Just bought the game

[Thunderrunner03]

Anything I should know before getting into the game, coming from a skyrim fan btw.

[psychotron666]

Buy morrowind instead lol.

Only partly kidding. Not much to know, like Skyrim you can go in blind and should be all right.

[Thunderrunner03]

Originally posted by psychotron666:

Buy morrowind instead lol.

Only partly kidding. Not much to know, like Skyrim you can go in blind and should be all right.

is it worth modding each of the two or just play vanilla..

[Heimdall313]

Archery sucks in Oblivion. Total trash.
Two handed weapons are, with a handful of exceptions, garbage.
Magic is much, MUCH more complex and flexible than Skyrim, and basically any character wants to use at least one type of magic.
There's no sprinting, and you're probably slow af at first, but you become a psychotically fast lunatic by "late game".
You can't manually shield bash, that's a chance-to-activate perk later.
There's no perk tree, you get skill perks at 25, 50, 75, and 100 in a skill.
Shield spells won't bankrupt your magic bar, and they actually help.
20 armor rating means you take 20% less physical damage. caps at 85 for 85% reduction.
Bretons are 50% resistant to magic and basically dwarf every other race in the game.
Oblivion is an actual RPG with some action, Skyrim is an action game with some RPG sprinkled in.
You will probably die to the first Wraith and Will-o-Wisp you see, that's normal.

[CHASE6]

Originally posted by Thunderrunner03:

Originally posted by psychotron666:

Buy morrowind instead lol.

Only partly kidding. Not much to know, like Skyrim you can go in blind and should be all right.

is it worth modding each of the two or just play vanilla..

As a first time player, go vanilla. It will run without major issue.

[Thunderrunner03]

Originally posted by Heimdall313:

Archery sucks in Oblivion. Total trash.
Two handed weapons are, with a handful of exceptions, garbage.
Magic is much, MUCH more complex and flexible than Skyrim, and basically any character wants to use at least one type of magic.
There's no sprinting, and you're probably slow af at first, but you become a psychotically fast lunatic by "late game".
You can't manually shield bash, that's a chance-to-activate perk later.
There's no perk tree, you get skill perks at 25, 50, 75, and 100 in a skill.
Shield spells won't bankrupt your magic bar, and they actually help.
20 armor rating means you take 20% less physical damage. caps at 85 for 85% reduction.
Bretons are 50% resistant to magic and basically dwarf every other race in the game.
Oblivion is an actual RPG with some action, Skyrim is an action game with some RPG sprinkled in.
You will probably die to the first Wraith and Will-o-Wisp you see, that's normal.

Yeah I have noticed that about magic its very nice you can use it while also using a one handed weapon and shield which is my go to style right now having a blast really fun game.

[madgamer2]

wow don't just tell him the GOOD stuff. Tell them the good points.How many seconds did you have in game

[SomeMMORPGplayer]

Originally posted by Thunderrunner03:

Anything I should know before getting into the game, coming from a skyrim fan btw.

oblivion is skyrim with not xbox graphic.
if you want to wreck your brain and enjoy 3000 hours of gameplay get morrowind

[Thunderrunner03]

Originally posted by WanderingJarlPuncher:

Originally posted by Thunderrunner03:

Anything I should know before getting into the game, coming from a skyrim fan btw.

oblivion is skyrim with not xbox graphic.
if you want to wreck your brain and enjoy 3000 hours of gameplay get morrowind

as someone who sunk into 500+ hours into skyrim my impressions of oblivion so far are completely different the gameplay is different then skyrim and the story is enjoyable. I plan to get morrowind eventually.

[[MOSS]-BurningUp]

Unfortunately the guys above me are right bows and 2 handers are both pretty much garbage in Oblivion. Spells combined with a one handed magic weapon and magic shield is pretty much the meta

[Thunderrunner03]

Originally posted by MOSS-BurningUp:

Unfortunately the guys above me are right bows and 2 handers are both pretty much garbage in Oblivion.

it is weird because in skyrim bows are super op so its almost like they wanted to buff the bows for skyrim but over buffed them lol.

[ureaditwrong]

Don't choose Mercantile, Security or Athletics as major skills if you want to reach max level because these level so painfully slow that you'll never realistically max them out in a playthrough.

It may take awhile, but maxing out luck is the only way to get most skills above 100.

[lonetrav]

Originally posted by ureaditwrong (xig/xir):

... the only way to get most skills above 100.

Why would you want to get skills beyond 100 - unless it's your specific personal goal?
The game lets you do it, ok, but to give this advice to a new player?

Originally posted by ureaditwrong (xig/xir):

Don't choose Mercantile, Security or Athletics as major skills if you want to reach max level ...

What is "max level", and why would someone want to reach it (again, except for purely personal reasons)? Not that I would recommend to make any of these 3 skills major, but for very different reasons.

My advice for new players is to play the unmodded game initially, to choose a default class of your liking, to complete the tutorial dungeon, and then to go out and have a look - a lot of adventure is waiting right outside the exit. Familiarise yourself with the game, then make up your mind what you like and don't like, and how you can improve the things you don't like - it's very likely that there are ways to achieve it.

[WhateverWorks]

Oblivion's modding community was the very reason I got into PC gaming in the first place. The things you can do to elevate and fine-tune this game are incredible.

[Zen Tadpole]

don't forget to save, it does not auto save as much as Skyrim

[CHASE6]

Originally posted by Zen Tadpole:

don't forget to save, it does not auto save as much as Skyrim

It will auto save enter and exiting interior to exterior, but not within interior cells, so always save in new dungeon cells.