Oblivion Remastered is hiding some fairly nice Easter eggs, however I hate to say it, this one simply ain’t it.
I bear completely no in poor health will to my buddies over at PC Gamer for bringing this Oblivion Remastered Easter egg, and by proxy a horrible 2011 meme, to my consideration. I totally blame early 2010s absurdist Millennial humor, which I distinctly keep in mind fake-laughing to many, many instances in faculty. Keep in mind the Harlem Shake? That gosh darn screaming sheep? I slot the 2011 video Potion Vendor in the identical class.
I am sorry, my Gen-Z readers, however for the sake of this story I am making an attempt to write down, let’s make a journey again to 2011 and watch this factor:
I will proudly admit I hadn’t seen this video till simply now, or if I had seen it earlier than I could not keep in mind it. Possibly that is why it would not attraction to me in any respect; I am not watching it by way of a lens of nostalgia harkening again to hazy, Rolling Rock-fueled events the place I am being pressured to look at a video I can not hear as a result of somebody simply misplaced a recreation of beer pong and flipped the desk over. Oh, god.
To be honest, the Potion Vendor meme is among the extra inventive examples of that period’s very distinct model of humor, but it surely’s nonetheless unmistakably its time, and whereas I do not assume in the present day’s memes are any higher, I nonetheless do not need to return.
Anyway, the entire cause I am bringing this up is as a result of Oblivion Remastered appears to have a reference to Potion Vendor. Twitch streamer TerraGuildTV discovered a brand new console command referred to as “Altar.Participant.PotionSellerGiveMeYourStrongestPotions,” which is on the nostril sufficient, however its description additional reads:
“Powers the participant up with the technique of defeating the Romans coming to overcome the final free village of Gaul. ‘Have you ever heard of my potions? …My potions are too robust for you, traveller.'”
Yeah, that is positively a Potion Vendor Easter egg, and I will admit, a reasonably apt one contemplating the character within the meme is clearly parodying Elder Scrolls NPCs.
As soon as once more, nicely performed Todd.
