With the fifth Elder Scrolls game, Skyrim, due later this year, people might be curious to see just how many of the world’s key races are looking five years later.
The picture above shows how the series’ engine has advanced since Oblivion’s release in 2006, comparing the characters and races of the last game against those found in 2011′s Skyrim.
You can also, just for kicks, see down the bottom row how they looked in 2002′s Morrowind.
To see the image in full (the top pic doesn’t show all the races), click on the thumbnail below.
Oblivion vs. Skyrim (so far) [Reddit]
Jackal256
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 3:59 PMHey there missing the Altmer not that that’s exactly a great loss.
ZePpLiNs
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 3:59 PMArgonians look awesome in Skyrim!
LoneWolf
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 4:00 PMIt would be good to see some screenshots of races from the first two games, too.
Damn, Skyrim is looking pretty, but I’m sure a sufficiently detailed character creation tool will allow for some horrendous avatars.
drewskeOne
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 4:05 PMFUARKKKKKKKKKKK, mirin the graphics brah
Lobo
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 4:07 PMI think I liked Morrowinds Orcs and Argonians better than their Oblivion counterparts. Having said that I also enjoyed Morrowind a great deal more than Oblivion.
SunSkorpion
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 4:08 PMCool. I’ve been following a lot of the posts from review sites about the screenshots of their characters from the recent hands-on they’ve had. I recon the Argonian looks the most well developed, since they started off looking really dumb (particularly in Oblivion), and now actually look like dangerous amphibians!
Also, whats with the recent spate of annoying posts of FUARK? Did I miss a meme or something?
Lazarus
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 5:06 PMIt’s only a matter of time before “fuark” goes the way of planking and lying cakes.
Matt
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 7:30 PMIt’s an expression of amazement or surprise. Came from the recently deceased Zyzz along with “mirin” and “come at me”. Or at least from misc on bb.
And I definitely agree. FUAAAAAAAAA-
Chuloopa
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 4:17 PMYou know what;s REALLY hilarious???
The heads from morrowind all looks WAY better than Oblivion, IMO lol
Supreme
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 4:36 PMNo shit man, they even look more detailed LOL!
sew
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 5:06 PM100% agree. They are more defined
KRiSX
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 5:22 PMYeah I think that’s one of the things I don’t like about oblivion… The models are horrid! Can’t believe some of the morrowind ones are better. Lol
The Insufferable Señor Steengo
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 6:48 PMYeah, at least the Morrowind ones have a consistent aesthetic. Oblivion faces look like they’re moulded by someone punching a piece of putty over and over.
Dire Wolf
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 4:22 PMReally loving the look of the Argonian and Khajiit. Also nice to see that Humans will actually look like Humans.
Dire Wolf
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 4:28 PMAlso why isn’t there a High Elf in that picture? I want to see what they look like.
Blaghman
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 4:30 PMSince the majority of these images are taken from characters the press created, there were presumably no High Elf characters created.
Glib
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 4:55 PMTo be fair, who really plays High Elf characters anyway? ;)
Agreeing with others though, Morrowind characters definitely looked better than the Oblivion ones. Never noticed that before.
os42
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 4:26 PMWow, I actually have a choice this time round! I always ended up choosing Dunmer, cos I don’t like playing human, and all the other non-human races looked stupid, no matter how much I tried. Now I’ve actually got a decent selection – Dunmer, Argonian, Khajiit, Bosmer… dammit, now I have to choose…
Cap'n Crunch
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 4:35 PMWood elfs look kewllll
Sam
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 4:50 PMWhy do the Morrowind characters look better than the Oblivion ones in nearly every respect?
Reags
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 5:05 PMAwesome, I think the biggest improvement is the orcs, they took so much more orcy and much less ‘balding middle age green man with no rental cover.’
Astroboy440
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 5:23 PMDamn you, I dont need better graphics I need more free time for all these great +50 rpgs!
Edward
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 5:24 PMThe faces were one of the many problems I had with Oblivion.
The clunky Engine that made combat feel slow and weird was another.
If they fix these two, I’m sold.
thyco
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 5:41 PMNow we just have to hope that the voices are of the same quaility to match the updated models. Ie i sure as hell dont want any male bosmers in skyrim to sound like the annoying fan, nor do i want to here jauffery voice as any 20-45 year old human. Nad female khajits and Agronians better have different voices this time ><
McGarnical
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 6:03 PMI usually try and play a “good” character, but that Annoying Fan character got stabbed pretty quick in my game.
Teh Lurker
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 7:59 PMI’m sorry but I clearly see a night elf Mohawk in those pics
Jarvgrimr
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 8:24 PMI am so… so… excited for this game :D not only am I an avid Elder Scrolls fan, but I fucking love anything even slightly Viking. So this game is pretty much my nerd wet-dream.
RoninX
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 9:02 PMfuck these new character models look like sex baby
Shiro
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 3:53 AMMorrowind characters look better than oblivion ones!