1:22:50 "... Explores the role of the EIGHT divines"

pro thalmor move right there

"I, very much like your parents, will be disapointed in you." Low blow, mate, low blow.

You don't mean to tell me it's really called the IMPERIAL EMPIRE

God, I have so much unwanted nostalgia for running around feeding conversation pie to the NPCs to level up my Speechcraft.

True story: I didn't know what fast travel was when I first played Oblivion so I didn't do it until like a year after getting it and travelled everywhere on stolen horses.
Good times.

I don't care what anyone says, these graphics were unreal in 2006. I remember being awed.

My first open world game, as 10 years old walking out of the sewers and into the imperial city felt otherworldly lol

i wonder how many oblivion "retrospectives" I'm gonna watch in my lifetime..
the numbers are mounting irresponsibly

Oblivion helped get me through a very tough time in my life, while I recognize it’s flaws looking back on it today it will always be one of my favorite games.

"Knights of the nine also explores the role of the eight divines that..." Damned faithless Imperial.

“A New Type of RPG”
“Oblivion Strikes Back”
“Return of the Bugs”

Remember this game came out on hardware that only had 512mb of ram. It's pure madness what they achieved here, not just with graphics.

One of my favorite aspects of the dark brotherhood is this, if you drop mother's head in the room where Lachance has been murdered, the guilty guy will be the only one to behave differently, as such, revealing himself. Such a fantastic thing to add.

I think I’ve caught onto your character naming scheme lol. The morrowind character was “Never”, the Oblivion one is “Knows”, and I’d wager the Skyrim one will be “Best”

Take a shot everytime he says Burma instead of Bruma.

One day... There will be an episode about Elder Scrolls 6... I hope I live to see it.

The worst thing about being here so early is that the waiting time for the next one will be even longer. ):

Say what you want about Skyrim, but beeing able to loop around most dungeons and skip the walk back was a godsent

Well today just got a whole lot better!

The biggest problem with level scaling in Oblivion I had in my first play through. Unlike the enemy NPC, the allied NPC (specifically guards, sentries, soldiers) did not scale up to your level.
Like in Morrowind I did a whole number of side quests before going on with the main story, leveling up very high. This meant, that when I came to the battle of Bruma, the enemy NPC have become so strong, they obliterated all the soldiers of the counties aiding in the battle of Bruma so quickly, it was impossible to protect Martin long enough to win the battle. So it became a main quest blocker.
I have to agree, the best time in Oblivion were the first hours after the introduction level. Later, the quest line of the Dark Brotherhood/Black Hand and the Thiefs Guild were the only highlights.