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Off-Topic => All of all! => Topic started by: Almeidaboo on October 11, 2006, 05:50:27 PM

Title: Elder Scroll: Oblivion
Post by: Almeidaboo on October 11, 2006, 05:50:27 PM

Is it worth een for a guy that does not like FPRPGs???? Is the 3rd person view worth playing the game?

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Post by: RuneBlade on October 11, 2006, 05:55:29 PM

I have the game for my Xbox, and even if the third person mode is poorly made, I love it. I only ever use first person mode for casting spells / archery, and I almost never do that anyways.

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Post by: Osmose on October 11, 2006, 05:57:37 PM

It'll turn you around. :P But yes, you can keep it on third person all the time, if you want, although I personally find that to be counter-intuitive, especially with a mouse.

If you do get it  for PC (And I HIGHLY recommend it), you should get mods for it. Play through it first, and once you feel you've had a decent taste, head on over to  the Oblivion Mod forums (http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?s=115cfb5f2e1a0bd564aecfe74f94ac4e&showforum=25) to check out what's in development and already been released. Be sure to check out the forum stickies, as they answer many questions, including giving links to lists of mods that are recommended for the game.

The Oblivion mod community is one of the most active and amazing ones I've ever seen - there's no shortage of quality mods, including new quests, armor, races, hair, beards, bodies, horses, books, spells, weapons, music, HUD replacements, User Interface mods, basically everything.

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Post by: Bluhman on October 11, 2006, 06:25:24 PM

As for the 3rd person, In the default, vanilla oblivion, the 3rd person camera is very sluggish, with slow following of your turns and movements. There's a mod on the official forums that tightens up the camera control, so I strongly suggest you get that one.

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Post by: Almeidaboo on October 11, 2006, 06:34:58 PM

Wow, you guys really know how to get a person to feel like getting something...You should be salesman!

Anyway, thanks for the tips! The thread is open for more Oblivion-related posts!

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Post by: Archem on October 11, 2006, 07:08:28 PM

This reminds me that I need to tell my friend to hurry the hell up with it. I let him borrow it so he and his dad could play it, and it's been about a month now... I know it's a huge game, but he could at least say "here, I know you've been aching for it", right?

Also, I need to mod my copy up. Any "must have" mods suggestions from you guys would be great.

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Post by: Osmose on October 11, 2006, 07:33:12 PM

The mod lists at the official forums do a pretty damn good job, but you do have to make some choices on things, like if you want to run Francesco's or Obscuro's for overall balancing.

I prefer Obscuro's Oblivion Overhaul for balancing (and all the other crap it adds), Natural Environments, and AF's Levelling mod. And I'm going nuts waiting for tda's Armory.

Don't buy any of the official mods. They're horrible.

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Post by: Archem on October 11, 2006, 09:29:13 PM

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Originally posted by Osmose
Don't buy any of the official mods. They're horrible.

Buy mods? For shame; it's not a mod if you have to pay for it, it's a small, worthless expansion! Buying mods... Pff!

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Post by: Osmose on October 11, 2006, 09:40:33 PM

Same diff. Mehrune's Razor was already in about three or four player-made mods before Bethesda got around to adding it in a plugin.

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Post by: Drace on October 12, 2006, 05:32:44 AM

I pirated for the PC. My computer barely lost to it. So close, but it ran too slow.

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Post by: Archem on October 13, 2006, 02:37:45 AM

Lol Drace.

Oh right, check this: http://www.pixelrage.ro/articles/13-Oblivion-mods-that-should-not-have-been-inhouse/261,0.html  

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Post by: Bluhman on October 13, 2006, 08:53:23 PM

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Originally posted by Drace
I pirated for the PC. My computer barely lost to it. So close, but it ran too slow.

If you still want to play it, you can get  Oldblivion (http://www.oldblivion.com/) to help out. It makes the game run MUCH better, and not look too bad while doing it, either, on older computers.

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Post by: Drace on October 14, 2006, 06:00:38 AM

Hey, thanks. I'll check it out.