leaving oblivion

[Stark]

Dont get me wrong...I LOVE the game
but its like a delicious steak, that your eating and eating but its not going to finish...there will be still more to eat...you might as well stop!

Ok, you lost me here, that's like saying you can have too much bacon.

[Gnashvar]

I think you're right. I enjoyed Morrowind so much more. I think closing the Oblivion gates was just too repetitive and I felt it was a waste of time.

EDIT: I did like the Knights of the Nine exp. though.

The Shivering Isles expansion was also a lot of fun. I also enjoyed Morrowind more, but I believe part of that is bias considering it was my first Elder Scrolls game. The lack of spears and levitate spells in Oblivion bugged me, though admittedly I enjoyed the lush landscape a lot more than Morrowind's swamps, wastelands, and bizarre islands.

Oblivion is technically larger than Morrowind in terms of landmass, but the experience can be subjective as to how much you get out of it.

Oh, and if Oblivion gates bug you, you can always try rushing through them. One friend of mine managed to clear the gates in under five minutes regularly. There's only a handful of designs for the gate areas, so after a few runs you'll likely have seen them all.

Oh I haven't played the Shivering Isles. I have it but haven't played that part. I totally forgot about it.

[s1mplehumar]

I can dig that though, because it really allows for the freedom you need to really be "role playing", but there are times when I would rather play through a linear storyline and enjoy the development progression and story arc of a well-told tale.

Yeah, I think everybody has different moods where they just feel or don't feel like playing particular games at that time. And more linear games do definitely make it easier to create a strong story.

This about sums it up for me. I love those late night Fallout sessions, wandering around the wastelands aimlessly, hoping to surprise some Raiders at their campsite. Other days...Ninja Turtles.

[MidnightRider]

Dont get me wrong...I LOVE the game
but its like a delicious steak, that your eating and eating but its not going to finish...there will be still more to eat...you might as well stop!

I dont think its bad that the game is huge, actually its fantastic if this was the year 1992 where you get like 1 game each 6 months :p
but in this era you must be truly dedicated, now I understand what they mean when you start playing WoW you will be addicted and its never ending...

I am glad that you guys joined the discussion because I was going to skip the thieves guild :p
i thought it was the worst and i dont have time for the sneaking...

i already completed the dark brother hood and it was great fun,,,but the few were kind of repetitive.

I guess I'll just go on the main story line and maybe complete the game in the future...god I was planing on leveling up to 50 then start the main mission to be as powerful as i can....

still i wonder...how can they put so much content on 1 single dvd?
i played san andreas and i couldnt imagine how they squeezed all that game into a single disk

now looking at this...it completely blows san andreas away
and if it take you 1000 hours to play....
how long did it take to create!??!!?

I got this game around the time I was starting to lose interest in the genre. You're really overthinking things here. It couldn't have taken me more than 25 hours. I missed out on quite a bit, but if I were interested, I could have played another game, or really just kept going after the end or whatever(Can't remember, but I figure it was like the previous games where you'd just keep on going).

Now my character excelled at melee and wrecking the undead(there were a few spells, but no magic as a major skill), so I got a Daedric sword, and maxed the repair ability so I could bring my weapons and armor up to 125%, and started going for the main quest. I think I was in the lower 20's as far as levels were concerned, and I beat the game.

The game scales with you, so it really doesn't matter how early on you go for the finish, as long as your stats and skills are adequate. I think during Morrowind I got to 30(and I did a lot of shit in that game), so yeah 50 would be overkill.

[Anapan]

The game is not for completionists. I got really far without completing more than 2 oblivion gates. I got tangled in the guild quests and completed what needed to be done in Alchemy and Magic stuff to be able to meet the requirements of making crazy invisibility gear (I did it to complete a pressing quest where it'd let me get something else I really wanted). Ya I cheated and went to the wiki - (don't read that thing if you enjoy the gameplay 'cause it'll wreck it). Soon after I stopped playing. I even bought the friggin horse armor and never got the chance top use it. Oblivion is so expansive that you can play it for any amount of time you have available. I fully enjoyed every minute of the 150+ hours I put into it but after awhile you have to decide if you're having fun or wasting time (if both apply they fulfilled their goal and you got your money's worth). I've made a conscious decision to never play it again - I traded it to my friend's son who's very possessive for a GBA cart. If you want an engrossing game to fill your time, that is it. If you want to dominate a game you will be sorely disappointed (See Southpark's WOW episode). I fully support your decision to leave it alone. You cannot "win" it and keep a RL life going - it's one or the other.

[RCBH928]

@MidnightRider

Yea i never knew games of such exists.
Actually this thing is with me since I was a kid. When I played a platformer i thought I had to kil each enemy on stage and have to collect any(rings,coins, 1ups) and i cant continue without doing so. Yea....it made it hell of me...i never knew I can just move along! hahaha i felt i was doing it the wrong way.

@jeffro11

long time no see! how are ya?
While what you say is probably true
i think of it as a magic trick...
the trick might be simple but the results are none the less amazing
vast lands a ton of characters,
i dont feel it repetitive too much since new material and enemies come out as u level up , and quests are varying and results are unexpected and surprising

btw...
Do I have to play the expansion packs in order? or i can play them in whatever order i want?

Is the game Red Dread redemption the same? never ending? or is it like GTA4, where it actually ends?

Is Final Fantasy 7 on psx the same too?
i heard that one is very long too

[MrPopo]

FFVII is long, but it is very finite and you always have a good idea of where you're supposed to go next.

[o.pwuaioc]

Dont get me wrong...I LOVE the game
but its like a delicious steak, that your eating and eating but its not going to finish...there will be still more to eat...you might as well stop!

Ok, you lost me here, that's like saying you can have too much bacon.

I'm right there with you on that. Holy shit, if I could eat steak all day every day, I'm pretty sure I'd die from doing so, but I'd die a very happy man. Now, speaking of bacon, all I gotta is bacon-wrapped filet mignon. Mmmmm.

[MidnightRider]

How much time do you put in during one gaming session? That's what'll kill the genre for you, especially if you play compulsively like that.

If you can just play an hour or 2 at a time, you're good. You might take months to a couple years to beat, but it's still healthier than any longer. If you do 6+ hour gaming sessions, you might want to consider ditching the whole genre.

Anti-recommendations at that point would be:
Western RPG's: A lot of the time these are Diablo clones, which can become about wasting time finding better weapons. Otherwise you have the Elder Scroll series, which Oblivion falls into, the Fallout games which have a large quantity of side quests, and pretty much anything developed by Bioware.

The SaGa series: Basically the JRPG version of the Elder Scroll series.

Monster Capture/Breeding: Pokemon, Dragon Warrior/Quest Monsters, Megami Tensei, etc.

I suppose most other JRPG's would be straight-forward, but still something to consider anyway.

[RCBH928]

btw
i never felt lost in oblivion
i have exact idea what to do next
except there is too much to do