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Even in the shadow of Skyrim's mountains, The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion still matters
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion deserves to be respected even if it's often considered to be Skyrim's clunkier older brother.
| Image credit: Bethesda / Eurogamer Oblivion’s dev team were willing alchemists themselves, investing in graphical heft and full voice acting without sacrificing too much in the way of simulation - even incorporating the idea of a living world into their marketing pitch. Catch a distant wizard with an arrowhead dipped in intelligence-draining potion and they’ll be reduced to waving daggers around; seep a fatiguing venom into the blood of a goblin and you can watch as the stat change takes effect - slowing the frenetic swing of their arms just enough for you to start returning blows during the interludes. There comes a moment when, high in the hills of County Chorrol and newly infected with a Latin-sounding disease I worry might progress into vampirism, I turn back and spy the White-Gold Imperial tower on the horizon.
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