Oblivion Remastered Drama: Nexus Mods Bans Gender Mods
Nexus Mods Already Nuked gender mods for Oblivion
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is finally here — and with it comes a whole wave of nostalgia, memes, and, yep, you guessed it… drama.
Because what’s a re-release without a side of unnecessary censorship and virtue signaling?
Bethesda’s long-awaited glow-up of the classic 2006 RPG dropped to excited fans and modders eager to bring back the best (and weirdest) parts of the original game.
But within hours of launch, Nexus Mods — the internet’s go-to modding site — decided to go full hall monitor and banned a mod that restored the original male/female character selection instead of the new “Body Type 1” and “Body Type 2” fluff.
Yeah. We’re doing this again.
What the Mods Did (and Why They Blew Up Immediately)
Let’s start with what got everyone riled up. The mod in question? Stupidly simple. It swapped out the new “Body Type 1” and “Body Type 2” labels in the character creator for “Male” and “Female.”
That’s it.
No creepy mods. No nudity packs. Just a UI change to bring the game back to how it was nearly two decades ago.
Image Source: Classic Bodytype Mod for Oblivion Remastered on Nexus Mods | Posted on X by @khaliltooshort
The kind of thing that should be an afternoon project for any bored modder — and in fact, it was. The mod dropped mere hours after Oblivion Remastered hit digital shelves, proving two things:
Modders don’t sleep.
The community wants the option to play the game as it was, without a political filter slapped over the top.
But Nexus Mods couldn’t let that stand. Within two hours, the mod was pulled, citing their usual vague nonsense about “inclusion policies.” Because apparently swapping back to the actual terms used in the original game is now controversial.
Nexus Mods banned the gender mod in under 2 hours. You can’t make this up man pic.twitter.com/mYrrEniNbB
— Kaida 🌊 (@khaliltooshort) April 23, 2025
A Quick History of Oblivion Modding: Peak Chaos
Anyone who played Oblivion back in the day knows the real game didn’t even start until you installed at least 20 mods, one of which turned all rats into anime girls or something.
Back in 2006-2012, Oblivion’s modding scene was popping off.
Mods for new quests, custom races, prettier faces, cheese wheels the size of mountains — if you could imagine it, someone made it. And the Nexus was a chaotic, glorious place for that creativity.
It wasn’t about politics. It was about fixing Bethesda’s jank and making the game actually fun to play. Now? Mods get nuked for daring to call a woman a woman.
The soul of modding used to be “do what you want.” That spirit is dying, and Nexus Mods is helping stomp it into the ground.
Nexus Mods: Home of the Thought Police
This isn’t the first time Nexus Mods has played ideological bouncer.
You might remember when Nexus Mods banned the “No Pride Flags” mod for Spider-Man Remastered. The mod didn’t even add anything offensive — it just swapped the in-game pride flags for American flags. But that was apparently too spicy for Nexus, and the creator got the boot.
They even posted a self-congratulatory blog about it, basically saying, “If you don’t agree with our politics, get out.”
Image Source: Nexus Mods | Flag mods and us (and you)
Of course the comments were immediately locked, because heaven forbid anyone is allowed to publicly disagree with their woke ideologies.
But spoiler alert: a ton of gamers did get out.
Because of decisions like this from Nexus Mods, alternative modding platforms are gaining steam.
Because with great power comes great…censorship?
It’s become painfully clear that Nexus Mods isn’t about modding freedom anymore. It’s about pushing an agenda — and silencing anything that doesn’t tow the line.
Where to Download the Male and Female Oblivion Remastered Mod?
If you’re looking to find this removed mod for removing body type in favor of traditional genders, we’ve got you covered!
Remove the Body Types in Oblivion
Alternatives to Nexus Mods
And we strongly encourage any modders out there to start uploading your mods to any and all alternative mod platforms to Nexus Mods, including:
- Based Mods: https://basedmods.eth.limo/
- Schaken Mods: https://schaken-mods.com/
- Cursed Forge: https://www.curseforge.com/
- ModDB: https://www.moddb.com/
The Bigger Picture: Censorship in Gaming Is Getting Real Old
Let’s zoom out for a second. This isn’t just about one mod. It’s part of a bigger trend in gaming where left-leaning media outlets, Twitter/X activists, and even Reddit mod teams try to dictate what’s “acceptable” in games.
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And the second someone pushes back, they’re labeled a bigot, a troll, or worse — a gamer with an opinion.
The weirdest part? Most players aren’t asking for this.
Most of us just want to slay goblins and scream “STOP RIGHT THERE, CRIMINAL SCUM!” without wading through an ideological minefield every time we start a new game.
CI Games' Giga Chad Moment
Contrast all that with CI Games, the devs behind Lords of the Fallen. After doing a Twitter/X poll that asked players whether they preferred “Body Types” or just good ol’ “Male/Female” options in character creation… they actually listened. When “Male/Female” won by a landslide, they patched the game accordingly.
With over 49K votes, 88% of you said you prefer "male/female" choice. As a player-first studio, we will update Lords of the Fallen (2023) and future titles in the series accordingly. Stay Tuned. https://t.co/L6MgMk7Ada
— Marek Tyminski (@tyminski_marek) January 15, 2025
And the crowd went wild.
It was a rare moment where a developer said, “Hey, maybe we don’t need to reinvent the wheel when it comes to character creation.” A simple, respectful change that didn’t try to preach or posture. And guess what? Nobody died. The world kept turning. And the game still slaps.
The Gender Paradox in Remasters
Here’s what really doesn’t make sense: even though the game now avoids saying “male” or “female,” it still acts like the characters are gendered.
Voice lines, armor restrictions, animations, NPC dialogue — they all still clearly treat your character as either a guy or a girl. You can’t take your top off if you’re “Body Type 2.” Sounds pretty gendered to me, Bethesda.
So what’s the point of calling it something else if everything under the hood is still using the same binary logic?
It’s performative. That’s it. Like a weird, passive-aggressive way to say, “We’re woke now,” even though nothing meaningful has changed. A fresh coat of DEI paint on a 20-year-old house.
This Was a Rerelease — Why Pick This Fight?
Let’s be honest — nobody was going to boycott Oblivion Remastered for using “male” and “female” labels. Keeping it OG would’ve been the easiest win. But instead, Bethesda had to make a point — a tiny, passive one — and that point came with baggage.
It was a signal to the woke elite: We’re still one of you. We’re still fighting the good fight.
Even though that “fight” mostly means annoying your player base, stirring up modding drama, and reminding everyone that common sense is now considered controversial.
The Game Is Still Good, But the Vibes Are Off
Look, let’s not pretend this is the end of the world. It’s just a UI label. It doesn’t change the gameplay. It doesn’t stop you from shoving 500 wheels of cheese into a cave and yelling FUS RO DAH.
Hell, Helldivers 2 pulled the same trick and was one of the most fun games of 2024. No one cared about the body types enough to not play the game until their woke Community Managers started intentionally poking the bear and other executive decisions irrevocably damaged their reputation.
But these little changes aren’t meaningless. They’re the canary in the coal mine — small reminders that there are still developers out there who just can’t make games anymore without cramming in their ideology.
And they’ll do it in the sneakiest, most passive-aggressive way possible.
Fortunately, the pushback is growing. More gamers are speaking out. More devs are doing polls instead of mandates. And mods — even if they’re banned — are still being made and shared off-platform by fans who just want to play how they want.
The woke crowd might still be out there, lurking in their echo chambers and Reddit mod panels.
But their grip? It’s slipping.
And the more we call them out, the faster and more hilarious that funderful fall will be.
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