I got into Oblivion at a time where I was stuck at home all summer with no real way to contact people. I know it's pathetic to admit, but Oblivion actually substituted for my human interaction for that summer. The characters were so well-realized that I felt like I was engaging with real people, and for that, I will always cherish it
It's not pathetic, it's totally understandable. The world in Oblivion feels so alive. Especially compared to the earlier TES games, where all the NPCs that aren't trying to kill you are either pacing around aimlessly or standing perfectly still in one spot for all eternity. Oblivion's AI isn't as complex as it could've been, but it's still very impressive even by today's standards. And since I like to keep in touch with some of the game's voice actors like Wes Johnson and Craig Sechler, it feels extra special to interact with the characters that are voiced by them.
Talking to a beggar in Oblivion ( normal voice) the gray fox is just a myth.... Give him some gold though ( Medieval peasant voice ) thhaannkk yaa kind siirr...
@TAR JET son of a fuck. I never thought of that. That the accent is just them playing it up for the un-aware folk. Damn. Well that instantly makes it less annoying.
This was the last conversation I heard from two NPCs in Oblivion. N1 : "Hey." N2 : "Hey." N1 : "How are you?" N2 : "I dont want to talk about it." N1 : "mhm." N2 : "Is everything ok?" N1: "Im ok." N2 : "Bye." N1 : "Bye."
Hmmmm, well I don't think that's a valid reason for why Oblivion is better than Skyrim. I mean, compare it to other games like Dark Souls. A much darker and stressful air to it, yet I probably rate that game higher than almost any other game I've played. (Not counting Chrono Trigger because that game will be forever #1) But your example is a great way to voice your opinion!
Skyrim is a great game, but it takes itself too seriously. I know that there's a lot of crap going on in the game that calls for a serious tone, but it's just too cold and grim, like it's trying to be the next Game of Thrones. I like how in Oblivion, there's still a lot of urgency in the game, but also plenty of room to relax and goof around.
@@Bauglir100 I don't know why being serious is considered a demerit in terms of the game's quality and standing, I mean sure, it could impact personal opinion, but objectively it doesn't make it worse. Oh, and just to clarify, I'm not a Skyrim fanboy or anything. I actually vastly prefer Oblivion, as it is my first and favorite ES game. The only thing I dislike is the levelling system. Ugh. As soon as I get a computer, mods are gonna fix that right up.
@@Xeno_Solarus It isn't necessarily a demerit. As I said, there's a lot of stuff in Skyrim like the main quest and the civil war that warrant a more serious tone. But even most of the side quests end up being so stale and repetitive because they're mostly the same fomula, not helped by the fact that almost all of them have an intrusive sense of urgency. Even the Sheogorath quest doesn't have the same absurdity and humor that his quests in earlier games had, and it was more or less a rehash of Oblivion's "Through A Nightmare, Darkly" quest. The Sanguine quest was just you dealing with the aftermath of some crazy stuff you apparently did, but we never actually got to see the crazy stuff while it was still in progress, much less take part in it.
@@Bauglir100 You make a great point there. I know I've had a lot more fun playing the side quests in Oblivion than I ever did in Skyrim. Even the dlc are pretty far apart. I liked the dlc in Skyrim, my personal favorite being the vampire one because of that vampire woman (forgot her name, think it was Seria or something), but when you compare those to what Oblivion offered with the Sheogorath dlc, it's a no brainer which is better. My main point was just that a lot of people consider Skyrim worse because of it's seriousness, and I do agree to an extent, the NPCs in Skyrim don't make me laugh and bring as much fun as Oblivion's.
sidhardh alluri I enjoyed Oblivion’s combat too until I played Skyrim. The only thing Oblivion had on Skyrim, as far as combat goes, was the power attack. I loved the ability to knock enemies flying with that, provided that they were humanoid or smaller. Other than that, the only thing Oblivion had on Skyrim was the fame/infamy system. I liked how you could encounter bandits in caves and ruins who wouldn’t be hostile if your infamy status was high enough. It was almost like another faction.
@@anonymoussmartass5347 The killmoves. They really add some drama and flair to the combat. Nothing is nothing more awesome than beating an opponent down bare-handed and finishing them off with a huge suplex or a chokeslam, or landing the final shot with an arrow that goes right through an enemy's head. So satisfying.
You become a daedric prince in Oblivion. Both in Morrowind and Skyrim you can only become daedric prince champion, nothing more, and as far as the lore goes Sheogorath is the strongest daedric prince. MC wasnt chosen by fate, nothing, absolutely nothing, yet he was able to beat deadric prince in direct combat and close so many portals completely alone. Mortal? Huh, more like MONSTER. Who need shouts tbh when you can use restauration and gice yourself +100 spped and other atributes and oneshot people.
Out of all the TES games I've played, Oblivion is my favourite. I have indeed played the game as a kid, but back then I just roleplayed in there and barely did any quests, lol. I then played Skyrim and eventually played Oblivion once again - almost completely blind. And I have been occasionally playing it ever since. Its derpy nature just adds to its charm.
That was my history with these games too. When I replayed Oblivion after playing Skyrim I found what I missed. As I replay it I noticed so many things I like that Skyrim dismissed. Going back to Skyrim it felt like a disappointment.
@@DoppSkates a few years back, when I was playing Skyrim a lot (when I was 14) I tried playing Morrowind. I couldn't get the hang of it so i deleted it. I recently downloaded Morrowind and I enjoy it more than Skyrim, even though I get lost really easily.
*Me:* "Hmm, I have to kill some random NPC to unlock the Dark Brotherhood quest line... but who?" *_BY AZURA, BY AZURA, BY AZURA!!!_* *Me:* "Ah, the Night Mother provides."
İ think the only way loving Skyrim more then oblivion is to play Skyrim before Oblivion..... thank GOD i played Oblivion when it came out good timess.....mmmm
KonBash amen to that, especially considering when i bought oblivion I was actually looking for Skyrim 😂 saw a mate playing it and he says yeah it's elder scrolls so I bought elder scrolls, at first I was pissed I got the wrong one but not for long 😎
It is a fully standalone game, you just install it and play, but I think it is only in russian language. It is the most modded working Oblivion pack, it is like a new game, so awesome.
@@Transgender-ProphetMohammed can you create custom spells in gothic? can you absolutely break and exploit the game? can you enter hell and defeat fucking satan?
I totally agree with the novelty of NPC dialogue in Oblivion: their simple greeting would be enough to solicit a further investigation into their character (especially the odd "Back off or I'll turn your bones to ASH!" or the like), vs. in Skyrim where they would outright say EVERYTHING they have to offer while your character walks by, as if that's how natural conversation even unfolds (that really took away from the immersion in Skyrim). Quests were by far the best part of Oblivion, nearly 20 years and 10's of playthroughs after its release and I STILL haven't seen them all, nor explored the expansiveness of the World, vs. Skyrim where essentially every character will eventually do and see everything in the world. The one up that Skyrim has is definitely combat just for its feel, though the lack of blocking and diversity of spell strategies took away from the full experience. I know I'm like 2 years late on Commenting, but this video just showed up in my Feed, and I love all the analysis The Cantina has given on one of my favorite (and quite possibly one of the best) games of all time.
I just finished playing Skyrim again and I couldn't agree more. I did everything, went everywhere, met everyone, it's a great game and all but it's just so easy and plain. People complain about combat taking forever in Oblivion but that's what actually makes it exciting to travel and explore, I have to make sure I have enough items before heading out any city when I'm just starting the game, and up to level 10 or so, in Skyrim you regenerate everything so fast that even if you have the game on hard mode, most of the combat is usually a breeze, even if the feel is better, which it is, immensely better, it's just so...boring. This is subjective but I also kinda hate the way Skyrim looks, some textures are better, but the whole game has this HDR filter that makes everything, specially objects, look dark and dirty, Oblivion is way softer and even if it's outdated it just works better artistically. Oblivion's characters are funky, but even then I prefer them to the lack of variety in facial features that Skyrim has, Oblivion characters had a million different noses, brows, eyes...etc, not to mention it also has way much more height variety, the bosmer are tiny while the high elves are enormous. The fact that you can make crazy and ridiculous looking characters in the character creation proves this point further. All in all, Oblivion is to Morrowind fans, what Skyrim is to Oblivion ones. It was trying to sell fantasy role playing to the general public, but instead of focusing on having epic battles against powerful beings like Skyrim did, it cranked up the worldbuilding to 11, and in return, it makes the player a million times more engaged and invested in the game. It has countless charming characters and will have you laughing out loud very often, as well as make you feel tense and intrigued, there are very few times where the game isn't exciting, and it's usually only after you put a good amount of hours into it. I guess, in the end, it comes to preference, and time has shown that Skyrim and even Morrowind just sell a lot more than Oblivion does. But I'm really really thankful a game like this exists, and I wish more people appreciated ridiculous and fun games that don't take themselves awfully seriously. I also really like the fact that [spoilers], even though you're the one who does all the dirty work, Martin is the only one who can defeat Mehrunes Dagon in the end, everyone admires you for aiding him in his sacrifice, and that's so much more refreshing than just "oh wow it turns out I'm THE Dragonborn" right from the start. I just love Oblivion so much, I can't stop comparing it to Skyrim when I play the latter.
This really is a fantastic game. It was one of the very first games I'd ever played, and the experience was unbelievable! Exploring such a bright and colorful world, with no strings hindering me along the way. I'll never forget the first time I entered an Oblivion Portal, or was visited by Lucien Lachance in my sleep, among so many other fond memories. And I swear, Knights Of The Nine and The Shivering Isles are some of the best expansion packs to any game I have ever played. Simply a phenomenal game.
It makes you focus on using your skills and using potions and enchantments which in turn makes those things feel more special cuz they can really save you butt in a tight spot, the ai navigation is the one part that really messes it up for me tho, but its still really fun and has more long term enjoyment than skyrims punchy moment of haha followed by getting bored cuz its the same every time
@@smtandearthboundsuck8400 Lol in skyrim ? I stop using sword as soon as tutorial is over. Why bother hitting when you can burn them with your two hands ?
Side quests in Oblivion are so much fun! Guilds' quests also, but what I mean is that Skyrim's side quests are usually 'fetch me this, fetch me that' (love Skyrim though, don't hate me guys). Oblivion just did it better and there are also quests that don't want you to fight, but to think and that's the best part of this game Great vid, Cantina :)
Not really an RPG aspect when none of your decisions matter, everything the main quest, becoming arch mage, leading the companions, the thieves guild, being the listener and killing the emperor....no-one even acknowledges it and it has no notable impact on the world. In oblivion npcs would talk about everything, the news would react to your actions and people would acknowledge that you were the leader (not all but a notable amount) so you felt involved in the world. Where as skyrim thinks just happen, a dragon can land and you slay it and drain its soul in front of everyone, and they just walk off and ask if you pass the mead.
Oh really? Because in skyrim, if I join the dark brotherhood or the companions the guards acknowledge it and when I join the Thieves guild, I can pay off guards. In oblivion after I saved Count Indarys's son from an oblivion gate and the count gave me a rare family relic, he didn't trust me to buy a house. In the oblivion thieves guild quest, me being arch-mage meant nothing in quest where I had to get the Icestaff. Aryarie still treats me like I'm a nobody in the fighters guild quest, even if I'm arch-mage. In Skyrim, if I kill one or both of Braith's parents, her dialog changes, based on that. In oblivion, how many questlines and quests offer you choices that effect the outcome? None that I can recall, but in Skyrim, you have quests like In My time of Need, where you can side with Saadia or the Redguards and you have the Namira quest and the Dagon quest, which both give you choices. In Oblivion, it's go do the thing, ok you did it or you failed. I think the only quest that ever gave me a choice in oblivion was clavicus vile's quest.
@@jtjumperify Dagon Quest in Skyrim doesn't have any choices. You kill Silus, you get the dagger and you have to fight dremora, you save Silus Dagon sends dremora and you still get the dagger. (Looked it up and I'm surprised that you won't get the dagger if you save Silus, because I'm sure I got the dagger when I saved him the last time I did the quest, maybe it was a bug?)
"You look like someone comfortable in heavy armor" Also there was one about calluses on the knuckles, if i recall, if you reached rank 75 in unarmed combat.
Am i the only one who would like a re-release of oblivion on the current gen of consoles. Berthesda wouldn't even have to touch it up and I'd still buy it
As someone who's first Elder Scrolls Game is Skyrim, but is currently playing Oblivion, I'm definitely not wearing nostalgia goggles when I say that Oblivion is better.
The best element oblivion has is its atmosphere. The mixture of the color palet, environment and music just makes this game so good to immerse yourself in
Brotha i just love u and ur oblivion videos ,started to play again few days ago when i saw u chanel..those r good memories, post more of oblivion if u can.
I'd agree that Oblivion is my favorite of the series but I wish people nowadays would show Morrowind some more love, it still presents one of the most unique and fascinating game worlds I've ever seen
That's because Michael Kirkbride was writing for its main quest and implementing a lot of lore for the game's universe. Then he got crazy and Bethesda went separate ways.
I used to play this on my xbox 360 back in the day and the graphics amazed me. Also im not sure what you mean about controller support, but yeah the level scaling did kinda suck. It feels like playing the game entirely at level 1 is cheating in a way when it should be harder
TylerDoesYT What about playing the game by increasing three attributes by 5 each time you level up? (or two attributes if your third attribute's gonna be Luck)
Absolutely agree with you. I have played Skyrim before Ovlibion. So I have 0 nostalgia. For me Ovlibion is the best. It's better than Morrowind and Skyrim both, at least for me
The only good thing about Morrowind is that you can't be everything. You're Thief Master, well, you cannot be Warrior leader in one game. Each faction hates others factions. And also, they are some minimuns that you need to have if you want to be the leader. If all of you skills are lower than 50, well, you can't be the leader, doesn't matter wich guild, religion or house But the problem is that the quest, except a few, are completly... boring. They're forgettable.
Morrowind has best storytelling, Skyrim has best graphics and combat. But something about Oblivion, how the AI is just so derpy and funny, and the quest are so entertaining, and the main questline is the best. Plus Oblivion has better mechanics in general, like spellcrafting.
I hear you. I started on Mass Effect 2 and went from there, but then tried Mass Effect 1 later on and actually liked the story arc better and the character development far more than Mass Effect 2 and 3.
@@Frendlu Not true. You can head the Thieves Guild and Warriors Guild and all other guilds and factions in Morrowind except the Great Houses. There you can only join one. It is totally easy to head everything in Morrowind. No conflict at all. One early quest from the Fighter's Guild that could mess you up in the Thieves Guild is easy to overcome with invisibility spell, sneak and some patience and extra saves. I usually got past that one in less than 5 minutes.
I really like BOTH skyrim and oblivion I like oblivion because of its amazing quests, its colourful setting and the npc I like skyrim because of the things you can see in the world, the mods, and I think the combat is a bit more realistic
Oblivion is my all time favorite game, I remember when they released the shivering isles dlc and the knights of the nine, i was 4 years old and played this game till this day and I fucking love it
It doesn't count as lost hours if you had fun. I knew one day you would make a Oblivion appreciation video. It is a amazing game. A lot of what made it so is irritatingly removed in Skyrim. Skyrim adds new things but they don't measure up to a lot of what got cut out. You know like the class system and attributes. It makes the game feel as if there from two different series. Elder Scrolls needs to bring back at least half of what made amazing. The way Skyrim should have.
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Skyrim’s writing was lacking, and npc’s were boring, you got handed stuff way too easily in Skyrim, guilds went by too quickly and there were so many pointless npc’s that you couldn’t interact with whatsoever, other than clicking on them and hearing them say the same few lines over and over again.
True The skyrim atmospheres make you feel lonely and sometimes boring but then a bunch of npc with the same old line Omg...... I swear to god, skyrim is easy to broke way faster than oblivion And the guild quest.. Is just ugh..ugh
Eliwood Nguyen Oh..my..god. Have you read anything about the land of Skyrim before the 2011 game came out? Skyrim was suppose to look “lonely” “dark and violent” “harsh winter” That’s how the Nords are the strongest human race in Elder Scrolls.
@@theacademictaskmaster6481 That doesn't excuse the 2011 game from having dull characters, repetitive dialogue, interchangeable quests, or dumbed down game mechanics. Vvardenfell's environment was far more desolate than Skyrim's, but it was still full of life/personality and had plenty of memorable locations, quests, and characters to interact with.
I could never get into Skyrim like I got into Oblivion, it's a Classic. I could play oblivion at any time, any mindset etc. It just sucks I have to be in the mood for when I want to play Skyrim. Awesome video! You're hilarious dude!
I'll never deny that Oblivion's NPC dialogue is just *the best* because it is so entertaining. Whether you find that a good thing or a stupid thing, I cannot ever get tired of hearing NPCs talk to each other in that game. "Hello!" "What do you want, Breton trash?" "What's going on with you?" "Nothing I'd like to talk about." "Goodbye!" "I'm through talking with you!"
God I absolutely love Oblivion, played like millions of hours back in the day, and I still consider it the best in the series and the open world rpg genre, the charm the game has its unparalleled, its just a magical game, and it has the honor of having the best expansion ever made for a game: Shivering Isles; damn I friggin love that place!
When the game was first released, it felt magical. I was left in awe at the beautiful environment and I remember feeling so immersed and terrified when the sky turned red while heading to Kvatch, or into a dark cave. I will always love Oblivion.
Best Diolage in the entire series by far is "Fly in the fly in the cliffracer fly so high!!!!!! " Nothing beats walking around and hearing that for the first time 😂
Oblivion is the first true open world RPG game I played. My understanding of open world was things you can do in GTA you know like drive around ect. When I played Oblivion it blew my mind. I wish I could erase my memory just to play it for the first time again
To be honest I prefer Skyrim over Oblivion mainly because Skyrim was my first Elder Srolls game and I was hypnotized by its beauty so it has a very special place in my heart I played Oblivion as well and loved it too but it just doest have the charm that skyrim has(in my opinion) but it IS a good game I enjoyed it very much especially the Shivering Isles DLC
FU** YEAH. Oblivion is one of my favorite games of all time maybe even my favorite of all time, best game ever. 2 best games of all time in my opinion Oblivion, and Witcher 3 who agrees.
I love Oblivion so much. It always held my attention more than Skyrim. I used to live in a house with a big concrete basement and we had a widescreen TV and I would spend hours upon hours playing it down there.
Let’s be real here, if you had nostalgia goggles, then the videos you made praising the things Skyrim did right would not exist. Likewise, you wouldn’t have made videos critical of certain aspects of Oblivion either. The Daedra is in the details, Ya feel me?
Je Vader And the Cantina did bring a lot of these criticisms up up in the past. Does Oblivion look crappy? Yes it does even back in 2006. Hell the graphics of Skyrim are a lot better but they’re still lacking by today’s standards as well. I do prefer Skyrim over Oblivion but I do acknowledge the things Oblivion did do better.
Rock Marcus agreed. Yes Oblivion did a few things better than Skyrim, but those few things don’t make it “better” than Skyrim. Not better overall, anyway. Something else I remember from Oblivion, now that I think about it, I don’t think Oblivion had any quest glitches that ruined your save file, and thus any/future save files from then on, forcing you to either keep playing with the game glitched and ruined, load from a previous save, losing hours, days, weeks, or even months of progress, or start a new game/character from scratch. I’d say that was Skyrim’s biggest flaw, now that I think about it. If I started a new game in Oblivion, it was usually bcuz I wanted to and I was bored with my current character at the time. The only reason I ever HAD to start a new game with Oblivion was with my first couple of characters due to the fact that I didn’t know how to level up properly to max out my stats.
@@anonymoussmartass5347 And in Oblivion, you didn't have to go through the starting dungeon all over again every single time you wanted to start a new character. Skyrim really messed up in that department.
Jonathan Szuhai yes you do. Unless I missed something, you still have to go through the starting dungeon followed by the sewer after starting a new character in Oblivion.
Yes, it most certainly is the best one. There wasn't a single questline I didn't like, I loved so many of the characters, and I even cried my eyes out when Martin left. I'll always cherish the time spent playing it.
A real oblivion conversation: “Hello!” “Greetings!” “I saw a mudcrab the other day...horrible creatures.” “STOP TALKING ALREADY!!!” “Farewell” “Stay safe.”
when people said Skyrim is the best game they ever played and you ask, played oblivion before? and everyone is like no. :/ Skyrim is nothing to oblivion seriously accept the werewolf and vanguard vampire form that's pretty awesome except for the fact that you don't even have to use it for anything because your overpowered and the Ai is not at all scary unlike an imperial guard coming out of nowhere that does some serious damage or maybe them grouping on you will have you run for the hills :)))
I have so many hours in this game over the past decade when i die and my life flashes before my eyes 90% percent of the visons will be of tamriel and i will regret nothing!
Oblivion's getting a literal overhaul via the Skyblivion project. if a game isn't that great, it doesn't get put under the knife and rejuvenated for a whole new engine, no?
Oblivion is what I played during high school in between the drunken and violent rants of my father. It will always have a special and half way perverted place in my heart; the dialogue in the game was about as coherent as that of my home life in a sinister and backwards mirror world. Idk man it is weird. For those of you that experience it, things only get better if you treat it like a doctor; where there is a cancer, it must be expurgated, cut out of one's life.
Quests in Oblivion are indeed fantastic and combat you mentioned is somewhat bearable. All story arcs throughout all Elder Scrolls games create a unique universe, which is a joy to explore. Bethesda included so many stories in the games that you can feel you've been to Tamriel, when you come to know all about it so well.
I play Oblivion for the fist time last year and the Boat inn quest was my fisrt quest, and wow I loved it, then I found the invisible town and new this was going to be a blast
I started to play Oblivion like 2 months ago. I had memory from my childhood that my friend showed me this game like in 2006. I only remember that I was on the arena against three Minotaur Lords and I failed miserably. After playing Witcher, Skyrim and Gothic I realized that I have never played Oblivion. And my adventure started. What can I say? After those 15 years, even with some crappy mechanics and bugs, this game is really enjoyable. Open world with greatly written story, huge possibilities of character development, quite decent graphic with medieval atmosphere and challenging level of difficulty, which force us to be focused all the time because enemies scales with us (many people say it's a con, but I like the fact that we are not some unkilleable hero, but rather an adventurer with some decent skills who has to fulfill his destiny). Moreover, we have a big map and great music which just makes this gaming experience even better. As I said, this game HAS it's flaws, but when we overlook them, we can immerse into this magic and dangerous world. Okay, now it's time to close some Oblivion Gates
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I remember that when i started the game i didnt know that the quests had Questmarkers, so i read every Quest very carefully and searched for the place i had to go without Questmarkers. Boy that was timeconsuming but i felt so challenged and immersed, it was a lot of fun. Especially because i only played the sidequests, because i couldnt find the place where i should hand the Amulet to Jeoffrey, so iplayed like hundred hours without even starting the Mainquest, and it didnt get boring at all, later i found out about the Questmarkers, and the Main story, yea it was nice and easy from then, but i felt that i lost something. I never again felt that immersed in a game than in this particular time in Oblivion, i would just walk anywhere and talk to anybody and look where it would lead me, and i often ended up in the most hilarious and unexpected Situations. Yea i have a special place in my heart for this game.
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The Cantina I wish ES6 brings back the more of the RPG elements from Oblivion into it.
they should have given us every 3 years a new elders scrolls game but we all know its about the bejamins and not about what players really want;)
5 reasons why Oblivion is better than Oblivion
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How could anyone think oblivion is better than oblivion? Oblivion is clearly the superior game
muskatDR you’re joking right ? Oblivion is way better than Oblivion only a idiot would think different.
I got into Oblivion at a time where I was stuck at home all summer with no real way to contact people. I know it's pathetic to admit, but Oblivion actually substituted for my human interaction for that summer. The characters were so well-realized that I felt like I was engaging with real people, and for that, I will always cherish it
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It's not pathetic, it's totally understandable. The world in Oblivion feels so alive. Especially compared to the earlier TES games, where all the NPCs that aren't trying to kill you are either pacing around aimlessly or standing perfectly still in one spot for all eternity. Oblivion's AI isn't as complex as it could've been, but it's still very impressive even by today's standards.
And since I like to keep in touch with some of the game's voice actors like Wes Johnson and Craig Sechler, it feels extra special to interact with the characters that are voiced by them.
Just one summer?
Ok, that’s incredibly sad and a new level of loneliness
*no doubt*
Oblivion is probably my all-time favourite. Just felt absolutely magical to play back in the day.
Couldn't agree more
Luka Zanetic I feel the same way. Maybe it’s the music or the npcs (or both), but Skyrim definately dosen’t have the same feel.
Playing today with ton of mods, better than Skyrim.
same♡
Like eatin ecstasy
Talking to a beggar in Oblivion
( normal voice) the gray fox is just a myth....
Give him some gold though ( Medieval peasant voice ) thhaannkk yaa kind siirr...
They actually only drop the beggar accent when you gossip or ask about the Gray Fox, I thought it was at least half intentional
Or the speech mini game
@TAR JET son of a fuck. I never thought of that. That the accent is just them playing it up for the un-aware folk. Damn. Well that instantly makes it less annoying.
(STRONG VOICE) BLESSINGS OF AKATOSH UPON YE.
"I'm just asking for enough to feed me kids"
I saw a mudcrab the other day. Disgusting creatures.
“BYE!”
Breton trash.
"smoke skooma hail sithis!"
"read any good books latly?"
Have you heard of fighting the ones tougher than the lawbreaker?
Hey leave maiq's wise quotes alone!
(Started with Skyrim)
I used to love mudcrabs
...
Then I played Oblivion
you know you've played too much oblivion when you get the flu, pray at a church and expect to be healed instantaniously
or your infamy is too high
cartmaster s nobody uses that add-on in any sort of capacity except for nirnroot farming
also, remember vampirism being a pain..
I just imagined the hearing the healing magic spell sound instantaneously! 😅😂
That’s when I found out I played way to much of oblivion.
Good one
Oblivion is flawed to the point you just can't hate it...because its flaws are what make it great
what flaws? compared to what ES game?
Dont play like you are oblivious to its flaws, which many call quirks as well
Everything in Morrowind is fun.....except combat....that you will be doing 99% of the time.
Good luck fighting that worm for 10 hours straight.
Flaws = Features
All right, then.Keep your secrets.
This was the last
conversation I heard from two NPCs in Oblivion.
N1 : "Hey."
N2 : "Hey."
N1 : "How are you?"
N2 : "I dont want to talk about it."
N1 : "mhm."
N2 : "Is everything ok?"
N1: "Im ok."
N2 : "Bye."
N1 : "Bye."
I feel attacked.
@@elliottloverin With your dad.
Heard any news from the other provinces?
@@wasserruebenvergilbungsvirus I dont want to talk about it
@Ching Chong I dont know you and i dont care to know you.
I absolutely love Oblivion. I still go back to it to every now and then. Definitely one of my favorite games.
Sir Ravix of Fourhorn me too
Oblivion is like a fun cartoon. Skyrim is like a scripted drama. Thats why I love Oblivion more.
Hmmmm, well I don't think that's a valid reason for why Oblivion is better than Skyrim. I mean, compare it to other games like Dark Souls. A much darker and stressful air to it, yet I probably rate that game higher than almost any other game I've played. (Not counting Chrono Trigger because that game will be forever #1) But your example is a great way to voice your opinion!
Skyrim is a great game, but it takes itself too seriously. I know that there's a lot of crap going on in the game that calls for a serious tone, but it's just too cold and grim, like it's trying to be the next Game of Thrones. I like how in Oblivion, there's still a lot of urgency in the game, but also plenty of room to relax and goof around.
@@Bauglir100 I don't know why being serious is considered a demerit in terms of the game's quality and standing, I mean sure, it could impact personal opinion, but objectively it doesn't make it worse.
Oh, and just to clarify, I'm not a Skyrim fanboy or anything. I actually vastly prefer Oblivion, as it is my first and favorite ES game. The only thing I dislike is the levelling system. Ugh. As soon as I get a computer, mods are gonna fix that right up.
@@Xeno_Solarus It isn't necessarily a demerit. As I said, there's a lot of stuff in Skyrim like the main quest and the civil war that warrant a more serious tone. But even most of the side quests end up being so stale and repetitive because they're mostly the same fomula, not helped by the fact that almost all of them have an intrusive sense of urgency.
Even the Sheogorath quest doesn't have the same absurdity and humor that his quests in earlier games had, and it was more or less a rehash of Oblivion's "Through A Nightmare, Darkly" quest. The Sanguine quest was just you dealing with the aftermath of some crazy stuff you apparently did, but we never actually got to see the crazy stuff while it was still in progress, much less take part in it.
@@Bauglir100 You make a great point there. I know I've had a lot more fun playing the side quests in Oblivion than I ever did in Skyrim. Even the dlc are pretty far apart. I liked the dlc in Skyrim, my personal favorite being the vampire one because of that vampire woman (forgot her name, think it was Seria or something), but when you compare those to what Oblivion offered with the Sheogorath dlc, it's a no brainer which is better. My main point was just that a lot of people consider Skyrim worse because of it's seriousness, and I do agree to an extent, the NPCs in Skyrim don't make me laugh and bring as much fun as Oblivion's.
1:47 look at you, setting such unrealistic standards for beauty in today's society.
Haha
i died at that moment in the video hahahaha just straight up fell from my chair xD
@@forscherr2 Honestly idk how Cantina surprises us like that at this point xD. I straight up lost it myself.
GODS GIVE ME STRENGTH
That head didn't age well with corona looking the same xD
Somehow I enjoyed Oblivion's combat(uh oh)
sidhardh alluri I enjoyed Oblivion’s combat too until I played Skyrim. The only thing Oblivion had on Skyrim, as far as combat goes, was the power attack. I loved the ability to knock enemies flying with that, provided that they were humanoid or smaller. Other than that, the only thing Oblivion had on Skyrim was the fame/infamy system. I liked how you could encounter bandits in caves and ruins who wouldn’t be hostile if your infamy status was high enough. It was almost like another faction.
@@anonymoussmartass5347 The killmoves. They really add some drama and flair to the combat. Nothing is nothing more awesome than beating an opponent down bare-handed and finishing them off with a huge suplex or a chokeslam, or landing the final shot with an arrow that goes right through an enemy's head. So satisfying.
Duane Green so you’re talking about the kill cam sequences added in Skyrim
You become a daedric prince in Oblivion.
Both in Morrowind and Skyrim you can only become
daedric prince champion, nothing more, and as far as
the lore goes Sheogorath is the strongest daedric prince.
MC wasnt chosen by fate, nothing, absolutely nothing, yet
he was able to beat deadric prince in direct combat and close so many
portals completely alone. Mortal? Huh, more like MONSTER. Who need
shouts tbh when you can use restauration and gice yourself +100 spped and other
atributes and oneshot people.
It's a little weird, but I like how blocking actually matters (and you can block with the sword, which is very cool)
Quests in Oblivion- All unique
Quests in Skyrim- Uh go fight some drugar in a dungeon or something lol
"Ok, I killed the drugar....go fight more drugar....again...it's been 7 years please..."
The Witcher 3 quests are the best.
Nah I'm a huge fan of Oblivion but there are some shite quests, like most of the fighters guild quests suck
Drauger
Most Oblivion quests are as dull as those from Skyrim imo.
This was my first PC game I purchased. Could barely run on low settings, but I still put hundreds of hours into it, and still go back to it today
Out of all the TES games I've played, Oblivion is my favourite. I have indeed played the game as a kid, but back then I just roleplayed in there and barely did any quests, lol.
I then played Skyrim and eventually played Oblivion once again - almost completely blind. And I have been occasionally playing it ever since.
Its derpy nature just adds to its charm.
That was my history with these games too. When I replayed Oblivion after playing Skyrim I found what I missed. As I replay it I noticed so many things I like that Skyrim dismissed. Going back to Skyrim it felt like a disappointment.
@@spartanq7781 Well ojwy guys, let's not go that far, like you knoe, let's not be animals here
Wait till you play the most unforgiving but fulfilling game ever. Morrowind
@@DoppSkates a few years back, when I was playing Skyrim a lot (when I was 14) I tried playing Morrowind. I couldn't get the hang of it so i deleted it. I recently downloaded Morrowind and I enjoy it more than Skyrim, even though I get lost really easily.
@@DoppSkates oblivion>Skyrim>Morrowind
that was one slick add transition 10/10
It was so smooth I wasn't even mad the video was over 😂
@@theozlander4629 What are you talking aBOuT bruv??
What was? 🤔😐
Definitely the slickest I've ever seen. Mad respect
Wanna talk about replayability?
I found over 30 entertaining ways to kill the adoring fan.
God that was fun
NOT A COP too right 😂
@@badgalhirixo 😂😅🤣😅
Wow you really aren't a Cop are You? 😅🤣🤔
*Me:* "Hmm, I have to kill some random NPC to unlock the Dark Brotherhood quest line... but who?"
*_BY AZURA, BY AZURA, BY AZURA!!!_*
*Me:* "Ah, the Night Mother provides."
@@0Fyrebrand0 LOL!
İ think the only way loving Skyrim more then oblivion is to play Skyrim before Oblivion..... thank GOD i played Oblivion when it came out good timess.....mmmm
I played skyrim first but i don't feel right comparing skyrim to oblivion since they're good in their own ways
@@archiebrew8184 Well you can indeed compare them but i can understand what you mean.
Skyrim was how I've met the Elder Scrolls franchise, and I feel like both have their qualities and problems
... But oblivion feels better.
KonBash amen to that, especially considering when i bought oblivion I was actually looking for Skyrim 😂 saw a mate playing it and he says yeah it's elder scrolls so I bought elder scrolls, at first I was pissed I got the wrong one but not for long 😎
@@theozlander4629 Lucky coincidence man 😂 you where pretty lucky i think its very important to play oblivion first
I love when Cantina talks good about Oblivion, that's the reason I subbed :¬)
Me too
Yes, me too. Btw guys, download Oblivion Association 0.9.3, there are 400 mods and 2 new provinces (Elsweyr and Walenwood)
Polkovnik wait seriously? Is that a mod or a standalone thing?
It is a fully standalone game, you just install it and play, but I think it is only in russian language. It is the most modded working Oblivion pack, it is like a new game, so awesome.
Polkovnik ah ok unfortunately I don't speak Russian 😂
“Go outside? Like I’m gonna do something as stupid as that”
That aged well
well how about playing gothic instead?
Oblivion is my favorite game of all time. Not the best game I've ever played, but still my favorite. :)
wut?
get gothic 1 and 2 at once! when youre a cool rpg fella, get the g2 addon too.
@@Transgender-ProphetMohammed English please?
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@@Transgender-ProphetMohammed can you create custom spells in gothic? can you absolutely break and exploit the game? can you enter hell and defeat fucking satan?
I totally agree with the novelty of NPC dialogue in Oblivion: their simple greeting would be enough to solicit a further investigation into their character (especially the odd "Back off or I'll turn your bones to ASH!" or the like), vs. in Skyrim where they would outright say EVERYTHING they have to offer while your character walks by, as if that's how natural conversation even unfolds (that really took away from the immersion in Skyrim).
Quests were by far the best part of Oblivion, nearly 20 years and 10's of playthroughs after its release and I STILL haven't seen them all, nor explored the expansiveness of the World, vs. Skyrim where essentially every character will eventually do and see everything in the world.
The one up that Skyrim has is definitely combat just for its feel, though the lack of blocking and diversity of spell strategies took away from the full experience.
I know I'm like 2 years late on Commenting, but this video just showed up in my Feed, and I love all the analysis The Cantina has given on one of my favorite (and quite possibly one of the best) games of all time.
I just finished playing Skyrim again and I couldn't agree more. I did everything, went everywhere, met everyone, it's a great game and all but it's just so easy and plain. People complain about combat taking forever in Oblivion but that's what actually makes it exciting to travel and explore, I have to make sure I have enough items before heading out any city when I'm just starting the game, and up to level 10 or so, in Skyrim you regenerate everything so fast that even if you have the game on hard mode, most of the combat is usually a breeze, even if the feel is better, which it is, immensely better, it's just so...boring.
This is subjective but I also kinda hate the way Skyrim looks, some textures are better, but the whole game has this HDR filter that makes everything, specially objects, look dark and dirty, Oblivion is way softer and even if it's outdated it just works better artistically. Oblivion's characters are funky, but even then I prefer them to the lack of variety in facial features that Skyrim has, Oblivion characters had a million different noses, brows, eyes...etc, not to mention it also has way much more height variety, the bosmer are tiny while the high elves are enormous. The fact that you can make crazy and ridiculous looking characters in the character creation proves this point further.
All in all, Oblivion is to Morrowind fans, what Skyrim is to Oblivion ones. It was trying to sell fantasy role playing to the general public, but instead of focusing on having epic battles against powerful beings like Skyrim did, it cranked up the worldbuilding to 11, and in return, it makes the player a million times more engaged and invested in the game. It has countless charming characters and will have you laughing out loud very often, as well as make you feel tense and intrigued, there are very few times where the game isn't exciting, and it's usually only after you put a good amount of hours into it.
I guess, in the end, it comes to preference, and time has shown that Skyrim and even Morrowind just sell a lot more than Oblivion does. But I'm really really thankful a game like this exists, and I wish more people appreciated ridiculous and fun games that don't take themselves awfully seriously. I also really like the fact that [spoilers], even though you're the one who does all the dirty work, Martin is the only one who can defeat Mehrunes Dagon in the end, everyone admires you for aiding him in his sacrifice, and that's so much more refreshing than just "oh wow it turns out I'm THE Dragonborn" right from the start. I just love Oblivion so much, I can't stop comparing it to Skyrim when I play the latter.
This really is a fantastic game. It was one of the very first games I'd ever played, and the experience was unbelievable! Exploring such a bright and colorful world, with no strings hindering me along the way. I'll never forget the first time I entered an Oblivion Portal, or was visited by Lucien Lachance in my sleep, among so many other fond memories. And I swear, Knights Of The Nine and The Shivering Isles are some of the best expansion packs to any game I have ever played. Simply a phenomenal game.
Not only oblivion was my first tes game, it also was the first game I bought on ps3 back in the day... so many memories
The combat in Oblivion was actually decent. I enjoyed it.
It makes you focus on using your skills and using potions and enchantments which in turn makes those things feel more special cuz they can really save you butt in a tight spot, the ai navigation is the one part that really messes it up for me tho, but its still really fun and has more long term enjoyment than skyrims punchy moment of haha followed by getting bored cuz its the same every time
The worst of the main 3 in that regard LOL
@@smtandearthboundsuck8400 Lol in skyrim ? I stop using sword as soon as tutorial is over. Why bother hitting when you can burn them with your two hands ?
i say compared to gothic the combat system of oblivion was the only good thing
@@heloxiii8894 seriously who tf would ever pick up a sword if they could shoot fire, electricity, and ice from their hands lol
I agree with this! Plus the Music! My grandfather died in the summer of 2006, and this game helped me go through some difficult times man...
Side quests in Oblivion are so much fun! Guilds' quests also, but what I mean is that Skyrim's side quests are usually 'fetch me this, fetch me that' (love Skyrim though, don't hate me guys). Oblivion just did it better and there are also quests that don't want you to fight, but to think and that's the best part of this game
Great vid, Cantina :)
I agree with that
But when it comes to RPG aspects, Skyrim is better. You have more decisions, like Civil war and Dawnguard and Saadia.
Not really an RPG aspect when none of your decisions matter, everything the main quest, becoming arch mage, leading the companions, the thieves guild, being the listener and killing the emperor....no-one even acknowledges it and it has no notable impact on the world. In oblivion npcs would talk about everything, the news would react to your actions and people would acknowledge that you were the leader (not all but a notable amount) so you felt involved in the world.
Where as skyrim thinks just happen, a dragon can land and you slay it and drain its soul in front of everyone, and they just walk off and ask if you pass the mead.
Oh really? Because in skyrim, if I join the dark brotherhood or the companions the guards acknowledge it and when I join the Thieves guild, I can pay off guards. In oblivion after I saved Count Indarys's son from an oblivion gate and the count gave me a rare family relic, he didn't trust me to buy a house. In the oblivion thieves guild quest, me being arch-mage meant nothing in quest where I had to get the Icestaff. Aryarie still treats me like I'm a nobody in the fighters guild quest, even if I'm arch-mage. In Skyrim, if I kill one or both of Braith's parents, her dialog changes, based on that. In oblivion, how many questlines and quests offer you choices that effect the outcome? None that I can recall, but in Skyrim, you have quests like In My time of Need, where you can side with Saadia or the Redguards and you have the Namira quest and the Dagon quest, which both give you choices. In Oblivion, it's go do the thing, ok you did it or you failed. I think the only quest that ever gave me a choice in oblivion was clavicus vile's quest.
@@jtjumperify Dagon Quest in Skyrim doesn't have any choices. You kill Silus, you get the dagger and you have to fight dremora, you save Silus Dagon sends dremora and you still get the dagger. (Looked it up and I'm surprised that you won't get the dagger if you save Silus, because I'm sure I got the dagger when I saved him the last time I did the quest, maybe it was a bug?)
"Look at the muscles on you!"
-Me rediscovering my love for Oblivion every few years.
"You look like someone comfortable in heavy armor"
Also there was one about calluses on the knuckles, if i recall, if you reached rank 75 in unarmed combat.
Actually i never played Oblivion untill today and i got to admit i already think it is better than Skyrim
You should give it a try, you won't regret it
AJ Johnson04 he did give it a try that’s the point
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@@thepieaddict be seeing you. Goodbye. Hello!
@@willokeefe1135 ?
Just started playing Oblivion, about 25 hours in and it's definitely better than skyrim
Lol
Am i the only one who would like a re-release of oblivion on the current gen of consoles. Berthesda wouldn't even have to touch it up and I'd still buy it
You are not the only one.
Im with you there bud
Why if you have a Xbox one you can just use your old disc or buy it on the store
Yeah you can play it on Xbox one still
@@trevorr6794 😥 i have ps4.
As someone who's first Elder Scrolls Game is Skyrim, but is currently playing Oblivion, I'm definitely not wearing nostalgia goggles when I say that Oblivion is better.
Same
I played Skyrim first and then oblivion to see the hype and I can say oblivion is better
Same
Ditto
I played the games in reverse and can say I definitely prefer Morrowind and Daggerfall. Better? I really can say until I've played them all in depth.
Lies
same here
The best element oblivion has is its atmosphere. The mixture of the color palet, environment and music just makes this game so good to immerse yourself in
Brotha i just love u and ur oblivion videos ,started to play again few days ago when i saw u chanel..those r good memories, post more of oblivion if u can.
I'd agree that Oblivion is my favorite of the series but I wish people nowadays would show Morrowind some more love, it still presents one of the most unique and fascinating game worlds I've ever seen
That's because Michael Kirkbride was writing for its main quest and implementing a lot of lore for the game's universe. Then he got crazy and Bethesda went separate ways.
If Oblivion had a proper controller support, enhanced graphics and a better leveling-system I would still play it to this day.
I used to play this on my xbox 360 back in the day and the graphics amazed me. Also im not sure what you mean about controller support, but yeah the level scaling did kinda suck. It feels like playing the game entirely at level 1 is cheating in a way when it should be harder
@@Siegeholm
On PC, there has been no controller support, so you had to use external software to keybind the controller and it worked not too well.
Well at least with mods you could get enhanced graphics and better leveling.
There's mods for that you know
TylerDoesYT What about playing the game by increasing three attributes by 5 each time you level up? (or two attributes if your third attribute's gonna be Luck)
Absolutely agree with you.
I have played Skyrim before Ovlibion. So I have 0 nostalgia. For me Ovlibion is the best. It's better than Morrowind and Skyrim both, at least for me
The only good thing about Morrowind is that you can't be everything. You're Thief Master, well, you cannot be Warrior leader in one game. Each faction hates others factions. And also, they are some minimuns that you need to have if you want to be the leader. If all of you skills are lower than 50, well, you can't be the leader, doesn't matter wich guild, religion or house
But the problem is that the quest, except a few, are completly... boring. They're forgettable.
@@Frendlu Morrowind's main quest is CRAZY, definetly Nerevarine is one of the TES protagonists with the most OP main enemy (Literally three GODS)
Morrowind has best storytelling, Skyrim has best graphics and combat.
But something about Oblivion, how the AI is just so derpy and funny, and the quest are so entertaining, and the main questline is the best.
Plus Oblivion has better mechanics in general, like spellcrafting.
I hear you. I started on Mass Effect 2 and went from there, but then tried Mass Effect 1 later on and actually liked the story arc better and the character development far more than Mass Effect 2 and 3.
@@Frendlu Not true. You can head the Thieves Guild and Warriors Guild and all other guilds and factions in Morrowind except the Great Houses. There you can only join one. It is totally easy to head everything in Morrowind. No conflict at all. One early quest from the Fighter's Guild that could mess you up in the Thieves Guild is easy to overcome with invisibility spell, sneak and some patience and extra saves. I usually got past that one in less than 5 minutes.
Why did you need to remind us? Oblivion sure is the best!
No one must forget!
but...but....morro....wind?!
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Will O'keefe oh-ho, i won’t say that so fast, mate!
Transgender-Prophet Mohammed I love it too but the HIT TRACKING
I really like BOTH skyrim and oblivion
I like oblivion because of its amazing quests, its colourful setting and the npc
I like skyrim because of the things you can see in the world, the mods, and I think the combat is a bit more realistic
I could walk around for hours just talking to everyone and no one will repeat what others say ... quality content
Oblivion is my all time favorite game, I remember when they released the shivering isles dlc and the knights of the nine, i was 4 years old and played this game till this day and I fucking love it
I started playing bgs games with Oblivion. And I miss the experience that I had playing it very much. Best elder scrolls.
I find myself often going back to Oblivion much more than Skyrim even with Skyrim mods.
It doesn't count as lost hours if you had fun. I knew one day you would make a Oblivion appreciation video. It is a amazing game. A lot of what made it so is irritatingly removed in Skyrim. Skyrim adds new things but they don't measure up to a lot of what got cut out. You know like the class system and attributes. It makes the game feel as if there from two different series. Elder Scrolls needs to bring back at least half of what made amazing. The way Skyrim should have.
Oblivion was my entry into the Elder Scrolls games. Still my favorite.
Started playing oblivion today, it’s very nice so far. The combat is nicer than Skyrim’s, and it feels like I have choices
*Have you heard of the high elves?*
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@@AxxLAfriku you are here too smh go get lost
I hate the health bar on Oblivion enemies. There will be a smidgen of health but ull have to hit 50 times still for them to croak
Skyrim’s writing was lacking, and npc’s were boring, you got handed stuff way too easily in Skyrim, guilds went by too quickly and there were so many pointless npc’s that you couldn’t interact with whatsoever, other than clicking on them and hearing them say the same few lines over and over again.
this comment deserves more likes.
True
The skyrim atmospheres make you feel lonely and sometimes boring but then a bunch of npc with the same old line
Omg...... I swear to god, skyrim is easy to broke way faster than oblivion
And the guild quest.. Is just ugh..ugh
Eliwood Nguyen Oh..my..god. Have you read anything about the land of Skyrim before the 2011 game came out? Skyrim was suppose to look “lonely” “dark and violent” “harsh winter” That’s how the Nords are the strongest human race in Elder Scrolls.
@@theacademictaskmaster6481
That doesn't excuse the 2011 game from having dull characters, repetitive dialogue, interchangeable quests, or dumbed down game mechanics. Vvardenfell's environment was far more desolate than Skyrim's, but it was still full of life/personality and had plenty of memorable locations, quests, and characters to interact with.
@@Bauglir100 skyrim feels like living world obvillon is just a unrealistic world with potato people
I could never get into Skyrim like I got into Oblivion, it's a Classic. I could play oblivion at any time, any mindset etc. It just sucks I have to be in the mood for when I want to play Skyrim. Awesome video! You're hilarious dude!
My first play through I stole Jauffre’s sword early on so therefore he fought the battle of Bruma with his fists and died! 😂😭🤣😭😇
I picked up Jauffre's sword and put it above my fireplace in my character's house after he died in the Battle of Bruma. In honor of Jauffre!
Oblivion is what got me into The Elder Scrolls series. Still one of my favourite games of all time.
I'll never deny that Oblivion's NPC dialogue is just *the best* because it is so entertaining. Whether you find that a good thing or a stupid thing, I cannot ever get tired of hearing NPCs talk to each other in that game.
"Hello!"
"What do you want, Breton trash?"
"What's going on with you?"
"Nothing I'd like to talk about."
"Goodbye!"
"I'm through talking with you!"
God I absolutely love Oblivion, played like millions of hours back in the day, and I still consider it the best in the series and the open world rpg genre, the charm the game has its unparalleled, its just a magical game, and it has the honor of having the best expansion ever made for a game: Shivering Isles; damn I friggin love that place!
No matter how depressed or anxious I feel The Cantina always makes me smile and remember that there's always a brightside
When the game was first released, it felt magical. I was left in awe at the beautiful environment and I remember feeling so immersed and terrified when the sky turned red while heading to Kvatch, or into a dark cave.
I will always love Oblivion.
I just saw Oblivion is the best and had to give a thumbs up
I've always said skyrims npc's have novice level speech, and oblivion npc's have master level.
The quests and story are awesome, from delving to oblivion gates to becoming a gladiator. I really like it.
I just started playing oblivion again.... I still love it so much ❤️
Best Diolage in the entire series by far is "Fly in the fly in the cliffracer fly so high!!!!!! " Nothing beats walking around and hearing that for the first time 😂
Oblivion is the first true open world RPG game I played. My understanding of open world was things you can do in GTA you know like drive around ect. When I played Oblivion it blew my mind. I wish I could erase my memory just to play it for the first time again
To be honest I prefer Skyrim over Oblivion mainly because Skyrim was my first Elder Srolls game and I was hypnotized by its beauty so it has a very special place in my heart I played Oblivion as well and loved it too but it just doest have the charm that skyrim has(in my opinion) but it IS a good game I enjoyed it very much especially the Shivering Isles DLC
I always love coming down to the Cantina! Nobody is as awesomely effusive about Oblivion with the praise it deserves as you!
FU** YEAH. Oblivion is one of my favorite games of all time maybe even my favorite of all time, best game ever. 2 best games of all time in my opinion Oblivion, and Witcher 3 who agrees.
I love Oblivion so much. It always held my attention more than Skyrim. I used to live in a house with a big concrete basement and we had a widescreen TV and I would spend hours upon hours playing it down there.
Let’s be real here, if you had nostalgia goggles, then the videos you made praising the things Skyrim did right would not exist. Likewise, you wouldn’t have made videos critical of certain aspects of Oblivion either.
The Daedra is in the details,
Ya feel me?
But Oblivion looks crappy, also the Sneak sucks and you have no idea were the enemies are coming from.
Je Vader And the Cantina did bring a lot of these criticisms up up in the past. Does Oblivion look crappy? Yes it does even back in 2006. Hell the graphics of Skyrim are a lot better but they’re still lacking by today’s standards as well. I do prefer Skyrim over Oblivion but I do acknowledge the things Oblivion did do better.
Rock Marcus agreed. Yes Oblivion did a few things better than Skyrim, but those few things don’t make it “better” than Skyrim. Not better overall, anyway. Something else I remember from Oblivion, now that I think about it, I don’t think Oblivion had any quest glitches that ruined your save file, and thus any/future save files from then on, forcing you to either keep playing with the game glitched and ruined, load from a previous save, losing hours, days, weeks, or even months of progress, or start a new game/character from scratch. I’d say that was Skyrim’s biggest flaw, now that I think about it. If I started a new game in Oblivion, it was usually bcuz I wanted to and I was bored with my current character at the time. The only reason I ever HAD to start a new game with Oblivion was with my first couple of characters due to the fact that I didn’t know how to level up properly to max out my stats.
@@anonymoussmartass5347 And in Oblivion, you didn't have to go through the starting dungeon all over again every single time you wanted to start a new character. Skyrim really messed up in that department.
Jonathan Szuhai yes you do. Unless I missed something, you still have to go through the starting dungeon followed by the sewer after starting a new character in Oblivion.
Yes, it most certainly is the best one. There wasn't a single questline I didn't like, I loved so many of the characters, and I even cried my eyes out when Martin left. I'll always cherish the time spent playing it.
A real oblivion conversation:
“Hello!”
“Greetings!”
“I saw a mudcrab the other day...horrible creatures.”
“STOP TALKING ALREADY!!!”
“Farewell”
“Stay safe.”
when people said Skyrim is the best game they ever played and you ask, played oblivion before? and everyone is like no. :/ Skyrim is nothing to oblivion seriously accept the werewolf and vanguard vampire form that's pretty awesome except for the fact that you don't even have to use it for anything because your overpowered and the Ai is not at all scary unlike an imperial guard coming out of nowhere that does some serious damage or maybe them grouping on you will have you run for the hills :)))
I love Oblivion and Skyrim but started playing the Witcher 3 a few days ago and it blew my mind. Blew. My. MIIIIIND!!!!!
No no i am blown! BLOOOWN AWAY, bloooown George blooooooowwwowowowowowowow!! th-cam.com/video/SQVhIaityrg/w-d-xo.html (reference explained here)
You mean, literally?
@@themandals7273 Figuratively. Haven't played W3 since i finished it, it's just too complex. But it is fantastic
This game has one of the most satisfying, relaxing, peaceful town music.
I have so many hours in this game over the past decade when i die and my life flashes before my eyes 90% percent of the visons will be of tamriel and i will regret nothing!
Well put good sir!
Oblivion's getting a literal overhaul via the Skyblivion project.
if a game isn't that great, it doesn't get put under the knife and rejuvenated for a whole new engine, no?
It's 2019 and I'm soon getting Oblivion.. What is my life..?
Great. It is great.
@@pale7606 Try Morrowind.
Oblivion is what I played during high school in between the drunken and violent rants of my father. It will always have a special and half way perverted place in my heart; the dialogue in the game was about as coherent as that of my home life in a sinister and backwards mirror world. Idk man it is weird. For those of you that experience it, things only get better if you treat it like a doctor; where there is a cancer, it must be expurgated, cut out of one's life.
I can't believe you made an entire Oblivion video without mention its best feature: *mods.*
Quests in Oblivion are indeed fantastic and combat you mentioned is somewhat bearable. All story arcs throughout all Elder Scrolls games create a unique universe, which is a joy to explore. Bethesda included so many stories in the games that you can feel you've been to Tamriel, when you come to know all about it so well.
Shivering Isles was the best!
I play Oblivion for the fist time last year and the Boat inn quest was my fisrt quest, and wow I loved it, then I found the invisible town and new this was going to be a blast
Honestly I love all your videos they’re all extremely entertaining and well edited. Please never quit :)
Thanks man!
Oblivion was a fucking awesome game I played it at the age of 15 back then and it really was a epic experience
This video is so f***ing right! Oblivion is way better than Skyrim and my most favorite game of all time !
I started to play Oblivion like 2 months ago. I had memory from my childhood that my friend showed me this game like in 2006. I only remember that I was on the arena against three Minotaur Lords and I failed miserably. After playing Witcher, Skyrim and Gothic I realized that I have never played Oblivion. And my adventure started.
What can I say? After those 15 years, even with some crappy mechanics and bugs, this game is really enjoyable. Open world with greatly written story, huge possibilities of character development, quite decent graphic with medieval atmosphere and challenging level of difficulty, which force us to be focused all the time because enemies scales with us (many people say it's a con, but I like the fact that we are not some unkilleable hero, but rather an adventurer with some decent skills who has to fulfill his destiny). Moreover, we have a big map and great music which just makes this gaming experience even better. As I said, this game HAS it's flaws, but when we overlook them, we can immerse into this magic and dangerous world.
Okay, now it's time to close some Oblivion Gates
I see that you are a man of culture
Cantina dude I love you man, I’ve been subbed for a while now and every time you upload a video I just get excited and watch it as soon as I can. It’s been awesome seeing your channel grow and keep up the great work. Even if it’s just a couple laughs or moments of nostalgia, your videos always make my day a bit better.
Awesome!! Was waiting for a video like this :)
I remember that when i started the game i didnt know that the quests had Questmarkers, so i read every Quest very carefully and searched for the place i had to go without Questmarkers.
Boy that was timeconsuming but i felt so challenged and immersed, it was a lot of fun. Especially because i only played the sidequests, because i couldnt find the place where i should hand the Amulet to Jeoffrey, so iplayed like hundred hours without even starting the Mainquest, and it didnt get boring at all, later i found out about the Questmarkers, and the Main story, yea it was nice and easy from then, but i felt that i lost something. I never again felt that immersed in a game than in this particular time in Oblivion, i would just walk anywhere and talk to anybody and look where it would lead me, and i often ended up in the most hilarious and unexpected Situations.
Yea i have a special place in my heart for this game.
I think the combat in oblivion is good you have to block at the right moment and attack at the right moment
I love that a content creater still plays this game. It's the reason I subbed in the first place
Two words: Shivering Isles
CHEESEE!
TESIV/Fallout 3 = Childhood double pack combo.
It's you... the hero of Kvatch
I gotta say, that transition to the sponsor ad at the end is the smoothest I've ever seen!
That cinnamon toast crunch joke was damn good
I know I'm late to the video, but I was looking for this comment.
Number 1 reason why Oblivion is the greatest game Bethesda ever made:
Poison apples.....🍎 😈
R.i.p telltale
Content Brony Yeah I just read that. Not suprised though, those games do not sell well.
Pewdiepie cries
Happy 15th birthday, Oblivion!