What Made Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion A Big DEAL? 

Totally get where you're coming from and agree

That has become a staple of Bethesda games. Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion, Fallout 3, Skyrim, Fallout 4, even ESO and Fallout 76 make a point of keeping the tutorial tight, then letting you loose on the world with a grand reveal basically saying "you see all this? All this land, all those places? Go ahead and explore, you choose where to go from now on"

I had exactly the same experience. I won't ever forget that moment

Yeah the first time i exited the sewers it was almost to overwhelming for me. Finding out that there was so much shit you could do blew me away. It was so overwhelming i almost stopped playing because i had no idea what i should do first.

I don’t like fallout 3 in my opinion it sucks

I know right, It’s taking forever, for all this time spent these games are probably going to have an almost impossible fan standard to meet at this point. It also makes me super nervous that they might sell out and monetize it or make it an MMO of some sort which would totally ruin it in my opinion

@@BrianR146 True, they started working on starfield right after fallout 4 came out and they said they weren't using a new game engine, it's going to be so outdated compared to cutting edge tech by the time it's finished. Maybe they can hobble together updates to their old engine to make it pretty but I have doubts.

Sadly it’ll probably be a while longer till we hear anything concrete - I reckon 2-3 years before we get something solid

Jonah Marlow it’s too bad honestly, I think you could still generate hype while also giving us little sneak peeks at gameplay or another trailer. If anything it would build hype and get people talking and speculating (especially if Starfield is coming out in 2021)

@@95TurboSol don't be eager to play these games... They are build with the same engine Skyrim, Fallout are build.. Gamebryo

Skyblivion is nearing its final stages

@@Mystik_Mind ohh baby cant wait

oblivion need remaster so bad. the story is better than skyrim but the graphic, mechanism, n action are all dumb.

Drbst ahem... skyblivion

@@obijuanquenobi1911 Even Skyrim's engine is showing its age lately...I'm in favor of a professionally remastered Oblivion with up to date tech.

Lol

Natures guardians my foot.

Thanks Todd howard

16 times the dialogue

Chocolate Cumblast 😂

Ah, senpai of the mods. How goes it oh great one?

🙏🏼 Thank you for your efforts you beautiful golden God. May you embrace the Chim and ascend to immortality.

Can't wait for skyblivion

Some of the original Oblivion armor models looked quite bad though. Glass set and the helmet for the Ebony set were among the worst.

Same here

Get away from me. I dont want anything to do with you!

@@joemckraken6584 I don't know you, and I dont care to know you.

Heard any news from the other provinces?

@@NLynchOEcake They say syndicates of wizard have... lead a boycott on Imperial Goods in the land of the Altmer.

@FekkinGoober Hey you! Yes you! Over there! Come meet me behind the Chapel at midnight! I have something that might interest you!

i play skyrim elder scroll..but i think i wanna play this game as well

@@g33k_Tech play it it's not too late

@@g33k_Tech It's an acquired taste for people that played Skyrim first but least one playthrough is worth it, there is plenty of mods to help you customize it to your liking even making it look better for it's age.

@@jetsetradio7715 how...?which mode

@@g33k_Tech Just look on the Nexus's Oblivion page, there is Oblivion Character Overhaul, texture mods, among other things.

Ikr that was epicx

@@Treppoo I actually stumbled across it without going there from a quest prompt too. I happened on it by accident. I was mesmerized wondering what the hell I was coming across

@@gsimon123 I think that's exactly how I found it too xD A young kiddo playing Oblivion for the first time.. not doing the main quest.. strolling around and suddenly the world ends xD

@love is trash bich need cash that moment was dope. Bethesda always has that great moment of entering the open world for the first time. Fallout 3, Skyrim, and Fallout 4 all had great moments like that too.

Dude the first time going to Kvatch and seeing the sky turn red as you get closer and closer to the gate... one simply cannot forget the first time they approach a gate to Oblivion

I love the scenery of Cyrodiil. Way better than Skyrim.

I bought an Xbox 360 off Craiglist with this game for $500 in summer of 2006. I played this on a huge project TV, and the first time I went through an oblivion gate my mind was absolutely blown. I was overwhelmed with the moment. This game is in my top 5 of all time.

I remember coming across a gate for the first time by accident. Hadn't done any of the story after leaving the sewer as I was just exploring and caving. It was mind blowing at the time - "whoa the sky is getting red?? What's happened to the sound? It's getting REALLY red now, this is freaking me out. Omg...what...is that?!"

People were surprisingly chill about the portals

Sometimes I sit here and think wow my life could have been so much different if I didnt waste my life on video games but these games took me away. I hated my life, I still do. But these games literally cure all my problems. I hope the new one isnt riddled with microtransactions because I want a reason to lose myself in elder scrolls 6.

Same but for me it was Skyrim

Geez man. Glad you're here.

Nah, if it wasn't Oblivion, it'd have been something else. You're overselling it.

@@vladivanov5500 Oblivion was way ahead of other games at the time and none had the same depth. The game helped a person out incredibly, perhaps you are under selling it.

Todd Howard is a fucking goblin. Not in touch with the worlds he created. Spreadsheets say Skyrim make most money so that’s all he will care about. You watch, when and IF ES6 comes out it will be shit, bland, all graphics and no content bc Bethesda doesn’t have the spirit anymore.

Captain Barbossa That first sentence has me dying man 😂

Skyblivopn is being made

@@captainbarbossa5325 Tod is the epitome of sellout. He was once a visionary - a true artist. If you look up sellout in the dictionary, you'll see a picture of his face.

@@captainbarbossa5325 I come back to this video regularly to read your comment. It's gold.

Well said

Damn i went through a nostalgia trip thinking back to when i was like 4 or 5 and playing super mario 64 for the first time. Sitting down with my family and we are trying to figure out how everything works going from a side scroller mario game on SNES to an open world esque 3D mario game was mind blowing. I would love to be able to watch younger me experiencing those moments again.

@@gregrohleder4816 shit that's nothing i went from a SNES that i got in 3rd grade all the way up until the 9th grade when i finally got a 360. So for me i sucked at most video games because when you have played nothing but side scrollers for like 10 years and then you go straight to 3D games it kind of fucks you up lol.

Oblivion for me is like the GTA San Andreas of Elder Scrolls. Morrowind is GTA lll, Skyrim is GTA V.

lalilulelo I feel like it should be morrowind - San Andreas, oblivion - gta IV, Skyrim - gta V

It was Knights of the Nine for me 😁

I'll never forget that introduction, "I am Sheogorath, Prince of MADNESS! And some other things..."

The forces of order fighting the chaos of that realm was amazing. Great story and great twist. It was also some of Bethesda's best world design ever if not their very best. The two halves of the open world were so well realized.

Yes, i recenly played Shivering Isles and Knights of the Nine and Shivering Isles was absolutly amazing

Imagine being your younger self and having this feeling about minecraft or fortnite. Super glad my most influential years were spent playing quality games such as oblivion 😊

Agreed but I still think oblivion looks great (besides NPCs lol)

I remember my mind blowing in the first dungeon, I can remember the exact point too

Yes! It seemed impossible anything could come out that was more realistic. I’d walk around in awe 😂

It's just a crying shame that Bethesda insists on us NOT seeing any new elder scrolls... For a decade.. maybe 15 years..

"I love how much gaming has improved over the years". Are you talking about graphics or games in general? In any case I disagree with you, I honestly like the older graphics more in a way, maybe cause it is the graphics I grew up with but I find modern graphics really annoying to look at. All the post processing effects, bloom, motion blur, lens flare, lighting effects, objects reflicting light all over the place, I don't know maybe its just me but I kinda appreciate the older graphics more, feels more "gamey" to me as well.

Well that’s your opinion I have personally like the small lack of saturation but I respect your opinion

I though the same that I deleted it, it was too dull but when I downloaded the special edition, it was very colorful and better, so that's the one I'm playing.

@@patriciajin6206 well it wasn't made to be like gta it supposed to be dark and dull theme concept you know that?.

@@ikilledmywholeclanlmao8046 I'm a cannibal vampire Molag Bol follower, so yeah it kinda dark, lol.

It's because Skyrim is set in the north, where it is frozen cold and barren

Swims in circles

THEN PAY WITH YOUR BLUD!!!

That's too bad. I was hoping you'd resist arrest.

Someone's been murdered!!

@Heebus Chrikey "STAWP! YOU VIOLATED THE *LORE* !"

Drams O'Scotch Remakes? *J Jonah Jameson laugh* Ya serious?

Witcher 3 says hello

@@PolishGod1234 Witcher is nice but oblivion is just beautiful it's so calming

Gothic 3

As much as I love Oblivion soundtrack I have to say that Skyrim's is better. As are Crusader Kings 2 and Stellaris soundtracks.

Well, at least Fallout 76 flop will make the chance of Tes6 being a flop lesser right.

I mean, they've stuck with 76 and continued to improve it. They clearly love the game and want to see it get better

Todd Howard doesn't need to hear all this.. rest assured, the new games will be fantastic, Gordon! Microsoft might Help with budget and everything.

"... Oblivion is definitely a candidate". There's only 3 major 3D TES titles, ofcourse its a candidate

Same

My 2 favorite games, they made up the better half of my childhood.

Can't wait till you play morrowind and realise they took out a shit ton of weapons

Welcome to the club

Couldn't get into oblivion, just was too clunky for me.

Lord V1LE definitely took some getting used to but there were so many unique scenarios that really got me hooked

Then i guess i don't wanna play oblivion

Key word "trying"

Horse armor

@Moogle Midgar They make more games like this i will buy 2 more horse armor :D

Sucks for you. I loved their last several games. 76 is a mmo so don't care

Oblivion was mind blowing at the time. I was so unimpressed when Skyrim came around. I was expecting something as groundbreaking, which it wasn't. But sadly, Oblivion had hideous character models and no dragons. And that's testament to how shallow humans can be

The guild questline in Oblivion were waaaay better, that I agree.

@@Dennis-nc3vw i agree. The guild quest line in oblivion is far better than in Skyrim. Hope Bethesda will put more effort in that. Also guild ranks, should have an stronger influence/effect in dialogs...

Oblivion has better quests. Skyrim has better gameplay mechanics.

They’re both amazing games in their own way but I respect your opinion

This explains it perfectly Although in my opinion, the crashes and one save file getting corrupt that one time were the only downside to me xD Btw I started a Let's Play of oblivion and the first video went up yesterday xD

This game is ruined despite everything I loved about it, the fact that they only have like 4 different npc voices just ruins it for me a

Idk my loading screens last like 4 seconds

If the massive amount of stats to level was draw for you, try Morrowind. Oblivion has maybe half or less of the skills and spells as Morrowind. The product is getting more streamlined, but the elder scrolls has really been dumbed down quite a bit. I have thousands of hours across Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim, and they are all good in their own right. But a graphical rehaul of Morrowind with Skyrim graphics and combat (Morrowind was about hit detection chance, which is annoying and frustrating at the start of the game) and spell system, but bring back all of the spells from Morrowind

The leveling system sucks but the rest of the game is great.

Which game

I only remember saving the emperor

@@joris7096 take a guess

@@The3mbered0ne jk lol

Last time I was this early I was a superior OG fan who played the old games

"Hey you guy that just got out of jail here have the keys to a fucking mage tower that let's you make spells that break the game"

By azura, by azura, by azura

The story is shit, the map is terrible and the majority of the quests are uninspired fetch quests. You are sure are blinded by nostalgia, way fucking hard.

KCD is a damn good game, along side this masterpiece

@@okagron what the fuck oblivion literally has one of the best quests Side quests weren't boring they were interesting and the The story was nice

@@okagron no. Disagree.

It doesnt age ! ^^

Always has been.

It always was you might not have heard about so much because Skyrim came years ago

There was a time it wasn’t popular?

Because the games are good

Dee druh

Some NPCs pronounced it like that.

He's drunk. Rewatch the video. He's slurring TONS of words. I was cracking up. If you want, I'll make you timestamps. It's constant

@@aiyachristian Dandruff

Daedra Megadoodoo

Holy shit too. When it wasn't in Skyrim I was so disappointed. Custom spells AND enchanted arrows were kinda OP tho lol

Same

For me it goes all the way to morrowind. Oblivion can't beat it in my eyes

@@dirtysink373 havn't tried morrowind but I want to it seems really good

@@errorcringyname4044 the combat feels much worse than in oblivion, but worldbuilding, exploration and sense of discovery are much superior in morrowind. Also waaay more options when it comes to alchemy, enchanting and magic

@@dirtysink373 combat in oblivion feels like it has more weight and takes more strategy and shields actually are useful guards in skyrim are useless is a major problem

“Greetings bosmer!”

That hmpf was so point on lmao knew exactly what sound you meant

LaFave Bros?

Just port more skyirim games to different platforms

The problem is that their older titles are still selling like hotcakes. Fallout 4 and Skyrim is still selling millions of copies every year, so there's no reason to rush production of Fallout 5 and Elder Scrolls 6.

@Charlie Vetsworth Honestly 76 is an amazing game at the moment in my opinion.

Yep. same old engine, same old bugs (and some new), sprinkled with slightly better textures.

Why would Bethesda want to do more when the "modders" can fix everything, as they love to mention incessantly. Thats not even a joke; modders are much too full of themselves. And as far as i'm concerned they have backed themselves into a corner. Even with FO76 they are BEGGING to be allowed to provide skave labor.

I remember finding the HDR and view distance sliders in the settings menu for the first time

It was the first game I know of that had HDR.

I'm doing a Let's Play of this btw if you want some more nostalgia xD I started it 2 days ago and the first part became watchable yesterday... I didn't know Gameranx would talk about TES4 lol xD

@@MathIguess Seems like you aren't anymore.

I was thinking about that too xD Beside Arena and Daggerfall, there is also that isometric RPG game Arcanum that uses the exact same system

Fast travel is lame and lazy game design.

poisonsquid37 fast travel in daggerfall was well thought out. It based the time on how much money you spent and would say things like you stayed in an inn or camped out, took a horse or boat. Not lazy and well thought out.

@@dylanjennings1687 Well for a game as big as Daggerfall fast travel was very necessary. But a game like Skyrim has all the mechanics necessary for it to not have fast travel, like horses and carriages. It breaks immersion when you can just zip out of any location you don't want to be in.

@@poisonsquid37 It's very necessary. It still takes forever to get from place to place without it. Never get anywhere in the main story without it.

Dude that's so true! At the door to the shivering isles, when asked what makes you worthy, you can claim to be the Hero of Kvatch or Arena Grand Champion, etc and it such a badass moment :D nothing like that happens in skyrim.. being a hero is your birthright there and people even doubt it :(

@@MathIguess My favorite thing in Skyrim was to transform into a Vampire Lord , slaughter a city , let the guards arrest me, do my time ..than listen to the guards ask me about sweetrolls..Like bitch please have you forgotten that I massacred your friends not three days ago ?

@@MathIguess That's not the Shivering Isle. Its Knights of The Nine and the prophet outside Anvils chapel

@@madhouse2594 but I distinctly recall Sheogorath saying "unworthy, unworthy, unworthy!" :O I think you're right though xD I haven't played the DLCs in a very long time and with my let's play series, my focus is on the base game for now. I must be confusing them xD

Something about a number of those dialogue prompts being bugged out or something. There’s a mod that fixes that. Ambient Guard Dialogue Overhaul, I think it’s called.

Agree, agree! Funny about the hoarding unique items, i do it too, but have told myself: Next time dont! Sell the shit, you know you wont use ever! Hmm maybe one day i will....

The mage guild quests sucked though. Fighter's guild and dark brotherhood were the best. Shivering isles was good too. And some of the cooler side quests, like the one where you enter a painting.

@@anderseriksson7698 The mage guild was okay story wise. I was just kinda weirded out that you basically needed zero magical magical talent to progress...I mean an Archmage that couldn't cast a fireball seemed odd to me. Funny as hell walking around dressed like a spell flinger with a claymore on my back though.

@Drams O'Scotch it's based on perspective. Oblivion was Amazing in every way. The quests, I enjoyed very much. This is coming from someone who has finished morrowind's main story and guilds.

Mages Guild? That's easily the worst questline in the game. And quests have no impact on anything, that's literally one of the major issues with Oblivion. Nothing feels like it has no impact on anything.

Same

this unfortunately will not happen, as much as I too wish it would. The only possible way we'll get a game even remotely close to the style of quests, gameplay and story telling of Morrowind, will be through a non TES indie project. Everything has to appeal to everyone or they won't risk it, at least that's how AAA studios operate.

Huh???? I played well over a thousand hours on Oblivion and never once did the main plot so you certainly weren't rushed to do it either. Not in any way, shape or form. I just went as far as becoming the Hero of Kvatch and NEVER EVER said a word to Martin once. If you do that the only Oblivion gate that ever opens is the first one. Talking to Martin triggers the software to open all the other gates. Main quest did not interest me in the least nor the repetitious (I hear) oblivion gates. The really excellent guild quests (thieves is my favorite but I like them all) and side quests and quirky characters and the fact that there is so much humor -- both intentional and accidental -- is what makes Oblivion my all time favorite game. Add in the Shivering Isles expansion which was fun as anything (I did the Knights one too but not as interesting) and who needs a main quest line. I'm just commoner John Doe living in Cyrodil and becoming the head of all the guilds and a god of chaos besides. Guess I just find main quests boring. Didn't get around to doing Morrowind's until last year haha. Had always stopped after I was immune to the corpus disease since I could care less about the Ashlanders. Maybe in another 5 years I'll try Oblivion's. Right now I'm playing Oblivion again with a standard hero Breton and also as a mischievous Khajit. I'm always playing it it seems.

@@greenscheme2040 I think I was referring more to Skyrim. I don't remember Oblivion's main story arc well enough anymore... I would prefer a game in which the main quest is gradually revealed, not given up front. Oblivion revealed too much right away, IIRC. Then in a few places it rushes you.

@@greenscheme2040 I am late but I had to write this: Morrowinds main plot starts out with: Released from prison, meet up with someone, join a faction, and then resume at a higher level. Oblivion on the other hand starts out with the emperor of the continental Empire getting assassinated, dying as he hands you the artifact that can stop demons invading with the instructions to meet up with the Blades leader who sends you to the illegitimate heir of the emperor. Morrowind allows you to step off the main quest by the first quest giver telling you to get a job. Oblivion doesn’t do that, so if you actually play a roleplaying game as well, roleplaying, then the most urgent thing to do is always the main quest. So it kind of does rush you because if again, you have any sense of urgency, you do the main quest. So it’s either forget about the main quest and roleplay, which doesn’t make sense. Or save Cyrodiil then roleplay, which from again, a roleplaying perspective, doesn’t make sense. TLDR: if your character in Oblivion has any sense of urgency, they do the main quest first and fast. Morrowind tells the player to get a job as literally the first mission, and since you aren’t aware from the start your the Nerevar reincarnate, urgency isn’t necessarily pushing you towards the main quest for at least a while.

Oblivion > skyrim. Change my mind. XD Also, I started a Let's Play of oblivion and the first vid was up yesterday. Imagine Gameranx saw it and was like "haha ye man" xD

@@MathIguess Stop comparing, FFS. Some people started with Skyrim, so it'll be their favorite. You don't need to start a war everywhere.

“Get out of my face before I have you slapped with iron”

I lived in the game through elementary school. But couldnt get back into it this year. graphica too shitty

@@julijansidneypicej4701 get it on pc and fet some graphics mods and boom problem fixed

@@Terry.Mac. Also im no longer a child who can easily live in phantasy worlds.... tried couple of times, i rarely got out thr sewers

@@julijansidneypicej4701being into fantasy worlds is for children? Lol nah bro, you’re just a clown who thinks his shit doesn’t stink

*is

Honestly i prefer morrowind... an alien world unlike the european fantasy of the later too... i started playing it nearly a month ago so it's not nostalgia or smth like that

Lucius that’s cool bro. Morriwind was (is) a fantastic game. There’s just a few little mechanical bits I preferred in oblivion to Morrowind. But great shout either way and aesthetically I see your point

@@asymmetricfuzion970 You can't fly in Oblivion.

Yep I did that felt felt immense pain because I'm a completionist.

PC and mods my friend, PC and mods...

SCJmusic hundreds of dollars my friend , hundreds

Zack Hayes worth every penny if you play games a lot. I thought the same as you for years and finally bit the bullet and bought a pc over Christmas and now I’ve drank the kool-aid

@@zazaray The mods for the game can't save it from feeling as old as it is. Skyrim is a different story because it was made on an upgraded engine. However, after hundreds of mods, the game can still feel older then vanilla Skyrim, which is why a remaster to the newer engine would be so great.

Honestly, a modern cheap laptop with onboard graphics will run it nowadays. Mods might need a bit more muscle, but you don't need anything expensive.

I hate when i some one says this

@@kpseas4283 why

@@jamclone bcz i feel like i am playing something that someone played a long time go and memories are creepy

@@kpseas4283 yeah

I object

I agree

Hugest map everr

Key words: "The norm." Daggerfall was a very niche game.

Daggerfall wasn't very popular in the 90s and ES wasn't a household name in general until Morrowind and Oblivion so yeah it wasn't the norm

He's pronouncing it like "Dæ" instead of "Dae"

It's pronounced multiple different ways in the game itself so it's probably subjective like most pronunciations that are used in more than one culture

Junkie George No, it has a pretty uniform, unmisenterpretable pronunciation. It may have used to of had multiple pronunciations but the correct way of saying it was decided over a decade ago.

@@bimlauyomashitobi421 I don't know about that but it certainly makes sense, I know most people pronouncenit "day-dra" myself included but I know that in oblivion you hear it both ways. If what you're saying is right then I imagine it was just pronounced the one way in Skyrim but I never played that as extensively 😊

Well I’m just saying that it is easily mistaken... if you haven’t interacted with TES in ten years. Or if you have only ever played Oblivion, and very little at that. Basically, the only way you could make the mistake is if you barely play the franchise. Or he is just reading a script written by someone else and has no idea what he is talking about. A.k.a. he has no idea what he is talking about and really shouldn’t be making a video on this topic.

In my opinion, one thing thad Morrowind did better was the setting. It was something really new, not the usual fantasy world.

@@Zab0Zab0 Exactly dude it felt different than any other thing .

How original

Same

Zack Hayes truth is truth, being “original” for its own is for fools of the highest degree

That's why I love Morroblivion.

@@zackhayes1268 You're going a health potion after that sick burn, ya filthy Nord!

I like to believe he was just flirting :) "Gods give me strength" was what he said cause he was nervous xD

Yes.

Remake

Maybe after Skyrim gets remade a few more times lol

Remake*

They'd still be using the same engine either way. They refuse to let that shambling corpse of a 12 year old engine die. So it'd still technically count as a remaster.

Yeah at least we got mods until then

Wait for the bombshell

@Magz fallout 76 was always going to be a worse project it wasn't really a passion project for bethesda is been hinted and shown to be an idea that corporate wanted. Only like a 3rd of the team work on fallout 76. It isnt really a bethesda game and I believe bethesda game studios have alot of passion for there next projects.

I have more faith in Beyond Skyrim than TES6. After the disaster that was Fallout 76, I struggle to believe Bethesda will be able to redeem itself.

Wym a sequel for skyrim their not gonna make a skyrim 2 I think you meant elder scrolls 6

Fallout 76

I haven't forgotten but if starfield fails I will never forgive them

@@rezonan3520 If the es6 fails( which it probably won't because the "fans" will fix it with mods)

They haven't lost me.

Manea Al Manea you mean Zenimax

I would say Oblivion is that. If you walk everywhere you will find all sorts of interesting things in every corner of Cyridil. Like a tiny little village that you get to prank for Sheogorath.

If I want to read a novel I will read a novel. If I want to play a video game I will play a video game.