Oblivion-based recommendation?

Hey, sorry for the somewhat funny quality of this question, you'll have to do your best not to laugh-

My mom asked me to get her a game, having just finished with Oblivion; She said she liked how you could walk around, explore find things and talk to people.

Based on that, what would you recommend?

(She is not the most agile person, so FPSs probably won't work.)

Fallout 3

yes2 fable, tell her that she can get married ,buy house, decorating and rent them.. perfectLambat_Sari

not fable or gothic, you cant create a female characterHellboard

Gothic 3

After you update it, it is as good as Oblivion and, in some regards, far better. Its definately a deeper RPG, with similiar open-world gameplay.

Fallout 3 is also good but Idunno, a mom might be turned off by the excessive gore.

[QUOTE="Hellboard"]not fable or gothic, you cant create a female characterjedinat

Gothic 3

After you update it, it is as good as Oblivion and, in some regards, far better. Its definately a deeper RPG, with similiar open-world gameplay.

Fallout 3 is also good but Idunno, a mom might be turned off by the excessive gore.

mrbojangles25

In Fallout 3, you can turn off the gore by editing the .ini

and OP, do you have any mods for Oblivion? if you don't go to: www.tesnexus.com and click "top 100"

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Mass Effect

World of Warcraft

She can also try recent Bioware games like Knights of the old Republic, Jade Empire and Mass Effect. All these games has exploration, good story, player interaction and allows to play as a female characterZam

[QUOTE="Zam"]She can also try recent Bioware games like Knights of the old Republic, Jade Empire and Mass Effect. All these games has exploration, good story, player interaction and allows to play as a female characterHellboard

Just get her Unreal tournament 3.

J/k

Expansion Shivering Isles is a good idea if she hasen't played or heard of it. World of Warcraft is a good MMO but pretty addicting, has a monthly charge, etc. Fall out 3 does have the FPS part of it but its just toooooo good to miss if you've played and like Oblivion's engine.

[QUOTE="Hellboard"][QUOTE="Zam"]She can also try recent Bioware games like Knights of the old Republic, Jade Empire and Mass Effect. All these games has exploration, good story, player interaction and allows to play as a female characterjedinat

I know, I know. It gets annoying. But that is just Hellboard's way, sadly.

[QUOTE="Hellboard"][QUOTE="Zam"]She can also try recent Bioware games like Knights of the old Republic, Jade Empire and Mass Effect. All these games has exploration, good story, player interaction and allows to play as a female characterjedinat

[QUOTE="jedinat"][QUOTE="Hellboard"] exploration?mrbojangles25

I know, I know. It gets annoying. But that is just Hellboard's way, sadly.

[QUOTE="mrbojangles25"]

[QUOTE="jedinat"] Oi, Oi. While refuting everyone's suggestions IS a good way to rack up your post count, it's not very constructive otherwise. I have not seen you suggest any alternative yet. (SI expansion is hardly a suggestion, since anyone playing Oblivion should already know about it)Hellboard

I know, I know. It gets annoying. But that is just Hellboard's way, sadly.

Ya I totally agree with you but just because a game is linear (Mass Effect) and not openended (Oblivion) does not mean there is a lack of exploration.

If you played Mass Effect and strictly did the storyline, you might get 10 hours out of it. If you played it and explored, did a bunch of the entertaining sidequests, and visited the occasional random planet, you can easily get 20+ hours out of it.

Thats more than I can say for Oblivion; while its a good game imo, the main storyline was easy, took six hours, and was finished by the time I was level five. I replayed it, did some sidequests and stuff, enjoyed it a lot more on the second and more playtrhroughs.

She can also try recent Bioware games like Knights of the old Republic, Jade Empire and Mass Effect. All these games has exploration, good story, player interaction and allows to play as a female characterZam

+1

They might not offer as much freedom as Oblivion, but they do have exploration. Personally, I found exploring the locations in those games more interesting than Oblivion, which was an endless cycle of caves and ruins and ZZZZ...

[QUOTE="Hellboard"][QUOTE="mrbojangles25"]

I know, I know. It gets annoying. But that is just Hellboard's way, sadly.

mrbojangles25

Ya I totally agree with you but just because a game is linear (Mass Effect) and not openended (Oblivion) does not mean there is a lack of exploration.

If you played Mass Effect and strictly did the storyline, you might get 10 hours out of it. If you played it and explored, did a bunch of the entertaining sidequests, and visited the occasional random planet, you can easily get 20+ hours out of it.

Thats more than I can say for Oblivion; while its a good game imo, the main storyline was easy, took six hours, and was finished by the time I was level five. I replayed it, did some sidequests and stuff, enjoyed it a lot more on the second and more playtrhroughs.

yeah ok but what i meant was what Siofen said...