Should I get Oblivion?

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:01 pm

Should I get it so that I can play it and find some redeeming qualities that will give me a better hope of fo3? How many of you played it and liked it?

sarge112 · Post by **sarge112** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:10 pm

Thor Kaufman · Post by **Thor Kaufman** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:32 pm

sarge112 wrote:no

qfe

I didn't play it, though. I trust the hivemind on this and was scarred by Morrowind beforehand. May the mudcrab be with you.

Smiley · Post by **Smiley** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 1:19 am

In any case it'll make you hate the idea of Fallout 3 even more.

Oblivion is a gimmick game, fun maybe the first time you go through, but very average fun, and you get more annoyed by all the things that are annoying or bad...

I don't know how much patches have fixed, but it was a severely long way from being any kind of good enough.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:37 am

Personally I liked Morrowind, but I hated Oblivion

Blargh · Post by **Blargh** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:15 am

Well, you seem content to expose yourself to abominable cinema, why not software too ? You could be a canary to the perils engendered by the baffling (BAFFLING !) love and encouragement of mediocrity in modern media of all stripes.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:21 am

don't do it poop. for your own good

mixmastermind · Post by **mixmastermind** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:39 am

Steal it.

Edward_R_Murrow · Post by **Edward_R_Murrow** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:05 am

Only if it won't cost you any money, and even then consider the opportunity costs of playing it.

Stainless · Post by **Stainless** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:09 am

Played it. It's horrible. It has this huge world of NPCs and they're all voiced by the same 3 people. At the same time. It's really really dull.

If you *have* to play it, just go do the Dark Brotherhood questline.

rabidpeanut · Post by **rabidpeanut** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:19 pm

Morrowind is good. Oblivion is not. so

NO

qfe

Killzig · Post by **Killzig** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 1:27 pm

Don't bother unless you're ready to download 3-4 gigs worth of mods to go with. The 360 version is something close to torture.

Dreadnought · Post by **Dreadnought** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:14 pm

mixmastermind wrote:Steal it.

Then throw it in a volcano.

rabidpeanut · Post by **rabidpeanut** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:55 pm

Dreadnought wrote:
mixmastermind wrote:Steal it.
Then throw it in a volcano.

And launch the volcano into space(moose).

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:57 pm

Killzig wrote:The 360 version is something close to torture.

http://www.duckandcover.cx/forums/viewt ... ion+review

Basically, yeah.

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:40 am

It was a rather OK'ish game, seems awfully huge and non-linear at first, but then you'll get buttfucked by the horrible level scaling system (= on level 2 the cave X is filled with bandits wearing briefs and wielding wooden clubs, on level 60 the very same cave X is filled with twice the amount of bandits with the best equipment available in the game - but they're still guarding that sheep they stole from the poor farmer yesterday

).

And then you'll notice that the so called world of freedom isn't that free after all. It's incredible how much limitations you can add to non-linearity and pretty much screw it all up. It's a time killer for sure, but there's nothing to really "get into", so to speak.

VasikkA · Post by **VasikkA** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:10 pm

If you enjoyed the comic book movies that you've seen lately, there's no reason why you shouldn't get this game.

However, the unmodded version of Oblivion is virtually unplayable, and probably a carcinogen, so you'll have to spend time hunting the right mods.

PiP · Post by **PiP** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:22 pm

there was at least one massive thread devoted to reviewing oblivion, just dig it up poops. Notably, it features St Toxic's story of his extraordinary character fir the game and what happened and all that jazz eh im sleepy

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:50 am

Alright, thanks for the input guys. I probably won't pick it up as I'm starting to see that Oblivion hasn't aged well with time with you guys.

Also, don't hate on my movie watching skills. I take a lot of time out of my life to give you guys the top quality review you expect from me.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:48 am

jetbaby wrote:
Killzig wrote:The 360 version is something close to torture.

http://www.duckandcover.cx/forums/viewt ... ion+review

Basically, yeah.

I'm curious to know what games are worth 10 making out with me?