Creating a character is the starting point of most CRPGs, which usually open with a character creator after a short cutscene that contextualizes the game world. In games like The Elder Scrolls -- including the new Oblivion Remastered -- it's all the more important to create a character with a strong backstory, personality, and motivations. Sandbox games like Oblivion Remastered can feel overwhelming with all the freedom they offer, and sticking with one character can become difficult if they're not compelling. This is especially true for The Elder Scrolls, as dialogue options aren't robust enough to build a personality from the gameplay alone.
Oblivion Remastered's New Origins is Exactly What The Elder Scrolls Needed
Shayna Josi is a Features Writer from South Africa. Shayna has always been passionate about stories, and has dedicated her life to learning how to tell them. Aside from writing about her favorite video games on the digital publication The Best War Games, Shayna has taught English in Japan, is a ghostwriter, copywriter, and editor in the publishing industry. Shayna enjoys traveling, and spends most of her time between South Africa, the EU, and Japan. She believes the best of people come out in the stories they tell, and with stories comes the power to connect people across any divide - be it language, geography, culture, or time. To this end, Shayna’s research at university dealt with narrative worlds within video games, and how they use their environments to tell stories. Her hope is that the incredible stories told through video games will be recognized as literary, just as much as traditional storytelling mediums.
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