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Skyrim is a great entry-level RPG/open-world game for people who haven't really explored the genre. Normies absolutely loved that game and I know many people who got into much better games after getting enamored with Skyrim. It's honestly fine and does certain things really well.
A hotter take (and one that more people need to accept) would be that Oblivion isn't good and never was. I actually think Skyrim is better as an overall game lol
Skyrim is definitely more playable unmodded than Oblivion simply because it gets rid of that unintuitive and broken level-up system.
Actually this is also something I'm only seeing in recent years, like RPG Codex dorks complained back in the day, but I'm only seeing this complaint filter down recently. I never had a problem in my 300 odd hours, it's very fucky but not a dealbreaker?
I'm particularly biased against it because my first character back in 2006 had multiple non-combat-related major skills and got totally screwed over as a result. Not a universal experience. But it's a very busted system so when I get the itch to replay it every few years I mod in something better.
Sorry Todd wants you to bonk stuff with big sword, speech and mercantile are cancelled everybody go home
I will defend Oblivion to my dying breath.
This certainly has nothing to do with it being my first TES game or first real open world RPG :3
So it's like Final Fantasy Mystic Quest? I dunno though, my issue is I think Skyrim only primes people for more zero effort slop. If you play Skyrim you're not gonna be ready to create a character in Fallout 1 or w/e, since mechanically Skyrim does not have character creation...
Worse than Skyrim I mean it has its problems but I'd much rather be bouncing around the Shivering Isles or doing the Painted World questline...