.1% main story line done

[Kim Kardashian]

12.5 hrs and this game is better than i remember, and to be honest i enjoy it better than skyrim. whats your thoughts so far?

[space]

i've always preferred oblivion over skyrim

[kdodds]

So far, so good. I mean the choice to use UE5/GB over CE2 is just abysmal from a performance perspective, but the game itself is the same, just prettier.

[Kim Kardashian]

Originally posted by space:

i've always preferred oblivion over skyrim

I haven’t played it since I was in middle school and forgot how good it was

[LawrenceOfUrLabia]

Originally posted by Kim Kardashian:

12.5 hrs and this game is better than i remember, and to be honest i enjoy it better than skyrim. whats your thoughts so far?

100+ hours in and I approve of this message.

[Scraps]

I'll admit that Morrowind is better written, but Oblivion's Main Quest is still very solid, even if we're not really the main character.

[Cryptic]

Oblivion is and always was the stronger role-playing game. With that said, I like it better because of that. Skyrim had a lot of systems dumbed down just like fallout 4 compared to fallout 3

[Demogorgon is my Pet]

I was always like: I love Morrowind, Oblivion was funny, but my most memories where about mods
than I played it and... omg Im sorry, Oblivion, I forgot how great you are Q_Q

but still
Morrowind -> Oblivion -> Skyrim

[MROppenheimer]

yea, side quest.... just did thieves and middle of dark brotherhood.

[Demogorgon is my Pet]

Originally posted by MROppenheimer:

yea, side quest.... just did thieves and middle of dark brotherhood.

the deadric shrine quests are also fantastic

[kdodds]

One thing I'm noticing that I didn't remember is the extreme lack of living beings on the main map. And I thought Skyrim was sparse...

[Will]

It was great when it came out, but when you compare it to more modern games you actually realise it's basically better than the vast majority of them and it is in fact a stone cold classic. It's just such a great all round game with so much to do and see and is the perfect companion to Skyrim.

[Will]

Originally posted by kdodds:

One thing I'm noticing that I didn't remember is the extreme lack of living beings on the main map. And I thought Skyrim was sparse...

I love this so much though. I was walking around one of the towns in the early morning and it was so relaxing just enjoying the music and the light hitting the buildings, so much better than something like Baldurs gate 3 where hundreds of people are all just talking at you all at once non stop.

[Dreepa]

Well, you can tell it was made by people that love pen&paper RPG.
They tried to put systems for roleplay into it, even if they are archaic and funny at times.
But their intentions are clearly driven by creatling a systemic role playing world. Where combat is just "there"... *click click slash slash*
The last game that I felt was made by such ppl on a bigger budget was Dragon Age Origins.
Since then most bigger RPGs focus on the parts that are videogame and less on the parts that come from the pen&paper world.

[Wingnut Mcmoomoo]

Starfield was the first bethesda game since oblivion and morrowind that I actually like the game unmodded, fallout 3 and 4 and skyrim felt like lesser games to me even if I did enjoy them. Oblivion will always have a special place for me because its the whole reason i got into pc gaming (i played morrowind on the xbox).

Skyrim is fun and i've had a great time modding it. But when i modded skyrim i would be changing MAJOR portions of the game (same for the 2 fallouts BGS made).... but with oblivion I never wanted to change that much of the game because of how much i enjoyed what it is. I feel the same about starfield as it feels more like a return to form for bethesda (not entirely, oblivion will always be my fav but it feels like such a great leap back to what they were).

But yeah Oblivion is kind of one of the kings of RPG games and the height of bethesda as a company if you ask me, its far from perfect but its fun and charming and the jank just makes the game better lol.

I'm enjoying the remaster but I do miss some of the more scuffed voice lines they've redubbed (my heart actually broke when I realized Arvena Thelas's voice got changed) and i miss fast casting.