When I say art style, I mainly mean the cartoonish appearance of Oblivion as opposed to the more realistic approach of Skyrim. Despite the geographic diversity of Skyrim, I felt I couldn't appreciate it as much as anything I found in Oblivion because the visual appearance already looked too familiar to things I'm used to in real life. Whereas because of how abstract the appearance in Oblivion was, everything felt alien and thus more unique and beautiful.Scow2 said:This doesn't follow at all... Skyrim has a lot more unique art direction going for it, from the Forsworn redoubts in the absolutely beautiful, bright green Reach and all its craggy, mountainous and canyony glory (So many paths and so much greenery!), the murky swamps of Morthal, the hot springs and fens of Eastmarch, the supervolcano caldera of the Rift, the incredible mountain passes, the forests of Falkreath and Lake Ilmata, and the frozen wastes of Eastmarch, and the shore's expanse... and the grassy tundra of Whiterun. Can't forget that!DishonoredElderSouls said:snip
Fallout 3 always had the least environmental distinction as far as I could tell.
The guilds in Oblivion are much better than Skyrim's, but the Fighter's guild is plagued with "Provincial Ping-Pong" - Go from the Soutwest corner to the Northeast, then back, then to the Northwest corner, then southeast... then keep bouncing between all four corners one after another. It was... exhausting, and strained credibility (Especially since I didn't like fast travelling).
Fallout 3 definitely lacked natural variety, but by geographic distinction I was pertaining to the man-made locations, such as Tenpenny Tower, Evergreen Mills, the Citadel, the Mall, and so forth. Because the Elder Scrolls focuses much more on the natural world than man-made creations, exploring Morrowind, Oblivion, or Skyrim tends to bring forth fewer reactions of "Oh wow, would you look at that" as opposed to Fallout 3 or New Vegas, where you encounter so little in the way of natural beauty, but then stumble upon a new town or dungeon and just think "Holy shit, well that's something I haven't seen before."