Summary
Skyrimis 14 years old, meaning there hasn’t been a new mainline Elder Scrolls game in a generation. Sure, some of the kids who grew up on it might have gone back and tried older entries in the series (hi), or dabbled in the MMO, but a lot of fans will have either moved on as they waited for TES 6, or kept playing every new Skyrim re-release.
For the fans who have been waiting, but haven’t dipped their toes into the rest of the series, the Oblivion remaster may as well be a new entry. “If you never played Oblivion before, TES 6 basically dropped a week ago,“u/gnpking said. “Modern graphics, new systems that I’ve never encountered, and a brand new story. I’m having a fu**ing blast.”
Oblivion fans are urging the communitynot to pit the game against Skyrim.
With 1,700 upvotes, it’s a sentiment that many in the community clearly share, with some, like u/Mysterious_Action_83, even saying that it’ll make the wait for the next game a lot easier: “This will tie me off for years until TES 6.” Hopefully, the wait won’t be that long, but a few years in Cyrodiil doesn’t sound so bad, at least.
“I’m About 70 Hours In And It’s Definitely Gonna Hold Me Over Until [The Elder Scrolls 6]”
“It really does feel like Elder Scrolls 6,” u/supbitch agreed, who sold their copy of the original after getting curbstomped by a highwayman right when exiting the sewers. “There’s one part of it that’s just better to see first after Skyrim. And that’s the border. I was hiking up in the far north mountains looking for Daedric artifacts and got to the highest point I could when a barrier hit, then realised I was standing just south of Helgen and Falkreathwhen I saw the Throat of the World.”
It’s been 2,523 days since TES 6 was announced. The Skyrim re-releases were doing nothing, and I was getting frustrated waiting for new news. Oblivion certainly helped with the frustration!
“Definitely feels like the ‘Skyrim 6’ I always wanted,” u/neronga mused. “I never played any Elder Scrolls other than Skyrim and was probably too young and stupid to enjoy Oblivion when it first came out.”
Granted, not everyone agrees, with some arguing that Oblivion is showing its age, and that it doesn’t stand the test of time even with a new lick of paint. But we’re all talking about The Elder Scrolls again with newfound passion, so it’s easy to see why, for so many, it’s the equivalent of a new game. For a lot of kids growing up, it’ll be their first mainline TES release, and for those who got started with Skyrim, it’s the most buzz the series has had in a decade.
