If there’s one thing that unites fans of Bethesda games, it’s ignoring the main quest and going off on our own little adventures. We’re seeing this once again with Oblivion Remastered, as we all seem to be ignoring the story and are instead diving into side quests, like the various guilds.

Now, it turns out we’re actually taking it to another level entirely, as many Oblivion Remastered players are yet to close a single Oblivion gate. According to the Steam achievement stats, only 55 percent of those who have started playing have closed a gate, meaning they haven’t even dipped their toe into the main story.

To Absolutely No Surprise, Oblivion Remastered Players Are Dodging Oblivion Gates

Over on Steam, the achievement Closed an Oblivion Gate has a completion rate of 55.5 percent. Admittedly, this makes it the second most completed achievement in the game, but it’s a huge drop off from the first one you get for completing the opening, which 90.8 percent of players have unlocked.

This gives us a better picture of how people are playing Oblivion Remastered – by running around the map as soon as they have access to the open world. Oblivion is quite generous in this regard, as you can go wherever you want as soon as you escape from prison. So, it looks like there are quite a lot of players who are going anywhere but Kvatch.

Even those who have played more of the game aren’t loving the Oblivion gates, and are modding them out.

In any case, I’m sure we’ll all get around to saving Cyrodiil eventually. And Martin won’t mind hunkering down a little while longer. He’s safe and sound where he is – and in fact, possibly better off staying put, since one player got themselves soft locked by dragging him around the map.