tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post4759937169435336933..comments2024-03-28T04:44:28.648-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Game 1257: The Elder Scrolls IV: OblivionCRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-2346996122427554812018-07-10T04:25:33.576-04:002018-07-10T04:25:33.576-04:00I'm sure you've long since moved on from O...I'm sure you've long since moved on from Oblivion, but if you ever feel like dipping your toes again there's a fantastic complete replacement mod called Nehrim. Same engine, textures etc but the quest is all-new, massive and impressively polished despite a couple of rough edges. It introduces new mechanics and feels satisfyingly challenging. Well worth checking out, especially if as I do you share a lot of the grievances outlined in the comments above.Romhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17424138564206888866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-85090272289109775492013-11-06T18:51:18.220-05:002013-11-06T18:51:18.220-05:00Chet....you rival my own abilities of spousal subt...Chet....you rival my own abilities of spousal subterfuge - although my wife has become quite adaptive to my storytelling methodology and my growing inability to mask my hidden snickering and grins of delight which I usually try to only reveal to my mind's eye - <br /><br />It really is an art form to appear totally unaware or non-plussed to the idea of buying an XBox 360 + a couple of games, and then Oblivion - my god I am shocked ;) - for me, there is a very dark corner of my mind where the gears of these kinds of thoughts dream up their dirty endings .... Well done sir.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-89006804436847717692013-10-12T16:25:32.942-04:002013-10-12T16:25:32.942-04:00My opinion repeats many of the points already made...My opinion repeats many of the points already made here. It was a beautiful facade, a wonderful landscape, the spoken dialogue, some things made easier, like travelling. But there wasn't much content behind that facade, well... still extremely much when compared to other games, but it does not match Morrowind. The levelling and the item system was boring. And I hate how monsters respawn in dungeons. That gives me the feeling that I can never finish the game, so I shouldn't try (Skyrim at least marked the locations you already completed.). The game was not mysterious enough, the quests came by too easy, there was a lot of repetition. However, the original quests were all beautifully done, especially some of the daedric shrine quests. I didn't like the minigames, I'd rather keep the probability based lockpicking of Morrowind, or the bribing of people.<br />I see what they wanted to do: A polished version of Morrowind, crispier, quicker, more beautiful. But they made the game a bit bland. I still played 200+ hours though. And Shivering Isles was a great expansion.Alexander Sebastian Schulzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15135338616598357444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-50729157275490717862013-01-22T22:17:45.755-05:002013-01-22T22:17:45.755-05:00I'll just respond in this thread for simplicit...I'll just respond in this thread for simplicities sake. When I said the side quest in Oblivion were 'MMO' style, I was excluding the faction questlines. I felt that outside of the linear, heavily handled questlines there were no side quest of merit. And while I really did enjoy the Dark Brotherhood quests, I found the rest to be weak and lackluster.<br /><br />I also disagree it felt like there was a strong variety in NPC interaction. I don't remember many saying anything unique, most of it just shared generic dialogue. I don't remember anything like what you see in Skyrim where you'll find members of a family in one town talking a similar problem their relatives in another also share with you. It helped build up a sense of developed NPCs, even if it was just a few lines, that Oblivion's never held for me.<br /><br />It may be a bit of confirmation bias, though. I remember being so offended by how purely dumb Oblivion's vaunted 'radiant AI' was that I could never take their NPCs seriously. They basically proclaimed it as the best innovation for months, when other games like Gothic had already done it and done it in a way that was believable and not nearly parody.<br /><br />As for the main quest writing for Bethseda's games, it tends to vary I feel. Oblivions was trash, but the Dark Brotherhood was good - and each faction questline is basically a 'main story' in itself. Morrowinds I remember being quite good, and Skyrim's is merely ok, mostly weakened by the superior writing in it's side questlines much like Oblivion was.<br /><br />I do believe mods make the game better. I played it at release, however, and was so underwhelmed I never see myself going back. I do revisit Morrowind occasionally, decked out fully with mods, but that's because the game made a good impression in the first place. I don't really feel a need to revisit Oblivion, even though I can easily believe mods would make it a great game.Tanuveinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12397078211341079561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-16471786355269877552013-01-18T17:07:43.114-05:002013-01-18T17:07:43.114-05:00I agree about Morrowind's main quest and I thi...I agree about Morrowind's main quest and I think Morrowind is the only Bethesda RPG that has a great main story, though I haven't played it in years and I suspect my memories regarding it are a bit nostalgic. Yet even there the main story was purely optional, just another aspect of an otherwise mostly sandbox game.<br /><br />In Oblivion those gates simply miffed me, partly because nobody cared that they even existed (barring a few NPCs involved in the main quest), partly because I thought they were eye sores in the beautiful, yet generic, landscape of Cyrodiil. The fact nobody cared about the gates also spoiled much of the game immersion... unless everyone in the province thought "yeah, we have an Oblivion Gate outside of town. I'm sure that if we ignore it and pretend it's not there, it'll simply go away." Giuseppenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-76069607114351961852013-01-18T16:38:24.185-05:002013-01-18T16:38:24.185-05:00Morrowind had a great Main Quest, and you were act...Morrowind had a great Main Quest, and you were actually encouraged to get more experienced before working for Coiades. Oblivion is better if you ignore all the nonsense with the Gates of Oblivion, since they just sit there. Nobody cares about the gates and the supposed demon invasion, and no monsters come out of them before the player character comes near anyway.<br />Both the main quest and especially the Knights of the Nine are prime examples of bad roleplaying in a game that calls itself an RPG. <br />Oblivion is better if you load it up with mods, ignore the main quest and just explore, do quests and rise in power in the guilds.PetrusOctavianusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-87861760995369666732013-01-18T15:38:43.533-05:002013-01-18T15:38:43.533-05:00Damn. My comment bellow ("I agree with some.....Damn. My comment bellow (<i>"I agree with some..."</i>) was meant to be here. And yeah, Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul is a truly great example of what can be done with Oblivion via mods.Giuseppenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-68031858099368735982013-01-18T15:34:07.873-05:002013-01-18T15:34:07.873-05:00I agree with some of the problems you have with Ob...I agree with some of the problems you have with Oblivion, but still I have a pretty different opinion to yours regarding the game.<br /><br />For one thing, I never got the impression that I was playing a game with exclusively "MMO style" quests. Sure, there are plenty that will have you kill a certain character or retrieve an object, but so do most RPGs. However there is variety to Oblivion's quests, particularly if you do the Thieves Guild quests. You'll get missions where you have to steal objects without being caught or where you have to navigate labyrinthine locations. There are other examples of quests that go beyond simple kill/fetch missions.<br /><br />Regarding the notion that there are barely any NPCs with original dialogue, I disagree. The are probably a few hundred NPCs that have at least some original dialogue and about 200 of them are marked as "essential"; that means they're crucial to some quest line or another. Sure, it may seem that there aren't enough characters with someting original to say, but I think that's only because of the game's scale: the game world is pretty extensive, most of it is wilderness, there's over 1500 named NPC and countless other generic ones (guards, soldiers, bandits) which are randomly generated by the game. It could've been better on the NPC front, but all in all it's not bad.<br /><br />The major problem with Oblivion is that it's character leveling mechanics are highly exploitable and that all enemies are scaled to your level. You could probably finish every single quest in the game, barring a few that require skills of a certain level, as a level 1 character. That's obviously wrong; it didn't really stop me from enjoying the game to a degree, but it did bring it down considerably. Fortunately the modding community has done some amazing things for those playing on the PC. Nowadays there are some exceptional mods that rebalance practically every thing Bethesda got wrong in terms of game mechanics. This includes character leveling and enemy scaling.<br /><br />Regarding the main story... I thought it was a bit rubbish, it felt like a chore at times, and I particularly hated those Oblivion gates popping up everywhere. However I think Elder Scrolls games were never about the main story; they were about large open worlds with expansive and immersive lore, where you could do anything you wished within the game's generous limits. You never <i>had</i> to do anything; that even solves the Oblivion gate nuisance: you can simply ignore the main story once you exit the sewers and they will never appear. I suspect the only reason why Bethesda bothers to include a main story is because everyone seems to expect one, regardless of the nearly sandbox nature of its RPGs.<br /><br />In short, Oblivion is far from a masterpiece, and Bethesda did mess up certain aspects of the game, however it doesn't deserve the unmitigated hate it gets among some circles. Besides, those playing on the PC can fix most of the things Bethesda got wrong. I guess that sucks for those that bought a console version and can do nothing about those problems, but hey... modding has long been one of the greatest aspects of PC gaming.Giuseppenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-47096810891490271232013-01-18T13:59:51.038-05:002013-01-18T13:59:51.038-05:00Mods fix the terrible level scaling, making explor...Mods fix the terrible level scaling, making exploration more worthwhile. I can recommend Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul.<br />But I must agree I don't understand how people can enjoy the vanilla or console version of Oblivion so much.PetrusOctavianusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-24958147694607601892013-01-18T13:35:15.794-05:002013-01-18T13:35:15.794-05:00I'm surprised you enjoyed Oblivion so much. I ...I'm surprised you enjoyed Oblivion so much. I simply loathed it and though it may be confirmation bias, it seems most oldschool CRPGers feel the same way. It's somewhat ironic as I say this, since I'm finishing up a 150+ hour game of Skyrim, but Oblivion almost killed Bethesda for me. Fallout 3 was a slight improvement, but I still found it a mostly boring mess. Again, ironic, as I simply loved New Vegas - though I think it's because Obsidian has much more of the same appreciation in style of RPG that I do.<br /><br />I did like Daggerfall, though I felt it didn't compare favorably to it's competition. Skyrim, despite some complaints I have with the leveling system and reduction in types of gear and weapons, is a huge step in the right direction. Morrowind was almost perfect, though it could do for smoother combat that we see in the modern iterations.<br /><br />Oblivion simply took everything I love about CRPGs and broke it. There was almost no point to exploring, as there were barely any NPCs with original dialogue. Wanna explore all the dungeons? Might as well just jump into one and re do it over and over. They'll all have enemies that are your level and drop loot that's good for you right now. You don't have to worry about running into anything too hard or finding anything unique making dungeon exploration virtually pointless. It does the same thing to leveling and the world suffered from the same issues. I also felt going from one of the more unique nations in Nirn to one of the most generic wasn't a good step, though I can see why people would approve of that.<br /><br />Oblivion gates likewise merely became a nuisance by the end. There were only a few dozen quest outside of the main, linear questlines and they were all (if I remember right) standard MMO quest of kill x amount of y or find x amount of y. It didn't even offer up the pretense otherwise.<br /><br />Most importantly, the lack of roleplaying options and poorly written story killed me. I can't find a link now, but I do remember Bethesda saying something to the effect that writing in RPGs was not important - and that view shows in Oblivion.<br /><br />TL;DR version: I felt Oblivion killed the need for exploration, character development, NPC interaction and story progress. These are the things that makes RPGs great to me, and thus why I was so thoroughly disappointed in that game. On that note, I think I have to go figure out how to become the thane of Riften now...Tanuveinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12397078211341079561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-62609590937379426332011-12-02T11:19:58.450-05:002011-12-02T11:19:58.450-05:00Dear Dread Pirate Rogers: This is an interview wit...Dear Dread Pirate Rogers: This is an interview with the original creator of Fallout, talking about how he enjoyed most of Fallout 3, except for that he found it too faithful to the origionals. <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/user/blacklily8?feature=g-user#p/search/1/xgjd4i1o4UY<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/user/blacklily8?feature=g-user#p/search/2/laq9ua5VjTsCanageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-34262932816368760352011-12-02T03:17:41.905-05:002011-12-02T03:17:41.905-05:00I liked Morrowind ok, I enjoyed the vastness and a...I liked Morrowind ok, I enjoyed the vastness and alienness of it. I hated Oblivion. The setting didn't grab me like Morrowind, and it seemed so tiny. When they ruined Fallout with Oblivion with Guns, oh sorry, Fallout 3, I decided never to buy one of their games again.The Dread Pirate Rodgersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-10343141613928581532011-09-30T22:16:04.092-04:002011-09-30T22:16:04.092-04:00If you Google it, you'll find plenty of longer...If you Google it, you'll find plenty of longer explanations, but the short of it is: as you increase in levels, so do all of your enemies, in all locations. Where you might have encountered a goblin at Level 1, you'll encounter a minotaur at Level 15. A Khajit bandit wearing leather armor at Level 2 will be wearing ebony armor at Level 17. Thus, the game basically punishes you for leveling up unless you carefully manage it.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-10885316719300007502011-09-19T10:01:10.129-04:002011-09-19T10:01:10.129-04:00What levelling problem?
I recently piucked up Obl...What levelling problem?<br /><br />I recently piucked up Oblivion for 15€ for the XBOX having never played it before on the PC and I am still figuring out whether it is worth my time...Clarcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17488871871166757469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-48006713898103786372011-04-23T02:51:49.044-04:002011-04-23T02:51:49.044-04:00And does there really have to be so much loot in t...And does there really have to be so much loot in the game? How much cheese wedges and yarn do these people need? Go into some dungeon and the place is littered with chests and bags and barrels. Not to mention all the enemy drops. Need a goddamn tractor trailer to haul all the shit back to town. But it has ruined the feeling of joy one might have gotten from finding a scarce goody chest, since they are anything but scarce.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-72658059994513360612011-03-19T00:48:29.554-04:002011-03-19T00:48:29.554-04:00The biggest problem with Oblivion, for me, comes d...The biggest problem with Oblivion, for me, comes down to this: there is no dungeon you can explore as a Level 1 character in which death at the hands of some unconquerable character is near-certain (Umbra is perhaps the one exception). Nor is there any dungeon that you can enter at Level 30 and be assured of a quick butt-kicking.<br /><br />I much prefer Morrowind's approach, which would allow you to wander into the Ghostfence at Level 1 and face certain doom, or to lay waste to an Ashlander camp as you flew over their heads at Level 25.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-15563311724998990332011-03-18T13:15:21.848-04:002011-03-18T13:15:21.848-04:00It's refreshing to see that I'm not the on...It's refreshing to see that I'm not the only one with mixed feelings about Oblivion. Upon entering the game world for the first time -- which I did only recently -- I was totally blown away and continued to be for hours.<br /><br />Years after its release Tamriel is still awe inspiring in its scope and detail. The idea, too, of leveling based on skills that I use is pretty awesome as well.<br /><br />However, by level 14 (or so) combat became arduous and prolonged to the point of being dull. My rogue (type) character didn't feel like a rogue as I understand them but more of a fighter who can't be hit or a mage who can't really cast spells. <br /><br />After reading around a bit I discovered that I had encountered the 'leveling problem'. While I'm hardly a hardcore RPGer (meaning the actual role play), the way around this was so far removed from anything resembling immersion that it seemed totally counter to what was initially so awesome about the game.<br /><br />Without making a conscious decision to do so, I found myself no longer logging into that particular. I did get quite a few hours out of it so it was totally worth the little bit of money I paid but the squandered potential was pretty heartbreaking for my nerd heart.<br /><br />I have high hopes for Skyrim though.Chase Duncannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-7613416509212314892011-03-11T01:23:05.213-05:002011-03-11T01:23:05.213-05:00Huh. Good point, Malkav: I had completely forgotte...Huh. Good point, Malkav: I had completely forgotten about the Almsivi and Divine Intervention spells in Morrowind, plus the Mark and Recall spells (or is that Might & Magic)? I don't really miss levitation, which I thought always looked kind of silly. I thought I remembered an in-game explanation for it, but I haven't encountered it this time around.<br /><br />If I'm smart, I'll work my butt off and clear out my schedule in the fall so that I can have an entire week of guilt-free Skyrim playing.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-44567245621473907262011-03-08T23:14:42.081-05:002011-03-08T23:14:42.081-05:00There are some definite gameplay and engine enhanc...There are some definite gameplay and engine enhancements in Oblivion, to be sure. I think stealth works significantly better in Oblivion, physics are nice, the "Radiant AI" underdelivers but is still arguably an improvement over the much more static NPCs of Morrowind, etc. I just wish it hadn't been accompanied by things like the removal of teleportation and levitation, the drastic simplification of enchantment and consequent massively less useful artifacts, and the condensation of every possible category of melee weapon down to two categories that make no sense (yes, axes are -totally- blunt weapons). To say nothing of the usual complaints re: the world levelling with you.malkav11https://www.blogger.com/profile/06785046340353526574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-86739255082006752362011-03-08T19:26:07.360-05:002011-03-08T19:26:07.360-05:00I had a lot of trouble with Oblivion due to the sh...I had a lot of trouble with Oblivion due to the sheer hardness as I didn't know about the levelling system. I found Fallout 3 a lot easier, though part of that was a bad mod that made things far easier then I expected in some ways, though mostly I think it was the non-fully real time combat and better levelling system. <br /><br />I still added too many mods to both and they stopped working, and I've not bothered re-installing them as I don't have time to play.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-51858977607300176592011-03-08T14:55:26.550-05:002011-03-08T14:55:26.550-05:00Actuaaaallllyyyyy... you can't fight Mehrunes...Actuaaaallllyyyyy... you can't fight Mehrunes Dagon.<br /><br />I cheated because I wanted a better ending.<br /><br />-Sorry-<br /><br />It is also possible through several bugs though. Including using ludicrously powerful spells, using wabbajack (which won't change his model, but WILL change his stats) and several other ways I can't recall right now.Zinknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-77326636074843595132011-03-08T14:26:55.111-05:002011-03-08T14:26:55.111-05:00That's pretty funny, actually. I just reinstal...That's pretty funny, actually. I just reinstalled Oblivion and Morrowind and have been looking through my mod archives to decide what to play with this time around. Have you ever tried FCOM? I've never used OOO by itself, but I really love FCOM (basically it mashes OOO and other big overhauls together). <br /><br />I've played somewhere between 300 and 400 hours of Oblivion (actual play time, not mucking around with load orders and bashed patches, etc.) and have never beaten the main quest. My experiences with Morrowind have been similar. I think this time, I'll try to actually finish the main quest instead of just wandering around killing stuff, questing and exploring. <br /><br />I've always found that the TES games fall pretty flat when it comes to NPCs and such but they have interesting lands to explore and provide something unlike anything else I know of for playing "random adventurer guy" - that's the thing I love about the series the most.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13055151721115225373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-83590120141433664572011-03-08T01:32:09.201-05:002011-03-08T01:32:09.201-05:00I do love the blog, but I couldn't stand heari...I do love the blog, but I couldn't stand hearing about you and your wife searching aimlessly for a specific type of game when I know that at least those two are good ones that should fit the bill perfectly.<br /><br /><br />As for the TES games:<br /><br />Daggerfall shares a lot in common with Arena, with the vast majority of content being procedurally generated. It has a better graphics engine that allows things like mouselook, but its procedurally-generated 3D dungeons are an absolute nightmare to navigate without getting hopelessly lost. The area where both Arena and Daggerfall really fall down for me is that there's absolutely zero point to exploring the overworld, because it's all random and there are no quests there (just in dungeons and towns). I do like both games though (as well as Morrowind and Oblivion).<br /><br /><br />Morrowind was a shocking difference to me, with just about everything but the contents of containers being of static design. It certainly made for a much more cohesive, flowing world that appeals greatly to my exploration urges, although at the cost of slowing down the apparent pace of the game. Oblivion and Fallout 3 continued and refined this, and I think it's a good thing because it's damn fun to just aimlessly wander and explore in an attractive, well-designed world for dozens of hours on end.<br /><br />Skyrim looks to be more of the same type of gameplay that was presented by Morrowind and Oblivion. In fact, it will apparently use a small iteration of the Oblivion engine, making it less of a technological leap forward than any TES game so far. They should have waited another year or two and assembled a new engine again, but it probably wouldn't matter since they're cross-developing for the same generation of consoles as Oblivion anyways.HunterZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17049065099652976143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-91628309947820022422011-03-08T01:11:19.081-05:002011-03-08T01:11:19.081-05:00Anon, one of the advantages to Oblivion on the X36...Anon, one of the advantages to Oblivion on the X360 is that there aren't any "bugs" that I can see. I remember on the PC it would deliver frequent freezes, especially when transitioning from one map to another. I haven't encountered that on the X-box. I also don't have to turn off half the graphics options to get it to work on my laptop.<br /><br />On modding, I like to experiment with mods created by other people, but I've never taken the time to get into it myself. I was always impressed by the Baldur's Gate mods, especially since the game was not explicitly designed to be modded. Some of them, like the banter packs for BG1 and "Unfinished Business" for BG2, it's hard to imagine playing without. But I typically follow Lame Brain's approach: beat it once legitimately first, then start messing around. Lame, I agree with you on the story behind Morrowind. If you don't read the old books and scrolls very carefully, it's hard to know exactly what the Nerevarine is (indeed, even if you do read it carefully, it's hard to know who he is). Playing Oblviion this time around, I noted something I missed before: there's a note to the effect that the Nerevarine left Morrowind for "Mysterioius" Akavir after the events of ES3. I wonder if there will be any more references to this in the next game.<br /><br />HunterZ, if you like my blog, it's probably a bad idea to suggest more games for the X360. But thanks. I'll try them out if my wife wants to. She's been talking about "Dragon Age" lately because I guess there's going to be a web series based on it starring Felicia Day, who she likes from "The Guild."<br /><br />Zink, that was brutal and fascinating. I didn't even realize you could really fight Mehrunes Dagon. <br /><br />Malkav11, I like Morrowind's story better, but I think there are gameplay elements that are better in Oblivion, including a better alchemy system, being able to block with weapons, and quest tracking. You're right about the "alienness" of the game world. I miss chitin armor, dreughs, nix hounds, and mushroom towers. I don't miss cliff racers, though. In fact, there's a special topic posting in there: the top X most annoying monsters in CRPGs. Cliff racers from Morrowind, sprites from MM1, floating eyes from MM6...there's got to be a lot more.<br /><br />People seem really divided on Daggerfall. I only tried it briefly, a few years ago, when Bethesda made it available for free. I look forward to playing it for real as part of the blog. I didn't like Arena at all: too huge, too random, too repetitive.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-70430885554327380942011-03-07T21:09:17.236-05:002011-03-07T21:09:17.236-05:00I wasn't as fond of Oblivion as the other Elde...I wasn't as fond of Oblivion as the other Elder Scrolls games, but I enjoyed it for awhile. I'm hopeless at "real-time" combat, but I really liked sneaking around shooting stuff with a bow. I kept my level low, so I wasn't out-classed by my enemies.<br /><br />But for me, it's either too hard or too easy (once I've enchanted my armor so nothing can see me). Or maybe it was just too much like Morrowind. I felt like I'd played the game before.<br /><br />I loved Morrowind, and I loved Daggerfall, though I completely ignored the main quest in both games. I think they've taken the wrong direction since Daggerfall (as have all blockbuster games, I guess). I'm really looking forward to the DaggerXL recreation of the latter game.Bill Garthrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552459555883204060noreply@blogger.com