Bethesda Step-out Moment Tier List

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The games by Bethesda are known for their step-out moments. Since the company’s titles focus heavily on exploration, the “step-out moment” is when the world opens up to the player. By this point, they’re then free to go wherever they want.

Titles in both The Elder Scrolls and the Fallout series have their own step-out moment, but some are more memorable than others. For each Bethesda game, the lead-up to stepping out into the RPG world matters as much as the visuals.

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Fallout 4 – Fallout 4 may have its faults, but it’s hard to deny that the game has one of the most effective step-out moments in the series. This is primarily because of how the game leads up to it. The game begins in the pre-war world, caring for their child in the quiet village of Sanctuary Hills. Suddenly, they’re swept away and ushered into Vault 111 while the rest of the world deals with the Fallout universe’s Great War. After the brief tutorial section, the player leaves Vault 111 again only to find that hundreds of years have passed. It’s a striking change as what was once a bright, suburban village had become a desolate, post-apocalyptic area. Even more effective here is the fact that the player gets a wide view of the world around them.

The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion – Oblivion’s step-out moment is arguably the most visually stunning among those in The Elder Scrolls series. The introduction immediately sets up the game’s main storyline, ending in the death of the Emperor. After this, the player is sent to track down a monk in a distant priory. Upon exiting the Imperial Sewers alone, the player is met with a vast world, with Lake Rumare crawling across the