Replying to taxes #tzfi The only thing you could even remotely argue is slightly better quests but that falls apart once you realize 80% of Oblivions quests are quite literally "Go here and kill a troll" Oblivions main bonus is nostalgia for people, when you ask someone what it did right or better you always get an empty response, or mentions of the shivering isles which were done by mark nelson who did many morrowind quests, and specifically was the lead writer for tribunal which is arguably one of the best written bethesda DLCs already. Argubly skyrims combat system isn't great but even on legendary you can still have enough dps to kill enemies, but not Oblivion it's ALWAYS spamming and giant helath sponges. I despise skyrim leveling too- but oblivions is actually hell and unusable. Then you have dlc being p2w breaking progression, the god awful UI. The lack of care and effort put into actually walking around the world and it comes out to a total mess.
Artstyle is better, in skyrim everything is too dark imo and everything look slike dirt, oblivion is more colorful and lively
I like the stats system more in oblivion never liked percentage based perk systems in rpgs
The big quests like guilds are way better in oblivion. In skyrim you join the guild and after going on 1 excursion to a dank cave you are now leader lmao. In Oblivion you actually have to work for it gaining different ranks with fun symbols etc
I don't like the skyrim cities, it seems like everyone has a problem and they're way too one note. In Oblivion, some cities have problems, others hust don't and are just thriving normal cities which is way more realistic imo.
Overall skyrim feels like a much more empty experience, when you complete the civil war story line nobody not even elsif aknwoledges it which isn't the case in oblivion. In oblivion you get a better sense of a realistic world that isn't just tailored to the player. I also like the romanesque asthetic there way more than the viking style of skyrim and again the artstyle is just way better. Quests are not slightly better they are way better. I also like the core mechanics of oblivion like the stat system way more. Overall I cab't really think of anything i like better in skyrim, oblivion is just way better imo
