Should you play The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion in 2021? Jake Dekker revisits Bethesda’s classic to see how it holds up 15 years later.
You don’t have to look hard to find Oblivion’s blemishes, but if you can look past them there is an imaginative, ambitious fantasy adventure that, in many ways, Bethesda hasn’t been able to replicate since. The Elder Scrolls has been around since 1994. However, it didn’t stake its claim in the console space until 2002 with The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. Morrowind had a lot of firsts for the series. Most notably, it was the first fully 3D mainline Elder Scrolls game.
Morrowind laid the groundwork for Oblivion, and eventually Skyrim. In this video, Jake revisits Oblivion for its 15th anniversary in order to see what made it so special. From the awkward voice acting to the incredible quests, Oblivion had is still a memorable experience.
Oblivion originally came out for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC back in 2006, but it’s currently available on Xbox Game Pass for subscribers.
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Oblivion murders Skyrim.
the biggest problem is the leveling. If you don’t pay attention to your stats you will fucking suffer!!!!!!
Easily one of the best. Love this game to death. Poison apples need to make a return in ES6.
My best moments of oblivion, is seeing armor you want, then taking that armor that you want!…. Sometimes it worked out the first time then again you might have to change up your strategy to get 👍🏾😁
The fact that you ARENT the chosen one is a big reason why I liked oblivion’s narrative over Skyrim’s.
In Skyrim you are the chosen one but the world rarely reacts to it. In oblivion you become the champion of Cyrodil, citizens and guards alike address you as such, and the city of Bravil builds a fucking STATUE of your character!! How cool is that??
Pls Bethesda.
Remaster this Crowned Jewel
Middle child here, thanks for the comparison!
"excellent" is kind of a long stretch tbh
I remember the very first time I played this back when I was 11, I’m 26 now and to this day haven’t felt the same feeling towards a game as I did towards oblivion. I’ve never been the type of guy to finish a game and replay multiple times over. No word of a lie, I have finished oblivion 20-30 times.
The fact you don't mention the Shivering Isles DLC hurts my soul! The music in Oblivion was way better than Skyrim, but Skyrim wins generally on everything else because of what they learned with Morrowind, and Oblivion.
What do you mean your not the chosen one lol? King let’s you out because he had a dream about you
Oblivion is better than Skyrim tbh
NO! Wait for the Skywind and Skyblivion mods…
It also has the best DLC ever, which takes place in the Shivering Isles. Where you literally become a god.
Even in his video games Sean Bean still dies 😆
Have you heard of the high elves?
Morrowind synonymous with CTD (crash-to-desktop). Oblivion proved that poorly optimized memory management could bring the most powerful gaming rigs to their knees. Skyrim…thank goodness for console commands to close out busted quests. Bethesda, the all time champion at putting out half-baked buggy games and then letting the modding community fix it.
Unpopular opinion:
Oblivion > Skyrim (for their time)
15 years???
This game is eternal. It "Is" my favorite RPG & will remain forever.
Oblivion, Skyrim, Baldur's gate, Dragon age origins & Divinity series are some of the games which can't be replaced ever.
What I want for Elder Scrolls 6: The complexity of the world design and lore from Morrowind, the Quest design from Oblivion and the Combat and general technical improvements from Skyrim.
Funny I just saw this video, I'm currently playing through a fresh Series X playthrough and somehow still loving it after all these years.
It's a tradition for me to play oblivion every year
I’m gonna play it while it’s on Game Pass. Skyrim also has 60FPS patch, we need that for Oblivion on Xbox
Two things. First, your character is somewhat of a "chosen one" as the Emperor had a premonition you would be important. The character is also referenced as The Hero of Kvatch and The Champion if I'm not mistaken.
Secondly, as a Brit, I must ask you to kindly not use the term "mad lad" again, in any context.
How many fucking times are people gonna make this video? Do they have to make it every goddamn year?
Oblivion is easily one of the most memorable games I've ever played. Great times.
Oblivion is far superior to skyrim in almost every way that isn't cosmetic
Man im loving the re-resurrection of Oblivion and Skyrim and Morrowind Memes recently and the diverse content in general. I was 15 years old when Skyrim launched and i 13 when first played Morrowind. Witnessing the rise of of all the communities on Youtube makes me feel like living a nostolgia.
im amazed they didnt mention the DLC's. Those were great too!
Spelt Morrowind wrong
I play it the third time on Series X. PC is much better, but I want the archievements ^^