I have it for PC.

I've stopped and started this game at least 5 times. I always either lose interest early on or inject so many mods into it that it crashes after a few minutes of play. I've gotten as far as the point where you SPOILERS read the first letter of each paragraph of those books and find the area in the graveyard.

PLEASE,

The game is horrible.

im like that too. oh well, i was pretty addicted to it 2 years ago, at least i got my moneys worth back then.

This thread comes just as I was going to buy Oblivion...

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On a more serious tone, I think I might give it a try on my friend's PS3 first. I have a really short attention span, unfortunately.

Well, it's mostly the crashing that has kept me from playing too far. I just get crazy with the mods. I just reinstalled it for like the billionth time and will NOT mod it at all. I just want to experience vanilla Oblivion, unmodded.


HOWEVER, some of [my not making it very far] has to do with the fact that I just get the impression that there isn't much more to do than raid dungeons for worthless loot and fight wonky battle controls.

TELL ME THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN THIS!

"The game is horrible."

one of the very few games i SOLD.... it's not a bad game, but it's too freaking depressing. i've never played a more depressing game... it just didn't bring any kind of joy

"Well, it's mostly the crashing that has kept me from playing too far. I just get crazy with the mods. I just reinstalled it for like the billionth time and will NOT mod it at all. I just want to experience vanilla Oblivion, unmodded.


HOWEVER, some of [my not making it very far] has to do with the fact that I just get the impression that there isn't much more to do than raid dungeons for worthless loot and fight wonky battle controls.

TELL ME THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN THIS!

Also, killing spree might be a good idea.
"

"Aarny said:

"The game is horrible."

You suck. Well, the 360 version is way better anyway.
"

Whoa, whoa, I thought the PS3 version had the better graphics. Is there something wrong with the PS3 version?

The PS3 version has better graphics, faster load times, and The Knights of The Nine add-on.... I don't know why people think the 360 version is better....
but whatever, that's not important. The point is this, if you aren't into it, you either need more missions, or the game just doesn't click with you. Nothing you can do about it.

"Well, it's mostly the crashing that has kept me from playing too far. I just get crazy with the mods. I just reinstalled it for like the billionth time and will NOT mod it at all. I just want to experience vanilla Oblivion, unmodded.


HOWEVER, some of [my not making it very far] has to do with the fact that I just get the impression that there isn't much more to do than raid dungeons for worthless loot and fight wonky battle controls.

TELL ME THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN THIS!

Also, killing spree might be a good idea.
"

"The PS3 version has better graphics, faster load times, and The Knights of The Nine add-on.... I don't know why people think the 360 version is better....
but whatever, that's not important. The point is this, if you aren't into it, you either need more missions, or the game just doesn't click with you. Nothing you can do about it.
"

Aren't the achievements enough motivation ??????

"Aren't the achievements enough motivation ??????
"

"efrucht said:

"The PS3 version has better graphics, faster load times, and The Knights of The Nine add-on.... I don't know why people think the 360 version is better....
but whatever, that's not important. The point is this, if you aren't into it, you either need more missions, or the game just doesn't click with you. Nothing you can do about it.
"

its the content I'm talking about. We got Shivering Isles very late. And we have none of the plugins available to both the PC or the 360. That's why I said it was better.
"

"angelkimne said:

"Aren't the achievements enough motivation ??????
"

What achievements?
"

"Whoa, whoa, I thought the PS3 version had the better graphics. Is there something wrong with the PS3 version?
"

I really got into it. Played it a lot back in the day

"one of the very few games i SOLD.... it's not a bad game, but it's too freaking depressing. i've never played a more depressing game... it just didn't bring any kind of joy
"

"Aarny said:

"The game is horrible."

You suck. Well, the 360 version is way better anyway.
"

"Demyx said:

"efrucht said:

"The PS3 version has better graphics, faster load times, and The Knights of The Nine add-on.... I don't know why people think the 360 version is better....
but whatever, that's not important. The point is this, if you aren't into it, you either need more missions, or the game just doesn't click with you. Nothing you can do about it.
"

its the content I'm talking about. We got Shivering Isles very late. And we have none of the plugins available to both the PC or the 360. That's why I said it was better.
"

I see, I forgot about the official plugins bethesda released! That may tip the scales a little. Doesn't the PS3 shivering isles have all of those built in though? I heard that somewhere....
"

"Dissolve said:

"Whoa, whoa, I thought the PS3 version had the better graphics. Is there something wrong with the PS3 version?
"

The PS3 version has expansions with it, and 360 has more DLC.
"

I thought the PS3 had everything the other versions had (as far as expansions).


Lol what do I care? I have the superior PC version.

Eeeeexactly.

Personally, I hate continuously making characters in Oblivion because of the sewer scene; but I love the game otherwise (nowhere near as much as I love Morrowind, though...).

True. Morrowind is light years beyond Oblivion in terms of what an RPG is.

I almost bought this game again to get the GOTY edition for the PS3. But by that point I had already played through it and all the expansions and significant additions on my 360. At one point I even used info from www.uesp.net to squeeze out every last quest I could from the game so I well and truly out played it. Even so every once in a while I get the urge to play it again.

It's one of those games...it's like a single player MMO.

My advice? Spoil it. Go to a walkthrough and find out exactly what you need to do to move the plot forward. Then put your nose to the grindstone and beat it. Don't worry about min/maxing.

You'll feel better.

I know what you mean.

"The game is horrible."

wat

"True. Morrowind is light years beyond Oblivion in terms of what an RPG is.
"

I never got into the game until I put the difficulty ALL the way down in the options and could kill anything that came in my way with one slash. That's when the game got interesting for me.

I agree though, the game is a marvel, but not really fun to play that long imo :|

Do the assasins guild. that was hella fun

i had this same problem a while ago.. when i had it on the pc. Then i got it for the PS3.. and just sat down one day and got into it, i didnt touch the main quest i just did the side quests,/ guild missions. I've made it to level 30 twice, then the ps3 screwed up my save so it crashes every time i try to load it. its very irritating.  This is the reason the 360 version is considered superior, since it has a lot less bugs.

yeah because now is the best time to get into it

You have to be patient with it. I don't remember how I got sucked into it but I think it was because I avoided the main quest as much as possible because it is the worst part about that game!

I've got both Oblivion and Fallout 3 (for the PS3) sitting on my shelf, but I can't start either of them. I don't know what it is. Maybe there's something about their size and non-linearity that scares me.

Try Shivering Isles or the Dark Brotherhood questline. Both are far more interesting than the main story.

I wish I could motivate you to play this game but I can't. I really wanted to like it as well but even after multiple attempts to try and get into the game I found I just couldn't.

Im easily immersed in games that provide large open gorgeous world to explore where you can do anything you want.  I at first had the 360 version and played the heck out of it. I just bought the PC version and its by far the superior version.  No annoying loading, less glichiness because of unofficial patches, much better graphics, a million mods.