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The Elder Scrolls games ranked, from worst to best

Here's the complete list – as it currently stands – of The Elder Scrolls games ranked, from worst to best.

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Summons752875d ago

Skyrim above Oblivion? You're dreaming. Otherwise a good list.

-Foxtrot2875d ago

I know right

Oblivion was much more challenging and featured deep RPG elements

Skyrim was great but like Fallout 4 they dumbed everything down

bb14z2875d ago (Edited 2875d ago )

I think we're missing something.

Oblivion has one of, if not the, best DLC's of all time. To this day Shivering Isles is one of the best single player expansions ever made. Playing Oblivion for Shivering Isles alone is worth it.

shammgod2875d ago

I agree. I liked Skyrim, but wish oblivion was the remaster they were working on

naruga2875d ago (Edited 2875d ago )

Morrowind is by far the best...unrepeated atmosphere , art design ,overall structure

sullynathan2875d ago

@blitz "good dlc" doesn't mean the base game isn't garbage

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Servbot412875d ago

Oblivion's leveling system and scaling were so horribly implemented that they dragged the entire game down. Of the three "modern" games it's easily the worst.

-Foxtrot2875d ago

Better then letting you easily become a god like character in Skyrim

That was so straight forward and easy

sullynathan2875d ago

@Servbot Finally, someone with a brain. Oblivion is fucking terrible. What the hell was Bethesda thinking when they made some of the design decision with this game? And all the pre-release hype and lies too. Oblivion is easily the worst TES game.

@fox you're stupid. You do become a god in Oblivion. Remember shivering isles? And you become a god in gameplay too.

sullynathan2875d ago

Skyrim is objectively better than oblivion. I don't know what's wrong with you guys.

Oblivion is fucking terrible.

Bigpappy2875d ago

Yep. Morrowind is the best. I was hoping that was the remaster, as it is the only one I am willing to rebuy and replay.

andrewer2875d ago

wow an actually good list. I personally think Oblivion is better than Skyrim, not because Oblivion is way better than Skyrim but because Skyrim feels superficial in several areas.

sullynathan2875d ago (Edited 2875d ago )

Say what you want about Skyrim but it was far better than Oblivion. It doesn't matter if Oblivion had far more useless skills and unbalance. It was a worse video game and rpg than Skyrim. It was just poor overall.

From the stupid enemy scaling, to the "Radiant AI" lies by Bethesda, then the crap combat, story, poor unbalanced rpg mechanics and more. It was just flat out worse than Skyrim and morrowind. Don't let your rose tinted glasses fool you.

Pongwater2875d ago

Rose tinted glasses? Since Morrowind the series has lost depth with each new release. That's a simple fact. Less depth doesn't make a better rpg.

Radiant AI was dumbed down because of unforeseen consequences like city guards getting hungry on the job, leaving their post, and wandering off into the woods to go hunting. Another example I remember reading about had to do with NPCs getting addicted to Skooma. If you want to say they "lied", fine, but Skyrim's AI was also dumbed down at release and didn't do things they talked about in previews. For that matter, Skyrim also has poor combat and scaling AI.

sullynathan2875d ago (Edited 2875d ago )

everything you mentioned was done worse in Oblivion. Morrowind did not have "depth", if anything the TES game that had the most "Depth" was Daggerfall.
Oblivion never had any depth either.

AdmGenAladeen2875d ago

Since I only played Skyrim I can call it the best. If the others are just as good or even better I might have to try them. Anyways, extremely hyped for Skyrim remaster. I logged hundreds of hours on ps3 even though it was buggy as s***. Will be buying this day 1!

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Virtuos Working On A Multiplatform UE5 Remake, Rumored To Be The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Virtuos is currently working on a multiplatform Unreal Engine 5 remake, which is rumored to be The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.

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BlackIceJoe6d ago

If this is true, I hope it leads to Morrowind getting remade next.

-Foxtrot6d ago

I thought they’d go for Morrowind first to be honest but this is a welcoming surprise to tide us over before ES6

TheColbertinator6d ago

Well said. Exactly my thoughts too.

Tedakin6d ago

Unreal Engine isn't efficient for open world games, so I question the reliability of this story.

isarai6d ago

Yeah, 1st thing that came to my mind too, although i CAN see it being likely for ease if use, but it's not going to run very well if so

Tacoboto6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

I'd wonder if it would just be exploiting Unreal for graphics but the underlying engine/logic is still the original framework.

Like how we had the graphical remakes of Halo Anniversary, Tomb Raider I-III, and Demon's Souls.

Could also end up a disaster like the GTA Trilogy

mkis0075d ago

I have heard that too but even if it's modified isnt arkham knight UE?

Fragslayer5d ago

"remake will run both an Unreal Engine 5 project and the old Oblivion project. For instance, new graphics are rendered in the Unreal Engine 5 project, but most of the gameplay and physics are still done on the original Oblivion engine"

So with this logic it'll run just fine using UE5 tool sets on top of Gamebryo's engine or maybe even Creation Engine, who knows.

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kaos896d ago

Hopefully modders can fix the aged combart in this game if this is true. Enemies leveling up with you broke and defeated the whole purpose of leveling up.

Fragslayer5d ago

Yeah it could use some tuning for sure hence the need for a Remake not a Remaster. I'm surprised it's even a conversation within them group which makes me skeptical it's Oblivion. I wouldn't say they shouldn't level up at all though maybe just a leave them a couple levels behind to appease the masses.

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I'm Replaying Skyrim (again), and So Should You

Replaying Skyrim after 13 years is a reminder of the progress made in western RPGs over the last decade, but also what's been lost.

anast21d ago

I tried, but it's a poorly made game that insults its customers.

lucian22921d ago

nah, only mods make it decent, and even then it's bad, and this is after i modded for at least 3 years

Nittdarko21d ago

Funnily enough, I'm about to play it for the first time in VR with 1000 mods to make the game playable, as is the Bethesda way

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The 7 Best Western RPGs: Immersive Adventures

RPGs are often huge, sprawling endeavours. With limited playtime, we have to choose wisely, so here's the best western RPGs available today.

SimpleSlave21d ago

"I started playing games yesterday" the List... Meh!

How about a few RPGs that deserve some love instead?
1 - Alpha Protocol - Now on GOG
2 - else Heart.Break()
3 - Shadowrun Trilogy
4 - Wasteland 2
5 - UnderRail
6 - Tyranny
7 - Torment: Tides of Numenera

And for a bonus game that flew under the radar:
8 - Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden

DustMan21d ago

Loved Alpha Protocol in all it's glorious jank. Great game.

SimpleSlave21d ago (Edited 21d ago )

Not only glorious jank, but the idea that the story can completely change depending on what you do, or say, or side with, makes it one of the most forward thinking games ever. The amount of story permutation is the equivalent of a Hitman level but in Story Form. And it wasn't just that the story changed, no, it was that you met completely new characters, or missed them, depending on your choices. Made Mass Effect feel static in comparison.

Alpha Protocol was absolutely glorious, indeed. And it was, and still is, more Next Gen than most anything out there these days. In this regard at least.

Pity.