• Malgas@beehaw.org
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    8 months ago

    I don’t think there’s much they could do to make the environment more interesting, since the setting is what it’s meant to be

    The hell it is. According to the in-game book Provinces of Tamriel:

    Cyrodiil is the cradle of Human Imperial high culture on Tamriel. It is the largest region of the continent, and most is endless jungle.

    Emphasis mine. And when I say in-game, that book was literally in Oblivion.

      • trev likes godzilla@beehaw.org
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        8 months ago

        If I recall correctly, the in-game explanation is that a former emperor-turned-god transformed the landscape to what we see in Oblivion. Guy basically used console commands lol.

        Personally, I like the world in Oblivion. I always thought that people didn’t give it enough credit, with the various environment biomes like the swamps and tundra areas. I also love the cities so much. Leyowin has this middle ages New Orleans vibe that I just love!

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          8 months ago

          Funnily enough, what you said is pretty close to what happened in canon. The Emperor at the time (I forget who it was, probably Tiber Spetim) had a legitimate methaphysically-powered Gundam/EVA unit and used it to basically terraform the jungles of Cyrodill into what we see in Oblivion

          So he basically modded Cyrodill with the power of Numidium.