Comment on Is there a game that you've been very patient for, which turned out to be dissappointing when you finally started playing it?

• Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yeah, I realize it’s an insanely unpopular opinion. Oblivion, on paper, is an objectively better RPG that is truer to the Elder Scrolls formula than Skyrim, but I just don’t know, man. I’ve always had great difficulty liking it and tend to come up with nothing but gripes. I will give it another honest shot if this remake I’ve heard wind of ever comes to fruition. I owe it that much.

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  • dandroid@dandroid.app ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    To each their own, obviously. Some games just don’t click for some people.

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  • Sordid@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Oblivion, on paper, is an objectively better RPG that is truer to the Elder Scrolls formula than Skyrim

    Hard disagree on that one. It’s truer to the Morrowind formula, but Morrowind itself was a radical departure from the previous TES games’ design philosophy. And I despise Oblivion precisely because of that, because it slavishly apes Morrowind’s formula without really understanding what made it tick. Morrowind was a great triumph but also a turning point for Bethesda. Up until that point, they used to make varied games. Once they found success with Morrowind, they’ve stopped trying to innovate and improve and have just been remaking the same game over and over with a slightly different coat of paint each time.

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• Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I was going to say the same thing. I’ve still only played Skyrim once, but I’ve played through oblivion at least a few times. I played through Morrowind even more, but oblivion surpasses Skyrim without question for me.

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  • abraxas@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I can’t go back to older ES games. The levelling system is just too much boring work for me. I have been a tES fan since the early 90’s when I got Arena, but Skyrim is the only one I’ll pick up anymore. I’d love to do another Morrowind playthrough with Skyrim’s systems (and I hear there’s a mod out for that, but I’ve never dug into it)

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    • Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      There’s a mod for it, but i never add it to the manager when I replay Morrowind. Maybe because I only played it once, I can’t even remember the difference in the leveling. What did they change in Skyrim?

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      • abraxas@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Levelling and skills are dramatically simpler in Skyrim than in previous titles. The Elder Scrolls games and Fallout games generally have a middlegame where mislevelling can lead to you being dramatically underpowered. It’s still hypothetically possible in Skyrim, but a lot less so because it’s easier to just not screw up a build.

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• NathanielThomas@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yeah it’s shocking because even the jankiness of oblivion notwithstanding, the atmosphere and ambience is just chefs kiss

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