Happy Oblivion Day! - VGF

**Prince Toad** · 03-20-2006, 07:46 PM

Well, the new Elder Scrolls game, Oblivion, which is bound to be the BEST GAME IN HISTORY, comes out today. I pre-ordered it, but it hasn't arrived, which hopefully means it shipped today and will come tomorrow... or at least by the end of the week. Share your thoughts here on the game as you play it.

**Kargath** · 03-20-2006, 08:30 PM

http://games.slashdot.org/games/06/03/20/2110201.shtml

Smells like heart attack.

**Prince Toad** · 03-20-2006, 08:55 PM

That's ridiculous. If I wasn't limited to 4 hours of computer a day, and if it was a weekend, I'd probably do that inadvertently, though. And... I'm serious. Well, okay, I guess I'd get up to eat and stuff. But that's about it.

Lurch1982 · 03-21-2006, 12:55 AM

It took me at least 12 hours and 5 or 6 characters before I got started in Morrowind. That's retarded.

**Prince Toad** · 03-21-2006, 06:56 PM

It did? What the hell were you doing?

Lurch1982 · 03-22-2006, 01:28 PM

Character customization. I didn't go with a preset mold.

**Prince Toad** · 03-22-2006, 07:45 PM

Oh. Uh... right. Meaning like... "retarded good" or just retarded?

Lurch1982 · 03-22-2006, 07:51 PM

No, retarded as in watching some jabroni play Oblivion for 12 hours is a waste of time.

**Prince Toad** · 03-22-2006, 08:59 PM

Oh. Right. Never mind. Wasn't sure what you were referring to.

On a sadder note, I won't get mine until Friday at the earliest. On an even sadder note, my video card probably won't work with it.

Valentine · 03-23-2006, 07:40 AM

I've went over 12 hours a few times of WoW, if the games good and you have the time to spare (or even if you don't) you don't really notice the world drifting by.

**Prince Toad** · 03-23-2006, 04:35 PM

Looks like I might literally get a whole new system for this game. My computer was three or four years old, so I'm happy.

d · 03-23-2006, 06:35 PM

I won't be getting this anytime soon sadly. For a few reasons. I can't wait to get it though. It looks awesome and I loved and still play Morrowind. Speaking of which, I think I will go play it.

**Prince Toad** · 03-25-2006, 01:22 AM

Awesome. I got some new stuff, put it in, and now everything works. Granted, it doesn't run great, but it's certainly manageable.

Only played a few hours, but I already love it. The most noticeable thing it has over Morrowind is that it's so... organic. Things feel natural. For instance, joining the Thieves' Guild. I won't go into details, but suffice it to say that it's a little more involved than walking up to Sugar-Lips Habasi and saying you feel like joining. Combat, stealth, and magic are all light years ahead of Morrowind. Just the fact that you start with a minor healing spell, and you regain magicka constantly (unless you're born under the Atronach, but whatever), helps a great deal. The physics engine makes bows a lot of fun. Also, it's a little harder than Morrowind... you can't just walk into a house, kill someone, take all their stuff, and sell it over at the tradehouse. (Honest merchants don't buy stolen stuff, and I think you'd get into trouble with the law.) I could probably go on, but... I'm tired.

Tritoch · 03-25-2006, 02:12 PM

I bought it for Xbox 360, and so far I'm having a blast. I made it out of the opening area, then did a direct U-turn and headed for the Imperial City. 6 or 7 hours later...I'm still exploring the city and surrounding areas and taking on a few quests there. Simply amazing.

For those of you with it, I just took a nap on the Bloated Float...

**Prince Toad** · 03-25-2006, 04:17 PM

Is that the floating shop down in the Waterfront?

One of the amazing things about this game-- I don't think it's actually a gigantic handicap to be a thief(!) or mage rather than a fighter. That's one of the things that annoys me about a lot of games where you're given this option-- it's always easier to be a fighter. Morrowind and KoToR, to name two, had this problem. But my Khajiit stealth character (custom class-- every stealth skill except Mercantile, which I replaced with Blade) has been doing quite well for himself in dungeons. And it's just incredibly fun to sneak up to a mudcrab and drop the thing in one sword swipe, or take out a skeleton archer from across the room without him ever knowing what hit him.

I've been keeping mostly to the Imperial City too. Fast-traveled to Bruma once to sell some hot property to a fence, and then walked back, but aside from that it's mostly been the City and a number of the dungeons surrounding the lake.

Currently level 4.

Tritoch · 03-26-2006, 12:11 AM

Yep, that's the one.

I'm playing a Breton mage/thief combo; I always find myself naturally playing a thief in these types of games (why ignore all that loot when it's there and you aren't stealing from anyone real?) and I always wanted to do a good mage character in Morrowind. So I've got a fun combination of decent magic, improving archery (with a little blade to back it up), and improving security/sneak skills going on right now.

Finally left the city and headed west towards Chorral for the next part of the quest. Stopped off at a couple of infested forts and cleared those out, beat down a highway bandit that tried to get the jump on me by hiding in the bushes, and I'm ready to talk to Jafar about this whole Amulet of Kings business now. Yes, I know that's not his real name.

Crazybirdanimations · 03-26-2006, 04:31 AM

yay...*confused*

Katyrna · 03-26-2006, 03:06 PM

I do so wish I could get Oblivion. But for one thing, I don't (and won't) own a 360, and my computer can't handle another game. Unless I take off Morrowind... Eh, I still don't think it could handle it. =( Plus, I'm highly distracted by SO3, Xenosaga II, and KH2, which comes out this Tuesday, I might add... Still, I envy all of you who own Oblivion. It sounds great!

**Prince Toad** · 03-26-2006, 05:10 PM

Heh, I still haven't found my way to Chorrol. Too busy with other stuff.

I mastered lockpicking... so I managed to break out of the Bruma jail. (If you've never been in jail, that means I picked a very hard lock-- Bruma's is very hard, Imperial City's is hard, dunno about the others-- with just one pick.) Unfortunately the jailor was sitting right there, so I had to run like hell. I made it to the gate, left the city, and jumped on a horse that happened to be sitting there. I rode all the way back to the Imperial City, since I didn't have any of my equipment and I was being chased by wolves and guards. Eventually they caught me outside of the stables and I had to go to jail, but it was still awesome.

I'm always a thief in these games, at least initially. I had about six or seven characters in Morrowind, three or four of which were really good. I dunno what kind of character I'll make next. But... it turns out that including Blade might not have been worthwhile. My guy's terrible with a sword. When I use shortswords, he doesn't do any damage, and if I use anything heavier my fatigue isn't good enough to handle it. Actually, I haven't tried a longsword, which I'll do next time I'm fighting up close. But he's much better off with a bow, especially sneaking.

Not sure when I'll continue the main quest. I did the Thoronir one you get from Jensine (took literally all of my healing potions to win the fight at the end, but I did it) and the Arnora one in Bruma, plus the first Thieves' Guild "special job." However, the next special job involves me going to Cheydinhal. I don't think I have much else to do right now in the City, so maybe I'll just go to Chorrol once I clean out this dungeon I last saved in.

Tritoch · 03-26-2006, 08:45 PM

That does sound like a lot of fun. Unfortunately, the couple of times I've been caught so far I paid the fine and got out of going to jail. Did visit the Imperial City prison though to taunt that other prisoner mocking me in the beginning.

I never had time to play through Morrowind multiple times (did start a second game but didn't get very far), so I promised myself a long time ago I'd make sure to develop a decent mage from the start this time in Oblivion.

Yep, I've done the Thoronir quest too. Did you notice that Thoronir and the "supplier" met beside a hollowed-out tree stump that acts as a container? Maybe it was just me, but it seemed like a little "shout out" by the developers to one of the early quests in Morrowind where you follow a guy in Seyda Neen (just like you follow Thoronir, and both were Bosmer too I think) that hides something in a hollowed-out tree stump.

Oddly, I still haven't run across any guilds yet. I think I remember one of the guards mentioning that there weren't any in the Imperial City, so that's probably the reason. I'm getting ready to do the next section of the main quest after the Priory, but I'm sure I'll get distracted dozens of times before I reach my next destination!

03-20-2006, 07:46 PM	#1
Prince Toad PC Mod Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Rookery Gender: Posts: 11,402 Thanks: 43 Thanked 56 Times in 47 Posts Points: 43,220.57 Bank: 18,304.68 Total Points: 61,525.25 Donate	Happy Oblivion Day! Well, the new Elder Scrolls game, Oblivion, which is bound to be the BEST GAME IN HISTORY, comes out today. I pre-ordered it, but it hasn't arrived, which hopefully means it shipped today and will come tomorrow... or at least by the end of the week. Share your thoughts here on the game as you play it.

03-20-2006, 08:30 PM	#2
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03-22-2006, 08:59 PM	#9
Prince Toad PC Mod Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Rookery Gender: Posts: 11,402 Thanks: 43 Thanked 56 Times in 47 Posts Points: 43,220.57 Bank: 18,304.68 Total Points: 61,525.25 Donate	Oh. Right. Never mind. Wasn't sure what you were referring to. On a sadder note, I won't get mine until Friday at the earliest. On an even sadder note, my video card probably won't work with it. Last edited by Prince Toad; 03-22-2006 at 09:09 PM.

03-23-2006, 04:35 PM	#11
Prince Toad PC Mod Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Rookery Gender: Posts: 11,402 Thanks: 43 Thanked 56 Times in 47 Posts Points: 43,220.57 Bank: 18,304.68 Total Points: 61,525.25 Donate	Looks like I might literally get a whole new system for this game. My computer was three or four years old, so I'm happy. Last edited by Prince Toad; 03-23-2006 at 06:04 PM.

03-20-2006, 08:55 PM	#3
Prince Toad PC Mod Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Rookery Gender: Posts: 11,402 Thanks: 43 Thanked 56 Times in 47 Posts Points: 43,220.57 Bank: 18,304.68 Total Points: 61,525.25 Donate	That's ridiculous. If I wasn't limited to 4 hours of computer a day, and if it was a weekend, I'd probably do that inadvertently, though. And... I'm serious. Well, okay, I guess I'd get up to eat and stuff. But that's about it.

03-21-2006, 12:55 AM	#4
Lurch1982 Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Katrinaland, USA Gender: Posts: 9,113 Thanks: 119 Thanked 185 Times in 120 Posts Points: 25,155.94 Bank: 136,219.57 Total Points: 161,375.51 Donate	It took me at least 12 hours and 5 or 6 characters before I got started in Morrowind. That's retarded.

03-21-2006, 06:56 PM	#5
Prince Toad PC Mod Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Rookery Gender: Posts: 11,402 Thanks: 43 Thanked 56 Times in 47 Posts Points: 43,220.57 Bank: 18,304.68 Total Points: 61,525.25 Donate	It did? What the hell were you doing?

03-22-2006, 01:28 PM	#6
Lurch1982 Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Katrinaland, USA Gender: Posts: 9,113 Thanks: 119 Thanked 185 Times in 120 Posts Points: 25,155.94 Bank: 136,219.57 Total Points: 161,375.51 Donate	Character customization. I didn't go with a preset mold.

03-22-2006, 07:45 PM	#7
Prince Toad PC Mod Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Rookery Gender: Posts: 11,402 Thanks: 43 Thanked 56 Times in 47 Posts Points: 43,220.57 Bank: 18,304.68 Total Points: 61,525.25 Donate	Oh. Uh... right. Meaning like... "retarded good" or just retarded?

03-22-2006, 07:51 PM	#8
Lurch1982 Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Katrinaland, USA Gender: Posts: 9,113 Thanks: 119 Thanked 185 Times in 120 Posts Points: 25,155.94 Bank: 136,219.57 Total Points: 161,375.51 Donate	No, retarded as in watching some jabroni play Oblivion for 12 hours is a waste of time.

03-23-2006, 07:40 AM	#10
Valentine Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Rural NZ. There are lots of sheep here. Gender: Posts: 6,933 Thanks: 22 Thanked 60 Times in 43 Posts Points: 14,050.45 Bank: 69,121.41 Total Points: 83,171.87 Donate	I've went over 12 hours a few times of WoW, if the games good and you have the time to spare (or even if you don't) you don't really notice the world drifting by.

03-23-2006, 06:35 PM	#12
d Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Terra Haute,Indiana Posts: 687 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Points: 3,366.42 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 3,866.42 Donate	I won't be getting this anytime soon sadly. For a few reasons. I can't wait to get it though. It looks awesome and I loved and still play Morrowind. Speaking of which, I think I will go play it.

03-25-2006, 01:22 AM	#13
Prince Toad PC Mod Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Rookery Gender: Posts: 11,402 Thanks: 43 Thanked 56 Times in 47 Posts Points: 43,220.57 Bank: 18,304.68 Total Points: 61,525.25 Donate	Awesome. I got some new stuff, put it in, and now everything works. Granted, it doesn't run great, but it's certainly manageable. Only played a few hours, but I already love it. The most noticeable thing it has over Morrowind is that it's so... organic. Things feel natural. For instance, joining the Thieves' Guild. I won't go into details, but suffice it to say that it's a little more involved than walking up to Sugar-Lips Habasi and saying you feel like joining. Combat, stealth, and magic are all light years ahead of Morrowind. Just the fact that you start with a minor healing spell, and you regain magicka constantly (unless you're born under the Atronach, but whatever), helps a great deal. The physics engine makes bows a lot of fun. Also, it's a little harder than Morrowind... you can't just walk into a house, kill someone, take all their stuff, and sell it over at the tradehouse. (Honest merchants don't buy stolen stuff, and I think you'd get into trouble with the law.) I could probably go on, but... I'm tired.

03-25-2006, 02:12 PM	#14
Tritoch Senior Member Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: USA Gender: Posts: 7,308 Thanks: 3 Thanked 9 Times in 4 Posts Points: 1,307.41 Bank: 530.60 Total Points: 1,838.01 Donate	I bought it for Xbox 360, and so far I'm having a blast. I made it out of the opening area, then did a direct U-turn and headed for the Imperial City. 6 or 7 hours later...I'm still exploring the city and surrounding areas and taking on a few quests there. Simply amazing. For those of you with it, I just took a nap on the Bloated Float...

03-25-2006, 04:17 PM	#15
Prince Toad PC Mod Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Rookery Gender: Posts: 11,402 Thanks: 43 Thanked 56 Times in 47 Posts Points: 43,220.57 Bank: 18,304.68 Total Points: 61,525.25 Donate	Is that the floating shop down in the Waterfront? One of the amazing things about this game-- I don't think it's actually a gigantic handicap to be a thief(!) or mage rather than a fighter. That's one of the things that annoys me about a lot of games where you're given this option-- it's always easier to be a fighter. Morrowind and KoToR, to name two, had this problem. But my Khajiit stealth character (custom class-- every stealth skill except Mercantile, which I replaced with Blade) has been doing quite well for himself in dungeons. And it's just incredibly fun to sneak up to a mudcrab and drop the thing in one sword swipe, or take out a skeleton archer from across the room without him ever knowing what hit him. I've been keeping mostly to the Imperial City too. Fast-traveled to Bruma once to sell some hot property to a fence, and then walked back, but aside from that it's mostly been the City and a number of the dungeons surrounding the lake. Currently level 4.

03-26-2006, 12:11 AM	#16
Tritoch Senior Member Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: USA Gender: Posts: 7,308 Thanks: 3 Thanked 9 Times in 4 Posts Points: 1,307.41 Bank: 530.60 Total Points: 1,838.01 Donate	Yep, that's the one. I'm playing a Breton mage/thief combo; I always find myself naturally playing a thief in these types of games (why ignore all that loot when it's there and you aren't stealing from anyone real?) and I always wanted to do a good mage character in Morrowind. So I've got a fun combination of decent magic, improving archery (with a little blade to back it up), and improving security/sneak skills going on right now. Finally left the city and headed west towards Chorral for the next part of the quest. Stopped off at a couple of infested forts and cleared those out, beat down a highway bandit that tried to get the jump on me by hiding in the bushes, and I'm ready to talk to Jafar about this whole Amulet of Kings business now. Yes, I know that's not his real name.

03-26-2006, 04:31 AM	#17
Crazybirdanimations Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: California Gender: Posts: 4,624 Thanks: 233 Thanked 197 Times in 165 Posts Points: 10,429.03 Bank: 8,614.70 Total Points: 19,043.73 Donate	yay...confused

03-26-2006, 03:06 PM	#18
Katyrna Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Hiding in the band locker from the man with an air bazooka... Gender: Posts: 243 Thanks: 6 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Points: 3,541.39 Bank: 592.15 Total Points: 4,133.54 Donate	I do so wish I could get Oblivion. But for one thing, I don't (and won't) own a 360, and my computer can't handle another game. Unless I take off Morrowind... Eh, I still don't think it could handle it. =( Plus, I'm highly distracted by SO3, Xenosaga II, and KH2, which comes out this Tuesday, I might add... Still, I envy all of you who own Oblivion. It sounds great!

03-26-2006, 05:10 PM	#19
Prince Toad PC Mod Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Rookery Gender: Posts: 11,402 Thanks: 43 Thanked 56 Times in 47 Posts Points: 43,220.57 Bank: 18,304.68 Total Points: 61,525.25 Donate	Heh, I still haven't found my way to Chorrol. Too busy with other stuff. I mastered lockpicking... so I managed to break out of the Bruma jail. (If you've never been in jail, that means I picked a very hard lock-- Bruma's is very hard, Imperial City's is hard, dunno about the others-- with just one pick.) Unfortunately the jailor was sitting right there, so I had to run like hell. I made it to the gate, left the city, and jumped on a horse that happened to be sitting there. I rode all the way back to the Imperial City, since I didn't have any of my equipment and I was being chased by wolves and guards. Eventually they caught me outside of the stables and I had to go to jail, but it was still awesome. I'm always a thief in these games, at least initially. I had about six or seven characters in Morrowind, three or four of which were really good. I dunno what kind of character I'll make next. But... it turns out that including Blade might not have been worthwhile. My guy's terrible with a sword. When I use shortswords, he doesn't do any damage, and if I use anything heavier my fatigue isn't good enough to handle it. Actually, I haven't tried a longsword, which I'll do next time I'm fighting up close. But he's much better off with a bow, especially sneaking. Not sure when I'll continue the main quest. I did the Thoronir one you get from Jensine (took literally all of my healing potions to win the fight at the end, but I did it) and the Arnora one in Bruma, plus the first Thieves' Guild "special job." However, the next special job involves me going to Cheydinhal. I don't think I have much else to do right now in the City, so maybe I'll just go to Chorrol once I clean out this dungeon I last saved in.

03-26-2006, 08:45 PM	#20
Tritoch Senior Member Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: USA Gender: Posts: 7,308 Thanks: 3 Thanked 9 Times in 4 Posts Points: 1,307.41 Bank: 530.60 Total Points: 1,838.01 Donate	That does sound like a lot of fun. Unfortunately, the couple of times I've been caught so far I paid the fine and got out of going to jail. Did visit the Imperial City prison though to taunt that other prisoner mocking me in the beginning. I never had time to play through Morrowind multiple times (did start a second game but didn't get very far), so I promised myself a long time ago I'd make sure to develop a decent mage from the start this time in Oblivion. Yep, I've done the Thoronir quest too. Did you notice that Thoronir and the "supplier" met beside a hollowed-out tree stump that acts as a container? Maybe it was just me, but it seemed like a little "shout out" by the developers to one of the early quests in Morrowind where you follow a guy in Seyda Neen (just like you follow Thoronir, and both were Bosmer too I think) that hides something in a hollowed-out tree stump. Oddly, I still haven't run across any guilds yet. I think I remember one of the guards mentioning that there weren't any in the Imperial City, so that's probably the reason. I'm getting ready to do the next section of the main quest after the Priory, but I'm sure I'll get distracted dozens of times before I reach my next destination!