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    yeah, I'd definitely like to see a BIT more work put into the main story this time.....that was the biggest downside of Oblivion. The other was the incredibly repetitive nature of the Daedric portals.... *yawn*

    Other than that, can't wait for this one...it's been FAR too long....
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    Quote Originally Posted by NayusDante View Post
    How many people actually played the main story in Oblivion? I honestly don't care what the story's about, so long as it pushes the envelope in terms of roleplaying and exploration. The factions and sidequests were more fun than the main story, and accounted for most of the content in the game.
    I played it for about a hundred hours and only did a couple of the main storyline quests. I did get to the point where I was ready to finish it, though. I had done all the Mage's Guild and Fighter's Guild quests and I wanted to be the hero while my reputation was still good and before finishing Thieve's Guild or assassinating people.

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    The Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood quests are a lot better than the main quest IMO.

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    I love love love Morrowind and Oblivion

    so yes i will definitely buy this one when it comes out!!!

    someone mentioned books...

    I wonder who has read every single book in those games?

    Are any of the stories in them good?

    Are there some easter eggs within them?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Collector_Gaming View Post
    I love love love Morrowind and Oblivion

    so yes i will definitely buy this one when it comes out!!!

    someone mentioned books...

    I wonder who has read every single book in those games?

    Are any of the stories in them good?

    Are there some easter eggs within them?

    The books do a pretty good job of fleshing the world out and making it feel more real. A lot of the stuff in the books you can actually find in the game. I thought the books were better in Morrowind, though. Oblivion seems to recycle a lot of the Morrowind ones.

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    The non-fiction books do a great job at fleshing out the back story of the series from multiple points of view in some cases, which extends thousands of years in the past apparently (I've never tried to make sense of the whole "era" thing though). The fiction books mostly have the same twist at the end that's predictable, but the stories are entertaining or amusing enough themselves.

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    For example, you can find a book in Morrowind called Arkay the Enemy. It almost sounds like gibberish, but it's actually really important to the backstory of the war against the necromancers and the gods involved. And the person who wrote it is someone you can meet and fight in Oblivion.

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    I cannot wait for this game! If they can improve on the main questline, it has the potential to be the best game of this generation. I never really had a problem with the combat, although some people thought it was janky. The only part that really sucked for me was the Oblivion gates themselves.

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    I'm actually playing through Oblivion for the first time right now. Love it. Finally getting around to the main storyline, and it could use some work. I definitely enjoyed the thieves guild, will have to try the dark brotherhood.

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    Quote Originally Posted by whoisKeel View Post
    I'm actually playing through Oblivion for the first time right now. Love it. Finally getting around to the main storyline, and it could use some work. I definitely enjoyed the thieves guild, will have to try the dark brotherhood.
    Before you finish the Dark Brotherhood quests, make sure you finish the quest The Renegade Shadowscale first. I won't spoil anything...just do Shadowscale first.
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    Man, I just installed Morrowind last night and put in a bunch of patches to play. Never managed to finish it.

    Maybe some day I'll pick up Oblivion, Skyrim, and the next five sequels in a comprehensive collection that may or may not work on my holographic PC, and will manage to play them all.
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    Hopefully they revamp the leveling/skill point placement system and the fighting system. As much as I liked Oblivion both of those areas need some work. For combat, something similar to Demons Souls would be great. I am not saying to copy it but it was just so tactical in its approach, rewarding thoughtful strategy.

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    I really hope they do away with the concept of enemies leveling with you. It breaks the game in a lot of places.

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    Quote Originally Posted by boatofcar View Post
    I really hope they do away with the concept of enemies leveling with you. It breaks the game in a lot of places.
    This. I hated that about Oblivion. When I am level 30 I want to feel like I am god like and can destroy enemies. On the flip side you can enter any dungeon and know you are a high enough level to take on anything inside.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Porksta View Post
    This. I hated that about Oblivion. When I am level 30 I want to feel like I am god like and can destroy enemies. On the flip side you can enter any dungeon and know you are a high enough level to take on anything inside.
    I thought it was great to still be challenged when I got to a high level. I hate being able to just walk through and smite everything in my path....makes it boring.
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    Quote Originally Posted by maxlords View Post
    I thought it was great to still be challenged when I got to a high level. I hate being able to just walk through and smite everything in my path....makes it boring.

    There was always the difficulty slider if you wanted to punish yourself.

    Actually...if you think about it, the inclusion of the difficulty slider is only possible if you scale the enemies to the player's level. I'm sure we'll see both return in Skyrim.
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    I'm looking forward to it, but since I have a fairly big backlog of games, I don't care for the limited edition (especially not at the MSRP) and Zelda is coming out a week later, I'll wait a bit, probably till early 2012 to get a copy. I should finish Morrowind and Oblivion first anyway...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lady Jaye View Post
    I'm looking forward to it, but since I have a fairly big backlog of games, I don't care for the limited edition (especially not at the MSRP) and Zelda is coming out a week later, I'll wait a bit, probably till early 2012 to get a copy. I should finish Morrowind and Oblivion first anyway...

    Yeah, I agree with this. We all know how great the Bethesda games are, yet we also know how amazingly buggy they can be early on. As much as I'd love to jump into Skyrim, I'm still playing my way thru Fallout 3, which has finally been patched so many times that it's relatively stable. Of course, I have to run a bunch of mods on top of it to make it unstable...

    Yeah, this will be a huge, amazing game that I will play for months on end, but I'm going to wait until it's had at least 3 or 4 patches before concerning myself with such a huge life-wasting game. Don't get it wrong, it will be a "life well wasted" playing this beauty, but I'm going to wait for the patches. (and a lower price too, heh..)

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