Whether you started with a 2600 and a joystick in your hand, an N64 with a blistered palm or building your first PC in your teens, what is that one video game you’ve played at some point that to this day sits at the top of your list.

  • sentient_loom@kbin.social
    3·
    1 year ago

    Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

    This was just a groundbreaking game. I know the graphics aren’t as nice as Skyrim, but the world has more depth and the guilds are all full games in themselves.

    Such a big open world, fully populated with flora and mystical fauna (Minotaurs and unicorns), an endless supply of side-quests.

    Oblivion destroys Skyrim in the following places:

    • Much more interesting and in-depth Thieves Guild, Assassin’s Guild, Fighter’s Guild, and Mage’s Guild.
    • Being a vampire is infinitely better than being a goddamn werewolf
    • Skyrim leans too heavily for the Nord race, while Oblivion’s story leaves race selection more open-ended. I always want to be an Argonian but it felt weird to be an Argonian in Skyrim.
    • Parallax@kbin.social
      3·
      1 year ago

      I still open up Oblivion here and there and play for a little bit, it never really gets old to me. My last major playthrough was in 2018, I want to start up a new one.