Not at all. Skyrim still has a similar feel to Oblivion by what we saw, except more atmosphere and hopefully more immersive/unique environments. Honestly, Oblivion wasn't even all that memorable compared to Morrowind for me. Oblivion's world was a very generic fantasy environment. I still go back to Morrowind just to explore the world. But based on what we have seen so far, I'm really looking forward to exploring Skyrim.

It will remain. That magically feel you are talking about is the travel, adventure, and watching a beautiful sun rise knowing that somewhere out there lurks an evil that's blood will be on your sword by sun set. So have no fear *Reassuring pat on the shoulder*.

Nope I will not miss it as I will pretty much return to it eventually, as I still return to Morrowind..................... the 2 games give me a different feel for different reasons

Morrowind I play to enjoy the lore and storytelling aspects, where oblivion is much more hack and slash with a bit of story telling.

Both games I enjoy

And I expect Skyrim to be a good representation of both of these aspects, with better graphics but also better storytelling and immersion.

even though I totally agree with you with oblivion still being an awesome game, people can state their opinions about the game. thats what the forums are for. But yes I agree... Oblivion was awesome in my opinion and I will stick with that opinion no matter what people say about it. :thumbsup:

We'll have to agree to disagree. Personally, I've owned both Oblivion and Morrowind for several years and I would always choose to play OB over MW.

Agreed but in a different way then you would think. I love Oblivion. I have deemed it my favorite game of all time, but in eight years, I won't be playing it because going from modern graphics of 2019 to 2006, I couldn't handle it haha. And I probably won't be even playing Skyrim in 8 years. I will be playing the next installment to TES!!! :tongue:

I personally adore the viking-barbarian theme Skyrim will be situated in.

When i first played oblivion i was shocked by how beautiful the graphics were for such a giant game. It really felt like i was acctually exploring a new world . Skyrim will have even better graphics, especially the monsters will get a big update so i'm pretty exited.

The feel is one thing i'm really not going to miss about oblivion,
not even the amazing graphics back then could outshine the complete blandness.

No, I didn't miss Morrowind when Oblivion came out

And as for the Oblivion vs Morrowind debate, most people love the first tes game they played the most.
Just because someone dosen't think your favourite game of the series is the best dosen't mean they're a [censored] [censored],
thank god we have differing opinions.

my two cents. i hope Skyrim will have the feel of Morrowind, rather than Oblivion. playing Morrowind, i really felt like i was in a new world, a new planet or something. Oblivion felt like i was on earth, in england or something. i love exploring the daedric ruins, the dwarven ruins. going into the ashlands. i love exploring the otherworldly wizard towers, etc..

I hope Skyrim has the feel of Skyrim, I preferred MW to OB, but that doesn't mean I didn't love it, Oblivion was the Imperial Province, it was supposed to be like England. MW was an exotic Elven land

Wasn't the imperial province supposed to feel like rome in a jungle?

I only miss Bruma from Oblivion + some minor stuff. Bruma was my love.. I really dig this town + now we got Bruma expanded, weee !
Morrowind & Daggerfall I really loved playing (having Morrowind playthrough now, almost 8 years from last ! )

I think Skyrim looks much less "generic fantasy" than Oblivion did. Therefore, I think the general feel of the game will be much better. The land looks much more interesting than Cyrodiil.

Interesting question (apart from the fact that you can always go back and play the older games, but I know that's not what you meant).

While playing Oblivion, I really missed the feel of Morrowind. I went back to Morrowind a number of times while slogging through Oblivion.

Eventually (and with ~ 25 mods, the most important of which tweaked level scaling and removed the simplistic minigames) I grew to enjoy Oblivion for what it was. Beautiful forests and settlements, fun combat, a lot of interesting and imaginative (though disappointingly linear) quests. One thing I never really felt Oblivion had was a particular 'feel', in the strong sense that Morrowind had it.

In Morrowind it was a feeling of alienation, of being the outsider, of not quite understanding the bigger picture, of having to piece it together.

In Oblivion... I don't know, really. The landscape was vaguely LOTR-ish, the mages' guild had an upbeat Harry Potter vibe, the Thieves Guild was a bit Robin Hood, the Dark Brotherhood was a fun parody of mindless evil. Oblivion gates lead to a pretty generic 'bad place'. All the ES mythology was kind of buried under the surface, you had to dig for it. There wasn't much of a coherent 'theme' or 'feel'. It was a great game, don't get me wrong, but didn't get under my skin in the same way Morrowind did. Cyrodiil never felt like a real place, it was just a playground full of monsters and quests.

So... if I end up missing the feel of Oblivion, it means that my missing the feel of Morrowind was pure nostalgia, making me a completely unreliable witness. This is quite possible

Cyrodiil and locations like it very common in high fantasy, and I think it's why so many people associate with the concept. But it's really only a small fraction of what the genre has to offer. You will find in epic fantasy novels, characters will live and travel many diverse locations, including some very much like Skyrim. In fact, the name "Dragonborn" is very much a nod to the "Dragon" and the "Dragon Reborn" from the Wheel of Time series of epic fantasy novels by Robert Jordan. Truly fantastic reads, for anyone interested. Anyway, I believe Skyrim will be easily as compelling if not more than Oblivion.

Off topic: Memory of Light comes out soon :celebration:

I know! I still have yet to read Towers of Midnight. Damn it lol!

I personally don't like oblivion that much. I hope it will be more like morrowind, and from what I've seen, that it will be.

In Oblivion all cities looked the same, zz so boring

When I come to the forums I seldom post, especially to these kinds of posts, mainly because I know it is pointless. I'm always interested, though, to see how other people experience the world I got to love.

Anyway, I will just point something. The Elder Scrolls is a series characterized by a 'start fresh' with each game, each one with its unique (or less unique) feel. I agree that we have some things (and LORE should be a cohesive whole, not some amorphous thing that shifts shape each time a new game comes out) that we'd like to take over the next game, but that's an ideal, and ideals do not exist, as long as we have such a diversity between the fans (which I think, by the way, that is a great thing - have you ever thought sharing your own experiences and love of this series with so many different people, each one of them experiencing it in a way almost completely different? That is a RICH experience).

My point is, I see no benefits in trying to 'resurrect' a game, or its feel - well, they're all here, very much ALIVE, available for us to immerse in one of them, or all. So what's the point of bringing a copy of a game that already exists and, with the PERSONAL mods you choose, is turned into your UNIQUE experience, just the way you want? Not even graphics and mechanics are an obstacle now - MGE, Daggerfall XL, MWSE, OBSE, OOO...

We are wasting time here. All the people who is reading this post (and alike) could very much be playing one of the TES game, the one they feel has the better feel - or even exploring one that they haven't even tried yet!

The Elder Scrolls has a great community, and each one of us (daggerfallians, morrowinders, oblivionites, redguardians, battlespirians, arenians, skyrimers...) is a welcome addition to such a great community. Share with us! Tell us what amazes you TES wise - lore, setting, story, characters, combat, graphics, whatever!


Sorry for the long post, but I needed to say it