How to have fun with oblivion?

[Ryulightorb]

I played it before skyrim im trying but it is so boring it feels so slow and dull the atmosphere is meh to me and the characters do not come off as much to me.

I feel the world feels bland and im finding it boring i tried to do what i used to find some fun but working up to getting that annoying adoring fan was just boring and lackluster.

The combat felt meh to me i feel like i got a 100x better experience from skyrim so now i look back and try to play my standard is higher and oblivion is meh.

i keep hearing it's better then skyrim still but i just cannot find any fun in oblivion i can only play 10 minutes before i get bored

[Baja Ross]

save, then MURDER EVERY LIVING THING, or just start modding the hell out of the game.
Or you could do what I do, make up your own story for the hero of kvatch,
but it's probably because you started playing skyrim now you dont really like oblivion, I did the same but after playing around with some mods and other things I just started to get more invested into the game and started playing it a bit more and I did have more fun exploring and paying more attention to details than in skyrim, but thats mostly because of the oblivion gates and SOME interesting characters and quests (skyrim obviously has way more).
So just try modding if you did'nt already and try slowing down the pace, don't try to just rush thought quests to complete them and get the reward.

[Ryulightorb]

Originally posted by darkassassin:

save, then MURDER EVERY LIVING THING, or just start modding the hell out of the game.
Or you could do what I do, make up your own story for the hero of kvatch,
but it's probably because you started playing skyrim now you dont really like oblivion, I did the same but after playing around with some mods and other things I just started to get more invested into the game and started playing it a bit more and I did have more fun exploring and paying more attention to details than in skyrim, but thats mostly because of the oblivion gates and SOME interesting characters and quests (skyrim obviously has way more).
So just try modding if you did'nt already and try slowing down the pace, don't try to just rush thought quests to complete them and get the reward.

i did try mods and i just can't find anything fun to do :P apart from as you said kill everyone.

[Baja Ross]

Try getting all the extra deadric weapons and play around in the testing hall (coctestinghall console command) and I guess all I can say now is explore, althought skyrim is a lot better than oblivion the world is not as colorfull though so at times skyrim does get boring after a while and seeing the scenery of oblivion is a refresher to the dull, drab colors in skyrim

But if this is of no help just play skyrim until you reach 3300 hours and there is no longer a thing that is not the dragonborn and all of the dungeons are cleared and the only thing left to do is the endless dark brotherhood quests

[Ryulightorb]

Originally posted by darkassassin:

Try getting all the extra deadric weapons and play around in the testing hall (coctestinghall console command) and I guess all I can say now is explore, althought skyrim is a lot better than oblivion the world is not as colorfull though so at times skyrim does get boring after a while and seeing the scenery of oblivion is a refresher to the dull, drab colors in skyrim

But if this is of no help just play skyrim until you reach 3300 hours and there is no longer a thing that is not the dragonborn and all of the dungeons are cleared and the only thing left to do is the endless dark brotherhood quests

i hate how bright oblivion is i like the dull snowy look of skyrim :P

[Baja Ross]

As do I

[Major Havoc]

There's a mod for that and just about everything else at http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/?

[Malmsteen]

I came back to Oblivion from skyrim... I guess I like the landscape better. In fact I like to go around exploring, if you download Elsweyr Anequina then you'll have loads of cool stuff to explore as well

[mafilux]

After playing Oblivion for a while I ended up starting to play Morrowind instead. I'm not sure what it is about Oblivion, I used to love it but now I also find it boring. I think it's because I played it so much when I was younger (Got it shortly after launch) that now when I play I've already done all the quests and etc before. Nothing really new unless I mod in quests that are player made, but even then the NPCs don't talk or something gets glitched and I end up having a lame time with it.

I guess the game simply didn't age well, but back then it was like "Wow Oblivion". Gotta give em credit they made a pretty complex game for the time.

[pleasenoname3]

Have you tried playing the main story?

[Ryulightorb]

Originally posted by pleasenoname3:

Have you tried playing the main story?

yeah i find it more boring then skyrims haha

[Invalid Password]

well i have your solution to making oblibion fun: my new youtube series=Nostalgia goggles.
I encourage all of you to check it out at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUxO61aqymc

[pleasenoname3]

The video above is in the worst place to show off Oblivion and all it consists of is wiping out NPC's.Check out this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn5VX-ziSVU&feature=youtu.be
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=212215251

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=212193302

[outofit]

try all the dlc

[BrigadierBill]

Oblivion's biggest weakness is the dull nature of the map compared to Skyrim or Morrowind, its main strengths are in its quests and also having better application of magic than skyrim (which feels way too linear).

The main advantages of Oblivion and especially Morrowind are in the immersion and the feel of the world, whereas Skyrim does a better job of an "epic" feel and has significantly better combat. One thing I particularly prefer in Oblivion over Skyrim or Morrowind is the magic, which not only has high variety like Morrowind but is a lot more fun in combat than Skyrim's simplistic setup.

If you want to play the game for combat and grand quests, then Skyrim is simply better. I also advise you to avoid Morrowind (my personal favorite actually), due to its hilariously bad combat. Morrowind and Oblivion are more open-ended than Skyrim but if you prefer the feel of quests that deliberately direct you a certain way while being more-impressive, then Skyrim is generally better.


Basically Oblivion is a halfway between Skyrim and Morrowind, with Skyrim being the nice-looking one with good combat and an epic storyline while Morrowind is the one with more-impressive storytelling, open-ended world, a ton more dialogue, more skill types, mediocre graphics, etc.

[Tex Conway]

No one really plays vanilla anymore. I suggest you become intimately familiar with some beginner's guides to modding Oblivion.

I haven't played vanilla Oblivion since 2006.

There is so much content for me to do, I'm level 30 and just finished the Mages Guild story arch on my newes character.

Mods exist for all tastes. Learning about modding and what is available can lead to a lot of enjoyment of TES: IV.

Graphics? ENBs and streamliners exist to boost Oblivion's graphics and level of detail to, at the very least, equal an ENB for Skyrim.

Content? Try FCOM_Convergence and Armamentarium along with the official DLC.

If you can think of it, it probably exists. Even thousands of simple QoL mods exist for our pleasure.

Learn to mod it, and you can experience a whole new game.

TES: IV is my favorite of the series simply because I have spent years fine tuning it to become the closest thing to my version of the perfect RPG...if only it could be multiplayer!