One thing apparent to me is that Skyrim has a very boring color palette. Oblivion doesn't have this to my knowledge. But as far as the base game goes, there's not too much difference.Īnother thing is that in Oblivion, there is an alternate plane of existence called the Plains of Oblivion, which is about the size of Cyrodiil itself. Yes, Skyrim has this as a work in progress as well as Skyblivion, a recreation of Oblivion but in the Skyrim engine, but development has almost halted and the most bang for your buck in this case would be Oblivion. You could argue that the Skyrim DLC adds more and more, but mods allow Morroblivion, a recreation of the province of Morrowind using the Oblivion engine. This adds a world of similar size to that of Cyrodiil and at least puts them 1:1 on size.

Here's a picture of Cyrodiil and Skyrim, traced and overlayed to show the differing size.Ī lot of you might see a distinct size difference, but let's not forget the DLC that Oblivion has, the Shivering Isles DLC. Personally I think that's a bit skewed, and I'll show you exactly why. Now some people may make the argument that Skyrim is bigger than Cyrodiil, and therefore it's better. Now some have weak arguments, and I'm here to strike down all of the false concepts as well as expose major flaws on both sides. And then there's the odd ones out who still prefer Morrowind, but that's more or less irrelevant. Some of us prefer Oblivion to Skyrim, other prefer Skyrim to Oblivion. Most of us know the Elder Scrolls franchise as the pinnacle of adventure games.

Oblivion map compared to skyrim