The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion

**Lucjan** · 07-05-2006, 17:57

Anybody else find themselves immersed in this gorgeous world?

**Dutch_guy** · 07-05-2006, 18:04

Well quite a lot of Orgahs actually, sadly my machine is not good enough - so no Oblivion for me.

Take a look:

Here

And

Another one, even bigger

**Lucjan** · 07-05-2006, 22:34

I think maybe reviving this thread was a bad idea. After reading those threads I can see what'll happen. Somebody who doesn't like the game will come in and whine about stupid nonsense because they can't accept the fact that the game isn't diablo, which in my opinion was a terrible game. There was no skill involved.

Oblivion stresses skill over arbitrary level # nonsense. If it's not hard enough for you, turn the difficulty up, thats what it's there for. Duh.

...nevermind, I'm just getting myself all riled up and pissed off.

**doc_bean** · 07-06-2006, 00:26

pre-emptive strike ?

**Lehesu** · 07-06-2006, 01:45

Lucjan...had your dose of perspective lately?

Oh yeah.....teh old.

**Pindar** · 07-06-2006, 01:59

Originally Posted by Lucjan

I think maybe reviving this thread was a bad idea. After reading those threads I can see what'll happen. Somebody who doesn't like the game will come in and whine about stupid nonsense because they can't accept the fact that the game isn't diablo, which in my opinion was a terrible game. There was no skill involved.

Oblivion stresses skill over arbitrary level # nonsense. If it's not hard enough for you, turn the difficulty up, thats what it's there for. Duh.

...nevermind, I'm just getting myself all riled up and pissed off.

I don't have this game. What do you like most about it?

**phred** · 07-06-2006, 02:54

I thoroughly enjoyed it for 100 hours or so but then got bored and aggravated.
But I figure I got my moneys worth, so I can't complain too much.

It certainly is a gorgeous game.

edit: I'd love to see that engine taken to a fantasy version of medieval Japan

**Big_John** · 07-06-2006, 03:30

good sweet jezebel! i hate oblivion! why couldn't it be diablo?

for realz though. it's fun enough. it's very pretty, even on my ghetto box. the bloom +2xAA, 2xAF does a good job of making me forget my vid card can't do HDR.

the main problem i have with oblivion is the same i had with morrowind: the lifeless NPCs. just like morrowind, the characters just kind of inhabit the space of cyrodil, they don't seem to actually live in it. it's a bit better than morrowind, i guess.. though in oblivion there are even less people in these cities, it seems. probably a necessity to keep the framerates respectable.

all the talk of the "radiant AI" got my hopes up too high. i hear they had to scale back the "radiant"-ness in development. still, that was the main improvement over morrowind that i was interested in. i hear some people call it "fraudulent AI". it's bad in some spots, but overall it's pretty similar to morrowind.

the game world is smaller than morrowind's, but it's much richer. the score is amazing. best i've heard in a game in... maybe ever. melee combat is well done, but the lack of mounted combat and throwing weapons really sucks.. especially for those of us who liked mount & blade.

there are a lot of little things that start to bug you if you play it enough.. like the persuassion and lockpicking minigames defeating the purpose of their respective skills. but if you play it that much, it's probably fun, right?

also, the devs definitely got a taste of the console $$$, and you can tell that the game is tailored to console players in some ways. this was expected, however.

i like it. it's not as great as i had hoped. the AI and still-lifeless NPC game world are the main disappointments. also, i installed the OOO mod and a couple of others before even bothering to play, because i knew i would like it more that way (from my experience with morrowind mods). if your computer can run it, it's almost worth the money to see the graphics. certainly a good buy if you liked morrowind (just don't expect anything revolutionary).

**Shahed** · 07-14-2006, 19:44

Originally Posted by Lucjan

Anybody else find themselves immersed in this gorgeous world?

Brilliant game. I loved playing this. Did an Elf Archer, once I was levelled up, the archery was absolutely delightful. Great game. I tried a warrior but found that too Doom Nuke em style. Anyway I finished the main quest and ample others before I laid the game to rest back where I found it, in the second hand store (no pun intended).

Was a LOT of FUN, thieving all the merchants as well LOL! Started the Dark Brotherhood just for the horse, but enjoyed the rather morbid atmosphere, surprisingly.

Lots to do in that game, but it wears off quick after you finish the main quest. On the other hand, once you finish the mian quest you are finally free to roam the MAGnificient world around you.

**Lucjan** · 07-15-2006, 13:14

I have a tendency to put the main quest off for as long as humanly possible, there's just way too much other stuff to explore and do before I go running off to save the world.

**Master_Thief** · 07-16-2006, 12:04

Sorry to butt in here but you all seem to know what your talking about when it comes to oblivion and I need some help. I've completed the intro sequence, however when I try starting the game an error message appears stating that Oblivion needs to close, sorry for the inconvenience etc. I've looked on various forums and they all seem to point to a new graphics card. My graphics card is a radeon 9600 which is supported by the game. I originally borrowed a friends copy of the game and ran it with the ATI catalyst 3.something driver and it worked fine. Now I have a 5.8 driver. I don't know whether this is the problem. I'm considering the 6.6 driver but I don't want to go messing around with my system anymore until I know what the problem is. Any help would be hugely appreciated. Once again I'm sorry for butting in like this I just wasn't sure if anyone would respond to a new thread and this one seems pretty active.

**Master_Thief** · 07-16-2006, 13:09

I just installed the 6.6 driver and it made no difference. Ah well.

**Lucjan** · 07-16-2006, 13:37

Mm..little more info might be helpful. What are your system specs?
If it ctd's even with a supported graphics card and you have the latest drivers, the problem is probably not graphics card related.

I can think of a couple things off the top of my head, but I'd like to know a couple things. What are your system specs, have you tried to uninstall then re-install the game (the computer could have possibly screwed something up during the first install process accidentally), do you have windows xp service pack 2, and are you trying to run it with mods already installed or is it a clean version?