The long-rumoured Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion remaster released earlier this week, and fans have made a humorous yet oddly heartwarming discovery. That iconic line of an actor asking for a retake, that for some reason made it into the game’s original release, is still there, alive and well in 2025.
On Oblivion Remastered’s launch, Bethesda offered some clarification on why its new release is a remaster, and not a full fat remake. “We never wanted to remake it – but remaster it – where the original game was there as you remember playing it, but seen through today’s technology,” Bethesda wrote in a post on social media.
And, well, the studio has indeed been true to its word with the discovery that Bethesda along with co-developer Virtuos has kept the famous and really rather cherished double take voice acting mistake which has been there since the original’s release in 2006.
The line in question is spoken by, rather ironically, Master Speechcraft trainer and Altmer (a race of High Elves) Tandilwe.
While Tandilwe will offer master Speechcraft training during the game – that is to say, she will help you get your influence and persuade skill up – the voice actor herself flubbed a line during recording and asked for a retake (we’ve all been there!).