Oblivion is my LIFE!!
Oblivion is an incredible game, and I have to give a ton of credit for the job Bethesda did on this game. It truly is an extraordinary game, that will breathe new live into the American RPG scene. But, like with all great things....there are some faults. Nothing is quite perfect. Oblivion, is truly amazing, but there is plenty to nit pick about as well. Here are a few things that have bothered me about it.
1. Loading - Obviously, any time you have loading in a game, it can piss somebody off. When on horseback or moving quickly, the loading signs show up, and the game get's a little herky jerky. Now, considering how large the world is, and everything, I can understand why the game loads so much, but hopefully the next game in this franchise can figure a way around that.
2. Seen one Dungeon, I've seen them all phenomenom - Ok, I'm very early in the game, so forgive me, but so far on my travels, I've gone into a number of dungeons or caves or whatever, and alot of them seem to look almost exactly alike. Sure some of them are downright creepy and disturbing, like when you go into that one crypt with the ghost, but alot of them are starting to look alike to me.
3. Combat - Combat seems kinda wacked out to me. Maybe I just need more practice with it. Often times during combat I'll accidently go into 3rd person mode. That is very frustrating. I'm not sure if there is a way to turn that off. Combat just doesn't seem like you can really get a good feel for whether you are going to get hit or not. It's kinda sketchy.
4. HUD - After playing games like King Kong and Fight Night Round 3, in this High Definition era, for some reason, I don't like seeing HUD's on games. I want the option to turn them completely off. I know that turning the HUD completely off in this game would put me at a disadvantage, but I like getting lost in the whole experience of a game, and a HUD doesn't allow you to immerse yourself into the experience. I mean, sure, a HUD is needed for this game, it's not a action fest game, but please give me the option to turn it off.
5. Animation - The world of Oblivion is absolutely amazing. It's the biggest thing going in the game, but alot of animations just don't work out very good. Like when your character is running, the sword barely moves. Nobody would be able to hold a sword that steady while running fast. Just little things like that, kinda detract. If you've played King Kong on the 360, they seem to have the running with a weapon thing down pat. The heavy breathing when somebody gets tired too. I didn't notice that on this game.
Anyways, this isn't a "I hate Oblivion" thread at all, it's just I was wondering if other people have noticed the same minor irritations. It's like it got just...this... close ..to greatness but barely missed it. Maybe a patch later can help reduce the loading. Anyways, I'm still very fond of this game, it's not my usual fare, but it has this mysticism about it, this irreplacable quality that keeps telling me, "play me" "play me", over and over.
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Originally Posted by Daria
), and in the main quest I just discovered the shrine of Dagon.
. But...if you level up TOO much, you're going to get an end game that kicks your ass so hard that you'll have to start all over again with a weaker character. It's one of THE cruelest end battles to a modern videogame that I can ever remember. (the stronger you are, the worse it is) I was practically kissing the carpet when it was over and my heart was beating like a jackhammer. I was a level 15 Breton custom battlemage.
