Worst elder scrolls game

Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 3:03 am

I'd have to say Oblivion (I have played every other TES game but Arena) Since it was just too "generic" medieval fantasy. In other words, it lacked originality, which, Morrowind for example had. I think that Cyrodiil was just pretty boring as a setting and as area. As for Skyrim...whoa, just whoa...love it.

I chose Shivering Isles as expansion, simply because i love both Tribunal and Bloodmoon :)
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Joanne Crump
 
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 12:21 pm

Wow, it hurt, but I still have to say Oblivion was the worst, if for no other reason than ret-conning the seemingly interesting jungles, lake-countries, wide, sweeping wind-chisled plains, and beautiful river valleys of pre-Oblivion lore Cyrodiil into a boring generic sword and sorcery world. It would have been okay if Cyrodiil was boring according to lore, but it wasn't, and Bethesda missed a great chance to have terrain as varied, if not more varied, than the complex ecosystem of Vvardenfall.

I chose Tribunal as the worst expansion, even though I personally loved it, because it was just too linear, it's main quest didn't "feel" like an Elder Scrolls Quest, more like a well made Fable quest with Elder Scrolls Lore.
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:20 pm

Wow, it hurt, but I still have to say Oblivion was the worst, if for no other reason than ret-conning the seemingly interesting jungles, lake-countries, wide, sweeping wind-chisled plains, and beautiful river valleys of pre-Oblivion lore Cyrodiil into a boring generic sword and sorcery world. It would have been okay if Cyrodiil was boring according to lore, but it wasn't, and Bethesda missed a great chance to have terrain as varied, if not more varied, than the complex ecosystem of Vvardenfall.

I chose Tribunal as the worst expansion, even though I personally loved it, because it was just too linear, it's main quest didn't "feel" like an Elder Scrolls Quest, more like a well made Fable quest with Elder Scrolls Lore.


This. I remember reading somewhere (some book in Morrowind i recall) that Cyrodiil was was mostly jungle and suff (might have to check that, forgive me if i'm wrong). And it was kinda weird why Bethesda made it so generic after Vvardenfell, which still, to this day, is something truly original and interesting as a gameworld.
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:03 pm

Also, aside from eliminating all the jungles of Cyrodiil, notice that the Imperial Palace is utterly absent from the game. While the game refers to White-Gold Tower as "The Imperial Palace," notice that it lacks any sort of quarters for anyone other than Occato. Similarly, lore from Skyrim denotes that during the Altmer's siege of the city, "The Palace was burned and the Tower was captured."
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:59 pm

Wow. That many people disliked oblivion. What a shame really.
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:20 pm

Wow. That many people disliked oblivion. What a shame really.

Yes but some people (like me) haven't played the old ones, the majority have only played 3+4+5 or 4+5 only. For me Oblivion was the weak game compared to Morrowind and Skyrim.
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:06 pm

started ith morrowind then played daggerfall then oblivion then arena so for me the worst was arena mainly becuase im a lore nut and arena didnt have too much of the lore we recognize today daggerfall was wahat arena wasnt in my eyes that said id say tribunal but it was fun :intergalactic:
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:05 pm

None of the travels games or the two adventure games on there? Well I guess I can't really comment on any of those anyways, haven't played any of the travels games.
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 2:48 pm

Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puQB8xA7OlY

thats skyrim/winterhold in arena

Wow. It sure looks different in 4E 201!
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Charlie Ramsden
 
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 3:29 pm

I'm really surprised people think oblivion was worse than arena
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:46 pm

Why?

I second this.

Stupid poll. All the games are GREAT in their own ways. Even Oblivion is a great game.
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Jonathan Braz
 
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 12:58 pm

Haha lolz Oblivion is getting all the votes.
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:10 pm

Oblivion was arena in proper 3D IMO. Its lore was bashed about the head with a big stick, the guild quests were so contrived and padded out. The mage guild acceptance quests - I mean really?

I liked all the expansions though, I just picked Bloodmoon due to the Werewolves and all the werewolf fanatics on here annoy me :)
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:49 am

None of the travels games or the two adventure games on there? Well I guess I can't really comment on any of those anyways, haven't played any of the travels games.

If he'd put any of those in there'd be no need for a poll :wink_smile: , as to the main series and expansions i loved them all and can't really pick a worst.
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:41 pm

It's hard to say "worst", since all five are good, but I'd have to say Arena. There's no books, and the story is extremely rudimentary and pretty much boils down to the cliche video game plot of "collect pieces of artifact, use to beat bad guy". It's still fun to play, and it was revolutionary in its time, but it's hardly its fault that it ended up surpassed by the following games, that's just how things happen sometimes.
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:54 pm

I actually love Oblivion, i think it's very good. It's just sad that Skyrim and Morrowind are better, ah well :(
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:02 am

"Worst?" Well, for expansions, that IS a little hard, since all in all, all three are good. In the end, though, I might go with Tribunal, since it feels the most forced/contrived for a lot of it. It's not quite so much that it's BAD, but rather than the other two are simply more superb. Now if only all the flagship games had the same quality as the expansions for them...

Exactly how I felt. It was hard to vote for just one, but Tribunal is the one that sticks out the least. :shrug:

I never played Arena or Daggerfall so I can't honestly vote. Out of the three I've played, Oblivion was the worst.
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:49 am

I'd say Arena and Bloodmoon.
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:18 pm

Skyrim and Shivering Isles. Haven't played Arena or Daggerfall enough to judge them though.
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:55 pm

I hate to say it but Arena. I don't know why but it just felt really boring. And it's not a result of its age either considering I find Daggerfall to be the best of the series.
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 3:24 am

Post your opinions and discuss.



Everyone likes Arena because it was the first, but I dont get it, because I think it blows... its actually so bad lol.. daggerfall is where its at.
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Chelsea Head
 
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 7:12 pm

thats like asking which of the following do you like the least
cake
money
six
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Stefanny Cardona
 
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:51 pm

Everyone likes Arena


Yep. That's why it's second in the poll with a full 1/3 of the votes.
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:32 pm

Arena as it was obviously the oldest and therefore most dated. Good for its time though,

I voted Tribunal for dlc but that's not to say it was bad. It was still a very good expansion.
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 4:07 am

Oblivion without a doubt.
Don't even need to give it a second thought.
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