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by Ice Cream Jonsey 04/24/2025, 1:40pm PDT |
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CattleHumper wrote:
I own the GOTY edition of Oblivion on Steam. Last played Dec 9, 2012, 4.2 hours on record. Should I just play that, or should I just buy the remaster and enjoy pretty graphics?
If it helps, I enjoyed Skyrim and ESO, but never got close to beating either.
So you can calibrate this post, my enjoyment of these games are
Morrowind - one of the 100 best games ever made
Daggerfall - spent most time with this, also watched my brother play it as a werewolf for a while
Arena - played it well after its release
Oblivion - Elder Scrolls games were starting to run together, hated the monster level scaling
Skyrim - nothing against it, but by this point they got "samey" enough
Throw in Fallout 3 and 4 in there, and this may be my last go around with the engine and its descendants and designers.
Certainly, this remaster doesn't seem like a brand new experience. It is giving me Elder Scroll game highlights in the first hour and there are no annoyances. So that is good. I may see if someone makes a mod to turn level scaling off. It looks nice! The combat isn't fussy. The monsters look mean and cruel.
We are 2 months away from the next Steam sale. I wanted to support what they did here, so I was happy to be a day one or two purchase. Because Oblivion can't throw brand NEW things at you, since you have seen it before and probably played these games for so long, it really loses out on one of the fundamental cool things about RPGs.
If you give the old release of Oblivion 10 minutes and think "ugh" at some point, I wouldn't recommend it. If you find yourself starting to get into it, I would recommend this game, sure. |
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