Oblivions Replayability

[africanmercury]

How replayable is Oblvion compare to Skyrim?

*has Morrowind aged better?

[HaloEliteLegend]

Oblivion and Skyrim, while they are set in different locales, and have different storylines, as well as different graphics and game engines, they are very much alike in replayability.

You'll be able to get a lot of replayability from Oblivion. There's a bunch of mods that will give you extra quests and whatnot as well.
Just like Skyrim, once you get past the Prologue, you're free to do whatever you'd like from there on out, and don't have to follow a set path. You can take on a bunch of sidequests, which lead to their own little mini-plots as well.

[Major Havoc]

For the time being, Oblivion has better replayabilty than Skyrim. But as time goes on, Skyrim will have more mods available to get the same neverending play like Oblivion does.

[JrB908]

Originally posted by Mok the Merciless:

For the time being, Oblivion has better replayabilty than Skyrim. But as time goes on, Skyrim will have more mods available to get the same neverending play like Oblivion does.

Skyrim currently has 32,399 mods available to Oblivions 27,466 on the Nexsus

[Detective Keaton]

Other than fancy graphics and more fluid fighting mechanics, Morrowind beats them both if you are looking for a true RPG. I only started playing this year and it truly is great (no level scaling!!!). Be wary that there are no magical quest markers, which does lead to a more engrossing experience, but will also make you spend forever looking for what you need. There are also many many mods to explore and discover, Morrowind was easiest to mod because there was minimal voice acting. The Expansion Packs are great as well.

Oblivion has great graphics, ok, well not great anymore, but you won't ever look at it going "these are bad graphics" (ok, maybe the faces . . . ). It retains much of the same RPG elements as Morrowind, but it was where the series was beginning to fall into "modernization", as in, beginning to be simplified. However, unless you are a hardcore RPG player you won't notice this. The questing is undoubtebly the best in the series, which has much variety as opposed to the "go here, kill everything in your path" style that showed up all too frequently in Skyrim. There are also many many mods for this game and the Expansion packs are also top notch.

Skyrim, has the best graphics, and the most interesting world. You could just travel around and explore for hours while doing nothing at all. The questing is the worst, but that is not to say that it is bad. Once you complete all there is to do in this game, the game has the best "role playing" experience, as in you could buy a log cabin, and go hunting in the mountains for every day for the rest of your life and sell your things every day to the market. It really is amazing. Also as JRB908 stated there are 32,399 mods on Nexus. The DLC is worth checking out too.


Overall, these are all fantastic games, and all worth picking up. You could play each for a thousand hours with all of the mods available, and then try to make your own mods with the creation kit, and play them. They all have practically unlimited replayability because there are so many choices, so many paths to take in the game. Pick them all up for a total of $17.50 in the next sale (minus Skyrim's DLC).

[Incomparable Groan]

Morrowind has aged pretty badly. If you've not played the game earlier, and can make use of the magic of nostalgia, I wouldn't recommend it.
Oblivion does have a lot more in common with skyrim in terms of gameplay, but the vanilla quests and plot isn't exactly something to brag about. There's some excellent mods for it however, so if you've got the patience to muck around a bit, It's certainly worth a shot.

[Tomibouzu]

morrowind has aged best out of the 3 and skyrim the worst(even though skyrim is not that old yet).

morrowind has the best RPG feel and you can really get into it if you sit down with it for a bit.

oblivion had a lacking ending and some semi annoying scaling but you will not notice it unless you really look for it.

skyrim is broken, if you have max stealth you can stand in front of a guard in the middle of the day and pick pocket everybody in sight and it only gets worse from there.

[hedgie_yozh]

Originally posted by Theory:

Morrowind has aged pretty badly. If you've not played the game earlier, and can make use of the magic of nostalgia, I wouldn't recommend it.

*blinks*
Wow, to each his own, I suppose.
Having played Morrowind after Skyrim, after Oblivion, I'd say it's aged admirably. Its a far better game storywise than either of the others, and its immersibility makes it quite replayable.
Oblivion, OTOH, does suffer a bit. Mostly because traipsing through the same dungeons and looking at the same rocks repeatedly makes for a boring replay.

[Ryulightorb]

Originally posted by avanmonsjou:

Other than fancy graphics and more fluid fighting mechanics, Morrowind beats them both if you are looking for a true RPG. I only started playing this year and it truly is great (no level scaling!!!). Be wary that there are no magical quest markers, which does lead to a more engrossing experience, but will also make you spend forever looking for what you need. There are also many many mods to explore and discover, Morrowind was easiest to mod because there was minimal voice acting. The Expansion Packs are great as well.

Oblivion has great graphics, ok, well not great anymore, but you won't ever look at it going "these are bad graphics" (ok, maybe the faces . . . ). It retains much of the same RPG elements as Morrowind, but it was where the series was beginning to fall into "modernization", as in, beginning to be simplified. However, unless you are a hardcore RPG player you won't notice this. The questing is undoubtebly the best in the series, which has much variety as opposed to the "go here, kill everything in your path" style that showed up all too frequently in Skyrim. There are also many many mods for this game and the Expansion packs are also top notch.

Skyrim, has the best graphics, and the most interesting world. You could just travel around and explore for hours while doing nothing at all. The questing is the worst, but that is not to say that it is bad. Once you complete all there is to do in this game, the game has the best "role playing" experience, as in you could buy a log cabin, and go hunting in the mountains for every day for the rest of your life and sell your things every day to the market. It really is amazing. Also as JRB908 stated there are 32,399 mods on Nexus. The DLC is worth checking out too.


Overall, these are all fantastic games, and all worth picking up. You could play each for a thousand hours with all of the mods available, and then try to make your own mods with the creation kit, and play them. They all have practically unlimited replayability because there are so many choices, so many paths to take in the game. Pick them all up for a total of $17.50 in the next sale (minus Skyrim's DLC).

if you are looking for a true rpg try the earlier final fantasy games or any other jrpg that what i consider a true rpg :P.

To me i found Skyrim the best :P

[Tomibouzu]

Originally posted by Drlightorb:

if you are looking for a true rpg try the earlier final fantasy games or any other jrpg that what i consider a true rpg :P.

To me i found Skyrim the best :P

FF is turn based and most JRPG while fun are usually action games or turn based games. they all still have rpg elements, skyrim on the other hand, is barely an RPG using a really broad definition of RPG, but at that point you could call Halo an rpg as well.

[Ryulightorb]

Originally posted by MrSleepy:

Originally posted by Drlightorb:

if you are looking for a true rpg try the earlier final fantasy games or any other jrpg that what i consider a true rpg :P.

To me i found Skyrim the best :P

FF is turn based and most JRPG while fun are usually action games or turn based games. they all still have rpg elements, skyrim on the other hand, is barely an RPG using a really broad definition of RPG, but at that point you could call Halo an rpg as well.

that depends on your defenition of an rpg.

it has

Crafting
story
combat
Roles
The ability to roleplay unlike games like (Halo)
"s a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative"

it is an rpg by saying it's not you could say all mmorpg's are not rpg's but they are.

Rpg's comonly have leveling which skyrim does have.
skills etc if anything skyrim still has alot of rpg elements what makes you not see it as an rpg?

[Tomibouzu]

Originally posted by Drlightorb:

Originally posted by MrSleepy:

FF is turn based and most JRPG while fun are usually action games or turn based games. they all still have rpg elements, skyrim on the other hand, is barely an RPG using a really broad definition of RPG, but at that point you could call Halo an rpg as well.

that depends on your defenition of an rpg.

it has

Crafting
story
combat
Roles
The ability to roleplay unlike games like (Halo)
"s a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative"

it is an rpg by saying it's not you could say all mmorpg's are not rpg's but they are.

Rpg's comonly have leveling which skyrim does have.
skills etc if anything skyrim still has alot of rpg elements what makes you not see it as an rpg?

you gave the very broad definition of RPG like i said, halo is a game in witch player assume the role of a character in a fictional setting, you are responsible for acting out this role within a narrative.

in an RPG you have more you can do than just fight all the time, if you are only playing the role of the killer you are only playing one role, in a rpg the world has to be balanced so the creatures play their roles as opstacles correctly, if you can level up in it, the levels have to matter.

in skyrim you are the same at the start of the game at level 1 as you are 10 hours in at level 30 you are the same but because of the hours spent in the game you have better gear making you feel stronger. Skyrim is more of a cheap knock off of monsterHunter without the great fun you can have hunting big monsters that can hurt you even if you try not to let them.

[Ryulightorb]

Originally posted by MrSleepy:

Originally posted by Drlightorb:

that depends on your defenition of an rpg.

it has

Crafting
story
combat
Roles
The ability to roleplay unlike games like (Halo)
"s a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative"

it is an rpg by saying it's not you could say all mmorpg's are not rpg's but they are.

Rpg's comonly have leveling which skyrim does have.
skills etc if anything skyrim still has alot of rpg elements what makes you not see it as an rpg?

you gave the very broad definition of RPG like i said, halo is a game in witch player assume the role of a character in a fictional setting, you are responsible for acting out this role within a narrative.

in an RPG you have more you can do than just fight all the time, if you are only playing the role of the killer you are only playing one role, in a rpg the world has to be balanced so the creatures play their roles as opstacles correctly, if you can level up in it, the levels have to matter.

in skyrim you are the same at the start of the game at level 1 as you are 10 hours in at level 30 you are the same but because of the hours spent in the game you have better gear making you feel stronger. Skyrim is more of a cheap knock off of monsterHunter without the great fun you can have hunting big monsters that can hurt you even if you try not to let them.

i would disagree :P but you can have that opinion.

[Monolith]

Originally posted by MrSleepy:

Originally posted by Drlightorb:

that depends on your defenition of an rpg.

it has

Crafting
story
combat
Roles
The ability to roleplay unlike games like (Halo)
"s a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative"

it is an rpg by saying it's not you could say all mmorpg's are not rpg's but they are.

Rpg's comonly have leveling which skyrim does have.
skills etc if anything skyrim still has alot of rpg elements what makes you not see it as an rpg?

you gave the very broad definition of RPG like i said, halo is a game in witch player assume the role of a character in a fictional setting, you are responsible for acting out this role within a narrative.

in an RPG you have more you can do than just fight all the time, if you are only playing the role of the killer you are only playing one role, in a rpg the world has to be balanced so the creatures play their roles as opstacles correctly, if you can level up in it, the levels have to matter.

in skyrim you are the same at the start of the game at level 1 as you are 10 hours in at level 30 you are the same but because of the hours spent in the game you have better gear making you feel stronger. Skyrim is more of a cheap knock off of monsterHunter without the great fun you can have hunting big monsters that can hurt you even if you try not to let them.

Sounds to me like you're just bitter about how games have changed over the years, I can't really blame you for that, there's been alot more changes for the worse then better imo.

You need to get away from trying to split hairs with straw man arguments about people using to "broad" of a definition for a term, when the whole point of a definitive term is that things falling within the scope of it use it as a label.

The definition of a term however has no bearing on the quality of products a term is used to describe (which seems to be something yourself and plenty of others I've seen want to attribute to them with).