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OK, I can't go pass the first... level. I mean, the very FIRST LEVEL.

this is really the game that'll end all games...

Yeah... the music itself has elements of Zelda... and I hope I find Ryu from Street Fighter..

^^^^^

JJLehto wrote: Got an XBOX 360 for X-mas But games are expensive so right now I am playing: Call of Duty 2 Saints Row Oblivion and Madden 08   I'll probably buy Assassin's Creed and COD 4 sometime soon

N Ellingworth wrote: Oblivion is Morrowind with out any depth or story but with graphics which are pretty until you make the mistake of looking in to the distance and then it looks like pea soup. If you really must play Oblivion get the PC version and mod the hell out of it. I'm glad I only paid half normal price when I got my copy, I'd have felt cheated if I'd paid full price.

Oblivion did some good things and some bad things. It made an incredible world to explore, but it completely lacks cohesiveness. Graphics do matter quite a bit to a game like Oblivion: you MUST be able to explore an expansive and attractive world or the game will lose its luster quite quickly.

Combat is better and worse: it's quite a bit more tactical (with the addition of knockdowns) and allows you quite a bit more ways to fight, but magic becomes nearly useless. There are only two kinds of armor, and the best light armor is freaking ugly. Leveling is too easy, and things don't scale properly. Try to beat Kvatch at level 50 without having everyone who CAN die bite the dust, leaving you to battle 8 daedra on your lonesome (which isn't really a problem). Jumping is retarded as all hell in Oblivion -- I kept wanting to open the console and type "sv_gravity 800". You have to learn to swing your sword in the air, while you float around all the time. The game misses the idea of consequences entirely, and worse, there are people you can't kill anymore (which really annoyed me).

Still, exploring the world is quite awesome in Oblivion. That is what Oblivion does well: exploration. It's not exhilarating. It doesn't have an engrossing storyline. But exploring the game world in Oblivion and doing whatever you please is an absolute blast.

As for a game with story and consequences, play The Witcher. Best PC RPG since Deus Ex, and maybe even since Planescape: Torment.

As for Terranigma, holy Christ, I didn't know that. How do they miss the 'States, anyway?

Gamemako wrote: As for a game with story and consequences, play The Witcher. Best PC RPG since Deus Ex, and maybe even since Planescape: Torment. As for Terranigma, holy Christ, I didn't know that. How do they miss the 'States, anyway?

I've been meaning to play The Witcher for a while now but I keep forgetting to buy it, recently I've been playing some old classics on my Sega Saturn and all the Half-Life games on my PC.

The reason Terranigma didn't reach the US is probably the same reason why Europe never got any of the SNES Final Fantasies or Chrono Trigger, the publishers didn't think there was a market for Japanese RPGs.

I've been playing Red Alert 2 for years, but when I got my new computer a few months ago, I had the power required to play any new game. A few weeks ago I picked up the latest Command and Conquer installment, Tiberium Wars: 

Edited by Peter - January 23 2008 at 08:47

Geck0 wrote: Peter, firstly, I didn't think you were a gamer, secondly, I didn't think you had the time for computer games and thirdly, you said "cool". You surprise me all the time!