re: Oblivion fans check in

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I agree in general, but not in specificity, and that’s the issue. I absolutely agree that Skyrim could suck you in with its radiant quest system. But looking back now, how many of those quests do you actually remember?

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I remember some side quests but only because I've replayed it recently. They certainly could have done better, like the overall content of side quests being just "deeper" like they were in Oblivion.

If Bethesda would figure out a way to make side quests you completed (or skipped), or seemingly trivial random occurrences, affect the main quest line more like CDPR did with Witcher 3, they could potentially create a contender for best game of all time. They always seem to lack just one or two ingredients though. Skyrim definitely knocked it out of the park with the main and guild quest lines. They were some of the most memorable of relatively recent times. But you're absolutely correct that many of the side quests were very milquetoast.

I really believe that W3 set the gold standard for deep and meaningful side quests that actually affect the big picture in both insignificant and big ways. I'm waiting for another game dev to catch lightning in a bottle and give me something like that again. Might never happen but I sure hope it does.