

In these situations, it’s only true completionists who can honestly claim that they’re glad they expended the elbow-grease involved– while the rest of us are left shaking our fists at our screens. with a very grave face, but with a wicked twin money-Toat was square. In yet another instance of the Elder Scrolls’ digital world emulating our own, some of these side quests acknowledge players’ efforts to find them with decent loot, breathtaking vistas, or both.Ĭonversely, other covert peripheral adventures come to a close without yielding anything to recommend them. joke, and laugh most heartily, even if it was The customer seemed to ponder for a. Indeed, many of the best (and worst) side quests in Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim and The Elder Scrolls Online are effectively secret content when you factor in the extra effort players need to undertake in order to access them.Īs we’ve already hinted at above, some of these clandestine missions are more worthwhile than others. This is particularly the case where the more recent entries in the series are concerned. That’s why– just like in real life– some of your objectives are made clear to you, and others you need to discover for yourself. Interestingly, a key way in which Bethesda Game Studios has crafted the illusion where players enter into a living, breathing reality is by not signposting all the content each game has to offer. Ever since the release of Arena in 1994, the Elder Scrolls action/RPG video game franchise has consistently delivered gamers the most immersive open world fantasy experience imaginable.
