I've been finishing up Dragon Age:Origins ( plus the expansion) on my PS3 and I have the feeling it might not tide me over through the spring. I have the sword and sorcery itch and I was thinking about pickign up the PS3 GOTY edition of Oblivion. I didn't totally skip Oblivion when it was released I rented it and played for about 10 hours. I got frustrated with the level scaling and lost interest in the story. Should I go ahead and pick up a copy of my own to play until Skyrim come out?

I would say no. Just wait for Skyrim. I can't think of any other game to tide you over until then except DA2, but I'm not sure if you're one of the folks that doesn't think it's similar enough to DA:O to be worth playing. I haven't played it myself, so I wouldn't know.

I think you should buy it. If you properly allocate your points, level-scaling won't be a problem. I got so strong that I would run in the city and fight all the guards just because I could. I really wish I kept that save.

Play Fallout 3 and wait for Skyrim.

Yeah, basically what Axxol said. If you spec yourself right  you just wreck everything in the game

Kind of surprised it's $30. It is a lot of content, though. I suppose I would say go for it. 

If the level scaling is the only thing that turned you away, I would say to go for it. The same thing happened to me on my initial playthrough, and I was turned off of the game for months. Then I went back and leveled properly, and the game held my attention for hundreds of hours. 

It sucks that you have to level "properly," but it's the only thing holding the game back in my opinion.

I'm sure you can find it for cheaper out there, even though it's worth way more than $30.

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@Axxol: When you say 'properly' does that mean I'll end up playing a maxed out class even if I really don't want to. Is there an organic way to play that won't leave me a weakling that needs his mommy? 
 

Nah, no FAQs or guides needed. I'm not sure about your particular issue, but mine was from playing as an Archer / Bard-type character.

The whole problem with the scaling is that whether or not you make your character stronger, tougher, etc.. All the enemies become stronger with each level.

You only really need one piece of advice: Make a custom class and keep the skills you'll use most of the time as minor abilities. Put the skills you'll use, but not constantly, as your major ones. It's counter intuitive, but it's strangely how the game works.

For example, if you're playing as a Warrior, keep Blade and Block as minor abilities and put something like Lockpicking and Alchemy as your majors. Your overall leveling will slow down, but so will the leveling of the enemies, and at the same time your combat proficiency shoots up with each battle. This also has the added bonus of (in this case) giving you a larger bonus for Strength and Endurance with each level up.

It wouldn't hurt to look at a character guide just to learn exactly how the leveling system works, but it's not needed. It's also certainly not something you'll need to have open as you play - just good info to have in the back of your mind. But what I told you is the most important part of it all to keep in mind.

" I think you should buy it. If you properly allocate your points, level-scaling won't be a problem. I got so strong that I would run in the city and fight all the guards just because I could. I really wish I kept that save. "

Hopefully Witcher 2 is right around the corner. Wait for that instead. At this point I'd only play Oblivion on PC with dozens of mods to overhaul it in gameplay, visual and UI aspects. 

I would say give it another shot, but go in with the mindset that the real stars of the show in Oblivion are the side quests, not the main story. I played oblivion for close to a hundred hours and never finished the main story, because it wasn't what was the most intersting. 
 The quests for the thieves guild and dark brotherhood are particularly good. 
 
If not, you could always just play Dragon Age II, since that just came out.

If you aren't getting the PC version of Oblivion I'd skip it.

" If you aren't getting the PC version of Oblivion I'd skip it. "

" @President_Barackbar said:

" If you aren't getting the PC version of Oblivion I'd skip it. "

Huh? Why do you say that? I have both versions and find them totally comparable. "

" @President_Barackbar said:

" If you aren't getting the PC version of Oblivion I'd skip it. "

Huh? Why do you say that? I have both versions and find them totally comparable. "

" @Kyle said:

" @President_Barackbar said:

" If you aren't getting the PC version of Oblivion I'd skip it. "

Huh? Why do you say that? I have both versions and find them totally comparable. "

Are you joking? The ability to add mods to the PC version COMPLETELY changes everything. "

" @President_Barackbar said:

" @Kyle said:

" @President_Barackbar said:

" If you aren't getting the PC version of Oblivion I'd skip it. "

Huh? Why do you say that? I have both versions and find them totally comparable. "

Are you joking? The ability to add mods to the PC version COMPLETELY changes everything. "

Oh I thought you were just talking about the game itself. I dunno, mods are fine but they're nothing to skip the whole game over. "

" @Kyle said:

" @President_Barackbar said:

" @Kyle said:

" @President_Barackbar said:

" If you aren't getting the PC version of Oblivion I'd skip it. "

Huh? Why do you say that? I have both versions and find them totally comparable. "

Are you joking? The ability to add mods to the PC version COMPLETELY changes everything. "

Oh I thought you were just talking about the game itself. I dunno, mods are fine but they're nothing to skip the whole game over. "

Perhaps I was a bit harsh, I had Oblivion on the 360 originally but was really blown away with the PC version and mods so much that I find it hard to recommend the console versions. "

If yes, enjoy 
 
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