Thats actually pretty much exactly how I feel about this XD. Yeah, they did get way to lazy with unique weapons in Skyrim. None of em' are as interesting as Oblivion. Theres Aegisbane, a warhammer, Trollsbane, another warhammer, Nightingale Blade, which is good, Chillenrend dont count as its in both games, the Pale Blade, Bolar's Oathblade, and Nettlebane. None of those weapons are that good, and I'm suprised I remembered a lot of them.
P.S-Oh! The Blade Of Woe and Friendiels End, and Windshear! All of those are good except Friendiels End...
I liked the factions in Oblivion a whole lot more than the ones in Skyrim. I felt a sense of accomplishment when I became the leader, unlike Skyrim's factions where, with the exception of the thieves' guild, all you had to do was complete a small handful of missions before becoming the leader. The biggest offender to this was the College of Winterhold. It took longer to get the recommendations in Oblivion than it did to become Archmage in Skyrim and that's just sad.
That said, I enjoyed the overall feel of Skyrim more than Oblivion. I felt I had more freedom in Skyrim than I did in Oblivion and that the RP elements were more fleshed out. (I could actually make a necromancer in Skyrim)
Both games are great, just for different reasons.
Yeah, that is a massive pain. Wanna get Umbra? TOO BAD! You have to grind in order to get the ACTUAL Ebony Armor from her. Otherwise its orcish level gear . Chillenrend is leveled too. So is..well EVERYTHING IS! You want to get any amount of good armor you need to grind a fucking lot!
P.S- Dread, another way to level up is to go to Cloud Ruler Temple. Glitch SLIGHTY into the fireplace, be careful cause you can get stuck, and jump. You should start floating...kinda. This will level eitheir acrobatics or atheiletics, I forget. Just leave it there and you should level up.
I started with Morrowind but never actually completed it. I have too many found memories of just jumping every where. Arcobatics FTW.
Anyways back on topic, Oblivion was fun for a first play through but After I beat the game ( A fight scene where I had very little to do) I was done, shelved the game and haven't picked it up again.
Skyrim, I just feel like it keeps going and going. You complete the main story line, so what?!? The world is saved from Dragons, but now you have Bandits, Vampires, and Daedra that are still problems in the world that should be dealt with.
Oh and the option to destory the Dark Brotherhood. Glorious.
For me it's like this: Skyrim is objectively better than Oblivion in a lot of areas, and I will never back down from this. Just like Oblivion however, it has it's problems. Oblivion delivers a different experience than Skyrim, and that's why I think it still holds up. If you want a more classic fantasy, play Oblivion. If you want to go full on Viking mode, play Skyrim. The people who say Oblivion is better than Skyrim are clearly only going on nostalgia.
all the elder scrolls games has its pros and cons but i have enjoyed playing them anyway. my pet peeve about oblivion ( and this was also a problem in daggerfall and morrowind as well ) was the facts that the races were locked into these stereotypes and that females are smarter but males are stronger attitude. want to be a orc? no problem. want to play an orc female mage? okay. an male orc mage? too bad. i mean you can play as one but its a real hassle at times.
granted that skyrim has these issues as well like the khaijit with his skill set but one can work around that so he can be a warrior or mage or even a warrior-mage not just a thief.