TES4: Oblivion Analysis | A Quick Retrospective

Want to know how to tell if someone is an Oblivion fan? Me too.

Sections:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:06:27 - Oblivion Intro
00:16:15 - Character Creation
00:26:24 - The Arena
00:56:41 - The Arena II
01:15:26 - The Fighters Guild
01:48:18 - The Fighters Guild II
02:27:47 - The Mages Guild
03:18:39 - The Mages Guild II
04:16:44 - The Main Quest
04:42:23 - The Main Quest II
05:19:07 - The Main Quest III
05:53:27 - The Main Quest IV
06:27:22 - The Knights of the Nine
07:06:01 - The Knights of the Nine II
07:28:44 - The Thieves Guild
07:51:00 - The Thieves Guild II
08:28:53 - The Dark Brotherhood
09:25:36 - The Daedra
10:18:40 - The Daedra II
10:56:17 - The Shivering Isles
11:43:53 - Conclusion
12:00:00 - The End

The first [56:42] have been transcribed into accurate [English] subtitles. The remainder was generated using Premiere Pro, as YouTube refused to provide an auto-caption for this video. I am trying to add to this where I have time.

[4] Gamasutra, Emil Pagliarulo
[5] Fallout Wiki Archive EP
[6] Gamasutra, Ken Rolston Interview
[8] Xbox 360 Sales Numbers
[9] E3 2005 viewership
[10] RPGamer Gavin Carter interview
[11] Ken Rolstone interview
[13] Oblivion e3 2005 Gameplay Demo
[14] Decrypting the Elder Scrolls | GameInformer
[15] Making of Thief 2
[16] Alan Nanes
[17] Erik J Caponi
[19] Shivering Isles Education
[20] Ted Petersen Interview
[21] Douglas Goodall Interview
[22] Power Attack Fatigue Penalty
[23] Jeremy Soule Interview
[24] Megan Sawyer
[25] Megan Sawyer Portfolio
[26] Mark Nelson’s Fighters Guild
[27] Fallout 4 Reddit Moment
[28] Cutting Room Floor, Arena
[31] Michael Kirkbride | Camoran Speech
[32] GameSpot | Knights of the White Stallion
[36] Shivering Isles Schizoaffective
[38] The Psychology of Video Games Week 2

Oblivion Reviews

#Patrician #Oblivion

[Patrician]

Thanks to everyone who supported me the past 10 months. Read this comment before you respond:

NIRNROOT: Yes I said it weird. You can apparently drop Nirnroot on at least the Steam version of Oblivion. It's weird because I've had conversations IRL about not being able to drop Nirnroot, and it's one of the chief complaints of the Nirnroot quest I've heard (being that you have to collect ~100 of them just to be able to finally stop carrying them around). Those memories came from the physical PC copy as well as the 360 copy, in case anyone wants to look into it.

HACKDIRT: Yes, I'm aware that Hackdirt is a Lovecraft reference. I figured a fake out referencing an obscure film from the 60s was an obvious enough joke. Do you actually think I knew what "Shadow over Elveron" was prior to writing this script? It was a made for TV film from the late 60s, it's so obscure the novel it was based on doesn't even have a wikipedia page. "Shadow over Innsmouth" is, however, not an obscure reference. The joke is predicated on you thinking I'm about to say "Shadow over Innsmouth" and then faking you out at the last second. Thanks for playing along, you can stop telling me now.

MOUNT AND BLADE: I did not say that Mount and Blade came after Mordhau. That paragraph is just structured badly, also I was lazy and used the Bannerlord footage I already had rather than getting new Warband footage. I mention Morrowind first, then clarify that Mordhau has directional attacks, and then say that Mount and Blade also used directional attacks, which was supposed to be relative to the first subject, not the second. The idea was to progress the idea backwards, and then show that Elder Scrolls pre-dated it all.

[TheOneTrueNeravarOfOoo]

Now that you've done a quick analysis. Do an in depth, time consuming one.

[elgatochurro]

"whoever made this UI doesn't use magic"

Earlier "Todd is a barbarian main"

[NotLordAsshat]

The worst part about these videos being so fucking long is that I take for granted that they're going to keep going. When they finally end it's a truly sad moment, given how engaging it is the entire way.

[James]

The whiplash of talking about a quest line, going on a tangent about something else in the middle of it, and then slamming back to the questline suddenly is great.

[illbebeck]

I just love how he titled this 12 hour video "A Quick Analysis" as if he's threatening us that he can easily make a longer version

[daxterisnumber]

People: Wanna go watch a movie
Me: Sorry I don't got time
Also Me: Watches 6 movies worth of oblivion analysis

[phocarrot]

Oblivion was my first Bethesda game and I managed to accidently become a vampire without realizing it and kept vaguely wondering why I kept getting hurt when I went outside and why all the NPCs were constantly telling me how awful I looked. And then I tried to pickpocket someone who was asleep and saw the "feed" button and was like "I can... feed them??" So I clicked it and my character started feeding ON them and that was when it all finally clicked.

10/10, excellent roleplaying experience.

[fable]

They had the perfect excuse to get rid of Levitation and Teleportation and they chose not to use it; just say that it was in some way tied to the Heart of Lorkhan. That the heart's destruction sent magical shockwaves through the world that altered the way that certain magic worked, making some spells no longer possible. You can even say the change was gradual so it makes sense you could still use them in the Morrowind post game. It might sound flimsy, but it is ten thousand times more believable than "everyone collectively pinky promised not to use two of the coolest and most useful magical powers that any being can possess."

[blueshit]

after watching this entire 12 hour long video I still can't get over how an Argonian lady sends two people to drown to death out of curiosity while she has a natural water breathing ability, and yet somehow she's the good guy and gets a promotion for it?

[yonahga]

The Perma-Virgin 10-minute review vs the Omega-Chad 12-hour quick retrospective

[Amara]

I actually like the potato quests. The reason is partially what you say, but also for the realistic yet mundane beauty of it. Sometimes I want to be a hero, other times, I just want to be a wandering traveler passing through at the right time, and I might not solve some confound dilema, but just doing normal people things for normal people. Maybe if I stick around someone will have a bigger quest, or maybe I’ll move on to the next town and just be remembered as the girl who got the potato’s back, and I genuinely like that

[YourLocalRaccoon]

"This video isnt meant to be watched in its entirety in one sitting"

Thats a challenge. Challenge accepted.

[SuperZergMan]

"This game is shit, I can't hit anything!"
-Mannimarco, wielding a dagger he doesn't have the skills to use properly.

[Yaboi-h]

I recently realised how Jauffre getting the special dialouge of "yes Kvatch" makes him an irredeemable, irresponsible, incompetent idiot. With just one singular dialouge the super elite grandmaster of the blades reveals that he basically put the entirety of Tamriel at risk because he's a bum. He knew Uriel had an illegitimate heir as a backup plan, yet as he heard about the assassination of the Emperor's heirs and the big U himself he didn't IMMEDIATELY have Martin taken to Cloud Ruler Temple: strike 1. If the player visits Kvatch before delivering the amulet Jauffre implies that he knows of the attack but you never see a single blade agent sent to take Martin away nor are there any blades agent corpses to show he at least tried: strike 2. If the player B-lines it to the priory he gives a fucking inmate who might just have been a bloodthirsty murderer the task to retrieve the only hope of Tamriel: strike 3 he is out.
And this is only the FIRST conversation you have with the guy. I will not even mention the clusterfuck of how the mythic dawn steals the amulet because that makes me want to open the console and just remove Jauffre from the game.

[beyondpain]

I dunno how many times I've watched this, but I have to wonder. How many people have been woken up by that last line. "You've massively overslept."

[badgerbane]

This is great because by the time I finish watching it, I've forgotten what was said at the start and get to enjoy it all over again. This is the only content I need now. This shall sustain me.

[Vmar]

"You up this weekend?"
"Nah man, I'm watching THE Oblivion retrospect"

[Sorenova]

9:15:59 the player just standing there while matthieu bellamont's master plan trying to stab a ghost(?) just happens in front of you always drove me insane

[___.]

6:20:48 the implication that at the end of time, billions of daedra will dogpile onto tamriel is equal parts terrifying and amusing