My Time in Oblivion (and why you should mod it)

[ArachShiradi]

what can i say about this game. 15k hours on the ps3 way back in the day. and now after years properly getting into the modding of this game (which can be a NIGHTMARE at times) and it feels like i've rediscovered the game. this game is amazing. and i'd dare call it my favorite game of all time. there is no game that has ever compared to it. i've done everything this game had to offer in base vanilla. i've been to every location. done every quest. played every race. this game. is. the best. it holds such a dear place in my heart. it's not perfect. everybody does kinda look like haggis and the voice acting is uh....voice acting. and the bloom can be eye searing at time. but most of these are improved by the community which still thrives to this day. seeing mods still being cranked out for this wonderfully game. (ignoring the staggering amount of porn mods dear god y'all are horny for haggis)

if you are holding out of getting oblivion when you have skyrim or morrowind. you're missing out. this games great and so are the mods. i highly recommend you get this game. bethesda may be going down the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ but hey, this was back when they could've been the hero we needed. and gave us the game we deserved.

if i had to say anything else. if you don't start every game by going to vilverin, da ♥♥♥♥'s wrong with you?

[4K_240hz_MLED]

Who is this Haggis individual you write of?

[BossGalaga]

It's not "haggis." It's called "pancake face." They will haunt your nightmares and I love it.

I know that there are mods that make Oblivion sexier and whatnot, but honestly, I prefer the vanilla experience. The only thing I had to do to make it playable was switch around a few control keys, and given its age, it still looks fantastic on modern systems on ultra-graphics settings, and you don't need a supercomputer to run Oblivion on ultra.

That said, there are a lot of great mod expansions for Oblivion. I would encourage people to check them out.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2694559107

[ArachShiradi]

Originally posted by ***** & *****:

Who is this Haggis individual you write of?

all of the characters. they all look like haggis!

[MasterAub]

Yep best RPG game from Bethesda...I agree. I play it everytime nostalgia kicks in. Install OCO (Oblivion Character Overhaul), then OOO (Oscuro Oblivion Overhaul) and then you're all set for a fantastic experience. Great game. I am playing it since 2006 when it was launched. already 15 years of Oblivion. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ I am not getting any younger.

[MasterAub]

Who wouldn't want its Oblivion to look like that?
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2533644940

[WhateverWorks]

Right there with you, thousands and thousands of hours put into Oblivion over the years. On all of it's formats. Discovered modding it in '09 and never looked back. With just the right combination of mods it's basically the perfect open world RPG. Definitely in my top 3 all time games personally.

[SotiCoto]

Originally posted by ArachShiradi:

if you are holding out of getting oblivion when you have skyrim or morrowind. you're missing out. this games great and so are the mods. i highly recommend you get this game. bethesda may be going down the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ but hey, this was back when they could've been the hero we needed. and gave us the game we deserved.

I'm guessing you didn't start with Morrowind.
See, that is the main issue with Oblivion. On its own it wasn't a bad game and still isn't. It was pretty great for its time. Except Morrowind was vastly better in its own generation, and when Oblivion came around it couldn't help but be compared to Morrowind... and all the things that had been changed between the two games. And almost all of those changes were negative.
For all that they upped the graphics, much as was done with Skyrim later, it came at the cost of player freedom. More railroading, less choice. More invisible walls. Fewer spellcasting or weapon options.
Oblivion is the middle ground between the wonders of Morrowind and the shambling corpse that is Skyrim.


But yeah... play-with-mods is the rule of thumb for all Bethesda games.
Otherwise it would be better to play the console version as the PC version struggles with controller support....

if i had to say anything else. if you don't start every game by going to vilverin, da ♥♥♥♥'s wrong with you?

I usually don't. I think I have done once or twice in the past... but typically after spending the entire intro sequence underground, immediately diving back into a dark tunnel is usually not a priority.

[Girl-y-Girl]

Originally posted by Volvo & Steem:

Who is this Haggis individual you write of?

Haggis is a Scottish (I think) meat-dish that somewhat resembles the German bratwurst. Basically sheep sausage, if I'm right. (OP must not like sausage, I guess; I love pig-sausages. Never tried sausage made from any other animal, but probably just as good.)

If I'm wrong, someone please feel free to correct me.

Another thing: I personally think Oblivion is the best-looking of all the TES games thus far, NPCs included. Have any of you ever seen Falanu Hlaalu in Skingrad? Hottest. Chick. EVER!

[SotiCoto]

Originally posted by Bob:

Originally posted by Volvo & Steem:

Who is this Haggis individual you write of?

Haggis is a Scottish (I think) meat-dish that somewhat resembles the German bratwurst. Basically sheep sausage, if I'm right. (OP must not like sausage, I guess; I love pig-sausages. Never tried sausage made from any other animal, but probably just as good.)

As I recall haggis is rather fatter and shorter than most conventional sausages. Definitely doesn't look like bratwurst. Can't comment on its taste though as I've never knowingly eaten it. If it tasted anything like bratwurst though, I'd definitely have to eat more of it.

[ArachShiradi]

Originally posted by Bob:

Have any of you ever seen Falanu Hlaalu in Skingrad? Hottest. Chick. EVER!

BRO she is LITERALLY a NECROPHILIAC!

[Lobo de hielo]

Haggis is quite large and roundish, because it is a lot of ingredients stuffed into (usually) a lambs stomach before cooking. Banned in USA because it contains sheeps lung in the ingredients.

Originally posted by MasterAub:

Yep best RPG game from Bethesda...I agree. I play it everytime nostalgia kicks in. Install OCO (Oblivion Character Overhaul), then OOO (Oscuro Oblivion Overhaul) and then you're all set for a fantastic experience. Great game. I am playing it since 2006 when it was launched. already 15 years of Oblivion. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ I am not getting any younger.

+1
I also use MOO to go with OOO and OCO.
3 of the best mods ever made for an Elder Scrolls game. It kept Oblivion alive for me.

[theo]

Irl people look like haggis, too, but we manage to live with it.
My experience is the opposite, as a PC gamer I was so into random broken ass mods since Oblivion came out, so when I tried playing vanilla, that was a rediscovery lol. Now I'm kind of a purist

[SotiCoto]

Originally posted by ArachShiradi:

BRO she is LITERALLY a NECROPHILIAC!

So she'd go for a vampire, you're saying?

[4K_240hz_MLED]

Originally posted by Bob:

Another thing: I personally think Oblivion is the best-looking of all the TES games thus far, NPCs included. Have any of you ever seen Falanu Hlaalu in Skingrad? Hottest. Chick. EVER!

I think remasters not counting, ESO is the best looking TES game. But if we do count them, then obviously Skyrim SE looks the best.

[SotiCoto]

Originally posted by Oriental Isn't Racist:

I think remasters not counting, ESO is the best looking TES game. But if we do count them, then obviously Skyrim SE looks the best.

Out of morbid curiosity, is ESO worth bothering with?
I've generally been good about playing Elder Scrolls games, but I heard bad things about ESO, and never much cared for MMOs anyway (the fact that they don't tend to have controller support doesn't help at all).