The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

staggering amount of revisionism about this horrific abortion of a game
it's not 2012 anymore, dear younger millennials and older zoomers, you don't need to act high and mighty about Skyrim anymore, it is objectively a better game in every way imaginable
still bethshit tho

Alright, so after replaying TES 3 through 5, I have to say Morrowind is the absolute GOAT. But I kind of loved Oblivion's mechanics, minus the sponge health enemies. I had a lot of fun even collecting Nirnroot and doing my best to just walk and not fast travel. Each game has its pros and cons, but for what I want out of a game, Morrowind > Oblivion > Skyrim.

broken broken magic system is very FUN

My favorite part about this game is when you speak with a beggar and every other sentence is voiced by a different person

my favourite part of this game is when you levelled up acrobatics past 65 or something and could do cool backflips off rooftops

also this was my favourite elder scroll before i realised the superiority of daggerfalls (archaic yet monolithic amount of) mechanics

spriggans, "nature's gaurdians" my foot =| mean things. they'll curse you, or might call a bear to tear you apart =/

Spriggans! " ( ＾◡＾) NaTuReS gUaRdIaNs~" MY FOOT!11!1!! >=D Mean things. They'll CURSE you, OR they might call a bear to TEAR you apart! >=]

Perhaps I'm stupid, but is this really the combat? This is my first Bethesda game, and I'm level 2 on the second main quest in the game in Kvatch, and I have to hit one enemy like 50 times to kill them. I ended up running past all the enemies to finish the quest. I dropped the game after I got BTFOd in the next one by a Goblin in the sewers while using my best weapon.