Oblivion...

MrNightly
MrNightly Posts: 3,370
edited May 2007 in Video Games
Ok you guys... My wife bought me this for Xmas, and I played it for about 4 or 5 hours and quite frankly, I just couldn't get into it.

I know it was raved about as one of the top games of all time, but I just didn't get it... I am thinking about putting it back in this week and trying it again, but really, does it get any better than the first bit?! Walking around lost, trying to pick up objects, then getting stuck because you can only carry so much weight... and then your weapon becomes totally dull from fighting and you can't sharpen it anywhere... i mean common... a sword shouldn't dull just because you kill a rat should it?! :D

Anyways, I know Demi has played this, who else and please tell me it will be worth my time!! HA.
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  • m00npie
    m00npie Posts: 697
    edited May 2007
    I'm in the same boat. 6 hours of playing time, love the concept of the game and I'm sure it lives up to the praises, but I simply don't have the time to invest in getting started and building the character up. Too bad they don't have cheat that gives you an established character with potions, lots fighting experience and decent weapons.
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited May 2007
    The hard part with the elderscrolls series are that you are intentionally at a loss of what to do at the beginning and as you figure out what you can do and how you get stronger and stronger, it gets more fun.

    If you keep hitting the stones with your sword while trying to hit a rat then it will get dull.
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  • krabby5
    krabby5 Posts: 923
    edited May 2007
    I was in the same boat as you at first..then I tried it again after a week, and I couldn't put it down..

    For awhile there, I was playing a couple hours a day of Oblivion...love it..

    still havent tried the new episode yet...takes too much time out of your life
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited May 2007
    I got it a while back and just didn't get into it (doesn't help that I'm hooked into BF2 and don't have the time to play it either). RPG's are fun but I still do miss the good'ol'days of D&D, paper and dice.
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  • cheddar
    cheddar Posts: 2,390
    edited May 2007
    Once you get a badass character, then you aren't hiding from fights and getting killed off all the time. Then you have more time to just enjoy the various storylines. Of course you have to like these kinds of games to begin with.

    There are ways to cheat. For instance, after you join the guilds, you can basically loot every guildhouse and sell off what you don't need. That was the turning point for me as I could finally get decent weapons and armor and buy the training I wanted. It then became less about just scraping by and finally doing the stuff I wanted to do. The higher you get, the less your armor wears down, and you eventually get to repair your stuff above baseline for extra damage.
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited May 2007
    Nerds!!!!!
    Never Forget
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  • WolfKiyoshi
    WolfKiyoshi Posts: 96
    edited May 2007
    first of all MOST stuff in the guilds can be stolen without consequence but a few things cant be somethings in the mages guild cant . and the game is boring at first but what game isn't :) try the arena in the imperial city good way to waste time or set your difficulty all the way up :)
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  • jkn
    jkn Posts: 133
    edited May 2007
    Yes - the game starts a bit slow and takes time to get going. Once you get past a certain point then things pick up, make more sense, and are a lot more fun. I've played Daggerfall, Morrowind, and now Oblivion - and I didn't complete the 'main quest' on any of the three but played for many hours on each (especially Daggerfall and Morrowind...). I like just wandering around, doing side quests, and rising in the guilds.

    I'm anxious to get the new add on they just released.

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  • SLOCOOKN
    SLOCOOKN Posts: 704
    edited May 2007
    Sami wrote: »
    I got it a while back and just didn't get into it (doesn't help that I'm hooked into BF2 and don't have the time to play it either). RPG's are fun but I still do miss the good'ol'days of D&D, paper and dice.

    What about Rolemaster...I loved that game.
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited May 2007
    SLOCOOKN wrote: »
    What about Rolemaster...I loved that game.

    That was after my RPG gaming was over, I played (A)D&D back in the 80's and then military and college killed it off. You need a really good Dungeon Master for it to be fun, but if you have one it's much better than any computer game.
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  • sageleo
    sageleo Posts: 170
    edited May 2007
    I bought oblivion when it first came out, only because the lack of games to play at that time.
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  • loragland
    loragland Posts: 15
    edited May 2007
    Oblivion's not a game that you can just turn on for a few minutes...you can play that game for hours and really accomplish pretty much nothing.
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