Lord Ac
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Im into rpg's, though morrowind actaully lost my interest after several hours. Whats your opinion of the latest one?
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Oblivion: Any good? (1 Viewer)
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robo-andie
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Very similar apparently. I haven't played it, but from all reports, the game can be explored in detail within days (perhaps even hours). I would still give it a crack though, never know, it could be an absolute blast. It really depends on how into RPG 's you are. If you are looking for RPG hack n slash, you may get bored quickly. If it's serious RP you're looking for, you may find it very pleasant to play.
You can spend days just admiring the grass...if your graphics card is powerful enough to render it in its full glory (most likely not, and even if you have a X1900XT Crossfire, it will still be brought down to its knees with HDR and AA/AS on max).
transcendent
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i played it for a month and half straight because i was so addicted to it.
Serius
Beyond Godlike
Its quite good, i was impressed although actual gameplay is not as exciting as other games, looks and immersion are fantastic.
G2g study for last 2 exams 2moz, might do a writeup later
G2g study for last 2 exams 2moz, might do a writeup later
transcendent
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so is it worth getting morrowwind? cause its like $10 at EB. i dunno if it's worth playing an older game.
robo-andie
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Morrowind is really fun!
Personally, I think Morrowind is worth more than $10, you will probably get the same amount of game play out of it as you would Oblivion (maybe less, considering you won't spend hours admiring graphics).
Def. buy it.
Personally, I think Morrowind is worth more than $10, you will probably get the same amount of game play out of it as you would Oblivion (maybe less, considering you won't spend hours admiring graphics).
Def. buy it.
transcendent
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i was more interested in gameplay actually. i mean graphics were great but i quickly got over it. i might get i after exams.
oblivions awesome x).. if you're into actual roleplay i mean.. like questing and stuff. dont get it if you're all for hack n slash though.. cos the combat system's quite terrible, and monsters arent all THAT frequent (compared to other games). but otherwise, its great.. its massive and you can virtually do what you want, and that.. imo.. is the basis for a good rpg =)
Yeah, I read some AnandTech Oblivion guide, and they did mention that indoors vs. outdoors can be a big difference. That is, a few enemies or some magic can spell disaster for your FPS. I'm even comtemplating G80 SLi/R600 CF if I get a good return this year for tax.
One interesting thing I will mention though, some people have actually claimed that Oblivion can be at times CPU-bound. I saw a few benchies today (lost the link, will try to find it) with Oblivion, benched by a guy using an OCed Opteron @ 3GHz vs. a OCed Conroe @ 3GHz (both setups otherwise identical; also using 7900GT SLi). In many benchmarks including the various 3DMarks and popular titles out, the Conroe beat the 3GHz Opteron by anywhere from 0-20%. But in the Oblivion 16*12 4xAA benchmark, the minimum FPS by the Opteron rig (includes outdoors) was around 12fps, and the minimum for the Conroe rig was around 30fps. For average fps, Conroe benched ALOT better too. So I'm thinking provided I get a good Conroe with one of these new cards, minimum frames may not be such a huge issue.
One interesting thing I will mention though, some people have actually claimed that Oblivion can be at times CPU-bound. I saw a few benchies today (lost the link, will try to find it) with Oblivion, benched by a guy using an OCed Opteron @ 3GHz vs. a OCed Conroe @ 3GHz (both setups otherwise identical; also using 7900GT SLi). In many benchmarks including the various 3DMarks and popular titles out, the Conroe beat the 3GHz Opteron by anywhere from 0-20%. But in the Oblivion 16*12 4xAA benchmark, the minimum FPS by the Opteron rig (includes outdoors) was around 12fps, and the minimum for the Conroe rig was around 30fps. For average fps, Conroe benched ALOT better too. So I'm thinking provided I get a good Conroe with one of these new cards, minimum frames may not be such a huge issue.
transcendent
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Morrowind isn't that great =\
Forbidden.
Banned
Played it, no good ... No fun, no longetivity and ultimately boring gameplay ...
... But it kind of sounds like a paedophile in a sense ...
So do i ....transcendent said:
... But it kind of sounds like a paedophile in a sense ...I prefer Morrowind over Oblivion, simply for the Main Quest.
Oblivion is pretty but once you get used to it, nothing really surprises you anymore. There's nothing that's actually interesting after the first ten hours of gameplay. Especially after the main quest. It's almost too open-ended.
Morrowind: I'd played over 100 hours and still hadn't finished the main quest because I'd get sidetracked. You don't get side tracked much in Oblivion. You can't really because the Main Quest is actually pretty linear once you just sit down and do it. Morrowind's Main Quest was slightly linear as well, but longer and took you through more places so that you would be sidetracked by quests along the road. The quick travel feature was too tempting for me and really ruined the game.
It's worth getting, if only for those initial ten hours of gameplay... plus, for some people, they really get into it, while others, like me, expected a little bit more and jsut get disappointed and then bored with the game.
Don't get me wrong, I love RPGs, I crave them. Good ones, anyway. But Oblivion wasn't really much of an RPG, in my opinion. More Action with a lot of map and dungeons, really.
Oblivion is pretty but once you get used to it, nothing really surprises you anymore. There's nothing that's actually interesting after the first ten hours of gameplay. Especially after the main quest. It's almost too open-ended.
Morrowind: I'd played over 100 hours and still hadn't finished the main quest because I'd get sidetracked. You don't get side tracked much in Oblivion. You can't really because the Main Quest is actually pretty linear once you just sit down and do it. Morrowind's Main Quest was slightly linear as well, but longer and took you through more places so that you would be sidetracked by quests along the road. The quick travel feature was too tempting for me and really ruined the game.
It's worth getting, if only for those initial ten hours of gameplay... plus, for some people, they really get into it, while others, like me, expected a little bit more and jsut get disappointed and then bored with the game.
Don't get me wrong, I love RPGs, I crave them. Good ones, anyway. But Oblivion wasn't really much of an RPG, in my opinion. More Action with a lot of map and dungeons, really.
