calfurius Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 I liked Oblivion better then Skyrim, maybe it's just Nostalgia, but I felt much more interested in Oblivion's quests then Skyrim's. The thing I miss the most is the fame system, I like feeling that the more quests I do the more famous I become and people react to that fame. In Skyrim, the only people who give a crap about any quests you do are the Guards, and that's only for quests in their own hold. Also I felt in Oblivion that people were thankful for the things i did, hell they built me a statue and gave me this rare, powerful armor. In Skyrim, all I got was a song...and that's it. It seemed as if nobody cared what I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kleinstaff Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 Skyrim is more serious, more gritty, more realistic. Oblivion has more jokes and humor. Oblivion has a lot of morally ambiguous Daedric Lord quests. Skyrim has a lot of pure evil ones. Oblivion has a fantasy Thieves' Guild led by a very wise and powerful Fantasy Guild Leader. Skyrim's Thieves' Guild is a more realistic criminal gang of thugs led by the unseen hand of a ruthless Boss. Oblivion's is the one most players would rather join. Oblivion was a utopia filled with a lot of urbane, laid-back cosmopolitans living the good life in the city. Skyrim is a dystopia filled with passionate people struggling to remake the world, find their place, or achieve their dreams. Sindarion is Oblivion; Avrusa Sarethi is Skyrim. I love them both. If people in Oblivion had human-looking faces and maybe some "dirt of realism" smeared on for good measure they might've seemed more real. On the other hand it took me a lot longer to fall for Skyrim thanks to some really bad user interface design choices. Oblivion filled me with wonder right from the start. If you don't leave the Imperial City it's actually really hard to make a living, so I was kind of a sewer rat struggling to make it that first time I played. I always stayed at the Merchant Inn to level up because they threw in a table full of food at no extra charge. Vilverin, I think there's a law that all new players must wander in there. Except it's huge, so a new player would probably never fully explore it. I never did until much later. If you get some loot, kill some guys, level up, it's time to leave. Oblivion 2 (I Know What I'm Doing) revolves around getting into the Mage's Guild at the lowest possible level. No mention of Vilverin, but you'll visit every city in rapid succession, with Leyawiin before Bruma so you can dispel J'skar. To soundbite this an Oblivion expert would do things that a novice would find bewildering. In Skyrim novices and experts do a lot more of the same basic things.we definitely need a I like button on these forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RatcatcherOfKvatch Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 A write-in "like" is even more meaningful than the prefabbed variety. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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