Is The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion still fun for a first-time player in 2025?
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Summary
The remastered version of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion has been released this week, which has given gamers an opportunity to revisit the classic RPG or play it for the first time, if they never did so in the past twenty years.
The author of this article is in the latter group, and penned this piece about their first impressions of the game, whilst comparing it to the advancements made in the gaming genre in the years since Oblivion was first played by gamers.
The author notes that whilst it is easy to see why Oblivion made such an impact in 2006, the ways in which the game can feel dated, from a modern gamer’s perspective, are quite prominent.
In the author’s opinion, the way the narrative unfolds at the beginning feels clunky and leaves too many holes in the story to be believable.
Alongside this, the author feels that their character is given responsibility too quickly, which does not allow the player to immerse themselves in the world thoroughly.
