Why Skyrim might be better then Oblivion

5 The Lockpicking isn’t terrible

I doubt even the most hardcore fan of Oblivion genuinely prefers the Lockpicking in Oblivion to what we got in Skyrim. The Lockpicking mini game first introduced in Fallout 3 was truly a great edition to Skyrim. It might not seem like that big of deal, but any Skyrim player will miss it once they start playing Oblivion.

4 You could play as a Werewolf

Sadly when Oblivion was in development Werewolves failed to make it into the final game. When Skyrim was in development almost the same exact thing happened, but thankfully someone at Bethesda worked on them enough to make transforming into a Werewolf an option. Having the option to play as a Werewolf may not seem that important, but it helps make Skyrim feel a little more complete then Oblivion.

3 The leveling system was better

So maybe this is personal preference, but how you level up thru Skyrim ends up feeling way more well thought out then the leveling system in Oblivion. Sure, Oblivion’s may have a deeper leveling system, but it has issues like how leveling up the acrobatics skill can make your character underpowered. As well as the fact that in general leveling up is a lot more confusing in Oblivion then it is in Skyrim.

2 Conversations were better

This is probably just my bias as a Fallout fan, but I vastly prefer how Skyrim handles dialogue over Oblivion. On one hand I like how in Skyrim you never simply choose a word from a list that an NPC responds, but more importantly they ditched the speech minigame Oblivion had making it more like Fallout in the process.

1 The world design is better

At the end of the day people don’t really play Bethesda games do to them being the best RPG’s, we play them to get lost in the worlds they create. In this aspect I think Skyrim greatly surpasses Oblivion creating a world that feels bigger and is more fun to explore. Also I like the Nordic feel of Skyrim over the more generic fantasy of Oblivion.