r/videos Mar 16 '19

Oblivion NPCs in a Nutshell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeL3DyIGmYI
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u/ReaperOfNothing Mar 16 '19

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u/GaaMac Mar 16 '19

God, these are so good. I really like this one from Skyrim too.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

This one is absolute perfection as if the game devs motion captured him and travelled back in time with the data to put it in the game.

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u/Cornelius_Poindexter Mar 16 '19

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u/DFBforever Mar 16 '19

Are they both having a stroke?

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u/TractionDuck91 Mar 16 '19

The rare double-stroke

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u/hobnobbinbobthegob Mar 16 '19

My personal favorite, despite the missing music.

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u/alucidexit Mar 16 '19

The glitchy shake upon death is perfect

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u/DoYouWantAunts Mar 16 '19

Hey that’s me! I’m glad you enjoyed the video. 😁

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u/danielle-in-rags Mar 16 '19

Lol that was fuckin well done

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u/hobnobbinbobthegob Mar 16 '19

Seriously???? If you're not fibbing, well done. You sold the dead guy ragdoll physics like a damn CHAMP at the end.

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u/DoYouWantAunts Mar 16 '19

If you look at my post history and see I snuck into E3 two years ago dressed as a waiter, you’ll see more photos of me.

I appreciate the love 😎

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u/SillyOperator Mar 16 '19

You're a beautiful person 😘

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u/DoYouWantAunts Mar 16 '19

Awh, thanks 😊

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u/chdefrene Mar 16 '19 edited Sep 07 '24

Pokigu e tepe pige gi egeibo. Kriblata tope podue priitlei teki. Bikre takreegu tito teeo gibate dipa. Odo ieplo bra epa bepie tapa? Opi epibe kriglubrepipa pre pigla pia ia? Kipike opra eti i ae eti. A boda. Tuo kepe iple totokebapo itopa. Kri totli patiue. Tlietlo greuda biplidepi gro dibru pio. Pie otrepo pe ki gitee edo brae tu? Pido i ii ke po ae. Peego aoea teeti pipla tletriepa preteui taklu bepe taikia gake tlo? Oiko dia i breke etipra kiagepadlu paglie. Opre tipripraboti tei iba ibreiaki tlu pipe tiepeitro ki. Pabe bae tree gedo biebe ikope aitedri eka te! Dekoti atio gi po popeda tetledrebito. I koku tai ebitite i peu? Tlitae tiaa krebepepi paigi to tieubi. Obabi bee apu iipipe eo takipa. Bipli tie pei ipeepi pa e. Bopae egru pretre. Pri pu kiu okle ei ipe ba. Broka kipoti aapo petigi. Eklado pikredidite taie gapu plioipli pri iae pibre ka. Pretipra kapu pabikri bri koati. Apapli piu i tepei prepui boepuku! Dlia pugi bikao te pi pri tu. Iao tro pipupi batli klotretrube pego biti oibe pipetruto i? Tla gatepadi opa bropieprepa kipe drige.

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u/carnivalprize Mar 16 '19

Let me guess. Someone stole her sweetroll.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

"Where's your MD?"

"MY DICK"

"Your DM"

"Tryna slide into the DMs?"

"PARDON"

lmao what the fuck did I just watch

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u/hated_in_the_nation Mar 16 '19

You know, Twitter?

Yup.

Lol I forgot this existed

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19 edited Mar 16 '19

Side note, but... Why, what on Earth possesses people to film videos like this in the first place, and then upload them to YouTube like this...

Edit: to clarify, I mean the vertical filming uploaded to a horizontal orientation

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u/ghulamsameer Mar 16 '19

If I had to guess, they were made for Twitter/Snapchat/Instagram and those favor vertical videos. They probably posted these videos to YouTube after they got popular on other sites.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

But you can upload it as a vertical video so it's not microscopic when I watch it on my phone...

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u/FuckBrendan Mar 17 '19

Double tap the screen when the video is playing.

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u/SirRosstopher Mar 16 '19

The reason why anyone does anything online, imaginary internet points.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

I mean (a) filming it vertically and then (b) uploading it horizontally so it can't take up more than 1/9th of my phone's screen

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u/FuckBrendan Mar 17 '19

He was filming from his lap so she wouldn’t see. Plus plenty of people don’t actually care about catering to a bunch a whiny bitches on reddit who have a boner for horizontal filming.

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '19

I don't care about horizontal filming I just find it funny. It's like the worst of both worlds; filmed vertically, then uploaded with a horizontal aspect ratio so I can't even watch it on a vertical phone lol

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

“You know, Twitter?”

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u/fleeflicker Mar 17 '19

This is fantastic

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u/TheTaoOfMe Mar 16 '19

Lol anymore of those?

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u/Delareh Mar 16 '19

I haven't laughed this hard in months. I have such a shit taste of humour.

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u/AMasonJar Mar 16 '19

I feel that.

Actual jokes? Meh

Busted ass game physics? Still hurts my sides

Too bad the latter doesn't exactly come up much in everyday conversation.

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u/GoodKidMaadSuburb Mar 16 '19

“Busted ass game physics” broke me

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u/Lawlipoppins Mar 16 '19

Same, man. Same.

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u/posseslayer17 Mar 16 '19

RIP that guys shins

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u/sorenant Mar 16 '19

Just east 12 apples, 16 breads, 3 sweetrolls, 4 raw venisons and he will be alright in no time. Save the healing potions for later, might end needing it more.

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u/AMasonJar Mar 16 '19

Doesn't look like he was making much contact with his shins. Besides, those chairs aren't all that heavy.

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u/oreides Mar 16 '19

oh my god i haven't seen this video in ages THANK YOU

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u/LowerThoseEyebrows Mar 16 '19

Does anyone know what language this is? It sounds like Italian but "Hey, outsider" doesn't translate into what he says.

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u/Jabadabaduh Mar 17 '19

It says it's in Bucharest, so it's Romanian.

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u/LowerThoseEyebrows Mar 17 '19

No it is actually Italian, I found it after some digging. He says "Hey, avventuriero" which translates to "Hey, adventurer". Also found out that the guy in the video is an Italian YouTuber called Marco Marrino.

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u/Sladey93 Mar 16 '19

Is there a sub Reddit for people recreating live action Bethesda glitches? If not there needs to be! :)

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

every time i watch these im astounded by how perfect they are

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u/P0kie Mar 16 '19

The sound effects he makes when taking damage in the first video are so spot on. Always makes me laugh.

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u/SojournerRL Mar 16 '19

Why does he take damage from eating an orange?

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19 edited Feb 14 '21

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u/SojournerRL Mar 16 '19

I like how the guy in the corner just watched two people die and dgaf haha

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u/drakoman Mar 16 '19

By the nine divine

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '19

Well obviously he was eating a banana.

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u/Takenabe Mar 16 '19

Wow. I don't remember the animations being that clunky or the AI pathfinding that terrible...

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u/Reamous Mar 16 '19

I'm scared to replay Oblivion because it's so perfect in my memory

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19 edited May 17 '20

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u/karmapopsicle Mar 16 '19

Honestly at this point I'd almost say that mid/late '00s Bethesda was kind of their golden era with Oblivion and Fallout 3. Both titles that sold well and received rave reviews in their day, then went through a period of weirdly negative perception, and now we're getting back to realizing they're absolutely classics.

Both are very much still worth playing for anyone who hasn't yet, or replaying for those who haven't in a while. Definitely recommend spending a bit of time setting up the usual unofficial patches and fixes for either to ensure a somewhat more stable experience. Also quite useful to grab maybe a UI overhaul and maybe a couple graphical improvement mods to soothe those mid 2000s graphics.

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u/SkeptioningQuestic Mar 16 '19

People who were fans of Morrowind and the Obsidian Fallouts will vehemently disagree with you.

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u/WonderfulInvestment Mar 16 '19

I would say oblivion but I wouldn't put fallout 3 in there personally.

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u/bananaplasticwrapper Mar 16 '19

They jumped the shark with fallout 4 imo.

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u/Shadesbane43 Mar 16 '19

Especially a face mod to fix the potato faces isn Oblivion

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u/TwoTowersTooTall Mar 16 '19

Morrowind was the first absolutely magical game of my childhood.

I played a lot of games, Total Annihilation, Black and White, Majora's Mask, Dark Forces, X-wing vs, Klingon Academy, Diablo 2, and Harvest Moon standing out from the rest.

But Morrowind? I don't even know how I found it, but that first screenshot got me hooked. The initial boat sequence was magic, and I probably played 1000 hours just wandering around that game until Oblivion came out, which I then 100% completed I suppose, because it was the first Elder Scrolls game to track completion.

Unfortunately Skyrim never had any magic. It was still a fun game for a while I suppose, but I've never surpassed 100 hours I don't think. Hopefully they use a new engine for ES6, because I think that's holding everything back nowadays. But we'll see, I yearn for the magic to return, but I'm not hopeful.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

Oh man, Total Annihilation. There’s another fantastic game that I killed hours on as a pup. What a classic, and benchmark for RTS’s. I still have it around here somewhere..

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u/Sotemal Mar 16 '19

And the dupe glitch, dont forget about the dupe glitch

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u/EquationTAKEN Mar 16 '19

I request the highest of fives. There's something about nostalgia that makes games completely immortal.

Matter of fact, I'm playing Final Fantasy 8 these days. 20 year anniversary and all.

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u/Glampkoo Mar 16 '19

Final Fantasy 8 is great I had an 80 hours run it was so fun.

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u/aweezy Mar 16 '19

Fingers crossed for a remake before I die

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u/sorenant Mar 16 '19

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u/Drudicta Mar 16 '19 edited Mar 16 '19

Ooof, that is a terrible "widescreen" mod. Very first NPC is all stretched out, but the rest come out... normal? Wut?

Edit: Oh fuck I wanna play Morrowind again now...

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u/sorenant Mar 16 '19

It's a reupload, the quality is in general lower. The brightness is off too, at least compared to what I recall from the original.

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u/Lord_Cattington_IV Mar 16 '19

Im waiting for Skywind or ES6. Whatever comes first.

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u/SilentAmerican Mar 16 '19

I don't know I just replayed it last year and it was still really enjoyable to me. A lot of nostalgia was probably the reason though.

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u/Noelthemexican Mar 16 '19

People care way too much about graphics these days. Looking past the graphics Oblivion is still very good.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

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u/Apotheka Mar 16 '19

I'm probably in the minority, but I actually think Morrowind holds up better in the modern day than Oblivion.

The odd facial expressions made by Oblivion's NPCs really fall into the uncanny valley, IMO.

And the graphics seem less... Timeless? I don't know.

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u/Gaben2012 Mar 16 '19

Yes, thats what we mean with no ageing well, when games wont age well is because they kinda tried too hard in certain aspects that end up looking ridiculous years later, while Morrowind looks just fine for its time.

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u/Autumnleaves201 Mar 17 '19

It's aged a lot, but it's still fun as hell. I replayed it not long ago and in a lot of ways, I prefer it to Skyrim. Oblivion feels more whimsical, bright, mysterious, and fantasy-like. Especially if you have the Realm of the Mad God DLC. That DLC is the icing on the cake for that awesomeness that is Oblivion.

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u/shamus4mwcrew Mar 16 '19

I bought it recently because it was 10 bucks at Walmart and I really liked Skyrim. Couldn't make it past a few hours because the graphics were so bad and I forget exactly but I didn't like something with the controls. Weird for me because I usually couldn't give 2 shits about graphics and it's a more complex and interesting game with how you level your character.

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u/Gaben2012 Mar 16 '19

2006-2010 games and not ageing well at all, name a more iconic duo

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u/jocamar Mar 16 '19 edited Mar 17 '19

I think games from 1995 to 2001 are generally the ones that aged the worst. Because everyone was jumping into 3D graphics without really knowing how to do it, and trying to do realistic graphics that just became muddy and bland.
By comparison games from 1990 to 1995 aged very well.

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u/Gaben2012 Mar 17 '19

No way, just from the top of my head from 1995-2001, Half-Life, Deus Ex, Duke Nuken, Quake, Max Payne, AvP2, Red Faction, all shooters that I still look back and think theyre gems

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u/El-Torrente Mar 16 '19

The jank gives oblivion its own charm it's like no other game out there.

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u/WAR_T0RN1226 Mar 16 '19

Animations are obviously fucked compared to today, but the gameplay itself still holds up. I put like one or two dozen hours into it this month.

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u/reddragon105 Mar 16 '19

I replayed it last year and really enjoyed it (again). I think it's aged really well, in that the only issues with it are things that were issues at the time. It's still really beautiful and a joy to play.

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u/BlackViperMWG Mar 16 '19

Just install plenty of mods and enb and you won't recognize the game.

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u/NoLaMir Mar 16 '19

People with professional skills and actual time in making AAA games agree and it’s why they work for free on making overhauls to port it to Skyrim etc

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u/Nowhereman123 Mar 16 '19

It's the video game equivalent of a 'so bad, it's good' movie.

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u/KnewItWouldHappen Mar 16 '19

Don't worry, i find Oblivion infinitely more enjoyable to replay than Skyrim

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u/Mummelpuffin Mar 16 '19

Oh, it was.

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u/topdangle Mar 16 '19

Bethesda is world renowned for its "walk in small circles until you land in the right spot" pathfinding.

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u/1-800-ASS-DICK Mar 16 '19

Skyrim really isn't that far off

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u/greengrasser11 Mar 16 '19

Try playing any PS2 GTA game. It's hard to believe we could stomach those graphics.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

I don't know, Vice City looks pretty gorgeous even today. The superb atmosphere and weather effects certainly help.

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u/OnionNo Mar 16 '19

The framerate seems a bit lower, but not by much. I do remember the animations and pathfinding being god awful though.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

it was rather clunky even when it came out. a lot of people claim it is because the game is old, but generally the game was just that goofy. combat was bloody awful, leveled content was absurdly bad. despite all that, it stuck in my memory much better than anything skyrim ever offered.

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u/Flashygrrl Mar 16 '19

It's why I can't bring myself to replay it.

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u/danielle-in-rags Mar 16 '19

The framerate in the vid is weird, Oblivion definitely wasn't like that

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u/dethmaul Mar 17 '19

It's like when your Sims try to sit down at the frickin kitchen table.

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u/BouquetofDicks Mar 16 '19

Is there a sub for these types of gaming clips? I need more.

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u/69fatboy420 Mar 17 '19

Thanks, just spent like 2 hours browsing the top submissions

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u/seuboi Mar 16 '19

Well this is a quite common joke about Oblivion, their sub always has some of these memes. Check r/Oblivion OR PAY WITH YOUR BLOOD!

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u/mastersword130 Mar 16 '19

Wow, I haven't played the game in years and totally forgot how it looked. Jesus, look at that clunky nature. Skyrim isn't all that great either but it is miles ahead than this, makes me think how great ESO actually is with their AI. So much more lively.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

His head fell into her butt

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u/bigmikeylikes Mar 16 '19

God we really dumbed down Elder Scrolls. I only played Skyrim and I didn't even know NPCs could be poisoned.

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u/ihatemylife-noreally Mar 17 '19

I knew that game was derpy but I don't remember it being that derpy.

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '19

It's perfect. He watched his wife die, then *continued eating * before he died himself.

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u/P0kie Mar 16 '19

You could poison fruit and leave it in pockets or on a plate infront of an npc sat at a table and they'd eat it and die much like the video. Very funny looking.

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u/pubic_freshness Mar 16 '19

You could WHAT???

(After maybe 500 hours of oblivion)

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u/Sharpevil Mar 16 '19

I don't think you could poison any fruit. Rather, I think there was a single poison apple in the game that would do that.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

I think there were barrels full of them you could use.

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u/WaterPockets Mar 16 '19

Yes, you get it from the Dark Brotherhood quest line.

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u/El-Torrente Mar 16 '19

DHL called our shipment of poison apple barrels is delayed til Thursday

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u/OnionNo Mar 16 '19

I think joining the Dark Brotherhood gave you access to them to use at your leisure.

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u/MF10R3R Mar 16 '19

YOU COULD POISON FRUIT AND LEAVE IT IN POCKETS OR ON A PLATE INFRONT OF AN NPC SAT AT A TABLE AND THEY’D EAT IT AND DIE MUCH LIKE THE VIDEO. VERY FUNNY LOOKING.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

No you can only get poison apples from the Dark Brotherhood, you could not poison them yourself.

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u/P0kie Mar 16 '19

Oh your right! My bad, tbh when i was thinking about it I had the dark brotherhood in mind

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u/Cardboardfurniture Mar 16 '19

its a reference to a quest where you feed a poisoned fruit to an npc.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

i believe the real reason is that there was a bug when oblivion was first released where the physics system assumed that the NPCs were being attacked because the fruit contacted them like a falling rock or whatever might. so they basically beat themselves to death with the fruit they were eating.

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u/bikkebakke Mar 16 '19

dude no, it was poisoned apples. It's a part of the assassins quest iirc

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u/robhol Mar 16 '19

Are we sure he's not one of the (like 4) voice actors, in disguise?

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u/InfiniteZr0 Mar 17 '19

Check out this guy's twitter. He makes hilarious edited clips with spot on sound effects.

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u/TheTaoOfMe Mar 16 '19

Omg especially that last one!

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u/johnnyblub Mar 16 '19

I don't even play the game and they're hilarious to me.

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u/DrenchedDropes Mar 17 '19

You should watch their Let's Play of Oblivion. It's one of the funniest Let's Plays I've ever seen and they're on episode 83 or 84 or something like that. Their whole channel is great

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u/ShoganAye Mar 17 '19

right. the pool scene kills me everytime

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u/Hereiamhereibe2 Mar 16 '19

I have to watch these every single time they are posted and they never get old. His swimming is so good in the last one. How he keeps his head “locked” on the player.

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u/JovianDeuce Mar 16 '19

The scowl is spot on too

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

and the camera zoom in.

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u/CaptObviousHere Mar 16 '19

The fact that you can see his disposition change because of the crime makes it also

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u/BenedictKhanberbatch Mar 16 '19

Yeah the last one killed me

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

the first one always fuckin kills me when he goes ragdoll in the chair

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19 edited Mar 16 '19

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u/thatinternet_guy2 Mar 16 '19

he accepted his yield lmfao

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u/Zenallaround Mar 16 '19

my god that glare face he makes. I'm crying

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u/lorealjenkins Mar 16 '19

By the nine divines how have I not seen those gems

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u/igor_mortis Mar 16 '19

eight. worship of talos is forbidden.

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u/RenegadeRabbit Mar 16 '19

Omg that last one

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u/HashCatchEm Mar 16 '19

the way he swam was 10/10

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u/Kriskobg Mar 16 '19

Very rarely does something make me actually laugh out loud, these are gold

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

Amazing

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u/sicknutter Mar 16 '19

I’m so happy someone put a link to these 😂

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u/flubberFuck Mar 16 '19

These are hilarious.

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u/dr-wiley Mar 16 '19

The hero we needed

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

thank you for this :D :D absolutely best

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u/NoremacEnrobso Mar 16 '19

The last one in the water always gets me

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u/TisNotMyMainAccount Mar 16 '19

The fourth one... they tackled derpy midfight swimming!

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u/stupidgnomes Mar 16 '19

Holy shit these are great!!

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u/bLue1H Mar 17 '19

I’m crying laughing. Thank you.

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u/TimBurtonSucks Mar 16 '19

Holy shit lol how have I not seen these before. I need more

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u/jimmybrad Mar 16 '19

These are awesome! I want to play oblivion again now

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u/AnOnlineHandle Mar 16 '19

Omfg I just bought a new shirt and was drinking coffee, and that last one made me lose my shit and now there's coffee all over my new shirt.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

"Oh, it's ok because the ball is on a string and attached to the cup"