Skyrim and Oblivion are both sensational Elder Scrolls games, but in this video we compare the Dark Brotherhood faction quests, story, characters, pacing and more, to decide which Elder Scrolls game does it best!
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is an open world action role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is the fifth main installment in The Elder Scrolls series and was released worldwide on November 11, 2011. The game’s main story revolves around the player character and their quest to defeat Alduin the World-Eater, a dragon who is prophesied to destroy the world. The videogame is set two hundred years after the events of Oblivion, and takes place in the fictional province of Skyrim.
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At FudgeMuppet, we uncover the elder scrolls lore secrets that make this game series game so sensational, and also have many discussions regarding our thoughts on the various games. In this video we compare the Dark Brotherhood of Skyrim to that of Oblivion, looking at which one was better in a variety of areas. Be sure to let us know your thoughts in the comments!
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All of the Oblivion faction quest-lines are better and more fleshed out than their Skyrim counterparts. Skyrim factions just move too fast.
Oblivion in Skyrim are the best RPGs ever I even got Skyrim tattoo on my arm
I gotta ask, what mod are you using that adds that… "head bobbing" effect while talking to NPCs? It looks cool.
I like Skyrims DB more but Oblivions was great, too. What I hate about Oblivions DB is they marked Lucien as a betrayer :'(
Pretty much agree with everything here.
Truth be told, while Skyrim does trump Oblivion over cinematics, aesthetics, and locations, Oblivion demolishes with function, purpose, storytelling, progression, pacing, and just overall fun factor with pretending to be like a regular member of the guild…with every single guild in the games.
Like, I don't think there's a single guild I don't prefer that isn't in Oblivion. Oblivion just nailed guild quest lines and Skyrim doesn't come close to matching them. Especially with College/Mage Guild and Companions/Fighter's Guild…like, what the hell happened to the College and the Companions, man?
Oblivion's. The end.
I do have to agree aside from the starting party the dark brotherhood quest line in oblivion was so much better. My only major complaint about oblivion is at the end all you get is some slowly generating gold and while that is nice it would have felt better to keep getting some more small contract work after it was all over.
Yeah… The complete lack of appropriate advancement in all the guilds of Skyrim was a huge disappointment. While I understand that they can’t spend a large amount of time on what are, essentially, optional quest lines, if I join the wizards guild, then I want to BE a wizard. Not some random that stumbled upon a giant ball and happened to be liked by a bunch of ancient monks. I want to be sat in potions class being taught how to make antidotes or learning incantations or sifting through the great library to find an old scroll. They could have even gated some of the magic skills behind lectures you could only take at the guild if you were of a certain rank. Don’t even get me started on how disappointing clearing that cave was. Like: “sir, we’re studying to become mages, not companions. Let us go back to the library.”
To anyone who's been subscribed for a while: did they already make similar videos about other guilds or is this the first one? It's so interesting
I have a black hand "We Know" hoodie and literally everywhere I go people are always calling it out. It's pretty great.
I'm sorry, but Oblivion is just better in character arc, story, and sheer inventiveness. Almost all of the assassinations were diverse and unique. Skyrim lacks anything more than go here, assassinate this target, rinse and repeat. The only two missions of note are the last two. While Oblivion, all of the missions are memorable. As to the look of the differences between Skyrim and Oblivion, it always bugs me, in Skyrim, that everything in Skyrim is falling apart, even the bandit caves of the Dark Brotherhood. Yes, the tech is better and textures are beautiful but nothing about the Skyrim Dark Brotherhood says that they were at anytime successful or professional in their craft. Oblivion may not be at beautiful texture-wise, but the Sanctuary just felt like a professional organization. The Dark Brotherhood of Skyrim, from the first entry into the cave, just looked and felt like a bandit hideout.
Yes please where do I sign up I've got term it's the dark brotherhood was more fun more challenging more proper for the dark brotherhood in the elder Scrolls oblivion that's why I think Oblivion should get a remaster
Honestly I'm surprised so many people say oblivion hands down. Not trying to rag on people, but I think people just jump on the boo skyrim bandwagon to much. Skyrim while not better in every aspect, has the better dark brotherhood for the most part. Not saying oblivion was bad, but once you kill off your sanctuary and start running dead drops things get a little boring. You can't get bonuses anymore and you lose the ability to interact with guild members for some time which stinks. Skyrims biggest flaw in my opinion in regards to the brother hood was that it copied the oblivion formula to closely. They had another vampire, another shadow scale, another dude that dislikes you, but then respects you, then almost everyone dies again. Loses point on originality, but between the side contracts, and the mostly better main quests, skyrim wins for me. Plus gameplay in skyrim is just more fun in general. Not to knock oblivion of course, skyrim just has the advantage being a game made with better technology.
man how are you making these dialogue frames look so cinematic? is this a mod or just good editng?
You could’ve also mentioned that when you kill the Khajit for the dead drop, you can find a chest inside his house with a very hard lock on it. If you unlock it, inside you’ll find Black Hand Robes.
That really threw me off when I first started playing it and made me think something was up
I will always love Oblivion and the DB quests. I've got hundreds of hours into my main saves.
M'raaj has some high level survival instincts lmao.
Oblivion. Just Oblivion. Don't even try to compare Skyrim's Dark Brotherhood to Oblivion's. One is a pure larp, the other is the real thing.
Why does this video even exist, its not a contest
we all knew the oblivion dark brotherhood is better we just all came here to listen to fudgemuppet explain to us why it's better xD
So while Skyrim won every other category, the one category, questing, makes oblivion win overall? At least Michel according. Doesn't really add up to me.
Companions vs Fighters Guild!!
The entire DB quest-line is kind of pointless(and dumb) in Skyrim and if it were removed entirely, I dont know that anyone would miss it, or notice. The whole idea that the DB could arrange the assassination of the emperor, for example, is frankly, dumb on multiple levels, and is frankly, is as lazy as it is improbable. Its hard to even argue how the DB (Skyrim), could be 'better', in any real way.
Oblivion all the way. It could be the only game i own for the rest of my life and i would be happy with that
it's isn't even considered a crime to kill Grelod the only npc to react negatively is her assistant but she doesn't turn hostile nor are any charges pressed against the player
I love Assassins and-
I'm still waiting for you to ESO/Witcher collab Lore vid with WitcherGeorge or Avarti
Is it possible to recreate the oblivion storyline as separate quest line with separate locations placement in skyrim?
Or skill like fallouts 3 terryfing presence in skyrim
I love both but I love Oblivion's story line more. Its so much more fun and there's so much to it. Plus I love all of the characters.
You do Skyrim a disservice. Time has not been kind to the DB, and Skyrim's Guild + Cicero are basically all that is left. Of course, there isn't going to be much in the way of title progression. The main mission is in revitalizing the dying body, with blood sacrifice, as opposed to Astrid's mission of turning it into a different beast in the same skin.
I agree that the individual missions lack the flavor, overall, of Oblivion's, but that could be justified in the latter's less cosmopolitan setting. But as far as antagonists and end-games go, the revenge-seeker with mommy issues is definitely lacking. Especially with the possibility that it was the Emperor, himself, that started the contract, with Motierre as the disposable middleman.
Lucien Lachance by himself is better than the Skyrim Dark Brotherhood
My favorite is oblivion dark brotherhood quests. I actually had a separate save for the house party so whenever I wanted to I could go back and play it lol
i have each skyrim character have multiple out comes. one where i’m a storm cloak dark brotherhood. one where i’m anti storm cloak and killed the dark brotherhood. and one where i am against everyone but the grey beards and my follower and parthurnaax
The Oblivion Dark Brotherhood quests made me feel like I was Actually a Dark Brother, where as in Skyrim it felt shallow and simply going through the motions of doing quests. The only part in Skyrim where I felt I was part of the Dark Brotherhood was the killing the emperor. In Oblivion, I was really upset when Lucian was killed – I had a crush on him lol.
Oblivion for me the ranking system made them seem earned and the plot twists were amazing I remember when I first played and Lucien came to me after killing Ungolim I was like woah wtf is going on here.
I swear i would have unsubscribed had you claimed Skyrims Dark Brotherhood questline was better, the only thing Skyrim is better at than Oblivion is pure gameplay, they added a couple of really nice features to Skyrim to make gameplay smoother and feel more impactful, but storywise Skyrim doesn't hold a candle to Oblivion, when it comes to actual RPG mechanics Skyrim is fairly lacking as well compared to Oblivion, they just have pretty graphics and slightly smoother gameplay.
I wish they did a Whodunnit? Quest for Skyrim, it was my all time favorite in Oblivion.
I like both, but Oblivion usually beats Skyrim by a long shot.
Also, there's 666 comments, I feel like commenting now will invoke the wrath of Sithis.
I feel like TES 6 is gonna have the best, most fleshed out factions we have ever had
I brought the emperor back as a zombie & let him get his own revenge. Vampiric power boosts ftw ^^
Sorry but oblivion had a such a better story and the branch in class was so much more fun.
After I killed an npc in oblivion for the first time and saw that little message “Your killing has been observed by forces unknown”… I had no idea wtf that was all about and then didnt end up using a bed till multiple hours of play time later. Needless to say, Lucian scared the shit outta me. Hero of Kvatch tryna sleep bro.
I loved the Alternate styles in oblivion. Sneak on a boat, make it look like an accident, swap ouy poison. Made me feel more like an actual assassin instead of just walking up to a random person and giving them a whack. A Wedding to remeber a welcome change.
I enjoyed both the. I also enjoyed the ESO DB dlc. The only gripe with ESO was spamming the minor contracts in order to advance the quest line.
As someone who loves all things elder scrolls and has played more than one E.S game…..oblivions D.B quests were waaaayyyyy better
I think I enjoyed Skyrim more as a game but this particular questline was FAR better in Oblivion than it was in Skyrim IMO. Even the atmosphere of the abandoned house in Cheydinhal was far better than the DB hideouts in Skyrim being about 10 feet off the road where a guard could stumble upon it.
Obviosly oblivion. The members actually are nice and treat you like family. Makes you build a connection with them. Theres so many plot twists and turns and you actually get to earn the right to be listener
Skyrim was just like
Astrid: No one tells me what to do huhuhuh!
Night mother: die idiot
the end.
This is not even a debate. Oblivion by a country mile.