Getting ready for Skyrim? Get a blast of nostalgia from the intro cinematic to Bethesda's last Elder Scroll game, Oblivion. Oh the hours we've poured into this game...
Good, I still get goosebumps whenever I hear him say "and the final hours of my life" and then the music kicks in. God, this was a great start to a game.
hell yeah, my friends in high school told me I should play this and I really knew nothing about it, so I went in blind and this intro literally blew me away. I was vomiting rainbows.
I remember showing this opening to my friend.......about 10 seconds after the words OBLIVION came up on screen he was out the door, in the car and driving to the nearest video game store to buy it....classic.
In my opinion this had the best opening of an Elder Scrolls. Skyrims felt nice and authentic more personal than Morrowind but this one just feels incredibly epic.
because skyrim was more nordic wiking game then an acrual elderscrolls game. I mean oblivion was all about elder scrolls end even at the end you become a prince of madness
Fucking hilarious. The scale of the intro makes the city look bigger than it actually is, but then they zoom in and you have these giant ass guards patrolling the streets.
Red Judas all elder scrolls cities and towns are scaled down. If it was realistic they would all be 10x bigger. Im sure the capital wouldn't have a population of 100. It's just because they don't want to go the extra length. Same with the size of the map.
I was born 87 years ago. For 65 years I've ruled as Tamriel's Emperor. But for all these years, I've never been the ruler of my own dreams. I have seen the gates of Oblivion, beyond which no waking eye may see. Behold, in darkness a doom sweeps the land. This is the 27th of Last Seed. The year of Akatosh, 433. These are the closing days of the Third Era, and the final hours of my life. -Music kicks in
The voice acting in this small piece is amazing. The smallest inflections, such as when after "These are the final days of the Third Era...", there's an intake of breath, a pause "...and the final hours of my life." A short pause between historical and personal. Patrick Stewart never fails to deliver.
Agreed. Epic delivery. Another comment on here says that Patrick Stewart was given a huge dossier on Elder Scrolls lore which he duly read and understood. I’m convinced that’s true because you can hear in his delivery that he knows how important to some people this is.
I'd format my hard-drive, then do a flesh clean install and if that didn't work I'd buy an older PC with an order operating system on it. I'd never not have this game nor would I ever get it on console.
I think the Imperial city is what is smaller at the intro, I mean that window which the camera takes into our cell, it's not in game, like there's no window there
This scene craftily weaves in the human element of death with the passing of an entire phase of civilization with perfect music to accompany it. Just a masterpiece.
Oblivion was one of the most epic experiences I've had playing games.. I was utterly speechless after seeing this intro sequence for the first time..They made a great choice picking Patrick Stewart for this part. And I spent like a whole year or 2 playing the game, till I had explored and done virtually everything in it.. Formed strong memories of it too, it's as if I actually lived it. Crazy epic stuff.
I replayed oblivion like 12 years after it came out. I wanted to know if it really was as good as I remember, or just nostalgia. And yep, it really is so much better than Skyrim.
@@Betherek Yeah, it’s honestly up to preference, Skyrim can’t keep me playing past like, 2 days, mods are a godsend but the selection is pretty low since I play on console. Oblivion drove me in and I can play it for days without getting bored, I don’t know why
Nah, kinda shit really. "Hey you, you're finally awake" as you wake up in skyrim being escorted to your execution only to be interpreted by the coming of the dragons, and the world eater himself, is indeed far better.
@@celphalonred1999 Yeah, but Skyrim's opening is not worth experiencing every goddamn time you start a new game. At least in Oblivion, you can skip the intro video and go straight to the character creation part. Skyrim takes three and a half unskippable minutes before you get off the wagon to get to the character creation section, and then you have to go through the whole execution sequence, and then you have to run to the keep and fight your way through the entire tutorial dungeon to get out of Helgen. And unlike Oblivion and Fallout 3, you don't get the option to change the character you created one more time right before you go out into the world for the first time, which would've saved you the trouble of having to go through the dungeon all over again. So you have no choice but to experience that grand opening over and over every single time you want to create a new character. And with all the re-releases and ports Skyrim has received, you're going to be seeing that grand opening a lot. So most people are basically sick of it by now, and it's become a joke over the years.
"hey, YOU. you're finally awake" has charm in it's own way. the problem with this game's intro is it makes the imperial city seem so big and bad@$$, it's almost misleading since the actual imperial city is way smaller once you get to start up the game and explore it with your character. you can, of course, mod the game to fix this, but I just remember skyrim living up to how big it's world seemed to be compared to oblivion, which just felt a little smaller than I had hoped :(
When this came out, we had never seen anything of THIS SCALE yet. So when we got that zoom into the Imperial City and the theme kicked in, we knew we were in for an EPIC adventure!
Skyrim has perfect OST as well, but this intro is unmatched. And Combat theme 5 is one of the most powerfull game music i have listened to. Only bestowed by warriors of the North from Battle brothers: th-cam.com/video/MSpvByatWes/w-d-xo.html
@@katelynthewhitewerewolf6376 I played Daggerfall first, but only for a few seconds, yes, SECONDS, then I played Morrowind till I had about 60,000 gold (90% gameplay was in Tribunal expansion) but Oblivion was the first that I did a proper playthrough of (Fun fact: I still haven't finished the main quest, and I intend to do every single quest in the game) and as of writing this, my Skyrim character is inside the Warmaiden's shop in Whiterun, open on my desktop.
I was so obsessed with this game ten years ago. I would set up my whole weekend around playing it. Stock the freezer with frozen dinners and the fridge with snacks and drinks. I'd start playing Friday after work and wouldn't stop (save for sleep) until Sunday at bedtime. I literally wouldn't leave the apartment all weekend. I even dreamed I was in the game which is something I never did with any other video game. For a few months that summer it was better than my real life.
for 9 years i have played Oblivion, but i have never beaten Oblivion's Main Quest, these are the closing days of my cartage of Oblivion and the final hours. Of my childhood
I feel bad for the people that played Skyrim first, because while the visuals are better, Oblivions story was PERFECT. Now they cant play Oblivion because of Skyrim spoiling them on visuals and overall game-play so they will never know how much better it was.
Patrick stewart, I grew up with Start trek, you made my weekends worth it. When I heard your voice in this cutscene, I almost screamed in joy. his voice acting is fantastic, and he is a LEGEND.
I fell in love with this series after playing Skyrim, and how I wish I could see the Oblivion crisis myself. Re-release the other Elder Scrolls games!!!
When he sais :" This is the 27th of last seed. The year of Akatosh 433. These are the closing days of the third era and the final hours of my life!" I get the greatest goosebumps of my life over and over again. Jeremy Souls music makes it perfect.
The feeling when you think «oh this is 12 years ago! Lets see the first comments to see how people reacted to the Oblivion trailer», and you realize Skyrim, not Oblivion, is 12 years old
No matter how many times I listen to this, I still get goosebumps as the music rises around the White Tower. This is by far the best music in the series thus far, even beating out the awesome chanting of the Nords in Skyrim.
This is to date the best game introduction i've ever seen. It establishes a brief intro the the plot and world, feels epic and narrates in a competent and profound manner.
This opening makes tears of nostalgia run down my face. I still remember playing this game every waking moment I got on 360 at my grandparents house as kid. It kinda sucks we live in the timeline where Skyrim got a million re-releases/remasters over the years and Oblivion can't get one.
I was born 75 years ago For 40 years, i've rule as Rome's Emperor But for all these years, i have never been the ruler of my own life I've seen the borders of Germannia, beyond which no civilized eye may see... Behold in Chaos, a barbarian substant future *Alaric, Marthin Luther, Marx, Wilhelm II, Adolf Hitler* This is the 19th of August, the year of Romulus, 767. These are the closing decades of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty And the final seconds... Of my life...
My first ever Elder Scrolls and I was totally blown away. Before this I had not known what a game with a great storyline was. To this day remains one of the few games I truly respect.
The 2000's were the absolute BEST years to be a teenager if you loved video games. We had Halo CE, 2, and 3, Starwars Battlefront 1 and 2, Halflife 2, Oblivion, Bioshock, Mercenaries, and MW 1 and 2 just to name a few. There has never been a better time for truly legendary games since then, and I truly stand by that.
I remember just hitting that age, I'd sneak into my older brother's room to play Oblivion and Mass Effect on his 360 when he wasn't home. Even though things weren't perfect back then I miss those days so much.
This is a masterwork intro. The music plays a main role here. A total hit. Pitty it doesn't last longer. Actually this is one of the best games' soundtrack IMHO. The main themes are all in the intro, you can barely hear the initial arpegio, that will be used afterwards... I also love the Battle theme 5, very strong!
It's a bit of an awkward one this one. The bit where the camera swoops across the basin towards the city is the bit where I get a little teary eyed, and that's before the dramatic awesomeness starts. I can't tell whether as a dude I'm just being a bit odd, or whether I'm witnessing a crowning moment of awesome :).
What if they made a movie based off TES IV - Oblivion? That would be the perfect scene for opening the movie and showing the title. It's just so perfect.
You couldn't make a movie out of Oblivion, a TV series? Probably, but a movie? You wouldn't be able to cover a fraction of the game, and what would be the point then?
@archbishop of pride natsuki subaru But you wouldn't necessarily have to. You could switch from a single hero to an ensemble cast, split the hero into four or five characters.
I started with Skyrim. Didn't wanted to play previous titles because they were very old for my taste but boy I was in for surprise when I finally played Oblivion and was greeted by this amazing opening
I found Oblivion a lot more enjoyable than Skyrim. Don't get me wrong, Skyrim was a great game and at first I absolutely loved it, but eventually Skyrim got really boring and I felt like the gameplay had become dull. With Oblivion it never felt that way and I still play Oblivion today. (I do really hate the way Argonians look in Oblivion after playing Skyrim though xD) This is just a personal opinion so I'm not stating that Oblivion is better.
Have you ever tried playing an Argonian vampire in Oblivion? My current file is an vampire Argonian Shadowscale. In theory, the most epic thing ever. However, when you become a vampire as an Argonian, your eyes are retextured to look like the eyes of a vampire of any other race, just larger, and it looks so horrible xD
I agree that oblivion was great. It certainly is a great game but i enjoy skyrim more. some say skyrim has lesser things to do and oblivion has more, perhaps. But i have completed all sidestories in oblivion aswell Both got boring to me until i discovered modding and replaying value. The story in these games is so solid and i don't want to pick a favorite. My favorite elder scrolls game is them all combined in this amazing lore and story.
Oblivion seems more like a role play to me. Skyrim does the role play for you... if you get what I mean. Not saying that is a bad thing, not at all! I was just comparing them.
at the time, Patrick Stewart's voice was synonymous with authority and guidance. whether you heard him as Picard or Professor X, the moment he started speaking, you knew at the end you were gonna do what he commanded, _and then some_
In fact, I find Skyrim better on many parts, and I do not mean just graphics. There is war with armies (it's a bit shit but still), horses ride alright, and many more. Oblivion isn't bad anyway, dough. Diffrent kinds of horses, Arena, and a lot more, so I call it a tie.
Good, I still get goosebumps whenever I hear him say "and the final hours of my life" and then the music kicks in. God, this was a great start to a game.
OneOnOne1162 seriously
I think part of that feeling is dread at the thought of Patrick Stewart dying. :(
OneOnOne1162 same here
hell yeah, my friends in high school told me I should play this and I really knew nothing about it, so I went in blind and this intro literally blew me away. I was vomiting rainbows.
I just started a new game the other day and I forgot how good the intro was. I wanted to watch this again
This is the 27th of last seed, the year of Akatosh 433. These are the closing days of my sense of reality, and the final hours of my social life.
Lol funny dude,such an awesome game =-D
4th... ''8''3
These are the voyages of the-
Welp, this aged magnificently...
Its funny because its true
I failed a college class because of this game. It. Was. That. Damn. Good.
Agreed. Sometimes there are just bigger fish to fry.
same man!
A small price for salvation.
Me but right now with Morrowind
I literally failed my entire life because of this game
I remember showing this opening to my friend.......about 10 seconds after the words OBLIVION came up on screen he was out the door, in the car and driving to the nearest video game store to buy it....classic.
Sounds like he's pretty impressionable.
I remember watching this after falling in love with Morrowind, and being so excited. Then I experienced level scaling.
10 seconds to run outside and start driving?
No mate. Either you constructed your sentence wrong, or you're not correct.
Good example on bad writing.
workdaypegasus Shut the fuck up kid
r/thathappened
Patrick Stewart, the voice actor of Uriel Septim, said the had a dream about me...
BEST GAME EVER
Not about you I'm sure. You died shortly after.
Nah, he had it about me. Of course, I'm now Lord Sheogorath.
CHEESE AND CABBAGE FOR _EVERYONE!_
Not "Best Game Ever" imo, but still absolutely magnificent, and definitely one of the best RPGs of all time.
@@aninditapaul9291
Wait that's Patrick Stewart? I never knew that until now.
@@katelynthewhitewerewolf6376 Yes, Emperor Uriel Septim the Seventh of His name is voiced by Patrick Stewart.
In my opinion this had the best opening of an Elder Scrolls. Skyrims felt nice and authentic more personal than Morrowind but this one just feels incredibly epic.
IMHO This may be the best opening of all games ever.
Yeah oblivion is the only elder scrolls with proper cutscenes
Oblivion is da 🐐
because skyrim was more nordic wiking game then an acrual elderscrolls game. I mean oblivion was all about elder scrolls end even at the end you become a prince of madness
"Hey, you your finally awake"
Fucking hilarious. The scale of the intro makes the city look bigger than it actually is, but then they zoom in and you have these giant ass guards patrolling the streets.
Red Judas yup
Red Judas
The city is fucking tiny for the the capital of an empire lol
Red Judas all elder scrolls cities and towns are scaled down. If it was realistic they would all be 10x bigger. Im sure the capital wouldn't have a population of 100. It's just because they don't want to go the extra length. Same with the size of the map.
JDMteggy That's great. But have you see the giant ass guards in this video>
Well, it actually looks like the guard is bigger than he is supposed to be. He can barely fit the gate in front of him.
Wow, i got chills watching this again. I can't believe it's been 10 years.
It's been almost 13 years now in just under 2 months will be the 13 years old. It was such an amazing game, if only Skyrim was as good.
@@parsival Skyrim simply lacks in story and quests.
Oblivion is top 5 games of all times
@@parsival This game oblivion is a lot better and I still play it but with story mods.
It's been way more than 10 years haha
1:39 Jeremy Soule didn't have to go this hard with the intro theme but he did. This part absolutely slaps and it still gives me chills 16 years later.
amen
Top 5 people who understood the fucking assignment, he's on that list. Sad TES VI will not be composed by him.
*1:29
It's a damn shame they could only afford to pay for Patrick Stewart for an hour...
WiryPuppet228 exactly.
WiryPuppet228 r/whoosh? Kinda?
@@uristthedwarf7833 Not really, but maybe a bit...
Do you think he would’ve done more?
I don’t think they even got an hours worth of voice lines. More like 25 minutes lol.
I still get goosebumps when imperial city comes to view....this is such a great intro.
as a man that played skyrim first,oblivion will be forever my favorite ,Long Live the Septim bloodline !
Headphones... Makes the bumps everytime.
“Hey you, you’re finally awake”
@@katelynthewhitewerewolf6376 damn you stormcloaks Skyrim was fine until you came along
@@coldgamemma
You're finally awake you were trying to cross the border right? Walked into that imperial ambush same as us and that thief over there.
I was born 87 years ago. For 65 years I've ruled as Tamriel's Emperor. But for all these years, I've never been the ruler of my own dreams. I have seen the gates of Oblivion, beyond which no waking eye may see.
Behold, in darkness a doom sweeps the land.
This is the 27th of Last Seed. The year of Akatosh, 433. These are the closing days of the Third Era, and the final hours of my life.
-Music kicks in
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damn i thought this was a wholesome post about a old guy playing oblivion i was like "Holy shit ur 87?!"
@@swaggaming69420 LMAOOOOO SAME
The voice acting in this small piece is amazing. The smallest inflections, such as when after "These are the final days of the Third Era...", there's an intake of breath, a pause "...and the final hours of my life."
A short pause between historical and personal. Patrick Stewart never fails to deliver.
Agreed. Epic delivery. Another comment on here says that Patrick Stewart was given a huge dossier on Elder Scrolls lore which he duly read and understood. I’m convinced that’s true because you can hear in his delivery that he knows how important to some people this is.
After he says "and the final hours of my life" the music gets so good i almosts start crying
PATRICK STEWART "and the final hours of my life...." DADADAAA DADADAAAA DADADAAAA DADADAAAAA oh the chillssss
Oblivion.exe has stopped working.
The Brit With Wit :'( so relatable it hurts my soul
lol
Should have bought on console
I'd format my hard-drive, then do a flesh clean install and if that didn't work I'd buy an older PC with an order operating system on it. I'd never not have this game nor would I ever get it on console.
Oh dear God no
that giant guard at 1:58
There's another at 2:01
i fucking died the first time i saw that
Wait what?!?
I think the Imperial city is what is smaller at the intro, I mean that window which the camera takes into our cell, it's not in game, like there's no window there
It's Mehrunes Dagon in disguise, his first visit to Imperial City wasn't subtle enough so he came up with a better plan
This scene craftily weaves in the human element of death with the passing of an entire phase of civilization with perfect music to accompany it. Just a masterpiece.
Oblivion was one of the most epic experiences I've had playing games.. I was utterly speechless after seeing this intro sequence for the first time..They made a great choice picking Patrick Stewart for this part.
And I spent like a whole year or 2 playing the game, till I had explored and done virtually everything in it.. Formed strong memories of it too, it's as if I actually lived it. Crazy epic stuff.
***** Epic adventures you say?
Make it so. ;)
Same. I must have logged more in this game than all my steam games combined. And that's saying a lot.
+King Shrykull I love you
1:58 guard walking the path is an absolute unit, same width as the path and same height as the door
10 years old today! One my first real addictions :P
Now it's peanut M&Ms...
true...
15 years old now...
Captains log star date: 27th of last seed the year of akatosh 433. These are the closing days of the 3rd era and the final hours of my life...
Data: Are you ok sir??
Chris Chan is in the Elder Scrolls? He must be the Dread Father.
Riker:
"Captain, im going to have to relieve you of command.
You are starting to talk nonsense"
I replayed oblivion like 12 years after it came out. I wanted to know if it really was as good as I remember, or just nostalgia. And yep, it really is so much better than Skyrim.
Hi verified
sure buddy
Agreed, even as someone who never played oblivion before Skyrim but I enjoyed oblivion a lot more
Why hate on Skyrim, man? Both are good, really good.
@@Betherek Yeah, it’s honestly up to preference, Skyrim can’t keep me playing past like, 2 days, mods are a godsend but the selection is pretty low since I play on console. Oblivion drove me in and I can play it for days without getting bored, I don’t know why
I wish I played Oblivion back in the day when it was new.
Matthys Fourie I did, probably explains why it’s my most played game of all time
I wish I played Skyrim when it came out
I did and it was absolutely amazing
i remember getting it with my first xbox 360.
It's old as hell, but by the nine I still get goosebumps just before 1:30
The Eight
@@ra_alf9467 no it's by the nine.
@@ra_alf9467 fucking thalmor
Ra Alf fuck the elves there’s nine and oblivion proved it! you need the blood of a divine to light the dragon fire and Talos’s blood sufficed.
@@captainrev4959 Exactly.
The best intro in any Elder Scrolls game. Definitely a lot better than "Hey you, you're finally awake."
Nah, kinda shit really.
"Hey you, you're finally awake" as you wake up in skyrim being escorted to your execution only to be interpreted by the coming of the dragons, and the world eater himself, is indeed far better.
@@celphalonred1999 Yeah, but Skyrim's opening is not worth experiencing every goddamn time you start a new game. At least in Oblivion, you can skip the intro video and go straight to the character creation part. Skyrim takes three and a half unskippable minutes before you get off the wagon to get to the character creation section, and then you have to go through the whole execution sequence, and then you have to run to the keep and fight your way through the entire tutorial dungeon to get out of Helgen.
And unlike Oblivion and Fallout 3, you don't get the option to change the character you created one more time right before you go out into the world for the first time, which would've saved you the trouble of having to go through the dungeon all over again. So you have no choice but to experience that grand opening over and over every single time you want to create a new character. And with all the re-releases and ports Skyrim has received, you're going to be seeing that grand opening a lot. So most people are basically sick of it by now, and it's become a joke over the years.
"hey, YOU. you're finally awake" has charm in it's own way.
the problem with this game's intro is it makes the imperial city seem so big and bad@$$, it's almost misleading since the actual imperial city is way smaller once you get to start up the game and explore it with your character.
you can, of course, mod the game to fix this, but I just remember skyrim living up to how big it's world seemed to be compared to oblivion, which just felt a little smaller than I had hoped :(
@@hobomike6935 Actually, the opening is what makes the city seem smaller than it really is. Did you see that gigantic guard?
@@celphalonred1999 Hell no. Oblivion's intro gets you hyped and ready to explore the world. Skyrim's one doesn't.
When this came out, we had never seen anything of THIS SCALE yet. So when we got that zoom into the Imperial City and the theme kicked in, we knew we were in for an EPIC adventure!
Does anyone prefer the oblivion soundtrack to Skyrim cause I do.
Yeah oblivion is my favorite soundtrack
Skyrim has perfect OST as well, but this intro is unmatched. And Combat theme 5 is one of the most powerfull game music i have listened to. Only bestowed by warriors of the North from Battle brothers: th-cam.com/video/MSpvByatWes/w-d-xo.html
@@danjoredd Nah, Skyrim's one is better than Morrowind, and if I'm in an epic mood, then Oblivion's is as well.
@@aninditapaul9291
I played Skyrim first.
@@katelynthewhitewerewolf6376 I played Daggerfall first, but only for a few seconds, yes, SECONDS, then I played Morrowind till I had about 60,000 gold (90% gameplay was in Tribunal expansion) but Oblivion was the first that I did a proper playthrough of (Fun fact: I still haven't finished the main quest, and I intend to do every single quest in the game) and as of writing this, my Skyrim character is inside the Warmaiden's shop in Whiterun, open on my desktop.
Best Elder Scrolls game.
These are the closing days of the third era... and the final hours... of my life. *goosebumps*
I still love that remix of the main theme to death. And, in fact, the intro in general. And for that matter, all of Oblivion.
i wish that remix was the actual theme
IKR. This version sounds absurdly better than the menu one and I can't find it anywhere.
I was so obsessed with this game ten years ago. I would set up my whole weekend around playing it. Stock the freezer with frozen dinners and the fridge with snacks and drinks. I'd start playing Friday after work and wouldn't stop (save for sleep) until Sunday at bedtime. I literally wouldn't leave the apartment all weekend. I even dreamed I was in the game which is something I never did with any other video game. For a few months that summer it was better than my real life.
This game was my first open world experience. And it blew my f-Ing mind as a middle schooler
And I still like to take a virtual walks through cyrodil
this is the most epic into to the best elder scrolls game
Ngl, this is the best game intro i have ever seen.
Happy birthday to Oblivion!
As of today, 15 years since this incredible game has been released!
Here's hope for skyblivion to have this intro but with better graphics
This intro is still great
for 9 years i have played Oblivion, but i have never beaten Oblivion's Main Quest, these are the closing days of my cartage of Oblivion and the final hours. Of my childhood
It's the 16th anniversary of Oblivion
I feel bad for the people that played Skyrim first, because while the visuals are better, Oblivions story was PERFECT. Now they cant play Oblivion because of Skyrim spoiling them on visuals and overall game-play so they will never know how much better it was.
+mo facko
So true. The guilds were actual guilds in Oblivion, instead of those mini-questlines in Skyrim.
+Pamasich Skyrim was the first TES game I played, after I finished it I played Oblivion and Arena. Oblivion's my favourite.
+Pamasich Skyrim was the first TES game I played, after I finished it I played Oblivion and Arena. Oblivion's my favourite.
I started with Oblivion. I LOVED it, and Shivering Isles was amazing. Now I'm playing Skyrim.
I played skyrim first but I played oblivion and morrowind too and they all are very good games I can't decide which one is better
These are the final hours of my life…
love how patrick stewart and sean bean were voicing characters in this game
Patrick stewart, I grew up with Start trek, you made my weekends worth it. When I heard your voice in this cutscene, I almost screamed in joy. his voice acting is fantastic, and he is a LEGEND.
Happy 15 years, Oblivion.
I fell in love with this series after playing Skyrim, and how I wish I could see the Oblivion crisis myself. Re-release the other Elder Scrolls games!!!
Do you play on PS4 or Switch?
@@aninditapaul9291 I mean there's skyblivion
Still the best opening cinematic in gaming. The voice acting, music, the direction. Just feels perfect.
Yeah! 👍
Tears of nostalgia are running down my cheeks.
now waves of nostalgia
the best intro to any game ever
Thank you for the amazing childhood.
childhood? ;p;
This game is older than I was the first time I played it 😭
When he sais :" This is the 27th of last seed. The year of Akatosh 433. These are the closing days of the third era and the final hours of my life!" I get the greatest goosebumps of my life over and over again. Jeremy Souls music makes it perfect.
People still clamour for a remake of this. Oblivion remains one of the greatest games ever made, in my opinion.
GOD DAMN! THE CHILLS YOU GET FROM THIS VIDEO!
Absolutely great voice casting for this game, no cap.
I played Oblivion after Skyrim, but this gave me goosebumps, currently playing it with happiness
Notice how big the guard are at 1:57
He takes opp the hole street.
I can close my eyes, and remember when I first heard this and remember when life was better.
Best elderscrolls game ever made.
Oooh, the nostalgia is *strong* on this one. Thank you for making my teen years less painful oblivion. You will always be in my heart.
The feeling when you think «oh this is 12 years ago! Lets see the first comments to see how people reacted to the Oblivion trailer», and you realize Skyrim, not Oblivion, is 12 years old
Thanks captain Picard.
9 years later… What an amazing game.
No matter how many times I listen to this, I still get goosebumps as the music rises around the White Tower. This is by far the best music in the series thus far, even beating out the awesome chanting of the Nords in Skyrim.
the best part of the intro is when he says "these are the closing days of the third Era... and the final hours of my life"
Started playing this Recently, Having not Played it for Many Years, Cried at this Intro because of All The Memories :') How I have Missed this Game.
Just the intro makes me want to play it again.
And some people still say that games are not art. Well fuck them.
This is to date the best game introduction i've ever seen.
It establishes a brief intro the the plot and world, feels epic and narrates in a competent and profound manner.
Gives me chills every time. Love it.
Damn, I got really happy hearing this intro once again. Best Game EVER.
Imo not the best game ever.
I’m starting a new game right now. I had to watch the epic intro again though. 👌
Man I get soooo much chills when the camera starts to zoom into the prison window and the music gets sharp and eerie
9 years later, still epicly amazing!
*10
2021 still giving me goosebumps
I remember the first time i played this game and saw that intro for the first time. One word: EPIC
I’ll forever be mad that this never got remastered for console with trophies/achievements!! This game is the truth 🔥
This opening makes tears of nostalgia run down my face. I still remember playing this game every waking moment I got on 360 at my grandparents house as kid. It kinda sucks we live in the timeline where Skyrim got a million re-releases/remasters over the years and Oblivion can't get one.
there was information in the news that someone is developing Oblivion remaster, I hope it’s true
I was born 75 years ago
For 40 years, i've rule as Rome's Emperor
But for all these years, i have never been the ruler of my own life
I've seen the borders of Germannia, beyond which no civilized eye may see...
Behold in Chaos, a barbarian substant future *Alaric, Marthin Luther, Marx, Wilhelm II, Adolf Hitler*
This is the 19th of August, the year of Romulus, 767.
These are the closing decades of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty
And the final seconds...
Of my life...
1:56 That is one HUGE imperial guard!
lol, ikr! that's what I always thought watching this! I'm glad I'm not the only one that spotted it
Bloody hell I spotted him the first time. Didn't find him huge but you can't miss 'im.
I diddnt really see that he was big buy now that I look at it I realize it
Still the best opening to a game I've ever seen
My first ever Elder Scrolls and I was totally blown away. Before this I had not known what a game with a great storyline was. To this day remains one of the few games I truly respect.
Man it's weird to think that this is the same emperor that sent you off to Daggerfall to avenge a betrayed king
I love this intro. One of the best game openings ever and it stirs so many emotions in me whenever I watch it. :)
The 2000's were the absolute BEST years to be a teenager if you loved video games. We had Halo CE, 2, and 3, Starwars Battlefront 1 and 2, Halflife 2, Oblivion, Bioshock, Mercenaries, and MW 1 and 2 just to name a few. There has never been a better time for truly legendary games since then, and I truly stand by that.
I remember just hitting that age, I'd sneak into my older brother's room to play Oblivion and Mass Effect on his 360 when he wasn't home. Even though things weren't perfect back then I miss those days so much.
@@noahhoover4008 Oh, I'd forgotten about Mass Effect! Good one.
im playing through this game again and i feel the same nostalgia i had when i was a kid, good times.
This is a masterwork intro. The music plays a main role here. A total hit. Pitty it doesn't last longer.
Actually this is one of the best games' soundtrack IMHO. The main themes are all in the intro, you can barely hear the initial arpegio, that will be used afterwards...
I also love the Battle theme 5, very strong!
So many memories
I want to go back and experience this game for the first time ❤ The most amazing and epic game ever. Chills everytime watching this intro
Brought tears of joy, thank you 😊
It's a bit of an awkward one this one. The bit where the camera swoops across the basin towards the city is the bit where I get a little teary eyed, and that's before the dramatic awesomeness starts.
I can't tell whether as a dude I'm just being a bit odd, or whether I'm witnessing a crowning moment of awesome :).
What if they made a movie based off TES IV - Oblivion? That would be the perfect scene for opening the movie and showing the title. It's just so perfect.
You couldn't make a movie out of Oblivion, a TV series? Probably, but a movie? You wouldn't be able to cover a fraction of the game, and what would be the point then?
@archbishop of pride natsuki subaru But you wouldn't necessarily have to. You could switch from a single hero to an ensemble cast, split the hero into four or five characters.
I started with Skyrim. Didn't wanted to play previous titles because they were very old for my taste but boy I was in for surprise when I finally played Oblivion and was
greeted by this amazing opening
i bought the game this week and five hours in i love it!!!!. i cant believe passed on this game for ten years!
1:19 these are the closing days the hthird era ... ... and the final hours ... of my life... damn... too good
I found Oblivion a lot more enjoyable than Skyrim. Don't get me wrong, Skyrim was a great game and at first I absolutely loved it, but eventually Skyrim got really boring and I felt like the gameplay had become dull. With Oblivion it never felt that way and I still play Oblivion today. (I do really hate the way Argonians look in Oblivion after playing Skyrim though xD) This is just a personal opinion so I'm not stating that Oblivion is better.
Have you ever tried playing an Argonian vampire in Oblivion? My current file is an vampire Argonian Shadowscale. In theory, the most epic thing ever. However, when you become a vampire as an Argonian, your eyes are retextured to look like the eyes of a vampire of any other race, just larger, and it looks so horrible xD
SenseiMewtwo12345 You have inspired me to become a vampire. My favourite race is definitely Argonians so I don't need to change that.
I agree that oblivion was great. It certainly is a great game but i enjoy skyrim more. some say skyrim has lesser things to do and oblivion has more, perhaps. But i have completed all sidestories in oblivion aswell Both got boring to me until i discovered modding and replaying value. The story in these games is so solid and i don't want to pick a favorite. My favorite elder scrolls game is them all combined in this amazing lore and story.
Oblivion seems more like a role play to me. Skyrim does the role play for you... if you get what I mean. Not saying that is a bad thing, not at all! I was just comparing them.
How does Skyrim role play for you? Sure, youre the Dragonborn, but all that meant to me was another skill that I could choose to master.
Just saw the Skyblivion trailer and had to come and stop by to re-live the OG intro. This game really is a timeless master piece.
at the time, Patrick Stewart's voice was synonymous with authority and guidance.
whether you heard him as Picard or Professor X, the moment he started speaking, you knew at the end you were gonna do what he commanded, _and then some_
This was much better than Skyrim :( !
I played Oblivion , but I think it was not that good
No, it wasn't
MrFreakman0 oh yes it was. if you played it when it came out... my god...
Thats your opinion
In fact, I find Skyrim better on many parts, and I do not mean just graphics. There is war with armies (it's a bit shit but still), horses ride alright, and many more. Oblivion isn't bad anyway, dough. Diffrent kinds of horses, Arena, and a lot more, so I call it a tie.