It’s been an intriguing 24 hours in the Oblivion Remastered community, after the sighting of a mysterious ghost horse captured fans’ imagination and began making headlines. But now, after some scrutiny and deduction, Oblivion players reckon they’ve figured out what’s going on.
The story began over the weekend when – wiggly line flashback – user TaricIsNotSupport shared an eye-catching discovery on the Oblivion subreddit, curious to know if it was new to the remaster or just something they’d missed before. “So I was crafting stupid spells in Frostcrag Spire [when] I noticed something suuuuuuper strange in the distance,” they wrote. “I did as any of us of the right mind would do and B-lined it over there like a maniac. To my amazement [it] was this spectral horse with no name. I have played thousands of hours of the original Oblivion… yet this is the first I have ever seen this horse.”
Uhhhh, guys, is this new?
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All this came with the assurance they were Oblivioning on PlayStation – and thus, it wasn’t the result of a mod – and a video showing the aforementioned ghost horse swishing nonchalantly (and translucently) by the side of a cliff. With the community’s interest piqued, TaricIsNotSupport returned with a second post, this time showing their character riding the phantom equine atop snow-covered mountains. “He fast travels and even gets stabled!”, they enthusiastically added. “By all accounts it’s now my steed!”