The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion/YMMV: Difference between revisions

** Farwil Indarys. His irritating [[Artificial Stupidity|gameplay-related]] "qualities" are even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] by the Count of Cheydinhal, Andel Indarys... ''his own father''.

* [[Uncanny Valley]] - Some of the NPCs look and act like they have Down Syndrome, staring at you bug-eyed throughout every conversation. Without mods, almost every human face looks blotchy and blurry, like they paired high-poly models with Voodoo-era textures. Zooming in for conversation with any non-Argonian (especially Redguards!) immediately reminds you that you're playing a videogame. They really should have spent a few more megabytes on face textures.

* [[Villain Decay]] - It hits Mannimarco rather hard. Throughout the Mages Guild questline, he is set up as the [[Big Bad]] of that story, having characters become unnerved or outright terrified by knowing that he has reappeared, there's a pretty good poem-style book about his history to find which sets him up as a powerful evil, at one point, he deals a scarily effective, unexpected blow to the Mages Guild and the only survivor of the attack is terrified and tells you how he, concealed by magic, watched Mannimarco rip out his friend's soul and how he believes the guy actually could see through his magical disguise and pretty much just spared him for fun. Then Mannimarco effectively manages to corrupt and disrupt the Mages Council. By the end of the questline, you seriously get the feeling that everything's going to hell for the Mages Guild if you don't stop him quickly. So, after finding his hideout and slaughtering your way through his minions, {{spoiler|he's a moderately powerful Altmer wizard whose spells might be slightly threatening at the very worst, and silencing him will reduce him to waving a dagger at you.}}{{spoiler|[[Senseless Sacrifice|Yep, this is the guy who Hannibal Traven thought was such a threat that he voluntarily soul-trapped himself to give you some sort of advantage.]]}}

** Makes for quite an [[Anticlimax Boss]].