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Carla, you can't say Origins and Inquisition are must plays and leave DA2 out!!. DA2 actually BUILDS towards the events of Inquisition and I would argue, faults and all, that DA2 is a better game than Inquisition. It certainly has better companions.

I can tell you the weapon in TES series that is least talked about, but arguably the most powerful is a Deadric dagger called the Black Hand dagger! It can only be acquired through the Morag Tong questline in Morrowind and no game since has a version of it. If you are a stealth based character, this dagger can even make sub boss fights easy, even on higher difficulty levels. Absorbing 10-25 pts of health per SECOND for 30 seconds is madness!! And it stacks!!! Along with 50% blindness for 30 seconds.

Add a potent poison to the blade, make one hit and retreat to the shadows and watch your mark die a slow, blinding death.

I typically finish the main quest in Oblivion around lvl 30-35. I usually start The Shivering Isle around level 20, while still leaving some factions quest lines open and a few miscellaneous quests open. This gives me freedom to come and go from Shivering Isles at will.

DA2 was not terrible. While I agree about the repetitive maps, the companions were absolutely amazing! I am also a fan of the fast paced real-time combat, especially when playing as rogue Hawke.

DA2 unfairly gets a bad rap. It's development was rushed by EA.

The Black Hand dagger from Morrowind never gets mentioned when I see threads like this. It could only be obtained through the Morag Tong questline, but it's probably one of the Elder Scrolls most potent weapons. I'd put it up there with Sunder and Keening.

I have ALWAYS hated the elimination of skills and classes! It felt wrong that my Bosmer could wield and swing a Warhammer with the same skill and strength as a Nord or Orc. It took away the "role" from role play. Also certain racial abilities were either reduced or eliminated thanks to Skyrim. Mods may be available for certain things, but if the game was done right, you wouldn't need mods and of course modders can improve what developers put in the game.

Still the same starting character. In the original Fable, all you did was change clothes, facial hair, hair and maybe do some evil deeds or eat a lot. Not my idea of character customization. Maybe I want a guy with a squared jaw or long chin. Maybe I want a women with a broad flat nose or her eyes close together. THAT is character customization.