If you enjoyed playing in Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, giving it more depth than the original. The changes are so profound that it’s been compared to a remake.

Even so, Bethesda Softworks has confirmed that this is a high-quality remastered version of the 2006 title. The new release has opened up its gates for a broad new ensemble of players to experience the game that came before the extremely popular Skyrim. Oblivion Remastered’s gameplay systems were also tweaked, including new additions that make it somewhat similar to what players have grown accustomed to in Skyrim, but still retaining its unique mechanics. There are several notable differences between Oblivion Remastered and Skyrim, though players can expect to see a lot more similarities between both titles.

Oblivion Fans Should Try Playing Elder Scrolls Online (ESO)

ESO Allows Player To Relive The Tamriel Experience

Oblivion Remastered offers a great few dozen hours of gameplay in the same universe as Skyrim, allowing players to learn about other areas of Tamriel and its governing forces – and even more so if you take all of the side quests. However, the adventure is restricted to the capital of the Empire, Cyrodiil, and a tale involving Mehrunes Dagon’s attempt to invade Tamriel is limited and quite finite depending on how you tackle the game. If you’ve found yourself curious about Tamriel and its other regions, I highly recommend playing The Elder Scrolls Online, also known as ESO.

The MMORPG released back in 2014 tells a unique tale set in Tamriel under a completely different gameplay system – but one that speaks with the traditional gameplay progression present in the core Elder Scrolls games. While this is a very different type of game, it expands the Elder Scrolls experience significantly, so if you’ve wanted to learn more about Mehrunes Dagon or the Black Brotherhood from Oblivion Remastered, ESO is the place to go. If your intent is to visit other areas of Tamriel and deviate a bit from what Oblivion Remastered offers, ESO may also be the solution.

ESO Expands The Franchise's Lore & Allows For Great Deep-Dives Into Tamriel

You Can Learn More About The Elder Scrolls Universe With The MMORPG

If your intention is to lean deeper into what you’ve seen in Oblivion Remastered or Skyrim, for example, the Blackwood and Greymoor expansions for ESO, respectively, have several references to the core games while also telling their unique tale. Blackwood takes place in the region of the same name, southeast of Cyrodiil, and is set 800 years before the events of Oblivion Remastered. What players will witness in this chapter is one of Mehrunes Dagon’s first attempts to invade and scourge Tamriel as they try to uncover and disrupt a plot led by secretive cultists.

If players want to learn more about this Daedric Prince, specifically, Blackwood is the go-to expansion in ESO.

If players want to explore the northern reaches of Tamriel once again, they can tackle the Greymoor expansion. This chapter for the MMORPG moves away from the story being told in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, but takes place in the western portion of the same region. While players fend off a vampiric incursion in the area, they get to revisit several key locations from the popular game from 2011, including Solitude, Morthal, and even Blackreach. There are also additional DLCs related to ESO’s Greymoor expansion that take players to Stonethorn and Markarth in Skyrim.

If your goal is to steer away from what you’ve already explored once and learn more about things you’ve heard during your time in Oblivion Remastered and Skyrim, such as the Redguards from Hammerfell, the Khajit from Elsweyr, the Wood Elves from Grahtwood, or the High Elves from Summerset, ESO has several expansions related to these areas and races. If you want to deep-dive into Daedric Prince lore, the base game covers Molag Bal, while the Necrom expansion, one of my favorites, connects players to Hermaeus Mora. Most recently, the Gold Road expansion also brought forth a brand-new Daedric Prince.

Overall, the MMORPG helps give more depth to the franchise, expanding its lore with new tales, while also allowing players to know regions they’ve only heard about in the core games. It’s also a great way of revisiting this dense universe I often miss, without having to replay the same story arcs I’ve already concluded multiple times during my several playthroughs of Skyrim, for example. As soon as I started playing Oblivion Remastered, I was reminded of just how much I enjoy ESO and how it allows me to learn more about the fantasy universe crafted by Bethesda Softworks.

ESO Is Different Than It Was At Launch, & It's About To Get Even Better

Multiclassing Is Arriving Soon

Because ESO was released a few years after Skyrim, and somewhat marketed as an online Elder Scrolls experience, I’ve had friends who didn’t adapt to it. As an MMORPG fan, I quickly dove in, understanding that the experience it would provide would be far different from that of Skyrim, but that I could still learn a lot of lore from Elder Scrolls Online. Since its launch over 10 years ago, it’s changed drastically. While most of its gameplay systems are still in effect, it’s much more -friendly than it was before, and there are more gameplay options now than ever.

Even though the game has already changed over the years, it’s about to get even better soon. In June, ESO will kick off the Season of the Worm Cult, and with it, bring forth a new multiclassing system that will likely revolutionize the game. Currently, when players create a character, they choose a class, which has three different skill lines. Depending on how they build their character and what skills are chosen from these skill lines, players can have access to a few different builds. A Templar, for instance, can be used as a tank, a healer, or a DPS.

Even though they can choose, Templars are limited to the Aedric Spear, Dawn’s Wrath, and Restoring Light skill lines. With the arrival of multiclassing, players will be able to exchange up to two of these skill lines for skill lines present in other classes. After the update, a Templar could hold onto their Aedric Spear skill line and take on the Ardent Flame skill line from the Dragonknight class and the Daedric Summoning skill line from the Sorcerer class.

Upgrading skills that aren’t innate to the original class choice cost more Skill Points, but that shouldn’t be much of an issue considering how many can be acquired through leveling, exploration, and quest completion.

This will open up a plethora of different build options. In a way, it will also make ESO a lot more like the core games, in the sense that players will be able to upgrade skills according to how they prefer to play. In addition to the new story content that regularly arrives, the gameplay aspect of the next big update is also enticing. I’m glad Oblivion Remastered was released just a while back, because it reminded me that I’m more excited than ever to return to the Elder Scrolls universe via ESO.