The BIG Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Retrospective

[@SuperRADLemon]

Thanks for watching! Please consider liking, commenting, subscribing, yadda yadda. As always, correction can be found below as they become known to me. DON'T (do not) get mad at me or else! IMPORTANT: Timestamps periodically disappear. i can't fix it no matter what I do. They are still in the description. Research was possible thanks to the following: Rimmy Goblin Wars Vid ► kzbin.info/www/bejne/p160gaieqcyld9E Cantina Sutch Vid ► kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmSZgWeDarlme9k Reddit Thread ► www.reddit.com/r/teslore/comments/1337o3z/question_avatar_of_akatosh_banishing_dagon/ UESP & they were also where I got the goblin trouble pictures ► en.uesp.net/wiki/Main_Page Imperial Library ► www.imperial-library.info/content/post-archives Making of Oblivion ► kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKfQYXaEaNmEfKs Radiant AI Discussion ► www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/s20zm1/how_does_bethesdas_radiant_ai_work/ Oblivion Trivia ► www.vgfacts.com/game/theelderscrollsivoblivion/ Development Wiki ► en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_of_The_Elder_Scrolls_IV:_Oblivion Other credits: Kingthings font ► www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/kingthings-petrock Corrections: 1. I forgot to mention there are other ways to join the Thieves guild such as reading the wanted posters and then conversing with beggars to get information about the meeting. 2. Didn't explain the issues with soul gems very well. The real issue is that you can waste a grand soul gem by putting a petty soul in them, as you cannot stack souls within a gem. 3. I repeat myself sometimes. I tried to find all of them but some slipped through the cracks. 4. While the imperial city is all about being grandiose, the white gold tower itself was made by the Ayleids and there are multiple towers like it. I don't think I made this very clear in the video. 5. I have had two separate claims of me copy-pasting / plagiarizing from the wiki without credit. I have used the wiki to research some quests and when I need to make use of the UESP, I mention it in the video. I also have them credited in the description. The one thing I failed to mention was that I used their pictures from Goblin Trouble in the video so I'm doing that now. If I missed anything else, please let me know. 6. If you're here to yell at me because of the one snippet from the arena section because you saw it on twitter or something a) please don't lol and b) I'm not complaining about that as an aspect of the game. I thought it was an interesting part of the narrative. There's another part in the video where I point out that morality isn't a big focus on the game and we shouldn't care about the morality of our character in Oblivion because the devs clearly don't. Again: not complaining about this aspect of the game. Let's just all vibe ty. Mods I used ► www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/51105

[@siamsuleri8279]

no one is done watching yet dawg 😭

[@ChamesLiverpool]

12 hours hell yeah dude.

[@Hasemann1]

I lost the like you gave me cause I corrected your name 😭😭

[@InternetTAB]

no

[@geckohunterxhunter6286]

Can you make it so the time stamps are visible on the watch bar thx and sorry if I am annoying. Btw I know this vid will be fire

[@beleakswordsteel]

If I had a nickel for every Oblivion retrospective that was 12 hours long, I'd have two nickes, which is not a lot but it's weird it happened twice.

[@Slyslug]

thought i was looking at my old dragon age characters portrait. youre a man of fine taste.

[@asimovvomisa4040]

And we are going to enjoy every minute of it ... again.

[@Its_Crumby]

@@elsienova4269 as someone who is new to Patricians content how is he an asshole?

[@anegwa]

@@elsienova4269 i only saw one other one but dont know the lore/drama

[@darko1295]

@@elsienova4269 How so? Is there, like, some drama? I've watched some of Patrician's stuff and while he does sometimes say stuff that make him come off as a cynical asshole (and his cadence isn't really helping), the vids are pretty decent and often delve into details I wouldn't have expected (such as talking about the inconsistencies in Skyrim's naming conventions for example)

[@Deoxys_Used_Mimic]

You have my ear, citizen.

[@jamiehughes5573]

*Guard's ear added*

[@patrickn.4113]

Your bones will be my dinner

[@DogLoverMusic]

STOP, you've violated the law!

[@mat8448]

Wtf, give it back

[@ianwalker2259]

Hail!

[@Bel-1130]

A fine addition to my collection of multi-hour long oblivion retrospectives.

[@Gambit1907]

Awww you must also be man if culture

[@henrik1743]

I've seen them all, and I still watch new ones. Oblivion is a GOAT cozy game

[@sivi151]

i was getting used to Patricians 12 hour retrospec and The Salft Factory's 45 min to listen to while chilling, now i have an another one

[@Kainag314]

@@sivi151 private session's 6 hour video is worth adding to the list

[@mat8448]

Surprisingly there is a *LOT* of them, especially when oblivion isn't even that good...

[@mattn561]

You know you’ve watched too much long form content when you catch yourself on thinking “Man…I’ve only got 3 more hours left of this”

[@volrath247]

Real

[@Agon1stt]

true

[@Waldens002]

I love that multi-hour oblivion retrospectives have blossomed into their own genre

[@CyanYoh]

In awe of the size of this monster. The length. The girth.

[@Bionickpunk]

PatricianTV and Private Sessions would be proud.

[@forestcampbell8962]

Nice retrospective!

[@ApollyonZKX]

Manslayer is that you??

[@ThommyofThenn]

We got a size queen here. It's ok me too.once I had Patricians length I couldn't go back to the short ones. Not even worth my time!

[@adamjdavis201]

The sheer power it exudes

[@CamzCorner]

You call it a 12 hour oblivion video, I call it wednesday evening

[@luckyassassin1]

I call it an overnight work shift

[@luckyassassin1]

@@NigerianCrusader sure it is, if you haven't played other games

[@luckyassassin1]

@@NigerianCrusader sure, if you've never played any other games

[@domeplsffs]

Bruh - how the f are your evenings that long?! Pls tell me your secret, oh wise one! Q_Q

[@CamzCorner]

@@domeplsffs it's simple, you see. If you don't go to sleep, then the morning becomes your evening.

[@dutchielander2478]

Man, i forgot how Oblivion could have people look like a full grown adult and a child at the same time. Great retrospective!

[@WoobertAIO]

Just like real life!

[@xxcoopcoopxx]

"When the young are equal to the old, the society is over." Plato Republics Shhhhhhhhhhhh don't tell them. You want to wake a beast?! What they don't know won't hurt them.

[@guerillagorilla4423]

Like fable 2

[@Gir-Riff-raffe]

Just found out there are 7 goblin tribes in oblivion. And if you sneak into a goblin encampment, kill nothing and steal their mages staff… Take that staff to a rival goblin faction, and the moment you set that shaman staff down in a rival encampment.. Goblins will suddenly start spawning in massive numbers on both sides until your game starts lagging down to a chug. Goblins will spawn in huge numbers on both sides and won’t stop going to war with each other until one sides chieftain is slain or possession of their staff is regained.

[@MrZarnach]

Lmao, I played this video to sleep and accidentaly donated somehow. I guess you earned it, lol

[@darkcheaker]

Paying 500 gold to speak with Todd somehow fits the narrative

[@Eymbr]

I absolutely love this genre of who can make the longest Elder Scrolls retrospective.

[@Yzeyr]

we need a Elder scrolls retrospective retrospective at this point.

[@versebuchanan512]

@@Yzeyr Patrician is working on it, it's gonna be out in 2030 and be sixty hours long. (For the first part, anyway)

[@Deoxys_Used_Mimic]

Wes Johnson already “challenged” him to make like a month-long video or some such.

[@savlecz1187]

I want a video that just explores ALL of the TES lore. No idea how many parts that would have to be split into, but it would be amazing.

[@emanuelperez3595]

Soon tod will monetize this videos and we would only be able to download them on that new shitty official store they have

[@Patterrz]

yes I absolutely WILL watch every 10+ hour Oblivion retrospective I find

[@SuperRADLemon]

ty king

[@wolfgangspiper]

​@@SuperRADLemonI'm only 90 minutes in and I think this might be my new favorite one. It talks a lot about about the game at the time and what efforts were made and why. I very much appreciate it's not just clowning on Oblivion for not being Morrowind. Skyrim has the same issue where people keep saying it's not Morrowind as if it's a bad thing and completely ignore how enchanting the softer elements of the game are

[@joeyavila572]

Will u ever do another oblivion lp

[@laszlomiskei9138]

Saturating the 12 hour Oblivion video market ... is not a thing I thought I'll ever see

[@0NoName9]

Morrowind was the game that "awoke something" in me. The moment I realized as a kid that it wasn't the usual linear game, but that you actually had virtually complete freedom from the moment you set foot in Seyda Neen absolutely blew my mind. Morrowind was my first Elder Scrolls game and it's probably the game I've put more hours of my life into. It's my "comfort game" that I regularly come back to. And since then, no other game series other than the Elder Scrolls could even come close to replicating that feeling of freedom.

[@claystedman6923]

I think one thing many don't talk about with Shivering Isles is that it fits perfectly with Oblivion's atmosphere. All those weird quirky moments that happen in Oblivion such as the NPC conversations, all of the sudden no longer feel out of place because the world is supposed to be insane and full of weird and strange people. It basically embraces Oblivion's stranger and quirky moments and makes it work in the context of its world. My favorite overall is Skyrim, but I definitely think that Shivering Isles is Bethesda's best expansion, with Far Harbor being a close Second.

[@wolfgangspiper]

Oblivion is oddly immersive in how nonsensical it is. I absolutely love it. You can walk around, hear an awkward conversation between two potatoes and watch an item you discarded 20 hours ago flip the hell out and launch the black horse courier guy into orbit and it's somehow not breaking immersion whatsoever. It's amazing.

[@SuperRADLemon]

Lmfao

[@OrderOTCB]

Why yes, KZbin, I WOULD love a 12 hour video on a game I’ve never played. Amazing video and I am going to very much enjoy rewatching this from time to time

[@fresh2182]

You should really consider playing Oblivion, and along with Morrowind, if you haven't. Oblivion is still, to this day, arguably the most realistic virtual society ever created, referring to the NPCs. Every NPC has a name, eats three times a day, and has to go buy that food from a shopkeeper, or find it in some other way. Many of them have jobs, but the ones that don't, or who don't have a way to purchase food, will actually steal it to it, at risk of getting caught by the guards, depending on their "responsibility" rating. Virtually all of them also sleep 8 hours a day, in the same bed, and the all have schedules, with many of them traveling from city to city to deliver packages or visit family for a day or two. Even the guards follow all of these rules, with each city having a large guards barracks for them to sleep in between shifts. Every single item has a physical, 3D representation, and can be picked up, moved, bought, or sold as well as reacting with the environment via Havok physics, which is a feature that virtually no other games have, aside from other Bethesda games, to this day. The level of immersion provided to the player because of all of these features is paralleled. Every character has a purpose, the world is solid, and believable. Definitely one of the best of all time.

[@FumblsTheSniper]

Seriously its dirt cheap and worth your time.

[@Pumba424]

@@fresh2182this is why I can never bring myself to murder most NPCs outside of those meant to be killed in the dark brotherhood quest line. I know they’re all so ingrained into the game and what they add to the immersion is irreplaceable. Killing one feels like robbing myself 😂 (Occasional murder sprees happen but I always save and reload. Lmao)

[@hawaiianrobot]

there's also another 12 hour analysis of oblivion, from patrician tv

[@fresh2182]

@@hawaiianrobot I love Patrician, but I feel like he's way over-critical of newer Bethesda games (or anything besides Morrowind). The only Bethesda game he's critiqued positively at all is Morrowind, but he has like 50 hours of critiques on their games... like what? He obviously enjoys and has played their games a lot, and I feel like he tries to be overly academic and he panders to negative bias. I still like his videos, but the constant whining gets really old.

[@dylanwfilms]

Oh man, is this retrospective going to suck me back into oblivion? An hour in and I’m already feeling the pull hahaha

[@xfunkypicklex]

Haha same guess I'll have to start yet another playthrough 😂

[@dylanwfilms]

@@NigerianCrusader Actually this video got me to play for the first time unmodded, mods are fun and i know cuz i’ve always played with at least MOO or OOO, usually both, and while it’s certainly fun, u can also have fun without any mods at all while playing on xbox which ive been doing for the most recent one

[@dylanwfilms]

@@NigerianCrusader but I do agree that the modding scene for Oblivion is so awesome!

[@chenzen4915]

i work 12 hour shifts as a machinist, i typically have to download mulitple videos to get me through the day. Glad to see the one video that will get me through a day lol

[@labdG]

I had another end to Glarthir's quest. I can't remember exactly what I did that led to this situation but I remember seeing him in the middle of the night, walking on the street with a big axe. I aproached him and talked to him to figure out what was going on and he only said something like "I have to take matters into my own hands.". I followed him and saw him enter the house of one of his suspects. After a short while he came back out. I walked inside the house and found the person inside dead. I actually relaoded a save and this time I quickly followed him inside the house. It turned out that if I was in the house when Glarthir was going to kill her she woke up and he couldn't kill her quickly enough. They both ran outside and I followed them. Once outside Glarthir kept chasing her but then the guards saw it and killed him. This is why that quest is one of the most memorable to me. The way it can end several different ways and how I could have easily missed stopping his murder if I didn't stumble upon him by chance at the right time.

[@NeCoruption]

I just did a quest with a crazy guy in a town and he had me follow 3 people. After telling him they weren't following him he didn't believe me and attacked, but I knew after that quest could have gone very different

[@NEETKitten]

For me, one of the vineyard brothers he asked me to tail got mauled by a mountain lion outside of town. He assumed I was the one who killed him and then turned on me, then promptly got swarmed by the town guard after one of his attacks missed me and hit a bystander.

[@labdG]

@@NEETKitten That's amazing. xD

[@MisterGoose]

Between Patrician, PrivateSessions and you, I’ll never run out of long form video essays about Bethesda games.

[@austinhiebler733]

dont forget the OG WillLovesVideoGames

[@abeed87]

And salt factory

[@ni9274]

Patrician is bad and biased

[@ALoreMiles]

NeverKnowsBest as well

[@spartanq7781]

​@@abeed87Salt Factory rather annoys me for various reasons. The reason is in his name ironically enough.

[@regalcartoon5932]

What makes Oblivion even better is that it has one of the best moments in the series before you even start the game. Uriel Septim’s speech combined with the visuals if you hang on the menu screen too long is just amazing. And then the iconic Oblivion fanfare come in, courtesy of the legendary Jeremy Soule. Just perfection…

[@neocores]

coming back to this video for the nth time, and just wanted to say that this long retrospective as well as a few of your other ones have been helping me get through some really tough stuff this week. things have been bad enough that I can't have any silence, especially when sleeping. your videos have been keeping me company and helping me get to sleep through some of the worst things. i already loved listening to your perspective on games, your brand of humor, and game trivia and dev insights. now things just mean a little bit more. greatly looking forward to whatever you create next, and thanks.

[@Channel-wr3zk]

When I first played Oblivion, I was honestly impressed with character creation. I think it was among the first games I've played that allowed you to do so much.

[@yougotbaited2943]

Oblivion is the only game that as soon as I hear the opening music for it I shed a few tears thinking of the thousands of hours I spent in my childhood and teenage years playing it with my brother and late father. Sometimes it’s not about how good something is…but the memories that are associated with it.

[@Kropolis]

Sorry to hear about your late father. Mine passed last year not even a week after his birthday, but he introduced me to the Elder Scrolls with Oblivion. I sunk hours into Oblivion with him, it was great! I miss him and wish he wasn't taken from me so soon, but I'll always be grateful for how he treated me in life.

[@YouTubecanfuckagoat]

Good memories. Cherish those. Sorry for your loss.

[@Rathaloslayer]

You did it. It's finally out... The long fabled, the legendary. Oblivion retrospective. You may rest now champion, you've done your part, now its time for our part.

[@Rathaloslayer]

@@NigerianCrusader yes and try to 100% the game

[@Rathaloslayer]

@@NigerianCrusader but I'm all seriousness, it was just time for us to rack up the views

[@calmafterdark912]

I’ve listened to your Fallout Retrospectives over a million times. I’ve never played Oblivion but here I am anyway.

[@nunyabizness6376]

You should def play it

[@ovwarrior]

DO IT!

[@venomsnigle44]

12 hours of pure Bliss, thank you my man. I genuinely cannot wait to see what you do next

[@SuperRADLemon]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@CelestialDad]

Bro, thank you so much for doing descriptions for audio listeners. I listened to the whole video at work and a lot of people don't consider that.

[@FellTelrath]

"Have you ever played a game that woke something up inside of you?" Literally me with Oblivion. I stepped outside the Imperial City Sewers and it blew my young mind. Now I play MMOs and Open World games more than anything else.

[@HasanBabasi]

These 12 hour videos give me life. I especially love these when I can't sleep at night so I let them lull me to sleep, you get a 12 hour one go view every night, and I get sleep 😊

[@pcpwireless]

they work better than ambien

[@elysahatestostudy9364]

Don't forget all the full ad plays as well!

[@elysahatestostudy9364]

@@NigerianCrusader Guess we'll just have to start from scratch - win/win!

[@HasanBabasi]

@@NigerianCrusader That's ok lol, it doesn't use that much energy like at all and I just like to sleep to it. I restart the video at night usually lol

[@elysahatestostudy9364]

@@NigerianCrusader more Oblivion Analysis by SuperRAD

[@journeyto100channel2]

Oblivion Being the First Game in the Series I was exposed to. At the Age of about 15 I had all summer to Explore everything Oblivion had to offer. I’m thankful I had this in my Childhood

[@claymathews8814]

Oblivion was my first RPG back in 06 when it came out. Super excited to watch this over the course of the next month lol

[@christopherbronson3275]

Man... My 360 red ringed whole playing oblivion

[@fabledbandito5322]

I remember seeing the trailer playing on one of the neck breaking Walmart demo kiosks. I immediately fell in love and bought it on launch

[@ObeyKarl]

Small thing you missed with the Dark brotherhood questline. Vicente actually does acknowledge you're the one that escaped from the imperial prison

[@tylerburlingame]

This game is a huge reason I got into fantasy as a genre. It basically raised me when my parents weren't.

[@combatwombat2134]

For the algorithm gods! I love how there's a library of long Oblivion retrospectives on KZbin. 😂

[@vivid8979]

Me: Just woken up* Cool a 12 minutes retrospective of Oblivion.... This will go well with my morning coffee... Also Me: After finishing my coffee and dishes* _Oh no......._

[@RetroResonanceBeats]

I'm two hours in. I was listening while drawing some stuff and playing something. Not only that, but I ended playing, noticed that the video is still going and to my surprise this video was 12 hours. I'm in awe.

[@tpinster]

Thank you for creating such a long, comfy video. My puppy passed away yesterday morning and this was on the background literally all day, keeping my mind off everything.

[@ashtru1219]

It has been four weeks but I can’t not leave my condolences here.

[@tpinster]

@@ashtru1219 Regardless of how long its been, your thoughts are welcomed and appreciated. Thank you.

[@wolfgangspiper]

No fucking way I'm hype AF to learn there's a second 12 hour monster of Oblivion content. i love you

[@Deniecu]

I am really glad to see more long-form videos really exploring these games in depth. Can't wait to finish watching this one.

[@TwilightKnight2]

Unironically thanks to all longtubers that give me videos to fall asleep to when I lie awake in bed at night. I couldn’t live without you.

[@oXogon80]

1:50:08 funny part: while murdering the three Argonians - slowly, he talks about how bad the system is, that forces them to fight and how moraly bad everyone is participating in it.

[@SuperRADLemon]

Check pinned

[@machscga6238]

About Hackdirt. You can kill all the villagers without getting a bounty. Infact you can commit any crime in Hackdirt without getting a bounty. How crime is handled in Hackdirt is if a crime is committed instead of guards or the Legion handling things the Hackdirt breathen handle you. You if you steal they jump out of the trap door to kill you. It would count towards murders for the Dark brotherhood though

[@apocalypsemeow7966]

I finally finished watching this. Oblivion and Half-Life 2 are the two games I really wish I could unlearn so I could experience the first awe again. I still remember that cold night when I played the game for the first time on October 27, 2006 while eating Chinese fried rice... and stepping out of the imperial city underground and seeing the outside world for the first time, carefully examining the scenery and details, noticing the stars, clouds, and two moons moving independently from each other, pointing at a snowy mountain top on my little TV screen and asking out loud, "Can I go there" and being amazed not only by getting there, but also by the journey up the mountain. I remember playing Spyro The Dragon 2 years earlier and climbing a wall to see grassy hills in the distance and wishing I could explore beyond the invisible wall, then finding GTA Vice City 4 years later and being impressed with the world, but I wanted it to be more non-linear. Oblivion was my first true open world experience and the first time I could customize a character that my much. I wandered away from the main story, played for years, and I still haven't delivered that amulet. Great video. Shout out to the extremely open necrophiliac alchemist lady in Skingrad.

[@ChrisOfTheDead]

I just started watching this after you responded to me on twitter about wanting a multi-hour Oblivion essay that wasn't just dunking on the game the whole time. I'm 15 minutes in and this is the video essay I've been waiting for... Thank you! (I'll edit the comment when I finish sometime next week.) Edit (2 weeks later): That took a while. I liked it! I learned about some quests I had never done, most of them from the Shivering Isles, which I'm still not that into like everyone else seems to be. But it was nice to hear about this from someone else in video form that isn't just 12 hours complaining about the game non-stop. There was an even amount of praise and critique, and all of it felt fair.

[@namjoonssexybrain1679]

It’s been a week, watcha think?

[@ChrisOfTheDead]

@@namjoonssexybrain1679 I haven't finished it yet. 😭 Spent more time chatting with friends while working last week than out of chat with videos on.

[@SuperRADLemon]

You gotta get it done

[@namjoonssexybrain1679]

@@ChrisOfTheDead gotta get those numbers up buddy. Nah I only finished it quickly because I work overnights and have a lot of time to listen to stuff.

[@ChrisOfTheDead]

@@SuperRADLemon Also, for that part of about rescuing the son of the count of Cheydinhaal in the Oblivion Gate, I just did that the other day and didn't even talk to him, leaving him with his buddy out in the open. I then ran past all the enemies and closed the game and it counted as saving him since he popped out of the closed gate with me. It's kinda funny when I see you talk about stuff that I literally just did within the last month on my current character.

[@nobodythisisstupid4888]

The point where I decided to cure my vampirism was when I had run out of healing items and hadn’t fed in a while so I went to hide out in someone’s home while the sun was rising and starting to hurt me. When entering the home, i was unable to wait until night because i was trespassing and was unable to use any beds either. I didn’t have enough health or healing items or restoration spells to try to bolt to another place where I wouldn’t be trespassing. So then I had to wait from the morning until night time before i could leave, in real time, with nothing to do. I also didn’t have any good backup saves to go to that didn’t lead to substantial loss in progress. At that point I was sick of it and as soon as night came, I started working on making the cure. I didn’t know that I had the access to the dlc to make it easier to cure vampirism, so I just went through the tedious default process. I learned a lot of lessons that day lol

[@ceninant]

Sounds like a perfect organic roleplay that defines these games.

[@coreyscratch8525]

Yeah vampirism really wasn't worth it in oblivion. I had a very similar experience to this except I really didn't have the dlc yet. Then when I did get the dlc I was so happy to see the quick cure!

[@garythecyclingnerd6219]

Is Oblivion’s UI easy to use? No. Is it good? No. Do I like it? I love it. It’s 100% a combo of nostalgia and the journal theme

[@luke88durston]

I ended a 7 year relationship and right at the same time picked this game up. Safe to say that healing process was actually enjoyable, as I completely lost myself to Oblivion for a few months

[@NEETKitten]

I haven't finished the video yet, so I dunno if this has been addressed or not, but one of my favorite things about Oblivion is the fact that most friendly NPCs have a unique line of dialogue that they only say when you meet them for the first time. It doesn't seem like much, but that detail really endeared me to the game. I was always excited whenever I went to a new town because it meant I got to meet more new people in the world and gave a great sense of immersion. You're not just pressing interact on a guy on the street, you're making smalltalk with your neighbour Adrian Decanius. It was charming. Tl;dr NPC introductions were fun and made the world feel more alive and I really like that.

[@jacksexton8823]

I know you're getting compared to another oblivion video already, but I do enjoy this video and put it in the same tier. You provide a vastly different experience than the other, as you go into depth on the side quests than the patrician video, as well as address thematic elements a lot more. You guys both did a great job, and something like this video is needed to provide a different insight over the game. Really great video. It 's crazy to see with even 12 hours of talking about the same game, a genuine and vastly different presntation is able to be made. Keep up the good work, and i look forward to more long from content!

[@Gonk373]

You mention that Shivering Isles can be started by hearing a rumor after a while, but that's a feature of one of the mods in your modlist. It gets added to your journal once you leave the sewers in vanilla.

[@michaelknasel1641]

I've seen this comment posted before but I love it. "KZbinrs having a war over the longest elder scrolls video is my favorite content."

[@chinny4954]

The perfect length to listen to on my lunch break

[@tylercooney4933]

I really appreciate the hard work on these retrospectives man. Great work. I watch them every couple of months over again. It helps me get that joy of the games I love because I just can’t seem to find the time to sit down and play these games in my adult life now.

[@lthefifteenth661]

Regarding your opinion on Fast Travel, I recently played Hardcore mode in Skyrim where it functions a lot like in New Vegas, with the added challenge of managing your temperature. It really changed my outlook on the game when I had to be careful when heading to the northern areas like Dawnstar and Winterhold because there are no carriages in those areas to efficiently leave. Unless you're a werewolf or vampire lord, you're going to have a harder time overall which really affected how much I had to think and plan my trips out there to ensure I don't die in the wilderness. It was actually rhe most refreshing experience of Skyrim I had in a long time and most of it had primarily to do with the fact that I couldn't fast travel at all.

[@TrippinAlpaca]

So upon getting further in since the previous comment, i wanted to voice a thought process i have when playing oblivion. When you have the amulet at the end of the prison segment, its probably in the safest place possible. Only 1 person knows you have it, and until you bring it to Geoffrey, the plot doesn't start rolling. The way i get past the "rush to the main quest" feeling is just telling myself that it is probably safer with me than with anyone else, period

[@sebe2255]

Maybe that could work for some characters. But the idea that the people who just annihilated the entire Imperial family wouldn’t be able to find you or do more damage in general is a bit silly. Theoretically keeping it from the Blades gives them more time to do more damage

[@brovanos]

Truly GOATed video. I haven't played any mainline Elder Scrolls since 2013. Yet, by watching videos like this one, I feel like I've never stopped playing! Thank you for your contribution. 🙌

[@jesuscorrales8909]

I open the video, leave my like, comment, save the video and leave. I know I will have a good time watching this. Thanks!

[@SuperRADLemon]

Hope you enjoy!

[@nisnast]

1:46:30 Fun fact: The first time I played Oblivion, I could not figure out why Waiting ended up killing me. Turns out I was a last stage vampire and waiting for one hour under sunlight was enough to kill me

[@DarthVarkor]

Over a month later and I’m finally done watching/listening to this absolute monster of a critique! Oblivion is a game I hold very dear to my heart so it was great to go back through it via this video, amazing work! Can’t wait for the next one.

[@davidroddie7600]

I actually really wanted to thank you. I saw your video on Dragons Dogma. That one totally passed me by. Granted, I am 48 years old and during Covid I got myself a mid-range PC and joined Steam. I didn't know where to start? I love fantasy games and the really old classics. Dus ex and System Shock. However, I wanted to grab a really good fantasy series and had only recently finished Skyrim. I like Bethesda, but wanted to go somewhere diferent. I watched your awesome Dragons Dogma video and decided I got a try that. SuperRAD, what a great game. Thank you for the video. I would have never heard of it if not for your video. I freaking love the game. I have been binging it like crazy. Such a good, solid game. I now follow you for great video content, but also to find great classic games that passed me by. I am going to go through your work on my day off and see what other classics you've done a doc on. Maybe it's time to finally try KOTOR?

[@Illitha]

Dragons dogma is a wild ride. You hyped for the sequel?

[@davidroddie7600]

@@Illitha I t is a great game. I am really enjoying it! Hyped? I try not to get to hyped. The gaming industry drove me off their products due to the hype and no content... Fallout 76... Overwatch 2 more recently. Granted, Capcom has been pumping out some good stuff. However, I am going to remain hopeful that their streak remains intact and Dogma Two is fantastic. That said, I tend to wait, see what guys like SuperRad, and yourself for sure think about the game then jump in. Thanks for the great message. Love this community. Have a great weekend and, please don't hesitate to reach out. Love meeting new gamers. Cheers Mate!

[@xzyrosdixit5446]

My first immersion in Dark Brotherhood was in Oblivion and these quests are one of the best u can do

[@Silverman160Zero]

Love how you made this a full 22 minutes longer than the other oblivion review of Patrica TV.

[@SuperRADLemon]

I had to be #1

[@Nard2ndG]

It took a week, but I got through it. Thank you for doing these long form videos, and I hope this small bit of encouragement makes it all worth it in the end.

[@RJManette]

Possibly your best video yet. You really managed to capture the spirit of Oblivion and constructively build and improve on it with your criticisms. Its a very flawed game in a lotta ways but it was also a massive sandbox for RPG players and I like a lot of people originally played it vanilla on consoles. There's a lot of quirk and charm and occasionally the whole game collapses under its own weight but I think that was what made it really special

[@ThommyofThenn]

3:19:29 thank you for clarifying who the Aelyiad elves were. Until I looked it up, I thought people were saying "alien" ruins.😂 Before that, I was thinking to myself "wow! TES *really* changed their lore between this and Skyrim

[@iceman6310]

i love that if you had started watching this as soon as it dropped you still wouldn't be halfway through hahaha

[@MrDemonKitty666]

SuperRAD always uploading on my days off. Thanks King

[@bearshido]

The amount of work and unparalleled quality that went into this monster of a video is absolutely insane. I've been enjoying every second of listening so far. Thank you so much for what you do; you've earned a subscriber.

[@SuperRADLemon]

Wow, thank you so much this means a lot to me today especially

[@maitreyoda7404]

First played Oblivion when I was like 11 or 12 and man this game opened my eyes lol . I’m currently restarting a run after years of not playing Oblivion ! I might start a Morrowind run after that, I’ve tried and was a bit confused by combat tbh but I think I could get used to it . Nice video btw ! TES is truly a good franchise .

[@bizlychannelYT]

The 12 hour video grind is CRAZY.

[@ThommyofThenn]

Wdym?

[@Juxxize]

I love oblivion and morrowind , I like Skyrim, but I feel oblivion is a happy medium between the 3.

[@Potatorow]

I was not ready to see a 12 hour long superrad retrospective on my timeline yet here we are, I'm gonna be sleeping good tonight

[@Jeshikamo]

You have my awe and my patreon subscription for this. I can't fathom the amount of work it would have taken. Absolutely incredible.

[@bintendoman911]

I’ve been an Oblivion fan since release, but I picked it up last month after years away. And here I am watching a 12hr video on it. I’m in it deep. Send help lol

[@TagartTalking]

This is consistently a good watch.

[@BubbaGumNDB5]

This couldn't have come out at a better time I have a 12 hour drive today and now I know what I listening to on the way

[@slimpickins7752]

I am so sorry to say that you hooked me when you mentioned Morrowind yet again. Will be enjoying this for the next couple days and finally subscribing.

[@Skoldire]

Great stuff. Now I need to replay Oblivion again. Also just to let you know that I kept getting a Netflix TUDUM advert on this video, I let the others play out for that sweet sweet ad revenue but these ones were just under 3 hours long livestream of something so I skipped those D:

[@SuperRADLemon]

Weird, but thank you

[@Tombraithwaite1998]

Once in a blue moon another in depth oblivion analysis pops up on youtube, safe to say... i havent missed one yet. Buckling up for a big night- THANK YOU KIND SIR!

[@minbucko]

Fell asleep listening to this, then woke up and carried on listening to it

[@Eleven-Down]

Very minor correction (love the video) 9:35:45 - many gates were opened in Kvatch, including one containing the Siege Crawler from the emperor's dream (and the bruma great gate), so I assume that was a great gate. They were all closed by the Daedra once Daedra overran the city, barring the one minor gate closed by the Hero of Kvatch

[@ashtru1219]

That’s kinda cool but I if I may ask one thing… Source?

[@Eleven-Down]

@@ashtru1219 Hirtel - "Gods' blood, you don't know, do you? Daedra overran Kvatch last night! There were glowing portals outside the walls! Gates to Oblivion itself! There was a huge creature…something out of a nightmare…came right over the walls…blasting fire. They swarmed around it…killing…" The creature coming over the wall blasting fire refers to the siege cannon thing from your dream at the start of the game. Also, "portals outside the walls" I'm sure there's more references, but that's just the first thing I found heh

[@FreshKitty]

I'm gonna be playing this every night for a long time while falling asleep.

[@Zach_A]

Well it took a few days but I got through the whole video. Thank you for letting me take a trip down memory lane as Oblivion is my favorite video game of all time. The first time I ever played it was at a sleepover at my friends house, not long after it had been released. His basement had no windows and I kept playing it after he had gone to sleep. I didn't put the controller down until my mother walked in to pick me up the next morning. I had no idea I had played it though the whole night. A few months later I got a 360 as a gift and Oblivion was the first and only game I had for quite some time. My first play-through I got vampireism and young me could never figure out how to cure it so on all my subsequent play-throughs I chose an Argoinian as I thought they were immune to the disease. It really was a lightining-in-a-bottle time for me that I will probably never have the opportunity to experience again. I played Skyrim as well but it was never able to capture my imagination like Oblivion did.

[@SuperBadadan]

"Obviously market manipulation and grave robbing is bad" My Hero of Kvatch, carrying dozens of glass/daedric weapons and armor pieces looted from bandits and Ayleid ruins: haha, yeah...

[@NatchBox]

What a wonderfully sized video! Even longer than my "rain noises to sleep to" video I listen to. Excited to work my way through this. Thanks!

[@Swadaable]

I played Morrowind continuously from the lunch when Oblivion came out. I never forget the disappointment after finishing all the guilds and the main quest in a week.

[@SharkJnr]

Just finished your New Vegas retrospective, and oh boy I'm ready for another.

[@Pantherrrr]

Aleswell is always the first quest I do when starting a new game. The inn becomes a house in practice, allowing you a chest for permanent storage. You can get the ring that blocks the debuff by getting a high enough disposition with the mage.

[@512TheWolf512]

yeah, definitely a patrician-tier video. worth every minute!

[@brainsoups]

Just want to say how much I appreciate your content and editing style. Your videos are endlessly rewatchable and enjoyable to me even though idrk anything about oblivion or monster hunter. Keep up the amazing work king! 👑👑👑

[@SuperRADLemon]

Wow, thank you!

[@jeveritt8398]

Well I know what I'll be watching over the next few days. Appreciate the hard work you put into this

[@Skoopman]

I love Patricians video on Oblivion. I used it almost like an audio book on my drive to work for a week or so. Looks like I got a new one to listen to. I’ll edit my comment in reflection afterwards. Thanks for the content!

[@SuperRADLemon]

Thank you for the kind words

[@mossyteef]

Yo, big iron!

[@TuberoseKisser]

So far this is the longest Elder scrolls retrospective and it's just by a few minutes.

[@chadtucker4267]

I love long form videos about video games and usually listen to them while I’m doing my hobbyist woodworking stuff. After exhausting what felt like the entirety of KZbin at this point, you can’t imagine the elation I felt when I saw a 12 HOUR LONG VIDEO about a video game that I love. Definitely binging the crap out of your channel.

[@Ar0474]

I love this so much, i started with Morrowind, but hell, im currently playing through Arena right now and am loving it! Both the past and future of the Elder Scrolls series is fantastic!!

[@cinemavanya]

It is indeed very large retrospective The Elder Scrolls is my favourite franchise by far so i would absolutely watch this front to back ❤

[@tian297]

By the nine! There's a huge Oblivion retrospective on the loose!

[@sasaki999pro]

7:55:00 As a matter of fact I was only listening at the time, and I appreciate the clarification on the visual gag 😅