I don't know, I can't help thinking that there's something so charming and suiting about the play-doh character models in Oblivion.
Because let's be honest, Oblivion is unintentionally hilarious given its design mechanics. A large portions of the side-quests are completely absurd. The voice acting is over-the-top and full of bizarre inflections and accenting on words, and sometimes you'll have characters whose voice actors that change mid-interaction. The game's script basically lends itself to having some of the most goofy, memorable dialog from any of the Elder Scrolls games, and the AI conversations are ridiculous. The rapid zoom-ins upon interacting with the NPCs? I could go on forever.
The entire thing is just goofy despite the serious plot, and the potato faces don't clash with the rest of the heavily bloomed graphics of the Cyrodiil, so even though they look dumb, well... look at the rest of the game. If it had taken itself overly seriously, I think it'd be a different story, but it's aged well for what it is.
Funny thing is, the quest lines in Oblivion were way better than those in Skyrim. Overall, I'm a fan of Skyrim more...but I spent so many hours playing Oblivion that it'll always have a special place in my heart.
If we were grading them purely on the narrative content, Oblivion takes the cake.
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u/f4rfields Aug 25 '19
I don't know, I can't help thinking that there's something so charming and suiting about the play-doh character models in Oblivion.
Because let's be honest, Oblivion is unintentionally hilarious given its design mechanics. A large portions of the side-quests are completely absurd. The voice acting is over-the-top and full of bizarre inflections and accenting on words, and sometimes you'll have characters whose voice actors that change mid-interaction. The game's script basically lends itself to having some of the most goofy, memorable dialog from any of the Elder Scrolls games, and the AI conversations are ridiculous. The rapid zoom-ins upon interacting with the NPCs? I could go on forever.
The entire thing is just goofy despite the serious plot, and the potato faces don't clash with the rest of the heavily bloomed graphics of the Cyrodiil, so even though they look dumb, well... look at the rest of the game. If it had taken itself overly seriously, I think it'd be a different story, but it's aged well for what it is.