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I tried very hard to enjoy this game. I put a lot of thought into character building, would come up with something, but ultimately, no matter how excited I would get about the character build I would come up with, all in all the game is just not satisfying to play.
-The Good-
The graphics are simply gorgeous. Walking around, especially outdoors, is a thing to behold. The sound is equally brilliant although there are a limited number of voice actors. Making your own class and spells adds some customization. Unfortunately, that is about it for the good.
-The Bad-
The gameplay itself is lacking. This game tries very hard to do everything, and in doing so, the gameplay suffers. The combat is just not very satisfying. The melee combat is its strongest suit, but only because of some good physics as it is pretty much block, counter-attack, repeat. Sure, you can mix it up and add some magic in there to make combat more interesting, and the game encourages that in some ways. No matter what your
-The Good-
The graphics are simply gorgeous. Walking around, especially outdoors, is a thing to behold. The sound is equally brilliant although there are a limited number of voice actors. Making your own class and spells adds some customization. Unfortunately, that is about it for the good.
-The Bad-
The gameplay itself is lacking. This game tries very hard to do everything, and in doing so, the gameplay suffers. The combat is just not very satisfying. The melee combat is its strongest suit, but only because of some good physics as it is pretty much block, counter-attack, repeat. Sure, you can mix it up and add some magic in there to make combat more interesting, and the game encourages that in some ways. No matter what your
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I really wouldn't call TES 4 Obivion an RPG. Hardly. It's more like an FPS that caters to the desires of 1337 n00b pwned hax0rs. This is a massive slash at the rep of Bethesda for me.
First on the agenda is the main storyline. It is ungodly easy, and can be completed in under 30 hours if you want to. Remember Final Fantasy 7? Even so, the storyline isn't that good, and is so trite and predictable it's not even funny.
The side quests are just as bad,or even worse. These are definitely even more trite, being so unbelievably cliche. They're unoriginal, even sinking as low as to take the Lovecraftian story "Shadow over Insmouth," copy and paste it into the game.
The world in oblivion is minature, yet they have fast travel. Literally, I could travel from the southernmost city to the northernmost city in a few minutes. But who wants to do THAT? Nooooo. We can FAST TRAVEL! I just can't see it in the Oblivion world. it's way too small. But of course, people complained over and over about in
First on the agenda is the main storyline. It is ungodly easy, and can be completed in under 30 hours if you want to. Remember Final Fantasy 7? Even so, the storyline isn't that good, and is so trite and predictable it's not even funny.
The side quests are just as bad,or even worse. These are definitely even more trite, being so unbelievably cliche. They're unoriginal, even sinking as low as to take the Lovecraftian story "Shadow over Insmouth," copy and paste it into the game.
The world in oblivion is minature, yet they have fast travel. Literally, I could travel from the southernmost city to the northernmost city in a few minutes. But who wants to do THAT? Nooooo. We can FAST TRAVEL! I just can't see it in the Oblivion world. it's way too small. But of course, people complained over and over about in
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I tried hard to want to play this game. Like all RPGs, you have to endure some measure of tediousness. You have to fight a lot of battles to advance your character. This aspect of the game doesn't bother me. What I don't like is the transformation of the RPG from a 2D turn-based genre into a 3D first/third-person shooter genre, of which Oblivion is by far the best example. While the physics in Oblivion are much better than those in Morrowind, I still don't like the feel of 3D pseudo-medieval, melee combat. Range and sneak attacks are fun and tense, but melee combat is block-hack-and-slash. On the contrary, I like the 3D action of shooters like the Unreal and Quake series. I don't know what it is, but something is missing from Oblivion, and I simply don't believe the melee encounters.
My PC is no slouch. I can run Oblivion with decent textures and effects and at a good resolution. But it bothers me that with a system beyond the recommended requirements, I still have to sacrifice
My PC is no slouch. I can run Oblivion with decent textures and effects and at a good resolution. But it bothers me that with a system beyond the recommended requirements, I still have to sacrifice
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This game is very immersive, offers scores of hours' worth of quests, has dozens of caves/mines/ancient ruins to explore, and is gorgeous. My 4 year old daughter likes to watch my character either run or ride a horse throughout the game world because it looks so good! (No fighting, of course, just sight seeing.) This is a superb role-playing game for the single player. Games like World of Warcraft, Everquest, Guild Wars, etc. get a lot of attention but Oblivion is an excellent game as well.
The player can decide what to do: follow the main story line, explore the land, or join a guild (or multiple guilds). The game is very open, similar to GTA, but with stonger consequences for attacking people.
You cannot go wrong with this game.
The player can decide what to do: follow the main story line, explore the land, or join a guild (or multiple guilds). The game is very open, similar to GTA, but with stonger consequences for attacking people.
You cannot go wrong with this game.
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This title, I purchased the day it came out. Since them, I have created character after character. . I'm not sure when it will end.
The graphics are quite simply some of the best we will ever see *point to note here, that with the other two add on games with dx10 capability the game is even better*.
The character generation is the most comprehensive I have ever seen. You can either go simple, or spend half an hour designing your character.
I give it five for addiction and good looks and the length of time you get for exploration and interration which is a seriously long time. It loses a star overall because of the other characters. They are *ok* but sometimes the voice acting is just uninspiring.
Half Life 2, whilst not comparing, had very good character interractions. Oblivion seems to have spent the money on everything else and left the people out. It's ok, I forgive, I'm about to create another character ;)
The graphics are quite simply some of the best we will ever see *point to note here, that with the other two add on games with dx10 capability the game is even better*.
The character generation is the most comprehensive I have ever seen. You can either go simple, or spend half an hour designing your character.
I give it five for addiction and good looks and the length of time you get for exploration and interration which is a seriously long time. It loses a star overall because of the other characters. They are *ok* but sometimes the voice acting is just uninspiring.
Half Life 2, whilst not comparing, had very good character interractions. Oblivion seems to have spent the money on everything else and left the people out. It's ok, I forgive, I'm about to create another character ;)
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This is a game you could play for what seems like 20 minutes, but in reality 4 hours have passed by. I bought this game just under 3 weeks ago, and the in-game save says I already spent 80 hours on it. I'm not even close to beating it yet either. This game is so non-linear... you can do pretty much whatever mission you want, at any time, and your character can grow in numerous different ways depending on what you decided to be (murderous evil sorcerer, thief, heroic warrior or battle-mage, you can be a good guy or a bad guy at any time). Although, if you like something faster-paced, you can just focus on the main mission, but I imagine that's less fun.
You need a really good computer. I have an Core 2 Duo 6600, GeForce 7950GT, 2 GB ram. I tried the "highest" settings at 1024 resolution, but it gets too choppy when your fighting so it's hard to see what's going on. I didn't want to turn them down at first because the game is just so gorgeous like that, but I wound up running under "medium"-ish
You need a really good computer. I have an Core 2 Duo 6600, GeForce 7950GT, 2 GB ram. I tried the "highest" settings at 1024 resolution, but it gets too choppy when your fighting so it's hard to see what's going on. I didn't want to turn them down at first because the game is just so gorgeous like that, but I wound up running under "medium"-ish
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Make sure you have the horsepower to run this visually stunning game. I have been a fan of this TES series and this game by far is the best in the series. You may want to quit your job...extremely addicting
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once you begin to play this game. The graphics are amazing, the gameplay engrossing. Seriously addictive. The only drawback is that you have to have a pretty powerful computer to play it. Even though my machine exceeds all recommendations for this game, it still crashes to the desktop on a fairly regular basis, and it took some serious tweaking to get it to run in the first place.
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I am a fan of Morrowind and was really looking forward to Oblivion coming out. It did not disappoint me. I really enjoyed playing it. However, you must have a really up to date computer to play it. It won't run on most older computers. Read the minimum requirements closely!
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The last time I played a game that took as much of my time, it was Diablo II: LOD. I played it the same way - that is, by myself. Although it was playable as a multiplayer online game (MMORPG), I don't often play that way. One of the most unusual things about Oblivion is that it was designed to be played by one person, alone. For that kind of game, it is just excellent. You can follow the usual paths, strike out on your own, interact somewhat with others, go at your own pace. There's no real point to 'leveling up', as the game 'levels' with you. I like that aspect a lot as well.
Altogether well thought out and a lot of fun to play. I have only played one game, in which I have become the Champion of Cyrodiil, The Grey Fox (head of the Thieves Guild), the Arch-Mage of the Mages Guild, the Grand Champion of the Arena, and the Listener of the Dark Brotherhood - and I'm still playing and having a good time.
It has sucked a great deal of time from my life.
Altogether well thought out and a lot of fun to play. I have only played one game, in which I have become the Champion of Cyrodiil, The Grey Fox (head of the Thieves Guild), the Arch-Mage of the Mages Guild, the Grand Champion of the Arena, and the Listener of the Dark Brotherhood - and I'm still playing and having a good time.
It has sucked a great deal of time from my life.
