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King Hadu

has The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (2009)

Apr 27, 2015 @ 6:48pm

Should I play Oblivion first or Skyrim?

Hi never played either but I have the complete Oblivion game with all DLC etc

And I think by not playing it first its a sort of waste and I may be missing out on lots of content

I never played any Elder Scrolls game before

But the thing is I don't have much time on my hands as I am 29 years old

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BarbarianHeart has The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (2009)

Apr 27, 2015 @ 6:55pm

Oblivion's graphics are a bit dated when compared to Skyrim so you may want to play Oblivion first. Otherwise it doesn't really matter.

King Hadu

Apr 27, 2015 @ 6:57pm

how long does it take to complete the game?

Apr 27, 2015 @ 7:09pm

It takes upwards of forever to complete these games.

BarbarianHeart has The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (2009)

Apr 27, 2015 @ 7:11pm

They are both open games that never really end. Even after you finish all of the quests you can still play. And both games can be modded wich further extends the gameplay. You can find mods for Oblivion at Oblivion Nexus.

SpaceCodet has The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (2009)

Apr 27, 2015 @ 8:24pm

They changed the game from being a class system to an open system. Oblivion has a better system when it comes to most of the game. With Skyrim it's mainly the ability to use each hand independently.

King Hadu

Apr 27, 2015 @ 9:25pm

To be honest after watching oblivion again oncemore, I really do hate the graphics but its not just that the trees and stuff are really ugly in Oblivion.

In skyrim they really look like trees of a North American mountain. Its just so much more appealing, part me me still wants to play Oblivion but yeah.

$WAGG Apr 27, 2015 @ 9:36pm

I personally love Oblivion's grasslands and I definitely want you to play Oblivion first so you get to know Lore better.

Major Havoc has The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (2009)

Apr 29, 2015 @ 2:41am

Play Oblivion first. Nexus Mods hosts a lot of mods to increase video graphics.

CullinB

Apr 29, 2015 @ 7:57am

Originally posted by KING HADU:
But the thing is I don't have much time on my hands as I am 29 years old

As you can't spare much time to play TES4 or TES and haven't played any of them yet,
My recommendation is Start Playing Skyrim.
It takes at least 100 hours to play through SKYRIM.

You don't need to play tes4 to play Skyrim, game system and mechanics are completely different and you need not know any lore from TES4 to play TES5.
If you like TES5, you can start playing TES4 at any time.