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12/17/2013 1:19:18 AM
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Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
I just back into Oblivion for the first time in a year or so, and I just realized that it has some kind of appeal that Skyrim doesn't have. While there are a few things I prefer in Skyrim, there's this... charm... about Oblivion. Could someone tell me what it is?
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I always enjoy TES new hawtness, but Oblivion is still my favorite. I'm not really sure what it is about it either. I do sometimes get nostalgic about the guards yelling "HALT! HALT! HALT!" at me in Daggerfall. ;)
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Edited by tntbabin: 12/20/2013 9:00:17 AMQuests and questlines with character? A story that doesn't suck? Constant involvement with often interesting key characters in questlines? Color perhaps? Unique weapons and armor(ie artifacts) that aren't rendered useless by a broken smithing system? Cities that for the most part don't look like crap and have much more much better things to do? Could be any number of things really.
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1 ReplyColour!
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5 RepliesI hate it. In the lore, Cyrodill was a Jungle. And then Beth shat all over that by turning it into a generic Europeland. Then, we got an explanation for why it changed (Talos CHIM'd the shit out of it). But TESO shat all over that too -blam!- you, "Loremaster" Lawrence "Colonel Saunders" Smuck
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8 RepliesBecause it has the shivering isles...the best DLC for any of the Elder Scrolls to date.
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I love Oblivion. But my file somehow got deleted. D:
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Nostalgia?
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Infinitely superior guards compared to Skyrim.
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Takes a while to get into. I played it ages ago and didn't like it. I played it again after beating Skyrim and I really enjoyed it. Not as good as Fallout, though!
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2 RepliesDo do dooooo, da da da da daaaaaaaaaa da da daaaaa. The music that sounded like that, that's why.
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11 RepliesBetter cities Better quests Better guilds Better characters.
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2 RepliesIt has a colour pallet that isn't dominated by brown, grey and white.
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2 RepliesWell the guards don't natter on about taking an arrow to the knee.
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If it was your first TES, that's probably why. Skyrim is a better game.
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Skyrim>Oblivion
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Wes Johnson.
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It's more colloquially known as "Nostalgia". Everyone gets it, so don't panic. It's not lethal, nor really very dangerous at all. All the disease seems to do is cloud/skew the vision a bit, and mess with the rationality function of the brain. But the symptoms pass with time, you just have to ride it out.
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It has colours, that might be it.
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I felt the same thing honestly and have thought about it a lot. The color palette and art direction are also huge in this.Where Skyrim was cold and barren, Oblivion's direction teemed with vibrancy and life. The music and sound of Skyrim worked with the gritty and harsh combat to create a more rugged world. The setting was also much more traditional European than Scandinavian.Something that we are more used to and will feel less alienated in. Hope that explains it a bit.
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8 RepliesProbably because it truly feels like a fantasy game.
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The color green.
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OMG OMG OMG goosebumps. [spoiler]sorry, just had a fanboy moment[/spoiler] Yeah, that feeling you are getting is something that only Oblivion can give you. A divine sense of purpose. You feel as if you have ascended into divinity. Skyrim cannot give you this feeling. Though a great game, Skyrim is not on Oblivion's level. I cannot say much more. Words don't really do the feeling any justice.
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Imperials who weren't Listening to the Thalmor 24/7?
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3 RepliesEdited by Ad Hoc: 12/17/2013 4:24:41 AMI'm not sure really sure what it is. Normally, I'd go with Nostalgia, but I didn't play it until 2010. Maybe it's just how light-hearted it is. It [i]feels[/i] Fantasy, while Skyrim feels more gritty and dark.
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2 RepliesId say a lot of it has to do with the story and how much more dire it feels. The siege of kavatch was much more impactful than the battle at the western watch tower. The music was more melancholy and dungeons were more twisted and they felt more dangerous.
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1 ReplyIt's much more vibrant than Skyrim. That's for sure.
