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Oblivionisn’t many people’s favourite Elder Scrolls game—that title usually goes to either its predecessor or successor—but it’s unquestionably the funniest. Yes, Morrowind had The Lusty Argonian Maid and Skyrim sent you to the Moon every time a giant took a swing at you, but Oblivion’s technology and acting combined in perfect alchemy to produce effortless comedy entirely without trying.
No game will ever achieve the unintentional comedy of Oblivion https://t.co/B6GeHVgvPkJanuary 18, 2024
No game will ever achieve the unintentional comedy of Oblivion https://t.co/B6GeHVgvPkJanuary 18, 2024
Well, that just got the ball rolling, and soon enough a whole section of Twitter was awash in everyone’s favourite clips of one of the most beautifully jank games ever put to market. There’s the wood elf knight uttering a calm “Farewell,” as a dungeon trap propels him towards a nest of spikes on the ceiling. There’s the snow perverts. There’s the man who is suddenly pulled into six different dimensions mid-conversation. This game has it all, and don’t worry, I’ll post them below.
On the one hand, I suppose that’s a good thing. The games are less likely to shake themselves apart than they once were, but I have to admit some nostalgic part of me misses the charming brittleness of these older games. This stuff is absolutely wonderful, and besides, it’s not like Bethesda games don’t have bugs in them anymore, it just feels like the bugs they have are less likely to send a man to meet his god halfway through a chat about mudcrabs. Or maybe I’m playing wrong.
Whatever the case may be, here are a few of my absolute favourite clips that people have posted so far, and you can find many more inthe quote tweets for Oshry’s original post. Oblivion, don’t listen to what they say, you’re absolutely beautiful to me.
https://t.co/gwi4x6fEgO pic.twitter.com/46jiANRYENJanuary 19, 2024
https://t.co/gwi4x6fEgO pic.twitter.com/46jiANRYENJanuary 19, 2024
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https://t.co/ieggquBPPm pic.twitter.com/LHu2kKNXp5January 19, 2024
HAAA https://t.co/ndV6u1oKzw pic.twitter.com/gIgthF8aldJanuary 19, 2024
HAAA https://t.co/ndV6u1oKzw pic.twitter.com/gIgthF8aldJanuary 19, 2024
https://t.co/aqT3qHGSE0 pic.twitter.com/dWMtaDOMWoJanuary 19, 2024
https://t.co/aqT3qHGSE0 pic.twitter.com/dWMtaDOMWoJanuary 19, 2024
https://t.co/QtetOvBJkd pic.twitter.com/e0ASIvEQxBJanuary 19, 2024
https://t.co/QtetOvBJkd pic.twitter.com/e0ASIvEQxBJanuary 19, 2024
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