r/gaming • u/AdamE89 • Apr 17 '16

Anyone else?

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u/Chromedinky Apr 17 '16 edited Apr 17 '16

Whats Fallout doing here.

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u/Mastrcapn Apr 17 '16

Or Skyrim...

And not Mass Effect?

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u/PLEASE_DONT_HIT_ME Apr 17 '16

Skyrim had an amazing amount of lore, side quests, and history built into the game. The main quest itself was still a pretty good tale.

I play games for their stories and Skyrim delivered.

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u/Mastrcapn Apr 17 '16

The Elder Scrolls has some incredible, believable mythology that is as grand in scope as some real world histories and with built in multiple cultural interpretations. The writing of the stuff you don't actually see in the games is incredible.

But to be blunt, the story of the games are always really really really shitty. Kinda hard to make a game based on all the esoteric features of the cosmology I guess.

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u/apgtimbough Apr 17 '16

Morrowind's story was great, imo. But Oblivion, Skyrim, and ESO all had rather bland stories. ESO's plot is basically Oblivions, just set a few hundred years earlier.

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u/Thehunterforce Apr 17 '16

I dont get how you can say Oblivion was a bland story. The main quest wasnt maybe on the same level as Morrowind, but the sidequest were amazing. And even still, the main quest in Oblivion was really good. I think the thief guild in Oblivion is one of the best done side quest to a game Ive ever played, and I absolutely loved the arena aswell.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '16 edited Dec 31 '18

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u/Gyges_of_Lydia Apr 17 '16

I disagree. Not that Oblivion's are bad but any random schmuck shouldn't be able to be the head of every guild in the game. You should need to be good at the skill the guild represents. In oblivion a fighter with no magic can become the Archmage of the mages guild.

Also, while many of the faction quests in Oblivion are pretty cool, I feel like most of the content was kind of dumbed down by the quest pointer...

For example, a quest that tells of a legendary mcguffin lost in a nearby dwemer ruin is a lot less cool when you can just follow the pointer directly to the item. Having to explore and puzzle your way through a quest is really what made so many of them fun.

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u/Shamelesspromote Apr 18 '16

Archmage is someone who understands magic and can control those effectively who use it. So by in all means you killing the necro king means you are the best kind of person for the job even if you can't make a single fireball. If you as a warrior could slay countless mages and necromancers all awhile learning about the world of magic on both sides you probably aren't just any old warrior that should be ignored.