why do so many people hate Oblivion?

The game is appealing to gamers who haven't played Morrowind because they think they are getting into some massive epic game, when in reality it pales in comparison to Morrowind in almost ever imaginable way possible except for Oblivion's new action elements.

KHAndAnime

So because there's another game that *some* of you think is better, it makes Oblivion crap?

Is a BMW M3 'crap' because a Ferrari is better?

Even if you're not as happy with it as you were Morrowind, I'd definitely say its still worth playing.

I like middle ages themed games, books, movies, cartoons... and I didn't like Oblivion! I dont know why, but it just didnt feel right to me. I loved Fallout 3 however, and it uses the same engine - well its basically oblivion's twin brother so I cant blaim the gameplay. One thing I did like ware the horses :) As a middle ages themed game I really loved Fable II, maybe because it was simple and funny.

My rpg background pre-Oblivion: Chrono Trigger, Pokemon, KOTOR, KOTOR2, Golden Sun, Jade Empire, Mass Effect, Eternal Sonata, Fallout 3, Lost Odyssey.

Reasons I dislike Oblivion:

• The main story seemed like it didn't matter in the overall scope of the game.
• Alot of things I consider to be norms in RPGs aren't there. I remember closing my first Oblivion gate and the entire thing was 100% dungeon with no story at all. In most RPGs a dungeon that long would end with a boss fight that's got dialog and some deeper part of the story happens.
• I thought the quests were boring overall.
• The interface is crappy compared to most other RPGs i've played.
• The characters were boring.

The only things I liked was that it was open world, but that only stays cool for so long, and the guilds were done better than most other RPGs i've played do stuff like that.

Based off of the history of RPGs i've played, i've come to expect strong story telling and characters from an RPG. That's the primary thing i'm looking for from the genre. If that's weak, it takes a really great battle system and well done leveling system to make up for it. Fallout 3 and Pokemon are the only RPGs i've played that had a battle and leveling system good enough to make up for my issues with the story/characters.

The only thing i didn't like about it was load times, everything else was pretty good.

why do so many people hate halo? why do so many people hate WoW? If you just look at the amount of people who hate halo,wow,or oblivion yea it seems like a hated game. But compare that number to the amount of people who love it and those haters fall into the 1 percentile.

Anything that is successful will get plenty of hate. There are plenty of things that people don't care for but as soon as it's critically acclaimed they "hate" it. Another example of this is Halo games. If it was just another game nobody would hate it or even think that it's such a terrible game that some claim that it is. But because it is Halo and is known to all, suddenly people that don't care about or just don't play it now hate it. When the original Xbox launched I never heard a single person say Halo was a bad game but after it became as massive as it is today people started to hate. Get what I'm trying to say?

Anything that is successful will get plenty of hate. There are plenty of things that people don't care for but as soon as it's critically acclaimed they "hate" it. Another example of this is Halo games. If it was just another game nobody would hate it or even think that it's such a terrible game that some claim that it is. But because it is Halo and is known to all, suddenly people that don't care about or just don't play it now hate it. When the original Xbox launched I never heard a single person say Halo was a bad game but after it became as massive as it is today people started to hate. Get what I'm trying to say?

bitemeslippy

Yeah, I do get what you're trying to say. And...I agree. I think Ima track you.

[QUOTE="bitemeslippy"]

Anything that is successful will get plenty of hate. There are plenty of things that people don't care for but as soon as it's critically acclaimed they "hate" it. Another example of this is Halo games. If it was just another game nobody would hate it or even think that it's such a terrible game that some claim that it is. But because it is Halo and is known to all, suddenly people that don't care about or just don't play it now hate it. When the original Xbox launched I never heard a single person say Halo was a bad game but after it became as massive as it is today people started to hate. Get what I'm trying to say?

Palantas

Yeah, I do get what you're trying to say. And...I agree. I think Ima track you.

Well thank you good sir. Glad to see somebody paid attention to my post for once.

I don't hate the game, I just don't like it.

Think everything about the combat was terrible, it had some stuff that I liked though, like the guilds.

Also, it just didn't feel very polished to me. I can kind of see why people like it so much, but it didn't do anything for me.

I disliked it and Morrowind for being soulless, unengaging and boring. I didn't really like the combat system at all and the game as a whole felt as though it lacked any sort of personality.

[QUOTE="vashkey"]I disliked it and Morrowind for being soulless, unengaging and boring. yeahiplaygames

[QUOTE="vashkey"]I disliked it and Morrowind for being soulless, unengaging and boring. yeahiplaygames

Oh yeah. That's real mature.

I dont know, I have played Oblivion a lot, and I would say its one of the best RPG's of all time. But it is not best in the Elder Scrolls series. That may be why a few people hate Oblivion.

I think alot of hardcore Elder Scrolls fans were disapointed because it simplified alot of the game to make it more user friendly. but everyone I know who jumped into the ES series at 4 (Oblivion), myself included, liked it. (actually I played 3, Morrowind,, and would rank 4 as better)

Perhaps they hate it because they are entitled to their own opinion. they don't necessarily have to agree with what you think about a game, and maybe it just wasn't their game.

Oblivion was one of the best games i've ever played in my life.. i thought it was better than morrowind, but that's just me

i used to hate it but then i picked it up again recently and loved it. but i havent even come close to finishing it. it ended up becoming left out because of MW2 and all the rest of the games i now play online. i love xbox live now i have it but i dont play single player as much now. i cant remember why i hated it. i think i didnt like the combat and it felt too slow and clunky but i learnt to like it for what it is. and i decided to pick it up again after playing fallout 3 which was awesome so i got used to the controls and stuff

I just thought that the game was beyond boring. But that's me.

I thought it was a good game, but when compared to the older Elderscrolls games, its not as good.

I personally liked Daggerfall and Morrowind alot more. Doesnt mean Oblivion sucks, but its just that Oblivion is not near the best in the series for me personally.

The only thing that Oblivion did better then Daggerfall and Morrowind is the graphics.

Morrowind/Daggerfall = better game world, doenst hold you hand, better story, more missions, more variety, better leveling, better monsters, better characters and much more fun to me personally.

it does get boring though

Well most people that i talked to said it was too hard, or they didnt know how to play.

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=26444368

That's a pretty intelligent discussion regarding the flaws of Oblivion.