What do you like about oblivion?

I have been searching for a good game. Oblivion sounds really good from reviews, but what makes it stand out from the rest of the rpgs? From the online videos I saw, it doesn't seem that good. I know it is a free roaming, but could someone post a video that really shows off what this game has to offer? What makes me unsure about it is that it doesn't have online play. How does it make up for this? Lastly, what can you buy with the money you earn in the game? Thanks because I really need the help.

I see that it is thirty dollars and it just seems tempting to buy.

Way to open-ended and the actual storyline is EXTREMELY short. I didn't care for it, I like more structure and story when I play games.

I played it for about 3 days and then returned it, never looked back.

Well, why i like it? maybe becuse i played it for 200 hours to beat all the quests? maybe because i've been playing it for another 50 hours since i discovered the way of the alchimist archer? maybe because no mather what you do, there's still something else to do? because the atmosphere is SO inmersive that you can play it for hours and hours without getting bored?

This was my first game for the 360, i bought it in july 2006, and i still play it for at least 30 minutes a day, some say: "oh the main quest is too short! you can beat it in 10 hours!" just like the guy with the Gordon image, but they didnt see the correct way to play the game, its not about raiding dungeons with torch and sword in hand like a retard its about finding your own way, you can play ala Metal Gear Solid, you can poison arrows with poisons YOU made, then vanish in the shadows while your enemy dies, or you can create your own custom spells or even enchant items/armor/weapons, this game is about freedom TC, you can do everything(and i mark EVERYTHING) you ever imagined in a fantasy RPG, if you dont buy it, you'll miss the best First Person RPG game ever made, you dont believe me? check youtube.com for some gameplay vids, try things like "Oblivion fun", or go to the Oblivion forums and ask people there.

Hey guys what else can you do besides kill things?

Way to open-ended and the actual storyline is EXTREMELY short. I didn't care for it, I like more structure and story when I play games.

I played it for about 3 days and then returned it, never looked back.

SerOlmy

Syas the guy that gave World of Warcraf and Mass Effect a 9, haha, structure? you pwned yourself.

Man, Oblivion is one of the best games out there, not even restricting it to the RPG genre.

If you want to see Oblivion videos, go to youtube.

How could anyone complain about the story being short? The game offers hundreds of hours of gameplay. The main questline isn't SUPER long but once thats finished, you got three guilds to join with just as good of a story (even better in the case of the Dark Brotherhood) than the main questline. Then, besides those.. there are multiple dozens of free-roam, deadric and misc. quests that you can complete whenever you want that all offer great rewards and items. Plus if you get the GOTY edition you get another 30-40 hours worth of gameplay on the Shivering Isles exp. and another 8 or so in the KOTN add on.

So I don't think anyone should complain about "length" in this game.

To the TC, if you want a game that you can play at your own pace and like being absorbed into a game set in a fantasy type world (Much like LOTR) then this game is for you.

If you want a game like Call of Duty 4 or Halo 3, for online play.. this obviously isn't for you.

Oh and the things you can buy with the Gold you get in the game are countless.. you can buy your own castles, horses, wizards towers, spells, weapons, armour, houses, ingredients for alchemy.. and tons of other stuff.

Yeah great_rulo 2 quick questions.

1. What does TC mean?

2. What can you do besides kill things and roam. A lot of people say it is a great game, but I have found any information about why it is and what else you can do in the game. Thanks.

Hey guys what else can you do besides kill things?

Nickthegamerman

You can explore the inmense world without loading times, you can harvest items and use them with the alchimist skill to create poisons/potions, the way you said it makes it sound really dumb, its not about killing "things" with maces and swords, its about creating your own way to play it, didnt you see my first post?

At first it doesnt look that great but it is one of the best RPGs made. Its a game where you completely choose what you want to do. You can break into people homes and shops and take everything they have and fence it off, and eventually you can join a thieves guild. You can also just kill people for no reason and there isnt respawning characters so you can almost kill everbody in the game (except for important people thyat help progress the story), then eventually you can join an assassins guild. You can join the mages guild and work your way through the guild until you eventually become the head of the Mages Academy(forgot what the name of the school is). Join a fighters guild and rank up by doing missions. You can fight your way through the ranks in the arena until you are the champion. You can join a cult and do missions for the cult's several gods. You can do the main story line (but keep in mind, even though the main story line is short there are about 10 sub story lines that are longer than main story line). Or you can just explore the 200 dungeons they scattered throughout the world. The game also has a lot of downloadable content, but I think all of the downloadable content come in the GOTY edition. As far as what you can buy in the game, pretty much anything houses, armor, weapons, regular clothes, potions, spells, ingredients to make potions, drugs(skuma), alcohol, horses, furniture, food, books(all readable as well), etc.. Also I have invested over 150 hours into the game and I still have not found every quest, so its a really long game.Jacobin378

GIANT. WALL. OF. TEXT.

Oh, let me correct myself from my previous post; I said you could spend gold in the game on "the wizards tower and castle", thats actually DLC so you don't spend the money in the game on it.

Just clearing that up.

[QUOTE="Nickthegamerman"]

Hey guys what else can you do besides kill things?

great_rulo

You can explore the inmense world without loading times, you can harvest items and use them with the alchimist skill to create poisons/potions, the way you said it makes it sound really dumb, its not about killing "things" with maces and swords, its about creating your own way to play it, didnt you see my first post?

I have to say that the best thing about this game is the feling you get when you are exploring new areas or finding new items such as Umbra. I also love the music! It adds to the whole "Im by myself exploring this land and fighting evil" theme and the devolpers made it so its just fun to replay over and over so i mean you can have quite along time actually enjoying this game.Flairlend_l337

I agree, the music is great, though the themes in Morrowind were better, look for "Morrowind soundtrack" in youtube if you dont believe me, also look for "March unto death" for the best song of the crator of both soundtracks.

Not a lot to be honest. I tried it on X360, and didn't go for it at all. Grabed it on PC from the bargain bit, and tried again but still didnt get into it.

I was sort off enjoying it, until I found out that all the badies level up with your character. Doesnt matter if your level 1 or level 60 as everything else will be the same, Kinda took the fun out of it for me. I may try again some day though.

beast game ever!

Not a lot to be honest. I tried it on X360, and didn't go for it at all. Grabed it on PC from the bargain bit, and tried again but still didnt get into it.

I was sort off enjoying it, until I found out that all the badies level up with your character. Doesnt matter if your level 1 or level 60 as everything else will be the same, Kinda took the fun out of it for me. I may try again some day though.

axeman87