The Dark Brotherhood has no such reservations you’re here for murder, murder, and more murder, and neither Skyrim nor Oblivion pretends otherwise. While 47 and Diana are targeting those who “deserve” it, players are dragging hapless innocents into a grape presser and making red, red wine. There’s an odd, sometimes jarring disconnect between the emotionless way Agent 47 is presented and the homicidal shenanigans the game allows you to get up to. It helps that the Dark Brotherhood guild (prominent in both The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim) is so relentlessly, unashamedly evil. But for sheer job satisfaction, you can’t beat The Elder Scrolls’ breathlessly evil assassins.

That’s coming from someone who’s followed the Hitman series from its janky, unforgiving roots all the way to the current “World of Assassination” trilogy. Sorry, Hitman, you’re a great stealth franchise, but you’re no Dark Brotherhood. This article contains spoilers for Hitman 3 and for the Dark Brotherhood in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

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