[SithAvenger]

I'm planning to buy Oblivion soon. It was named one of the best RPGS on Gamespot, so that made me wanna play it. Now that I have played my opinion is:

WOW! It rocks!

This post has been edited by SithAvenger: 08 April 2006 - 04:12 PM

[SimeSublime]

For those having trouble running it due to old video cards, check www.oldblivion.com

It got the game running on mine, but it's still a bit choppy, and some of the visual effects are weird. I'm going to wait until I can get a new computer, but I figure some may be interested.

[EwokHunter]

Oblivion is like the best game ever, well except of the loadings and that there aren't Ewoks or Alf. But well, this game is...supreme and perfect.

[Gobbler]

But there are Ewoks and Alf. Just mod some files et voilá.

[Helena]

I got Oblivion a few days ago, and have been playing it obsessively ever since (even though I'm supposed to be revising for my exams). I'm actually really surprised by how well it runs on my computer, which is only just over the minimum specs. Once I turned off Bloom lighting (which I didn't really want in any case), I found I could turn most of the other settings up quite high. It does stutter badly on occasion, but I'm getting another gig of RAM in a couple of days, so I expect that will help.

Designing your own character is fun, but sheesh, these faces are ugly. I can't tell you how long it took me to make a face that was reasonably attractive, rather than looking like some kind of genetic experiment gone horribly wrong. I love the Dark Elf who taunts you at the beginning at the game - did you know that he says different things depending on your race and sex? I spent ages trying out all the different options, just to see what kind of snide comments he made for each one.

So far I'm having fun just ignoring the main quest and wandering around the gameworld. The AI is good, although the all-knowing telepathic guards annoy me (what's with rushing in to arrest you the moment you even touch a forbidden object?) The interface is a bit console-ised - it took me a long time to get used to using the spacebar to interact with objects - but otherwise it's OK.

I'm actually quite enjoying the lockpicking and persuasion mini-games, even if they do get a bit frustrating at times. Not liking the real-time combat, though - I enjoy sneaking up behind people with a bow and shooting them, but sword-fighting is very jerky and choppy, which makes it difficult to time your blows. It makes me long for turn-based combat like in KotOR, or at least a Pause button. Still, that's another thing I'm hoping will improve when I get more memory.

Anyway, I'm level 5 now and I guess I should get started on the main quest sometime soon. Can't say that the story really grabs me so far, but maybe it gets more interesting later on. Overall, I don't like this game quite as much as KotOR, but it's still great fun (and certainly a whole lot better-looking).

[Otal Nimrodi]

I like Oblivion.

[Revan-47]

Well, i think anybody who has played the last elder scrolls game, morrowind, will be impressed.

[EwokHunter]

But there are Ewoks and Alf. Just mod some files et voilá.

...the bad new is that I can't even put a weapon on a character in any Half-Life mod.

[Slade]

Helena: Combat is a bit more complex now, what with blocking being integral to melee. It will improve immensely when your computer stops dropping frames. Concerning the controls, I edited mine and just swapped the E and the spacebar, so I can control things like a proper 3D standard game. Activate with E, jump with space.

And when you hit 50 in acrobatics, YOU CAN BACKFLIP!!! I spent about ten minutes doing that with my sword out and my Daedric armor on in Chorral.

[SimeSublime]

I went back to VtM:Bloodlines the other day after playing Morrowind, and I was all confused the wrong way