This game doesn't even feel like a game to me anymore. It feels like an experience and every time I boot it up, I'm not playing a game. I'm reliving experiences.
Not sure about that. I don't play Oblivion for such a long time, so far, (since march), and I also got this feeling from the very beginning (after a few days). I think it's more then we can explain in one word.
I play on console, and my PS3 stopped reading discs. I hate that i'm unable to play the game, but I am happy that I was able to experience it ... sooner or later, i'm gonna purchase a new one.
@TM Films All elder scrolls game are at least worth trying. Still almost no games that give the same type of experience still. Do your research but enjoy what you play!
Indeed it was brother, it was. As much as I’m looking forward to what the future brings, I miss those simple days when the only thing that mattered was what sidequest I was gonna do, and whether or not I had enough chips and soda to last the whole dungeon run
My best friend passed away from cancer 3 weeks ago. We were friends ever since we were 4. He introduced me to gaming and to oblivion. Oblivion will always be one of my favorite games, simply because of all the stupid things the npc's would do. We never got tired of laughing about that. I'm really going to miss you Kyle, I loved you
Ive been there my brother 10 years ago. time is flying, the memories slowly begin to blur and fade but the pain of losing a best friend or a loved one will remain the same now matter how many years passed..
My fiancee and I bought this game when it came out. We each used the construction set to build our own cabin in the woods for our respective characters. She chose a place high in the hills in the one area of the game where there are autumn leaves on the birch trees. It was a wonderful place to visit in-game. One day, she shattered my world. She cheated on me, broke up with me, and the worst thing was her strange indifference to it all. Showed no remorse, offered no apology, and seemed unbothered by the whole thing. I was completely blindsided by all this, devastated, and within a week I had cut all ties. I came to understand that at the time I was experiencing acute grief, mourning the loss of a loved one, for it was not really she who I loved, but rather who I thought she was, and it was like my fiancee had suddenly died. The expernience was traumatic, and left me broken, forever changed. Nearly two decades later, now. New career. New life. Happy wife and kids. Yet parts of my personality missing. Every year when the leaves start to change, or whenever I hear this song, I'm reminded of the dark chaos in my mind at the time. Of what it was like to lose someone who I deeply loved, yet somehow never really existed in the first place.
I had a best friend who passed away in February this year. We had known each other since we were kids and he had been in my life for over 80% of it. We used to play Oblivion together, and this song is the one that reminds me the most of those times. I remember a time that he was so heartbroken because he got the Gray Fox glitch and couldn't finish and get the mask (no save) and I returned to redo it for him and got him the mask. Bethesda has done something which even things in real life can't do, give me memories that last a lifetime. Long live this great company, and continue to make your artistic and beautifully developed games. Bethesda is a beacon in the darkness of bad games, and every Elder Scrolls until the ending of the series will be in my collection. Edit: I may have been a bit over-zealous commenting on the greatness of Bethesda. :/
+MrBaddestofthebad i bow to u, cuz ur not like the rest of these mindless drones, u feel my friend and know whats good, i bow to you, also Peace of akatosh, is a "sad" tune, but ofc in a good way cuz it was made with pride in doing so, also i am sorry for ur loss
@@smithconner24 I actually played this game again during the 2020 pandemic. I was like "It's the end of world. Might as well play a game about the end of the world" lol
@@SnakeHelah like rock faces could be cleaned up and made a bit more random, and the trees could load in better, but overall the graphics are still outstanding and absolutely gorgeous
It’s a shame that Spotify just forgot about the song in the album. Up to this day they won’t put it in. I miss it every time when I listen to Souls masterpiece - that’s why I come here. May the Peace be with you all!
Literally just had this, wanted to listen to Wings of Kynareth, Peace of Akatosh and Auriel’s Ascension. My 3 favourite pieces of exploration music in any game. Simply beautiful
I think this is the only game which you can call it and feel like "home ' Sigh... so many memories, to be honest we had the best years of our life in terms of quality, gaming, social media, real friendships, online friendships.. Which now most of them are gone. From time to time, I return here to listen and remember the good days.
I remember when I was only six years old watching my dad play this game and just being in awe when this track would come on. I want to say that the music from this game is probably what started me on my journey of loving music. This and Skyrim have brought me so much peace whenever I’m anxious or sad.
Sometimes I listen to TES or Fallout music and it makes want to cry somehow. It's happiness, nostalgia, gratitude, disbelief, melancholy. But over all that I somehow feel lost... maybe is because of so much feelings and thoughs it brings that I can't get my head around them. Is strange but beautiful. I love them, for sure.
Tried playing Oblivion after Skyrim but couldn't really get into it. But from what I've heard from the comments on this video it's kinda like when my friends tell me they can't really get into the old Halo games. It's sad knowing these games are so good, but people (myself included) will never understand. So as a tribute to Oblivion, I modded this song into my Skyrim music. I put it in the morning exploration folder. I was coming out of a dwemer ruin after a hard fought battle with Falmer and Centurions only to be greeted with the light glittering in the snow as the sunrise peeked over the mountains and this song playing in the background. It was perfect.
The music in Oblivion is incredible. You should really try again playing Oblivion, the attributes system is far more in depth and add a lot to your progression rather than just upgrading your health, fatigue and magic and a few odd perks in Skyrim. In oblivion you can make spells to allow you to run faster, jump higher. Some aspects aren't as good but it's worth playing through. I love Skyrim but when you play with attributes you can improve and spell making you really see how little depth there is in Skyrim.
My Skyrim is modded so heavily with combat mods that it has a lot of depth. I have about 200 mods installed, it took me months to get all of them working without crashing. Vanilla Skyrim has very little depth I can agree, but that wasn't necessarily a bad thing since it was accessible and fun for a much wider audience and hence why I played it. But after logging thousands of hours in vanilla Skyrim, I needed something a bit deeper and bought it on PC. The reason I can't really enjoy Oblivion is because it looks like an old game and the graphics aren't that great. It's different with the old games of my childhood, since I have a connection with them that goes beyond the superficial graphical issues. But without that nostalgia to drive me forward, I find older games like Oblivion unplayable. Even with graphic mods, Oblivion still doesn't look good enough sadly. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I wish I played Oblivion when it first came out, but since I didn't, it has issues that I can't look past.
That's the thing though. I've played every Elder Scrolls and you see people saying "Morrowind is the best hurdur!" when in reality, it was just their first game. For me, Oblivion is the best game. It doesn't have the best main story (That's Morrowind), it doesn't have the best combat (that's Skyrim) but it had the living world, incredible music and by far the best side quests that fleshed out the world and made it feel so amazing. That being said, I didn't really miss attributes in Skyrim. It didn't feel like my Elder Scrolls experience was affected at all by the loss of attributes. I did miss the spellcrafting, which without spellcrafting, I think that's why magic was so weak in Skyrim.
I feel your story is a lie. Not just because you claimed to work your way backwards in the series, which is hard for even more to do and I started with Daggerfall, but mainly because you actually said that the combat in Oblivion was somehow worse than Morrowind. Morrowind's combat is terrible and clunky compared to Oblivion and Skyrim. Also, Skyrim's combat is the exact same combat of Oblivion but Kill Moves make the combat feel better along with screenshake effects. Another reason I think you are lying is because you use basically using the list of every flaw Oblivion had that is always cited by Morrowind players who want to puff up Morrowind's stature and deflate the other games. I have never met anyone who legitimately thought or noticed all the "problems" you have listed. Trying to say Oblivion is a generic, cliche'd fantasy game is an erroneous statement every anti-Oblivion player throws out their and only proves that they never really played Oblivion but played the main story (which isn't even bad) and didn't actually PLAY Oblivion. As for the odd conversation interactions between NPCs, that was not nearly as common as you are saying it was and if your immersion is that easily broken, then you should never have been able to immerse yourself in Morrowind. It was a brand new system that did what no other game tried to do before and it worked most of the time flawlessly. Are you seriously suggesting that the system is better off being NPCs standing around, never conversing or going about their daily lives until an adventurer comes around and talks to them. How is that any less immersion breaking?
This music always played during the the forlorn watchman quest. Letting that silent ghost, a victim of a brutal murder, guide me through the wilderness was sad :(
I was in college when Oblivion came out. Aside from Final Fantasy 7-10, the Elder Scrolls 3, 4, and 5 remain the core of my being. Soule nails the type of music for exploration and wonder.
I was fifteen. I sat in a leather beanbag chair, turned on the PS3, and disappeared for hours at a time. My brother, two years younger, would sit in the same room in the corner, on his laptop, occasionally making jokes about the faces or the sudden tone shift of the soundtrack changing from pieces like this to the combat music whenever a mudcrab would harass me. And just as things were getting tense in a dungeon, dinner would be called from the other room, and I'd return to the world to sit and eat with my family. I had many save files, but one will always stand out to me as my definitive run. My character was a simple man, an Imperial who refused to wear armour or use weapons, that refused to sleep in beds, and was stuck on the highest difficulty setting, but insisted on saving the world regardless. His mastery of magic was limited, and relied mostly on his fists to get by. He made most of his money going from town to town selling potions he'd make, mainly from produce he'd stumble across or "borrow" from isolated farms. The PS3 would break and be replaced in 2015, my save file of him lost forever. My brother, shortly after turning 18, would slowly lose himself to alcohol, something he struggles with to this day. He stopped using the games room and would sit alone in his bedroom, drinking and rambling about the same three traumas on a loop. Mom stopped cooking meals because the kitchen was no longer safe with a violent drunk slumped over in the chair. She would slowly lose her mind in her own way, and is now constantly raving about whatever the television tells her to get mad about. I haven't had a coherent conversation with her in at least five years. I was pulled away from gaming entirely, first by education, then by an abusive relationship that nearly broke me. My recovery was helped by games, plenty of long afternoons of Minecraft and herbal tea do wonders for an anxiety disorder, but it wasn't this game. Years passed. A pandemic drove us further apart, right as we were about to make amends. I left home under the cover of darkness after the second time he attacked me, unprovoked, and spent several months couch surfing with whatever I could carry with me out of that house. Eventually I was rehomed, where I've lived ever since. But nobody sits in the corner to comment on whatever I'm doing, or to share what they've been up to. Nobody calls for dinner. Nobody sits at the small wooden table I bought that's been hardly used over the past two years. But I bought it for a reason. Because I once had people I could surround myself with and felt safe around. Because I once had a life that made sense. Because even after all these years, I come back to listen to this particular song, one that always seemed to play whenever that Imperial, whose name I can no longer remember, walked out into the rain, the flat green leaves rustling in the breeze, letting the rain clean his blood soaked hands and his dirty shirt and suspenders after risking life and limb to collect more Welkynd stones so he can conjure more skeletons. Because I was fifteen.
I played this game first when I was 15 and loved this song. Now Im rocking my 4 month old son who just fell asleep peacefully listening to this. Funny where life goes
When I play Oblivion (which I do religiously) I relive me when I was 8 or 9 years old, when I was a just a kid, getting lost in the fantasies of the Elder Scrolls games. This series has touched my heart in many ways.
this is the best game music ever composed, Jeremy Soule was in his prime for this game. I have this song on my sleeping playlist when I listen to my ipod at night, so wonderful
There are few games like Oblivion that really take a hold of your heart and properly trigger emotions. Warcraft would be another, but holy shit this game will stick with me right through my life. Sure, as a game there are definitely better choices but when it comes to the passion of Fantasy and storytelling, Oblivion is number one. You know what's incredible? The game had like four voice actors yet it still felt like a lively world and then obviously the sound track just transports you into the world completely. Wandering through Cyrodill at 4am on a school night with this song playing, the memories just topple that of pretty much any other game.
i swear this song is in like a "heavenly music" compilation or something everytime i hear youtubers put on church music, its this song. always this song.
There's nothing like exiting a dungeon you just finished after fighting for hours and coming to near death alot of time and coming out to a sunny day out of the darkness and listening to this song It makes you think... Man what an adventure
This track suddenly makes me forget about all the bugs, memes and shortcomings of Oblivion. This is one of Jeremy Soule's best pieces in the Elder Scrolls franchise, and it has a very poignant quality to it.
I don't know if you are still online, but thank you for posting this. Putting this on loop really helps me get into a good mindset whenever I pray a rosary.
Oblivion and fabel 1 is that kind of masterpiece that you will never forget playing and enjoying every hour spent. im never going to forget waking up inside the pirate ship in cyrodill harbour.
Dude... walking out on the deck of that ship for the first time, being surrounded by an oceanic sunset that set my soul completely at ease, even though pirates were all waiting for the "intruder" down below 🤣 good times --Also Fable 1 is totally worthy of the masterpiece title 👌🌄
This ost transported me into Cydodiil back when I first discovered the game. I wish I could do it all over again. I’d oftentimes relax and stargaze as this track played.
This does something to my soul. For me this is what heaven sounds like..instantly i am somewhere else happy and at peace. Thank you for posting ive looked everwhere to find it and foind it when i stopped looking :) blessings
Gonna get crackin' on this game this weekend with acase of beer, i've owned skyrim since release and love it to death with countless hours played, just now getting into oblivion and a whole new adventure awaits.
IDK why, but Oblivion always had that 'homely' feel to it. Maybe it is just me, but this was one of those differences that I felt whenever playing Skyrim.
This song always seemed to play after I had killed a deer any other animal out in the wilderness, made me think it was some kind of dirge for the them Also, this song playing in the snowy wastelands of northern Cyrodiil was one of the most magical gaming moments for me
I like Oblivion's graphics just the way they are, I don't need games to be carbon copies of reality, I already live in reality. When I explore a game, I want to explore a reality other than my own. Ofcourse it doesn't mean I hate realistic games, quite the opposite, I just think there is a place for games with simple and unrealistic graphics, they aren't ugly, they are beautiful in their own unique way. Art within constraints is still art, this notion has allowed be to enjoy so many older titles I would've ignored otherwise because they don't look as good anymore.
This was the first music I heard when I went out the sewers and I saw Cyrodiil for the first time. It was night, and the atmosphere was calm and enchanting, yet somber: I just witnessed the emperor's death, a good man who treated me nicely. It was the first of many losses my PG experienced during the game. Oblivion was great because it created a really melancholic, yet heartwarming story.
never really played oblivion, only skyrim, but i still listen to the soundtrack and this is my favorite piece on it. i added it to my exploration playlist, which i listen to whenever i play skyrim, and when this piece comes on i nearly tear up (2:01 is, personally, my favorite moment). i don't know why, but i do feel like i get something like second-hand nostalgia, if that exists, even. it's weird.
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Say what you will about Oblivion but this game truly felt real and there were sometimes I just turned the game on and travelled the countryside just to get lost in the scenery. Skyrim was amazing but it missed this essential element at times.
If I was given the option to live anywhere such as a game, in a book or just something on top of my head I would choose to live in Tamriel, Idc if there is no technology, people I don't know; I could be living in a world where most thing and creatures exists and most people can't even begin to dream about oh but I wish my wish could true
This song better play in heaven or else Im not dying
I don't think you're going to Heaven, buddy
@@fatherleo4603 what makes you say that
😂😂😂 funny
@@linkalot7415 He knows...
@@linkalot7415 He's the father
This game doesn't even feel like a game to me anymore. It feels like an experience and every time I boot it up, I'm not playing a game. I'm reliving experiences.
Not sure about that. I don't play Oblivion for such a long time, so far, (since march), and I also got this feeling from the very beginning (after a few days). I think it's more then we can explain in one word.
every game designer should think of their game primarily as an experience, according to game designer Jesse Schell.
Similar to past-life regressions. Interesting.
I play on console, and my PS3 stopped reading discs. I hate that i'm unable to play the game, but I am happy that I was able to experience it ... sooner or later, i'm gonna purchase a new one.
@TM Films All elder scrolls game are at least worth trying. Still almost no games that give the same type of experience still. Do your research but enjoy what you play!
it was a simpler time, it was a better time.
Feels the same amen to that brother
Indeed it was brother, it was.
As much as I’m looking forward to what the future brings, I miss those simple days when the only thing that mattered was what sidequest I was gonna do, and whether or not I had enough chips and soda to last the whole dungeon run
"Before the dark times. Before the Empire."
Youre gonna make me cry
Indeed...
My best friend passed away from cancer 3 weeks ago. We were friends ever since we were 4. He introduced me to gaming and to oblivion. Oblivion will always be one of my favorite games, simply because of all the stupid things the npc's would do. We never got tired of laughing about that. I'm really going to miss you Kyle, I loved you
I'm sorry to hear brother. My best friend recently had a health crisis and made me realize how we should cherish the moments.
I'm sorry for your loss. I hope the game reminds you of all the good times. Best of luck to you
I cry with your soul my friend
Peace of akatosh be upon you, man. May kyne’s grace guide your friend through aetherius
Ive been there my brother 10 years ago. time is flying, the memories slowly begin to blur and fade but the pain of losing a best friend or a loved one will remain the same now matter how many years passed..
My fiancee and I bought this game when it came out. We each used the construction set to build our own cabin in the woods for our respective characters. She chose a place high in the hills in the one area of the game where there are autumn leaves on the birch trees. It was a wonderful place to visit in-game.
One day, she shattered my world. She cheated on me, broke up with me, and the worst thing was her strange indifference to it all. Showed no remorse, offered no apology, and seemed unbothered by the whole thing. I was completely blindsided by all this, devastated, and within a week I had cut all ties. I came to understand that at the time I was experiencing acute grief, mourning the loss of a loved one, for it was not really she who I loved, but rather who I thought she was, and it was like my fiancee had suddenly died.
The expernience was traumatic, and left me broken, forever changed.
Nearly two decades later, now. New career. New life. Happy wife and kids. Yet parts of my personality missing.
Every year when the leaves start to change, or whenever I hear this song, I'm reminded of the dark chaos in my mind at the time. Of what it was like to lose someone who I deeply loved, yet somehow never really existed in the first place.
I'm sorry you had to go through that brother.
i actually need to listen to this sometimes
Same
Moves your soul
Yes.
Only the great Jeremy Soule could've came up with this magical piece
Same, I feel that
I had a best friend who passed away in February this year. We had known each other since we were kids and he had been in my life for over 80% of it. We used to play Oblivion together, and this song is the one that reminds me the most of those times. I remember a time that he was so heartbroken because he got the Gray Fox glitch and couldn't finish and get the mask (no save) and I returned to redo it for him and got him the mask. Bethesda has done something which even things in real life can't do, give me memories that last a lifetime. Long live this great company, and continue to make your artistic and beautifully developed games. Bethesda is a beacon in the darkness of bad games, and every Elder Scrolls until the ending of the series will be in my collection.
Edit: I may have been a bit over-zealous commenting on the greatness of Bethesda. :/
I'm sorry for your loss.
+MrBaddestofthebad i bow to u, cuz ur not like the rest of these mindless drones, u feel my friend and know whats good, i bow to you, also Peace of akatosh, is a "sad" tune, but ofc in a good way cuz it was made with pride in doing so, also i am sorry for ur loss
Sorry for your loss. Thanks for sharing. And peace.
MrBaddestofthebad Damn, you have my greatest respect.
May he rest in peace. 🌧⛅️🌤☀️
I will smoke right now man :(
Soothing enough to make you forget about the whole crisis around you.
Yes, even for a moments bliss
No kidding
and you said this even before the pandemic lol
@@smithconner24 I actually played this game again during the 2020 pandemic. I was like "It's the end of world. Might as well play a game about the end of the world" lol
@@agnosobosovo9775 lmao so true, hope you enjoyed it brother
it's crazy how real Oblivion's graphics can look in certain shots.
Back in the day it did look really good for its time and the graphics still hold up in some way today imo. Was a bitch to run too back then.
@@SnakeHelah like rock faces could be cleaned up and made a bit more random, and the trees could load in better, but overall the graphics are still outstanding and absolutely gorgeous
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and what a kick ass name Mehrunes Dagon :)
Denis Chelaru that wasnt what i said i know mehrunes dagon is an evil deadra i was talking about its name
And mythic dawn agents
It’s a shame that Spotify just forgot about the song in the album. Up to this day they won’t put it in. I miss it every time when I listen to Souls masterpiece - that’s why I come here. May the Peace be with you all!
Literally just had this, wanted to listen to Wings of Kynareth, Peace of Akatosh and Auriel’s Ascension. My 3 favourite pieces of exploration music in any game. Simply beautiful
The best was when you exit the plain of Oblivion. The clouds clear and you are at peace.
we are so lucky to be here in mundus, together
Whenever I hear this music, it'll be a big reminder that I failed to keep Baurus and Jauffre from dying. Those guys were awesome. 😞😞😞
RKO Dinerocon Conversely, no one would want to keep Boros and Joffre from Game of Thrones from dying. XD
Dude they were cool tho 😐😐😐
AgentMegatron76 I reloaded so many times just to keep them alive lol
Don't worry, they are waiting for you in a new game
I think this is the only game which you can call it and feel like "home
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Sigh... so many memories, to be honest we had the best years of our life in terms of quality, gaming, social media, real friendships, online friendships.. Which now most of them are gone.
From time to time, I return here to listen and remember the good days.
I love you all.
Kindred brothers and sisters.
We children of Tamriel.
I feel old because I still consider this a new game.
I remember eagerly anticipating it before it came out. Put more hours into this game than any other I've ever played.
This game will never be old
May Akatosh give you all strenght when needed.
I remember when I was only six years old watching my dad play this game and just being in awe when this track would come on. I want to say that the music from this game is probably what started me on my journey of loving music. This and Skyrim have brought me so much peace whenever I’m anxious or sad.
Sometimes I listen to TES or Fallout music and it makes want to cry somehow. It's happiness, nostalgia, gratitude, disbelief, melancholy. But over all that I somehow feel lost... maybe is because of so much feelings and thoughs it brings that I can't get my head around them. Is strange but beautiful. I love them, for sure.
Jeremy Soule and Inon Zur are why
Tried playing Oblivion after Skyrim but couldn't really get into it. But from what I've heard from the comments on this video it's kinda like when my friends tell me they can't really get into the old Halo games. It's sad knowing these games are so good, but people (myself included) will never understand. So as a tribute to Oblivion, I modded this song into my Skyrim music. I put it in the morning exploration folder. I was coming out of a dwemer ruin after a hard fought battle with Falmer and Centurions only to be greeted with the light glittering in the snow as the sunrise peeked over the mountains and this song playing in the background. It was perfect.
The music in Oblivion is incredible. You should really try again playing Oblivion, the attributes system is far more in depth and add a lot to your progression rather than just upgrading your health, fatigue and magic and a few odd perks in Skyrim. In oblivion you can make spells to allow you to run faster, jump higher. Some aspects aren't as good but it's worth playing through. I love Skyrim but when you play with attributes you can improve and spell making you really see how little depth there is in Skyrim.
My Skyrim is modded so heavily with combat mods that it has a lot of depth. I have about 200 mods installed, it took me months to get all of them working without crashing. Vanilla Skyrim has very little depth I can agree, but that wasn't necessarily a bad thing since it was accessible and fun for a much wider audience and hence why I played it. But after logging thousands of hours in vanilla Skyrim, I needed something a bit deeper and bought it on PC. The reason I can't really enjoy Oblivion is because it looks like an old game and the graphics aren't that great. It's different with the old games of my childhood, since I have a connection with them that goes beyond the superficial graphical issues. But without that nostalgia to drive me forward, I find older games like Oblivion unplayable. Even with graphic mods, Oblivion still doesn't look good enough sadly. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I wish I played Oblivion when it first came out, but since I didn't, it has issues that I can't look past.
That's the thing though. I've played every Elder Scrolls and you see people saying "Morrowind is the best hurdur!" when in reality, it was just their first game. For me, Oblivion is the best game. It doesn't have the best main story (That's Morrowind), it doesn't have the best combat (that's Skyrim) but it had the living world, incredible music and by far the best side quests that fleshed out the world and made it feel so amazing.
That being said, I didn't really miss attributes in Skyrim. It didn't feel like my Elder Scrolls experience was affected at all by the loss of attributes. I did miss the spellcrafting, which without spellcrafting, I think that's why magic was so weak in Skyrim.
why are you here then?
I feel your story is a lie. Not just because you claimed to work your way backwards in the series, which is hard for even more to do and I started with Daggerfall, but mainly because you actually said that the combat in Oblivion was somehow worse than Morrowind. Morrowind's combat is terrible and clunky compared to Oblivion and Skyrim. Also, Skyrim's combat is the exact same combat of Oblivion but Kill Moves make the combat feel better along with screenshake effects.
Another reason I think you are lying is because you use basically using the list of every flaw Oblivion had that is always cited by Morrowind players who want to puff up Morrowind's stature and deflate the other games. I have never met anyone who legitimately thought or noticed all the "problems" you have listed. Trying to say Oblivion is a generic, cliche'd fantasy game is an erroneous statement every anti-Oblivion player throws out their and only proves that they never really played Oblivion but played the main story (which isn't even bad) and didn't actually PLAY Oblivion.
As for the odd conversation interactions between NPCs, that was not nearly as common as you are saying it was and if your immersion is that easily broken, then you should never have been able to immerse yourself in Morrowind. It was a brand new system that did what no other game tried to do before and it worked most of the time flawlessly. Are you seriously suggesting that the system is better off being NPCs standing around, never conversing or going about their daily lives until an adventurer comes around and talks to them. How is that any less immersion breaking?
Think I've found my funeral song ;(
let's hope it's a long, long, long time before it has to be used!
14kip hell nah ima play the full soundtrack let them bitches hear 1 hour of great music
same here mate =/ =)
@Wrong Profile 🇨🇦🍻🤙
This music always played during the the forlorn watchman quest. Letting that silent ghost, a victim of a brutal murder, guide me through the wilderness was sad :(
pppaaaooo13 I loved hearing this song play as he led me near the wreck. It really added to his otherly feel.
I was in college when Oblivion came out. Aside from Final Fantasy 7-10, the Elder Scrolls 3, 4, and 5 remain the core of my being. Soule nails the type of music for exploration and wonder.
I think 3:27 has to be one of my favourite moments in any piece of music ever
fixed: 3:27
When the musics resolution hits
I was fifteen.
I sat in a leather beanbag chair, turned on the PS3, and disappeared for hours at a time. My brother, two years younger, would sit in the same room in the corner, on his laptop, occasionally making jokes about the faces or the sudden tone shift of the soundtrack changing from pieces like this to the combat music whenever a mudcrab would harass me. And just as things were getting tense in a dungeon, dinner would be called from the other room, and I'd return to the world to sit and eat with my family.
I had many save files, but one will always stand out to me as my definitive run. My character was a simple man, an Imperial who refused to wear armour or use weapons, that refused to sleep in beds, and was stuck on the highest difficulty setting, but insisted on saving the world regardless. His mastery of magic was limited, and relied mostly on his fists to get by. He made most of his money going from town to town selling potions he'd make, mainly from produce he'd stumble across or "borrow" from isolated farms.
The PS3 would break and be replaced in 2015, my save file of him lost forever. My brother, shortly after turning 18, would slowly lose himself to alcohol, something he struggles with to this day. He stopped using the games room and would sit alone in his bedroom, drinking and rambling about the same three traumas on a loop. Mom stopped cooking meals because the kitchen was no longer safe with a violent drunk slumped over in the chair. She would slowly lose her mind in her own way, and is now constantly raving about whatever the television tells her to get mad about. I haven't had a coherent conversation with her in at least five years. I was pulled away from gaming entirely, first by education, then by an abusive relationship that nearly broke me. My recovery was helped by games, plenty of long afternoons of Minecraft and herbal tea do wonders for an anxiety disorder, but it wasn't this game.
Years passed. A pandemic drove us further apart, right as we were about to make amends. I left home under the cover of darkness after the second time he attacked me, unprovoked, and spent several months couch surfing with whatever I could carry with me out of that house. Eventually I was rehomed, where I've lived ever since. But nobody sits in the corner to comment on whatever I'm doing, or to share what they've been up to. Nobody calls for dinner. Nobody sits at the small wooden table I bought that's been hardly used over the past two years.
But I bought it for a reason. Because I once had people I could surround myself with and felt safe around. Because I once had a life that made sense. Because even after all these years, I come back to listen to this particular song, one that always seemed to play whenever that Imperial, whose name I can no longer remember, walked out into the rain, the flat green leaves rustling in the breeze, letting the rain clean his blood soaked hands and his dirty shirt and suspenders after risking life and limb to collect more Welkynd stones so he can conjure more skeletons.
Because I was fifteen.
Nice history, have a nice trip to you ❤
I played this game first when I was 15 and loved this song. Now Im rocking my 4 month old son who just fell asleep peacefully listening to this. Funny where life goes
When I play Oblivion (which I do religiously) I relive me when I was 8 or 9 years old, when I was a just a kid, getting lost in the fantasies of the Elder Scrolls games. This series has touched my heart in many ways.
this brings me back to another life i never had
For me, it was definitely 2012
2:02 "I slept in the woods. I came back the next morning... and Kvatch was gone."
this is the best game music ever composed, Jeremy Soule was in his prime for this game. I have this song on my sleeping playlist when I listen to my ipod at night, so wonderful
starfire reminds me of halo which was first
I think his peak was the Skyrim OST
This game was the escape from all stresses in life
There are few games like Oblivion that really take a hold of your heart and properly trigger emotions. Warcraft would be another, but holy shit this game will stick with me right through my life. Sure, as a game there are definitely better choices but when it comes to the passion of Fantasy and storytelling, Oblivion is number one. You know what's incredible? The game had like four voice actors yet it still felt like a lively world and then obviously the sound track just transports you into the world completely. Wandering through Cyrodill at 4am on a school night with this song playing, the memories just topple that of pretty much any other game.
Soon i will be embraced by akatosh. May the peace lay down on me
One of my online's friend passed away in 2022. He was a fan of Oblivion
i swear this song is in like a "heavenly music" compilation or something
everytime i hear youtubers put on church music, its this song. always this song.
This song always meant a lot to me because it played when I first exited the Imperial City sewers during my first playthrough of the game.
Me too!!
Same here and I never fast traveled at night just waiting to hear this song while traveling through
There's nothing like exiting a dungeon you just finished after fighting for hours and coming to near death alot of time and coming out to a sunny day out of the darkness and listening to this song
It makes you think... Man what an adventure
Or even after closing an Oblivion gate. This music was truly magical, aside from Auriel's Ascension
This track suddenly makes me forget about all the bugs, memes and shortcomings of Oblivion. This is one of Jeremy Soule's best pieces in the Elder Scrolls franchise, and it has a very poignant quality to it.
I don't know if you are still online, but thank you for posting this. Putting this on loop really helps me get into a good mindset whenever I pray a rosary.
i want to live inside this soundtrack
this game holds so many lovely memories for me... *sigh* simply beautiful; my 'home' game.
Masterpiece.
How the fuck are they gonna make TES6 without Soule
Shoutout Conway the Machine for this being sampled into the intro on his new album. My life has officially come back full circle hahaha
Oblivion and fabel 1 is that kind of masterpiece that you will never forget playing and enjoying every hour spent. im never going to forget waking up inside the pirate ship in cyrodill harbour.
Dude... walking out on the deck of that ship for the first time, being surrounded by an oceanic sunset that set my soul completely at ease, even though pirates were all waiting for the "intruder" down below 🤣 good times
--Also Fable 1 is totally worthy of the masterpiece title 👌🌄
Reminds me of Halo music.
This game is so beautiful
It really does, I swear I thought it was from Halo 3 at first
Even if this game is about 9 gods, this song really helps connect me to the One True God.
Praise Talos
+Yokozuma bc Lmao
Hahaha
Blessings of Talos.
The Elder Scrolls :D
I played it last year and now i’m planning to play it again.
What a masterpiece! 😢
I love this tune.
It's so beautiful 🙂
It's a tune that would play in Heaven 🙂
This ost transported me into Cydodiil back when I first discovered the game. I wish I could do it all over again.
I’d oftentimes relax and stargaze as this track played.
This does something to my soul. For me this is what heaven sounds like..instantly i am somewhere else happy and at peace. Thank you for posting ive looked everwhere to find it and foind it when i stopped looking :) blessings
+Paul Massey and usually thats how u find what ur looking for, when u stop "trying" to find :D also awsome tune
Special thanks to Jeremy Soule
Gonna get crackin' on this game this weekend with acase of beer, i've owned skyrim since release and love it to death with countless hours played, just now getting into oblivion and a whole new adventure awaits.
Drunk Not I Am how'd the adventure go? Was it as magical as people say it is?
+Andrew Lewis yup
Still have fond memories?
"Lord Akatosh lends you his might. When your own strength fails you, trust in the Nine."
It's a fine day with you around
its taken almost 8 years to get 100k+ views, why? this should have millions
Couldn't agree more
I’d pay 10,000$ to hear this live and cry on how beautiful this is.
IDK why, but Oblivion always had that 'homely' feel to it. Maybe it is just me, but this was one of those differences that I felt whenever playing Skyrim.
Brings back so many memories.
This song always seemed to play after I had killed a deer any other animal out in the wilderness, made me think it was some kind of dirge for the them
Also, this song playing in the snowy wastelands of northern Cyrodiil was one of the most magical gaming moments for me
Dirge...what a great word!
Fit perfectly for war cemeteries and shrines...a solemn remind for all the pain mankind faced...
I used to listen it every morning.
This song reminds me of adventuring through the forests of Cyrodiil to find all of the shrines to complete my pilgrimage. Good ol' days.
this comment reminds me of listening to Oblivion music 6 years ago to reminisce about playing the game. Good ol days
This entire soundtrack is unbelievable
I like Oblivion's graphics just the way they are, I don't need games to be carbon copies of reality, I already live in reality.
When I explore a game, I want to explore a reality other than my own. Ofcourse it doesn't mean I hate realistic games, quite the opposite, I just think there is a place for games with simple and unrealistic graphics, they aren't ugly, they are beautiful in their own unique way.
Art within constraints is still art, this notion has allowed be to enjoy so many older titles I would've ignored otherwise because they don't look as good anymore.
Peaceful days, to my friends and family i love you all. To the fellow wayfarer's out there i wish you all the best in all you do.
The Angels Welcome You
I see my own grave in my mind when I hear it.
Oblivion has the best soundtrack ♥️
The best elders scroll ever.. Oblivion
Is this the best soundtrack in all of Oblivion? I think so.
This was the first music I heard when I went out the sewers and I saw Cyrodiil for the first time. It was night, and the atmosphere was calm and enchanting, yet somber: I just witnessed the emperor's death, a good man who treated me nicely. It was the first of many losses my PG experienced during the game.
Oblivion was great because it created a really melancholic, yet heartwarming story.
never really played oblivion, only skyrim, but i still listen to the soundtrack and this is my favorite piece on it. i added it to my exploration playlist, which i listen to whenever i play skyrim, and when this piece comes on i nearly tear up (2:01 is, personally, my favorite moment). i don't know why, but i do feel like i get something like second-hand nostalgia, if that exists, even. it's weird.
One of the finest pieces of music ever.
Watching the sun set from the Anvil light house while this plays is perfection
2.02 and on always hits different. It’s such a peaceful moment yet savage beauty.
This ost helped me get through my law exams this year.
Oblivion and Skyrim, best games ever made by far.
This song makes me crying and touch my soul. A masterpiece.
Am i... dead?
There are so many great elder scrolls songs, but this one is probably the greatest to me.👏😃 Peace in the land
I remembered the time passed inside the temple only listening to this
No bias, but this is really good.
Love the music for Oblivion and Skyrim. I'm going to have to plug in my PS3 and play Oblivion again
or you can download it on pc and plug in a controller :D
its not exactly the same thing but ..
Skyrim music bored me to death. except the Main theme and Sovngard.
Lyrics
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Soule is the star of Oblivion.
Most epic game music ever I have the whole soundtrack
Tchaikovsky - Hymn of the Cherubim
To play this music, and play Elden Ring. Oblivion would always be in heart
I want this to play at my funeral.
Say what you will about Oblivion but this game truly felt real and there were sometimes I just turned the game on and travelled the countryside just to get lost in the scenery. Skyrim was amazing but it missed this essential element at times.
Every Time I Go Sit In A Chapel This Immediately Plays In My Head Because I Feel At Peace
If I was given the option to live anywhere such as a game, in a book or just something on top of my head I would choose to live in Tamriel, Idc if there is no technology, people I don't know; I could be living in a world where most thing and creatures exists and most people can't even begin to dream about oh but I wish my wish could true
Sam Rocha admit it, you'd want to join the Dark Brotherhood
Me too dude
I would buy a house in the colovian Highlands, overlooking the great forest of cyrodiil... It would be amazing
All fun and games until some necromancer comes out of a nearby cave and massacres you and your entire village.
The various entities and beings would pose a greater threat to you there then in a more stable world such as ours(and ours is NOT stable)
*Mr Incridible final form*
I can hear my fireballs hurtling towards deer now..YOUR DESTRUCTION HAS INCREASED.
I wish i could just be a random npc in the imperial district in my nice asf house sometimes man.
@@thaterasound I hear you. Benirus Manor in Anvil is my cup of tea. en.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Where_Spirits_Have_Lease
When you glitch out your acrobatics skill to 24000 and hit space bar: 0:01
jump so high you start hearing heaven's angels LOL
Blessings of the Akatosh upon you
Can't find this master piece on spotify
Shit!
Its there now
Just as i remember it hauntingly beautiful 🖤