You brought up a great point here - Oblivion did a much better job with clothing than Skyrim. I think this was part of the trim-down process that they started doing from Morrowind. Oblivion's clothing had lot more color, texture, and vibrancy. I think this reflects well with Cyrodil being Tamriel's stand in for Rome or Constantinople. I do think Bethesda missed an opportunity with the clothing in Skyrim, they could have done a more traditional nordic style clothing.
Skyrim’s clothing gives me ren fair vibes, especially the peasant lady clothing. They were obsessed with the the lace up bodice/corset thing, which automatically brings “medieval” looking outfits into the ren fair realm. I mean I do love that look, but I kind of want something more interesting from TES.
How I *wish* that armor and clothing was like Arena, Daggerfall, (maybe Morrowind) and Oblivion in they came in pieces. Though I never played any Elder Scrolls games until Skyrim, have seen enough pictures and videos online to know what Skyrim players are missing out on. Also, *would* like men be able to crossdress in the next Elder Scrolls game like they can in Fallout 4. The reason being is that *originally* dresses *were* unisex historically speaking, worn by both genders, until dresses became strictly feminine.
@@whitewolf3051 I personally hate when clothes change depending on character sex. It is such a kick to the balls getting a cool piece of armor, only to realize you are the wrong sex for it.
The Colovian fur helm is not only the most stylish piece of headwear to ever exist, it deserves a 10 hour documentary going over each individual pixel in it. Also Morrowind clothing video please.
Daggerfall had a function where clicking on your equipped clothing could change how it was worn. Like turning the collars up or down. They should bring that back.
As a fellow oblivion girlie i absolutely love pairing the green wool shirt with the green silk skirt/garment! i do wish you would have discussed the various robes and hoods featured in the game, like the beautiful blue arch-mage/mankar camoran set :)
You’re right, I missed out on those! I mainly focused on what the “common” folk (not necessarily skilled mages) wear, but the robes are super pretty, my fave is also the blue arch mage robe, - I remember it for the heretics of mania:)
That is so true! Oblivion is the game I come back the most. Gosh, how many times I looked into every barrel in the Imperial City just to find my fav shirt xD
@@jourcontre-jour1286 Amazing how Morrowind ran the gamut from common peasant robes to elaborate noble robes. while Skyrim hands you hobo sacks and a poncho.
Great video, I adore Oblivion so seeing people still making deep dive content on even the clothes after this long is amazing. Always enjoyed how different every city in Oblivion felt, which to me provided more of a variety compared to Skyrim's cities, despite one of the main criticisms of Oblivion being that it was a generic fantasy land in comparison with Morrowind's insanity. One big part of that was indeed the clothing, and how different say, Cheydinhal to Leyawiin looked NPC wise, or the transition from Imperial districts, to markets, to docks.
It was your Goblin Wars video sent me down a complete nostalgic trip for everything and anything Oblivion last year, It's amazing to see this game is still so loved by the community.
Thank you! Exactly like you’re saying, Oblivion was an incredibly detailed game, and even though there were many other games in that generic fantasy setting, I think it stood out from all of them, and arguably to this day remains undefeated
As an Oblivion girlie, I LOVED every second of this. It is interesting how much love went into this game and how ahead of its time it was. I sorely miss this level of detail that some might consider redundant but it truly makes the game feel special and more alive. I reckon that is why Oblivion is still played and talked about even in 2024. Thank you so much for this and I hope to see more Oblivion content from you
I just found this channel last night and was excited to see a female discussing my beloved Morrowind! I never got a chance to play Oblivion until lately, & just finished up my 1st ever playthrough a couple of days ago as a Paladin knight 🙂 Looking forward to replaying as a fashionable, cheeky, older lady thief character!
On the thing you mentioned about the people in the Shivering Isles wearing Victorian clothing, I don’t have any particular evidence for this, but I think it might be a roundabout way of referencing Alice in Wonderland. Which had a fairly decent influence on The Shivering Isles. Not a huge influence, but the design team might have been trying to give off a similar vibe at least.
I don't really think that's the case. Mostly because their clothing isn't actually very Victorian but more Enlightenment Era. Like the use of silk fabrics, large collars especially for the men, and the dresses having draped fabrics is much more 18th and early 19th century than the Victorian era which tended to look more austere. I think the devs were trying to invoke the common trope of royal madness since this period is famous for stories about mad kings, and royal courts that held lavish and extravagent feasts while having no connection to the outside world. And like that's literally what's happening on the Shivering Isles, it's a place of madness disconnected from the rest of the world.
I feel like around the time Shivering Isles came out, suddenly everyone was acting like Victorian / 19th century clothes are the best choice for every fantasy setting. You still see the influence of that today including at Ren Faires. It's so weird and confusing and makes me sad that people almost gave up on medieval clothing.
You kinda touch on this but I think it should be emphasized that when it comes to aesthetics, most especially in the clothes, Oblivion does in fact give us a taste of what real medieval people liked to wear. They would always wear the brightest and most richly colored clothing they could afford, and this is wonderfully built into the Oblivion's social status system. So while Oblivion's clothes obviously arent perfect representations, a medieval noblewoman would most assuredly want to wear the gorgeous blue silk outfit and the jewelry.
One thing I really love about the TES games is that you can usually wear all clothing you see on the people around you. I really dislike it when games show you all the cool NPC clothing only to then not let you wear it. (Looking at you, BG3)
Riiiiight, totally agree. With items that technically can’t be obtained by the player in Elder Scrolls games, the modding community comes through and fixes that problem
Then they fucked that up with Starfield. It was agony playing the Ryujin Industries questline, seeing all these nice, unique suits and almost all of them were either unobtainable or required you to do the worst outcomes of missions in order to get them. Even then, random NPC pirates with cool space suits only had a chance of dropping what they were wearing
@@southparkkenny2 Starfield overall was just a badly designed game with what feels like no real direction. It felt like every "feature" of Starfield was tacked onto another team's feature without much thought about how they mesh with one another. It really needed a few more years of development to truly add more interesting things to do, fix bugs and add more features. It's the only "space exploration game" where you can't fly your ship to other planets and when you want to explore, everything is basically empty.
@@husky3g Starfield is the gaming version of "too many cooks in the kitchen makes a poor soup". The only good thing in Starfield is ship customization, and even that is hamstrung by general clunkiness and poor design decisions.
So fun seeing someone cover this topic. Glad there are others who loved the clothing in Oblivion! When I was younger I would always have a "going about town" outfit to put on instead of armor.
I remember the first time I saw my sister-in-law playing Oblivion and saw that her inventory was chock full of clothes. I remember thinking to myself "whaa.. who does that? what a waste of weight in your inventory." It's a fond memory that I'll always remember about her, and it's fun seeing this video and comments full of kindred spirits. I still think you're all weird, but at the same time, the wholesomeness warms my heart.
Drip Check: White Mage's Shoes (4 septims), Black Wide Pants (2 septims), Brown Shirt (2 septims), Bronze Amulet (20 septims), Jade Ring (20 septims), Brass Pearl Ring (20 septims), Military Hair Option (free)
I've always liked the velvet outfits simply because they nailed the velvet look. I like the way things feel irl, and I've always wanted to touch the velvet clothes in Oblivion because they actually look like velvet. It's pretty impressive for everything being so low-res.
I love how oblivion is almost 2 decades old and still easily one of my top 5 favorite games I keep revisiting. Theres so much detail to the game. Still have unique content being pointed out till this day. Great vid
One fun fact I’d like to mention, since this is probably the first video I’ve heard mention the wrist irons: as the only “clothing” gauntlet items, they’re the only gloves you can enchant that won’t penalize your spell effectiveness! Was really fun on my clothing only build I did to max out my spell reflect per slot, though getting additional pairs isn’t really possible iirc :(
@@Angelikatosh I remember when I was a kid, I made Jean-Luc Picard as an Oblivion character for some reason. Only wore the fanciest clothing he could buy, only unarmed combat, tried to collect every book for his big fancy library. Actually my favorite character in that game.
Clothing only is actually very much viable! If you get 100% reflect damage by using jewelry and the Bladeturn Hood (unique hood from a DLC), you can totally ignore armor value. And on the plus side, you can have that sweet 100% spell effectiveness! A good reason to keep those wrist irons to enchant them.
This is a good niche, I've not seen anyone else make videos just for the clothes in these games. I would only suggest you make a video on the clothing in Daggerfall, as I feel the clothing in DF has more variety than the rest of the series and is definitely unique. (dont forget that using the 'Use' interaction on some DF clothing can change it's style)
"What's going on with you?" "They say that Angelikatosh knows a great deal about clothing, and that she will teach others." "I've heard others say the same." "Heard any news from the other parts of Tamriel?" "Nothing I'd like to talk about." "Be seeing you."
As a reenactor and more importantly textile archeologist I really love the clothing in Oblivion and thank you so much for this Video. I think the take on the shivering isles is great, i never considered that but you are 100% right when i think about it.
It's great to see an in-depth video on such a niche topic, it was very interesting. My favorite outfit definitely goes to Shegorath's Regalia, such vibrant colors inlaid with gold. Perfect for eating cheese ! 🧀
I love the velvet blue dress but sometimes I get bored of wearing skirts and I was so happy when I found the grey trousers in the shriveling isles because they don't change into a skirt, and I always wear them with the matching grey tunic and the archmage's hood. I also love the black wide pants (but I wish they were longer) with the burgundy linen shirt. However if I don't know what to wear I always go with the archmage's robe. Each time I enter a city I change my outfit, I don't like walking in my armor when I don't have to fight. Anyway I really liked your video
Man I remember spending hours going to all the different shops looking for a perfect “everyday” attire for my characters! Watching you talk about them brings back so much nostalgia! Still my favorite Elder Scrolls…the game
You are wearing the Amulet of Kings. YOU MUST BE A SEPTIM!😱 I remember when I first played Oblivion as a child, I was so in love with the mythic dawn robe, that I would wear it all the time. Your video is really inspiring and makes me want to learn more about fashion😁
Honestly, I think I never gave enough appreciation to the basegame clothes of any TES game (except maybe daggerfall, I did a lot of shopping in that one!). Clothing mods are always the first ones on my list, so... I mean, I guess that's why I had to pay some attention to daggerfall clothes, I'm playing it unmodded so I have no other choice... but I do have to say that there is a nice variety Thank you for bringing this up!
Subscribed, this was very well articulated and informational. In my 1000s of hours in oblivion I never noticed the shoe icons Change based on character gender. Plus we could use more ladies in the community. ❤
The ladies are here. My sister and I just discussed in great lengths how humans are about to have another Pelinial Whitestrake if the Thalmor gain any more traction. Can't wait.
I was amazed by the character development of martin septim shown throught his use of clothing, first he was a innocent priest in a rob then when he accepted his noble heritage at the end he wear a prestigious armour to enthrall his soldiers and finally his royal outfit when rallying the high casts and sacrificing himself to save oblivion from Dagon.
This honestly is a really underrated part of the game and most RPGS period. It's always so weird but fun seeing your character in casual clothing dressed like a regular person after always seeing them wearing armor and carrying weapons, it's a small thing but still one of my favorites to do in any RPG. Near the end of my Oblivion playthrough I actually ditched armor altogether and started only using clothing/robes since it's lighter, there's no durability. As for me, my favorite clothing items are definitely the arch-mages robe, and the grey tunic and pants from shivering isles, more specifically the female versions, I really like the frilly sleeves on the tunic :)
As someone who has fallen out of love with the TES games a long time ago by now (I still love the setting to death), I always adored Oblivion for exactly this reason. Skyrim was a massive step down in almost every aspect to me and Morrowind never had the visual fidelity to really impress with it's cosmetics. Really glad to see a video on this topic, while I think it was a step down from the roleplaying and mechanical aspects of Morrowind, Oblivion did actually innovate and impress in a lot of ways that weren't just graphical improvements.
DOOOOOD the black and burgundy outfit was my JAM!!! Such a great color combination of colors, wear some gold jewelry with that and you're dripping with style and class. 10/10, would wear again
5:19 "doublet" is just pronounced as "DUB-let" Really cool video. I love this kind of content! As a long-time Elder Scrolls fan, I have always appreciated the little extra details in the games, and it's really awesome that a game released more than 15 years ago is still inspiring people to talk about it!
Testament to the game that great videos like this can still be made after all of these years- I haven’t seen one go into this topic and be so enjoyable before. Awesome stuff!
It's so lovely to see someone speak on the CLOTHING in Oblivion! The Blue full outfit is also one of my favourites! I hadn't though of the fashion development for Shivering Ilse and Cyrodil! It make far more sense now why I liked Sheogorath's realm clothing. Also id LOVE to know where you got your mini Amulet of Kings from, its so beautiful! #AmberArmorFTW
I love that people still find interest in the elder scrolls. Warms my heart to see someone disect games more than a decade old. Even cooler when you see there is honest passion or interest about it, nothing cooler than that. 🤙🏽
YES! Clothing in general is underrated in the Elder Scrolls series. They spend a great deal of time creating tier-lists of armor, their properties, and the degree of their strength... Whereas clothes are basically split into a couple different categories and given a few different varieties based on color. Out of all the games, I feel like Oblivion and Morrowind do the best, but you may also want to consider Daggerfall, which has some pretty obscure pieces of clothing!
When I played Morrowind for the first time, Skyrim being my first game, I was shocked and I loved the fact how super composed the armor and clothes are and the fact that you can wear clothes along with armor and below them
I loved how the clothes in Oblivion looked. I love the bright colours, the silks, velvets and even the details of a shirt being lower class and having it look rough. The blue velvet dress and matching shoes were always my go-to outfit when visiting cities.
I was always a huge fan of the russet-felt outfit. It's such a nice looking dress but still feels casual compared to the rich people clothing. Also love the green silk skirt, light brown linens, quilted doublet, and stitched green shirt. I definitely tended to avoid the higher-class clothing, but the upper-class skirts worked best when in use for a battlemage aesthetic.
This is the sort of niche, in depth video I really enjoy. I am a huge fan of the elder scrolls and of Oblivion in specific, so that's a win as well. I love the amount of detail in the elder scrolls games, the fact that there are even differing clothing types for the various social classes is just awesome to me.
This was just randomly shown to me, and I loved this video so much! I'll look into the channel once I'm done watching this, and I'd be thrilled to find a Witcher 3 clothing overview.
I LOVE this video topic. You should make one looking at Morrowind's clothing too. I always feel like the fashion in video games reflects both the time period their based on (like medieval, victorian etc.) but also the year the game came out. Like Cyrodiil probably would have had medieval clothing regardless, but I think the LOTR films being so popular at the time made them lean into that look with all the nice velvet clothes. Skyrim has a darker vibe to it. It also came out in 2011 which was less vibrant than 2005 or 2002 in terms of fashion and other aesthetics. Morrowind's fashion kinda reminds me of the year it came out too but it's hard to articulate why. Maybe it just the colors and overall vibe remind me of the early 2000's.
Thank you so much for making this! I'm a huge fan of Oblivion, and have struggled in the past to find discussions about Cyrodiil's clothing while working to design clothing for my own characters. I hope this becomes more of a discussion in the community, and I love the way you covered everything!
thank you for exploring this topic. you're honoring the work of the designers by investigating it and sharing your findings with the world. also, nice touch with the amulet of kings
Make sense that outfits of the shivering isles are more advanced, the shivering isles not only houses mad people but also artist, so make sense that that clothing from there would be more detailed and ahead of current trends.
I’m so happy to see more people who love the elder scrolls like I do❤️ oblivion is probably my favorite game of all time and that amulet of kings your wearing shows me it probably holds a special place in your heart too✌️
I usually gravitated towards middle/working class clothing in Oblivion, because the higher class options aren’t as masculine so they didn’t really fit the look I’m going for. So I was always wearing shirts like the Plaid Shirt, the Forester/Blue Collar shirt, the Shirt With Suspenders, and the Blue&Green outfit
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Aw I was hoping you'd go more into detail about the Shivering Isles clothes, especially Shegorath's regalia. I feel like its one of the coolest pieces of clothing ever designed. Its patterns have all sorts of references to the realm and things that have or will happen. Oh and the Dementia lower class get cowboy boots almost. Always a plus in my books. I'm also super curious if I'm alone on thinking Sheogorath's suit in Skyrim is kinda boring in comparison; I feel like they made his "two sides" stuff a little on the nose with his suit being a split of two colors.
in all the elder scrolls games i loveeee having an outfit of “normal clothes” during my downtime in the cities and stuff cause it feels more grounded to me than wearing big heavy ass armours 24/7 and helps me get more immersed 😭 my go to for oblivion is always the dark shirt and the laced leather pants (and some gold trimmed shoes)
I have an aversion to wearing armor in many RPGs because a lot of it looks silly, but typically the armor provides a gameplay benefit so it's challenging to not use it. In Morrowind I liked how you could wear robes over your armor, plus there was an "unarmored" skill that gave you some protection benefits when you had no armor at all. Consequently, I usually go with a clothing only character in Morrowind. It's harder to do that in Oblivion, although not impossible. You can enchant clothing and jewelry with the Shield ability, which is effectively armor. This is not something easy to do early on. It's less effective than armor, since you can enchant that too, but it works. No armor is also better for stealth early on - I like the black/gold clothing for that. In Skyrim I find a lot of the armors quite agreeable, the clothing less so. Overall I would prefer to have less of a gameplay penalty for wearing clothes over armor. I like how Dark Souls / Elden Ring solves this by having better dodging with "light" encumbrance. There's no clothing exactly, but a lot of lighter armor looks like clothes. Clearly no armor is more of a thing for spell casters in many rpgs, or even archers. I'm just awkward - I prefer to use a sword and clothes.
As a massive Oblivion fan, this was a topic that I never really thought about, even though when I play Oblivion I tend to use clothing and just enchant them with max shielding (you can still get armor cap very easily this way). This video was awesome and you did a wonderful job of highlighting yet another thing that makes Oblivion, in my opinion, one of the greatest games ever made.
As a long time Elder Scrolls fan, I really love seeing all the shade thrown at Skyrim. Thanks for pinning in yet another area where Skyrim suffers from a lack of depth. Even though I also love Skyrim too lol My personal favorite outfit in Oblivion, when it comes to clothes, was the brown vest, light-brown trousers and leather cuffs, with any decent looking shoe. I know leather cuffs are technically light armor, but it just adds a nice style imo
ngl I've always loved the clothing in oblivion since my first playthrough at like 9 years old and I'm so happy you're reviewing this seriously! The red velvet outfit as well as sheogorath's regalia are my favorites! ❤💜
The clothing in Oblivion are pretty good, indeed. Ever since my first playthrough, WAY back, I made a habit of collecting one of each pieces of clothing (and armor, but it was really the clothing that motivated me to do so), as well as "changing appropriately" depending on where I was going, especially in high society. I've continued doing so in most Bethesda games I've played since. It's nice to find a video on the subject. Keep going!
Man, I miss the Morrowind drip: Seeing your brand new silk threads peak through the armour, backhanding some Ashlander with your new gloves and pimpslapping Morag Tong with a hand full of your fresh bling, wearing a banging robe over your ordinator suit, flashing your ice for people to admire.
Or just skip all the armour, wear your feistiest outfits everywhere you go and bring a single ring packing a grand soul and all bound armor spells on constant effect and slip that ring on like Frodo if he wasn't a weenie.
As one of those nerds who actually roleplay in roleplaying games, I always appreciate it when a game offers a variety of non-armor clothing. I just like dressing down and mingling with the town folk when I return from a long quest instead of shopping for groceries in full war gear. And I like it even better when the developers put some thought into the clothes, what styles and materials would be available, what colors would be fashionable, and yes, using clothing to differentiate between social classes (bonus points if there's more than two) is a big plus for me. Great video, I think you hit a pretty substantial niche there.
I always loved the fashion in Oblivion. Probably more than I should, and Skyrim didn't give me the same feeling of Oblivion drip where I always change clothes in major cities, especially in Imperial City. Glad someone made a video about it! Also, from a creator point of view, you seem to be doing everything right and I'm sure your channel will achieve CHIM soon! ^^
This is actually an interesting video, I think the only time i gave normal clothing a chance in oblivion was when I found a red velvet outfit with a 50% chameleon incantation. Also In oblivion you can use two rings with the same incantation, That's how I made my invisibility build.
Oblivion is one of my favorite games of all time, thanks for the quality video on a topic I had never thought about before, helps me appreciate the game even more.
FINALLY! Someone makes a video with my intersecting interests! Please do Dragon Age series next! I would love to hear someone talk about the interesting design choices they made when it comes to the Chantry robes, the Templar skirts, and the women's dresses.
Yesss this is the content I need. I'm so grateful that my fav game of all time has a community that explores things like this. Thank you so much for making this video!
It is nice seeing something rarely covered within the ES community. Thanks for making such a wonderful video. I love the detail in Oblivion's clothing and how unique they were to each other. At some I point noticed the class system they used when assigning clothes to NPCs and thought that was such a great detail that can go unnoticed that really helps make Oblivion feel so immersive. I used to not like being a magic user as a kid when I played, it went over my head a little, so I only used armor and kinda thought the clothes wear dorky looking. As I've grown up I appreciate it a lot more and will be a mage just to get shield spells so I can be my most fashionable self. Also I would say the burgandy finery clothes and outfits are my favorites in the base game. Truly the biggest disappointment in gaming is not being able to get Syl's dress.
It's so cool finding a video that's an intersection of my interests: fashion and Elder Scrolls! Also I was wondering where you got your Amulet of Kings? It looks awesome!!
this is so dope.. just goes to show how much thought is put into large games like these, and how things like clothing often get overlooked. all of these little pieces that tell you about the world, and the people in it, blend in for most people, i think. thanks for creating a discussion about this, its really fun to listen and think about
The biggest disappointment in Oblivion's fashion is that they didn't bring the Colovian Fur Helm back in Oblivion as a hat. Luckily there are mods for this. My clothing and armor choices in Morrowind were based on aesthetics rather than functionality, especially with how asymmetrically you can outfit your character, as well as layering armor and clothing together.
"Britches" is still a very commonly used term here in the south eastern portion of America. Though I never put 2-and-2 together that it was just an altered version of the word "breeches."
Usually in games I tend towards preferring clothing options over armor if I can find it (though some games don't really make a distinction between them, such as From Software games like Dark Souls and Bloodborne), and ever since Skyrim sorely disappointed me with its paltry options, I'm glad to see Elder Scrolls games actually had some decent options at one point. Great video, wonderful topic, definitely hope you cover this subject with more games in the future.
Honestly the colour selection in Oblivion is probably why it's the ES game I keep coming back to; it's just so pleasant to look at, full of vibrant shades without going too far and looking garish. Really adds a nice contrast to the much more muted colour palettes of the various dungeons and always makes returning to overworld that much more relieving. It's an old game, sure, and the NPCs haven't aged very well at all but I'm just so attached to the gentle look of the world and it's inhabitants that I always find myself revisiting it every year or so. Also the OST is PEAK fantasy, the absolute definition of comfy.
A video I was t expecting to see in 2024 but very much appreciate😊
I’m super excited to bring my content to Skyblivion one day 🫶
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@@dunkirkyfuckspruce3075it's fine to think it, but saying it out loud is creepy, dude...
You brought up a great point here - Oblivion did a much better job with clothing than Skyrim. I think this was part of the trim-down process that they started doing from Morrowind. Oblivion's clothing had lot more color, texture, and vibrancy. I think this reflects well with Cyrodil being Tamriel's stand in for Rome or Constantinople. I do think Bethesda missed an opportunity with the clothing in Skyrim, they could have done a more traditional nordic style clothing.
Absolutely, Skyrim is great for many reasons, but there were a lot of missed opportunities there
Skyrim’s clothing gives me ren fair vibes, especially the peasant lady clothing. They were obsessed with the the lace up bodice/corset thing, which automatically brings “medieval” looking outfits into the ren fair realm. I mean I do love that look, but I kind of want something more interesting from TES.
How I *wish* that armor and clothing was like Arena, Daggerfall, (maybe Morrowind) and Oblivion in they came in pieces. Though I never played any Elder Scrolls games until Skyrim, have seen enough pictures and videos online to know what Skyrim players are missing out on.
Also, *would* like men be able to crossdress in the next Elder Scrolls game like they can in Fallout 4. The reason being is that *originally* dresses *were* unisex historically speaking, worn by both genders, until dresses became strictly feminine.
I see a couple good points honestly
@@whitewolf3051 I personally hate when clothes change depending on character sex. It is such a kick to the balls getting a cool piece of armor, only to realize you are the wrong sex for it.
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The Colovian fur helm is not only the most stylish piece of headwear to ever exist, it deserves a 10 hour documentary going over each individual pixel in it. Also Morrowind clothing video please.
agreed
Colovian Fur Hats are easily the most iconic piece of clothing ever produced for TES. This documentary is not only needed, it is demanded upon!
(Tarhiel intensifies)
Morrowind robes are goated
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I remember playing when I was younger and being obsessed with the red velvet outfit. It was so underused by characters.
It’s criminally underused! I could only find one NPC wearing it, which was the Nord doorman for the Dark Brotherhood quest about the party
@@Angelikatoshwhat’s underused is Patrick Stewart’s glorious Emperor robes, that’s why the emperor has no clothes
OMG i wasn't the only one!! Hahahahaa
I am guilty of wearing only the outfits throughout all my play throughs on Oblivion XD
I really liked that one, as well as the Black and Burgundy outfit
Daggerfall had a function where clicking on your equipped clothing could change how it was worn. Like turning the collars up or down. They should bring that back.
That just sounds incredible
that was so fun especially the cloaks, i still have fond memories of my werewolf nord hand-to-hand fighter with a bare chest and cloak lol
tbf it's easier to include neat little details like that when you're dealing with static 2d sprites rather than detailed 3d models
@@666FallenShadow indeed, but they could also limit the number of styles to increase customizability.
That is one thing I love the most about RDR2 is something as simple as having your sleeves rolled up or down, lol
As a fellow oblivion girlie i absolutely love pairing the green wool shirt with the green silk skirt/garment! i do wish you would have discussed the various robes and hoods featured in the game, like the beautiful blue arch-mage/mankar camoran set :)
You’re right, I missed out on those! I mainly focused on what the “common” folk (not necessarily skilled mages) wear, but the robes are super pretty, my fave is also the blue arch mage robe, - I remember it for the heretics of mania:)
That was my same go-to outfit, such an unlocked memory for me.
seeing another woman who is into Elder Scrolls lore is just so, so nice. just tired of feeling alone. thank you for this, instant subscribe!
Glad to have you here! There were quite a few ladies in my comments here and there, looks like there are more of us than we know:)♥️
What a wonderful thing , I’m glad for you
That is so true! Oblivion is the game I come back the most. Gosh, how many times I looked into every barrel in the Imperial City just to find my fav shirt xD
I agree, I sometimes feel like I’m the only woman binging TES lore videos 😂
We're all finding eachother here :o
I'd love to see a video like this on Morrowind's clothing.
I would love that, Morrowin'd robes rule
I was going to say that too. Especially with the differences in style between ashlander, great house, imperial, and nord styles.
You are still inferior to us Dunmer regardless of how hard you try to copy our drip you N'wah.
@@jourcontre-jour1286 Amazing how Morrowind ran the gamut from common peasant robes to elaborate noble robes. while Skyrim hands you hobo sacks and a poncho.
Wealth beyond measure, Outlander
Great video, I adore Oblivion so seeing people still making deep dive content on even the clothes after this long is amazing. Always enjoyed how different every city in Oblivion felt, which to me provided more of a variety compared to Skyrim's cities, despite one of the main criticisms of Oblivion being that it was a generic fantasy land in comparison with Morrowind's insanity.
One big part of that was indeed the clothing, and how different say, Cheydinhal to Leyawiin looked NPC wise, or the transition from Imperial districts, to markets, to docks.
It was your Goblin Wars video sent me down a complete nostalgic trip for everything and anything Oblivion last year, It's amazing to see this game is still so loved by the community.
Thank you! Exactly like you’re saying, Oblivion was an incredibly detailed game, and even though there were many other games in that generic fantasy setting, I think it stood out from all of them, and arguably to this day remains undefeated
Finally, i really like to see this kind of a content about elder scrolls, thank you for your work :)
Welcome to the channel :)
As an Oblivion girlie, I LOVED every second of this. It is interesting how much love went into this game and how ahead of its time it was. I sorely miss this level of detail that some might consider redundant but it truly makes the game feel special and more alive. I reckon that is why Oblivion is still played and talked about even in 2024. Thank you so much for this and I hope to see more Oblivion content from you
Blessings of Mystara upon ye
I just found this channel last night and was excited to see a female discussing my beloved Morrowind! I never got a chance to play Oblivion until lately, & just finished up my 1st ever playthrough a couple of days ago as a Paladin knight 🙂
Looking forward to replaying as a fashionable, cheeky, older lady thief character!
On the thing you mentioned about the people in the Shivering Isles wearing Victorian clothing, I don’t have any particular evidence for this, but I think it might be a roundabout way of referencing Alice in Wonderland. Which had a fairly decent influence on The Shivering Isles.
Not a huge influence, but the design team might have been trying to give off a similar vibe at least.
yess!! Fully had that in my notes for the video and never mentioned it, thanks for bringing it up !
I don't really think that's the case. Mostly because their clothing isn't actually very Victorian but more Enlightenment Era. Like the use of silk fabrics, large collars especially for the men, and the dresses having draped fabrics is much more 18th and early 19th century than the Victorian era which tended to look more austere. I think the devs were trying to invoke the common trope of royal madness since this period is famous for stories about mad kings, and royal courts that held lavish and extravagent feasts while having no connection to the outside world. And like that's literally what's happening on the Shivering Isles, it's a place of madness disconnected from the rest of the world.
@@hedgehog3180 Yeah Victoria tamped down a lot of the excesses of earlier eras.
Great comment @@hedgehog3180
I feel like around the time Shivering Isles came out, suddenly everyone was acting like Victorian / 19th century clothes are the best choice for every fantasy setting. You still see the influence of that today including at Ren Faires. It's so weird and confusing and makes me sad that people almost gave up on medieval clothing.
You kinda touch on this but I think it should be emphasized that when it comes to aesthetics, most especially in the clothes, Oblivion does in fact give us a taste of what real medieval people liked to wear. They would always wear the brightest and most richly colored clothing they could afford, and this is wonderfully built into the Oblivion's social status system. So while Oblivion's clothes obviously arent perfect representations, a medieval noblewoman would most assuredly want to wear the gorgeous blue silk outfit and the jewelry.
One thing I really love about the TES games is that you can usually wear all clothing you see on the people around you.
I really dislike it when games show you all the cool NPC clothing only to then not let you wear it. (Looking at you, BG3)
Riiiiight, totally agree. With items that technically can’t be obtained by the player in Elder Scrolls games, the modding community comes through and fixes that problem
Then they fucked that up with Starfield.
It was agony playing the Ryujin Industries questline, seeing all these nice, unique suits and almost all of them were either unobtainable or required you to do the worst outcomes of missions in order to get them.
Even then, random NPC pirates with cool space suits only had a chance of dropping what they were wearing
@@southparkkenny2 Starfield overall was just a badly designed game with what feels like no real direction. It felt like every "feature" of Starfield was tacked onto another team's feature without much thought about how they mesh with one another. It really needed a few more years of development to truly add more interesting things to do, fix bugs and add more features.
It's the only "space exploration game" where you can't fly your ship to other planets and when you want to explore, everything is basically empty.
@@husky3g Starfield is the gaming version of "too many cooks in the kitchen makes a poor soup". The only good thing in Starfield is ship customization, and even that is hamstrung by general clunkiness and poor design decisions.
I like that you're tackling quite unique and more unusual topics relating to TES
So glad to see the blue velvet and black and burgundy outfits getting the respect they deserve 😤🙏
The black and burgundy on the female models is so gorgeous! As a kid I loved the aqua mage robe though
So fun seeing someone cover this topic. Glad there are others who loved the clothing in Oblivion! When I was younger I would always have a "going about town" outfit to put on instead of armor.
I remember the first time I saw my sister-in-law playing Oblivion and saw that her inventory was chock full of clothes. I remember thinking to myself "whaa.. who does that? what a waste of weight in your inventory." It's a fond memory that I'll always remember about her, and it's fun seeing this video and comments full of kindred spirits. I still think you're all weird, but at the same time, the wholesomeness warms my heart.
Drip Check:
White Mage's Shoes (4 septims), Black Wide Pants (2 septims), Brown Shirt (2 septims), Bronze Amulet (20 septims), Jade Ring (20 septims), Brass Pearl Ring (20 septims), Military Hair Option (free)
I've always liked the velvet outfits simply because they nailed the velvet look. I like the way things feel irl, and I've always wanted to touch the velvet clothes in Oblivion because they actually look like velvet. It's pretty impressive for everything being so low-res.
I appreciate you wearing the amulet of kings for this video.
I’m always looking for occasions to wear it 👀
Holy fucking shit you're right: she's just casually announcing she's Dragonborn!
There's always one... @@MrHarrystank
@@MrHarrystank Sort of true but you seem perverted.
It only needed to be 3x bigger to be as the same size as the in-game one XD
I love how oblivion is almost 2 decades old and still easily one of my top 5 favorite games I keep revisiting. Theres so much detail to the game. Still have unique content being pointed out till this day. Great vid
One fun fact I’d like to mention, since this is probably the first video I’ve heard mention the wrist irons: as the only “clothing” gauntlet items, they’re the only gloves you can enchant that won’t penalize your spell effectiveness!
Was really fun on my clothing only build I did to max out my spell reflect per slot, though getting additional pairs isn’t really possible iirc :(
A clothing only build is honestly based
@@Angelikatosh I remember when I was a kid, I made Jean-Luc Picard as an Oblivion character for some reason. Only wore the fanciest clothing he could buy, only unarmed combat, tried to collect every book for his big fancy library. Actually my favorite character in that game.
You can enchant clothing, right ? 😅
Clothing only is actually very much viable! If you get 100% reflect damage by using jewelry and the Bladeturn Hood (unique hood from a DLC), you can totally ignore armor value. And on the plus side, you can have that sweet 100% spell effectiveness! A good reason to keep those wrist irons to enchant them.
This is a good niche, I've not seen anyone else make videos just for the clothes in these games. I would only suggest you make a video on the clothing in Daggerfall, as I feel the clothing in DF has more variety than the rest of the series and is definitely unique. (dont forget that using the 'Use' interaction on some DF clothing can change it's style)
"What's going on with you?"
"They say that Angelikatosh knows a great deal about clothing, and that she will teach others."
"I've heard others say the same."
"Heard any news from the other parts of Tamriel?"
"Nothing I'd like to talk about."
"Be seeing you."
*COUGH*
Ok, I heard that conversation in the female high elf and make argonian voices respectively. :)
As a reenactor and more importantly textile archeologist I really love the clothing in Oblivion and thank you so much for this Video. I think the take on the shivering isles is great, i never considered that but you are 100% right when i think about it.
It's great to see an in-depth video on such a niche topic, it was very interesting. My favorite outfit definitely goes to Shegorath's Regalia, such vibrant colors inlaid with gold. Perfect for eating cheese ! 🧀
CHEEESE
I love the velvet blue dress but sometimes I get bored of wearing skirts and I was so happy when I found the grey trousers in the shriveling isles because they don't change into a skirt, and I always wear them with the matching grey tunic and the archmage's hood. I also love the black wide pants (but I wish they were longer) with the burgundy linen shirt. However if I don't know what to wear I always go with the archmage's robe. Each time I enter a city I change my outfit, I don't like walking in my armor when I don't have to fight. Anyway I really liked your video
Ready for a breakdown of paintings next!
Brilliant idea 👀💡🤌🏻
@@Angelikatosh and books, for that matter
Man I remember spending hours going to all the different shops looking for a perfect “everyday” attire for my characters! Watching you talk about them brings back so much nostalgia! Still my favorite Elder Scrolls…the game
Now we need a video essay on the Colovian Fur Helm
You are wearing the Amulet of Kings. YOU MUST BE A SEPTIM!😱
I remember when I first played Oblivion as a child, I was so in love with the mythic dawn robe, that I would wear it all the time.
Your video is really inspiring and makes me want to learn more about fashion😁
Honestly, I think I never gave enough appreciation to the basegame clothes of any TES game (except maybe daggerfall, I did a lot of shopping in that one!). Clothing mods are always the first ones on my list, so... I mean, I guess that's why I had to pay some attention to daggerfall clothes, I'm playing it unmodded so I have no other choice... but I do have to say that there is a nice variety
Thank you for bringing this up!
Subscribed, this was very well articulated and informational. In my 1000s of hours in oblivion I never noticed the shoe icons Change based on character gender. Plus we could use more ladies in the community. ❤
Glad to be here, welcome to the channel :)
The ladies are here. My sister and I just discussed in great lengths how humans are about to have another Pelinial Whitestrake if the Thalmor gain any more traction. Can't wait.
@@wareforcoin5780 hehehe🤭
I was amazed by the character development of martin septim shown throught his use of clothing, first he was a innocent priest in a rob then when he accepted his noble heritage at the end he wear a prestigious armour to enthrall his soldiers and finally his royal outfit when rallying the high casts and sacrificing himself to save oblivion from Dagon.
also you making a video on fashion without talking about the mad gucci god AKA Sheogorath, how sacrilegious this old daedra got it...
I now have a new appreciation for the Oblivion clothing 😎 I only wish there were some other outfits similar to the uniqueness of Syl’s dress.
Master Neloth is an unintentional fashion icon 💅
This honestly is a really underrated part of the game and most RPGS period. It's always so weird but fun seeing your character in casual clothing dressed like a regular person after always seeing them wearing armor and carrying weapons, it's a small thing but still one of my favorites to do in any RPG. Near the end of my Oblivion playthrough I actually ditched armor altogether and started only using clothing/robes since it's lighter, there's no durability. As for me, my favorite clothing items are definitely the arch-mages robe, and the grey tunic and pants from shivering isles, more specifically the female versions, I really like the frilly sleeves on the tunic :)
As someone who has fallen out of love with the TES games a long time ago by now (I still love the setting to death), I always adored Oblivion for exactly this reason. Skyrim was a massive step down in almost every aspect to me and Morrowind never had the visual fidelity to really impress with it's cosmetics.
Really glad to see a video on this topic, while I think it was a step down from the roleplaying and mechanical aspects of Morrowind, Oblivion did actually innovate and impress in a lot of ways that weren't just graphical improvements.
DOOOOOD the black and burgundy outfit was my JAM!!! Such a great color combination of colors, wear some gold jewelry with that and you're dripping with style and class. 10/10, would wear again
5:19 "doublet" is just pronounced as "DUB-let"
Really cool video. I love this kind of content! As a long-time Elder Scrolls fan, I have always appreciated the little extra details in the games, and it's really awesome that a game released more than 15 years ago is still inspiring people to talk about it!
Testament to the game that great videos like this can still be made after all of these years- I haven’t seen one go into this topic and be so enjoyable before. Awesome stuff!
It's so lovely to see someone speak on the CLOTHING in Oblivion! The Blue full outfit is also one of my favourites!
I hadn't though of the fashion development for Shivering Ilse and Cyrodil! It make far more sense now why I liked Sheogorath's realm clothing.
Also id LOVE to know where you got your mini Amulet of Kings from, its so beautiful!
#AmberArmorFTW
I love that people still find interest in the elder scrolls. Warms my heart to see someone disect games more than a decade old. Even cooler when you see there is honest passion or interest about it, nothing cooler than that. 🤙🏽
YES! Clothing in general is underrated in the Elder Scrolls series. They spend a great deal of time creating tier-lists of armor, their properties, and the degree of their strength... Whereas clothes are basically split into a couple different categories and given a few different varieties based on color. Out of all the games, I feel like Oblivion and Morrowind do the best, but you may also want to consider Daggerfall, which has some pretty obscure pieces of clothing!
When I played Morrowind for the first time, Skyrim being my first game, I was shocked and I loved the fact how super composed the armor and clothes are and the fact that you can wear clothes along with armor and below them
I believe you have become the foremost and probably only certified Elder Scrolls fashion scholar in the world, an amazing video.
I loved how the clothes in Oblivion looked. I love the bright colours, the silks, velvets and even the details of a shirt being lower class and having it look rough. The blue velvet dress and matching shoes were always my go-to outfit when visiting cities.
Just when I thought Oblivion couldn't get any better.
I was always a huge fan of the russet-felt outfit. It's such a nice looking dress but still feels casual compared to the rich people clothing. Also love the green silk skirt, light brown linens, quilted doublet, and stitched green shirt. I definitely tended to avoid the higher-class clothing, but the upper-class skirts worked best when in use for a battlemage aesthetic.
This was crazy. I never paid attention to the clothing. Thank you for bringing attention to this! I always love learning new details about these games
This is the sort of niche, in depth video I really enjoy. I am a huge fan of the elder scrolls and of Oblivion in specific, so that's a win as well.
I love the amount of detail in the elder scrolls games, the fact that there are even differing clothing types for the various social classes is just awesome to me.
"Ernest's best shirt" is my favorite haha
Man wore his best shirt just to go and get scammed out of it
Don't forget "Ernest's fancy pants"
This was just randomly shown to me, and I loved this video so much! I'll look into the channel once I'm done watching this, and I'd be thrilled to find a Witcher 3 clothing overview.
I LOVE this video topic. You should make one looking at Morrowind's clothing too. I always feel like the fashion in video games reflects both the time period their based on (like medieval, victorian etc.) but also the year the game came out. Like Cyrodiil probably would have had medieval clothing regardless, but I think the LOTR films being so popular at the time made them lean into that look with all the nice velvet clothes. Skyrim has a darker vibe to it. It also came out in 2011 which was less vibrant than 2005 or 2002 in terms of fashion and other aesthetics. Morrowind's fashion kinda reminds me of the year it came out too but it's hard to articulate why. Maybe it just the colors and overall vibe remind me of the early 2000's.
Morrowind's kinda got that surreal Y2K fantasy aesthetic. They really liked going all-in on the weird in the late 90's/early 00's
@@Twisted_Logic
That's exactly it. They weren't afraid to get weird back then.
I think Oblivion clothing is mostly Late Medieval / Early Renaissance in style.
Thank you so much for making this! I'm a huge fan of Oblivion, and have struggled in the past to find discussions about Cyrodiil's clothing while working to design clothing for my own characters. I hope this becomes more of a discussion in the community, and I love the way you covered everything!
Genius video idea. So well organized and detailed, thank you!
Thank you so much!! Glad you enjoyed it :)🫶
thank you for exploring this topic. you're honoring the work of the designers by investigating it and sharing your findings with the world. also, nice touch with the amulet of kings
Make sense that outfits of the shivering isles are more advanced, the shivering isles not only houses mad people but also artist, so make sense that that clothing from there would be more detailed and ahead of current trends.
I’m so happy to see more people who love the elder scrolls like I do❤️ oblivion is probably my favorite game of all time and that amulet of kings your wearing shows me it probably holds a special place in your heart too✌️
I usually gravitated towards middle/working class clothing in Oblivion, because the higher class options aren’t as masculine so they didn’t really fit the look I’m going for.
So I was always wearing shirts like the Plaid Shirt, the Forester/Blue Collar shirt, the Shirt With Suspenders, and the Blue&Green outfit
My first step EVERY time I start a game is to go loot all of the barrels in the marketplace for a decent set of clothes. What a great video!
Превосходный анализ, Мадмуазель! Не доводилось встречать подобного контента на данную тему в англ и ру сегменте .Сам я являюсь большим поклонником обливион ,имхо достаточно много потенциально интересных тем . Успехов !
Добро пожаловать!)
Aw I was hoping you'd go more into detail about the Shivering Isles clothes, especially Shegorath's regalia. I feel like its one of the coolest pieces of clothing ever designed. Its patterns have all sorts of references to the realm and things that have or will happen.
Oh and the Dementia lower class get cowboy boots almost. Always a plus in my books.
I'm also super curious if I'm alone on thinking Sheogorath's suit in Skyrim is kinda boring in comparison; I feel like they made his "two sides" stuff a little on the nose with his suit being a split of two colors.
The algorithm finally recommended some good s***t
in all the elder scrolls games i loveeee having an outfit of “normal clothes” during my downtime in the cities and stuff cause it feels more grounded to me than wearing big heavy ass armours 24/7 and helps me get more immersed 😭 my go to for oblivion is always the dark shirt and the laced leather pants (and some gold trimmed shoes)
I have an aversion to wearing armor in many RPGs because a lot of it looks silly, but typically the armor provides a gameplay benefit so it's challenging to not use it. In Morrowind I liked how you could wear robes over your armor, plus there was an "unarmored" skill that gave you some protection benefits when you had no armor at all. Consequently, I usually go with a clothing only character in Morrowind. It's harder to do that in Oblivion, although not impossible. You can enchant clothing and jewelry with the Shield ability, which is effectively armor. This is not something easy to do early on. It's less effective than armor, since you can enchant that too, but it works. No armor is also better for stealth early on - I like the black/gold clothing for that. In Skyrim I find a lot of the armors quite agreeable, the clothing less so. Overall I would prefer to have less of a gameplay penalty for wearing clothes over armor. I like how Dark Souls / Elden Ring solves this by having better dodging with "light" encumbrance. There's no clothing exactly, but a lot of lighter armor looks like clothes. Clearly no armor is more of a thing for spell casters in many rpgs, or even archers. I'm just awkward - I prefer to use a sword and clothes.
As a heavy armor user I've always found it quite dumb how I can completely negate the weight penalty of heavy armor with perks in Skyrim.
As a massive Oblivion fan, this was a topic that I never really thought about, even though when I play Oblivion I tend to use clothing and just enchant them with max shielding (you can still get armor cap very easily this way). This video was awesome and you did a wonderful job of highlighting yet another thing that makes Oblivion, in my opinion, one of the greatest games ever made.
i love how we all agree that Vincente would wear prada
As a long time Elder Scrolls fan, I really love seeing all the shade thrown at Skyrim. Thanks for pinning in yet another area where Skyrim suffers from a lack of depth.
Even though I also love Skyrim too lol
My personal favorite outfit in Oblivion, when it comes to clothes, was the brown vest, light-brown trousers and leather cuffs, with any decent looking shoe. I know leather cuffs are technically light armor, but it just adds a nice style imo
Lovely video, and great editing too
Thank you
I like when the TH-cam algorithm do the job and makes me watch a video about clothes in oblivion.
Clearly not what i was looking for.
Watched in full
You should cover the clothing in morrowind. They have some crazy outfits in that.
ngl I've always loved the clothing in oblivion since my first playthrough at like 9 years old and I'm so happy you're reviewing this seriously! The red velvet outfit as well as sheogorath's regalia are my favorites! ❤💜
oh dang! she is a dragonborn!!! (only a dragonborn can wear the amulet of kings)
I was born in 2000, which was the year of the dragon;)
lol, fair enough @@Angelikatosh
The clothing in Oblivion are pretty good, indeed. Ever since my first playthrough, WAY back, I made a habit of collecting one of each pieces of clothing (and armor, but it was really the clothing that motivated me to do so), as well as "changing appropriately" depending on where I was going, especially in high society. I've continued doing so in most Bethesda games I've played since. It's nice to find a video on the subject. Keep going!
Man, I miss the Morrowind drip: Seeing your brand new silk threads peak through the armour, backhanding some Ashlander with your new gloves and pimpslapping Morag Tong with a hand full of your fresh bling, wearing a banging robe over your ordinator suit, flashing your ice for people to admire.
Or just skip all the armour, wear your feistiest outfits everywhere you go and bring a single ring packing a grand soul and all bound armor spells on constant effect and slip that ring on like Frodo if he wasn't a weenie.
@@AW-sx8hm Go from drip to daedric dread real fast.
@@mnk9073 or to desktop, half the time 😅
@@mnk9073 or to desktop, sadly. 😅
@@mnk9073 or CTD just as fast 😓
As one of those nerds who actually roleplay in roleplaying games, I always appreciate it when a game offers a variety of non-armor clothing. I just like dressing down and mingling with the town folk when I return from a long quest instead of shopping for groceries in full war gear. And I like it even better when the developers put some thought into the clothes, what styles and materials would be available, what colors would be fashionable, and yes, using clothing to differentiate between social classes (bonus points if there's more than two) is a big plus for me.
Great video, I think you hit a pretty substantial niche there.
I always loved the fashion in Oblivion. Probably more than I should, and Skyrim didn't give me the same feeling of Oblivion drip where I always change clothes in major cities, especially in Imperial City. Glad someone made a video about it!
Also, from a creator point of view, you seem to be doing everything right and I'm sure your channel will achieve CHIM soon! ^^
CHIM is the ultimate goal for an elder scrolls channel! Thank you
I never thought i would hear someone go so in depth with the clothing of Oblivion of all things. Incredibly well thought out video. Keep it up
This is actually an interesting video, I think the only time i gave normal clothing a chance in oblivion was when I found a red velvet outfit with a 50% chameleon incantation. Also In oblivion you can use two rings with the same incantation, That's how I made my invisibility build.
Love that
Oblivion is one of my favorite games of all time, thanks for the quality video on a topic I had never thought about before, helps me appreciate the game even more.
10:40 Oh i saw it dont you worry, you make it shine
FINALLY! Someone makes a video with my intersecting interests! Please do Dragon Age series next! I would love to hear someone talk about the interesting design choices they made when it comes to the Chantry robes, the Templar skirts, and the women's dresses.
That necklace...S-Saint Alessia?!
FINALLY someone does a video on this topic. I do a lot of fantasy desing and am an amateur writer and this game basically shaped my entire view for it
I think I've found my new favorite youtube channel
Please, I’m embarrassed. But thank you
@@Angelikatosh Can't begin to understand how specific of a niche you've reached
Yesss this is the content I need. I'm so grateful that my fav game of all time has a community that explores things like this. Thank you so much for making this video!
By the Nine! That IS the Amulet of Kings!
It is nice seeing something rarely covered within the ES community. Thanks for making such a wonderful video. I love the detail in Oblivion's clothing and how unique they were to each other. At some I point noticed the class system they used when assigning clothes to NPCs and thought that was such a great detail that can go unnoticed that really helps make Oblivion feel so immersive. I used to not like being a magic user as a kid when I played, it went over my head a little, so I only used armor and kinda thought the clothes wear dorky looking. As I've grown up I appreciate it a lot more and will be a mage just to get shield spells so I can be my most fashionable self. Also I would say the burgandy finery clothes and outfits are my favorites in the base game. Truly the biggest disappointment in gaming is not being able to get Syl's dress.
It's so cool finding a video that's an intersection of my interests: fashion and Elder Scrolls!
Also I was wondering where you got your Amulet of Kings? It looks awesome!!
this is so dope.. just goes to show how much thought is put into large games like these, and how things like clothing often get overlooked. all of these little pieces that tell you about the world, and the people in it, blend in for most people, i think. thanks for creating a discussion about this, its really fun to listen and think about
The biggest disappointment in Oblivion's fashion is that they didn't bring the Colovian Fur Helm back in Oblivion as a hat. Luckily there are mods for this. My clothing and armor choices in Morrowind were based on aesthetics rather than functionality, especially with how asymmetrically you can outfit your character, as well as layering armor and clothing together.
"Britches" is still a very commonly used term here in the south eastern portion of America. Though I never put 2-and-2 together that it was just an altered version of the word "breeches."
Nice video! You made me want to replay Oblivion-I’d forgotten how much I loved it. 😄 What made you decide to do this channel in English?
Thank you! I have always played Oblivion in English, so it feels more natural to do content about it this way :)
Usually in games I tend towards preferring clothing options over armor if I can find it (though some games don't really make a distinction between them, such as From Software games like Dark Souls and Bloodborne), and ever since Skyrim sorely disappointed me with its paltry options, I'm glad to see Elder Scrolls games actually had some decent options at one point. Great video, wonderful topic, definitely hope you cover this subject with more games in the future.
by azura...
Honestly the colour selection in Oblivion is probably why it's the ES game I keep coming back to; it's just so pleasant to look at, full of vibrant shades without going too far and looking garish. Really adds a nice contrast to the much more muted colour palettes of the various dungeons and always makes returning to overworld that much more relieving. It's an old game, sure, and the NPCs haven't aged very well at all but I'm just so attached to the gentle look of the world and it's inhabitants that I always find myself revisiting it every year or so.
Also the OST is PEAK fantasy, the absolute definition of comfy.
How is this possible? Why is the Amulett of Kings not sliping off your neck 😮 Are you from the Septim bloodline, but Martin was said to be the last
I was born in the year 2000, which is the year of the dragon. Akatosh approves me wearing it ;)
Oblivion's one of my favorite games. This deep dive was really good- thank you!