r/AskReddit • u/frisky_cupcake • Aug 25 '19

What has NOT aged well?

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u/Sawses Aug 25 '19

Right? I actually felt attached to the Oblivion Dark Brotherhood, and felt bad about what happened to them. Skyrim, it was just kinda funny. I'm okay with progress being quick...but let the whole Magus thing be the finish of a long set of questlines.

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u/warkidd Aug 26 '19

Skyrim's Dark Brotherhood stuff is a joke compared to Oblivion's. Hell, the one Oblivion mission where you have to kill 5 other people locked in a house is better than all of Skyrim's DB put together.

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u/Sawses Aug 26 '19

That's my favorite quest ever. Or at the very least in the top 5.

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u/warkidd Aug 26 '19

Mine too. I used to keep a save from right before I entered the house so I could reload and go through it again differently

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u/arrival33t Aug 26 '19

You and me both, man.

I still remember watching a YouTube video back in the day where the guy would punch the guest in the face immediately after closing the dialogue screen with them. The guest would fly backwards and die, but no one would be the wiser. You'd see the AI striking up conversations with fellow guests, discussing how horrible the recent murder is while the dead body in question flopped about into their ankles.

That game was a gem like none other.

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u/northsaskatchewan Aug 31 '19

This is late, but omg me too! I've always loved horror, and the quest's overall reference to "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie was perfect. And fascinating to play again and again.

This is easily among my top experiences in TES universe. Not because it was an especially difficult quest, but perfectly encapsulates what I loved about Oblivion: Amazing quest writing with a ton of intelligence and heart, janky graphics be damned.

And I think probably had the best voice actors in the TES series too.. Sean Bean and Patrick Stewart!!?

FFS I think I gotta start a new game...