User blog comment:Madgod21/skyrim vs oblivion/@comment-4858067-20120828185334

I personally do love both games, but in my opinion Skyrim is a bit better. For one thing, the main quest line in oblivion always failed to capture my interest. I'd always stop after getting Cloud Ruler Temple and just run around Cyrodill and do random side quests. In Skyrim, the main story reeled me in and just wouldn't let go. I couldn't get enough of the story, all though it was a tad bit short.

Oblivion did have the advantage of better faction quest lines. I love the Companions, but their quest line was pathetic in terms of content, especially compared to the Fighters Guild of the last game. Oblivion also beats Skyrim in terms of pure cheesiess. I love to find glitches and screwing around with people in Oblivion.

Skyrim's leveling system was much better. Oblivion's was a bit of a chore in my opinion and it always felt like you leveled at an incredibly slow rate that gives the unfortunate side-effect of making first time players feel like they arn't playing the game right and getting either bored or confused.

Skyrim's visuals are much better as well, not to say Oblivion's are horrible (they were far from it, and are still impressive if a bit dated). Oblivion's armors were so ugly, and don't even get me started on the people. Skyrim's armors looked a helluva alot better, especially the light armor. The only good looking LA set in obivion was Elven. The characters are much better looking as well, though Wood Elves just weird me out in Skyrim. Now, I don't think graphics are everything, but visuals are a very important aspect of a product

I think Skyrim is the better game, but Oblivion is still great and I have thought of popping that old disc in and going on a trip down nostalgia lane. Bethesda also worked a helluva harder on the PS3 version of Oblivion, so that's a plus. I apologize for anyone who read this ridiculously long comment.