In my experience so far, about half the dialogue has been re-recorded, but the fact that the actors are all experienced Elder Scrolls hands I’ve spent hundreds of hours listening to means they slip into the remaster like they were always meant to be there, simultaneously refreshing and<\/em> nostalgic.<\/p>\n

Here’s all the returning Skyrim actors, going off credits on IMDB<\/a>:<\/p>\n