So I just got Oblivion

[teh_Canape]

as the title says, I just got Oblivion GOTY edition
so far it's quite pretty, although really, its awful combat is only matched by the animations and JESUS FUCK STOP ZOOMING ON THE FACES LIKE THAT
so the point of this thread would be, are there any mods you suggest me get?

also it's utterly impossible to make a relatively decent-looking character at all

 

[teh_Canape]

disregard this thread, I have been sent now various lists of recommended mods
gonna go download half the damn game now

 

[krazykidd]

Reall what were you expecting . I mean seriously . You genuinly sound surprise . Were you living under a rock? At least you had the sense to buy it on PC , because if not you wouldn't even have mods to make the game better .

I personally played through the unmodded game and found itto be pretty fun , but modded is amazing.

 

[piinyouri]

Yeah the character models in the base game are pudding people.
With one face texture slapped on the front.

 

[scorptatious]

I remember loving this game to death when I used to play it.

Looking back though, the character models were pretty damn ugly (minus the argonians, who I thought looked cool) and the voice acting was kinda bad.

Beyond that though, I still have some fond memories of that game.

 

[teh_Canape]

Reall what were you expecting . I mean seriously . You genuinly sound surprise . Were you living under a rock?

no, I knew exactly what I was getting myself into, but I didn't think it would be this bad =P
thought it'd be around Fallout 3's level, despite that it came before Fallout 3

on a side note, why is the world map so god damn tiny

 

[PrimitiveJudge]

My god, do you live in Eastern Europe? (Euro Trip joke). Dude don't do mods.. play that game as it was intended first.. mods should strictly be for people who are boring or are really into playing with themselves. (I totally mean gaming wise, I swear).

 

[Savagezion]

Nah, I am like you. I really didn't like much about the game but kept playing because everyone kept praising it. Figured it might get better until I just couldn't take it anymore. I didn't like the models, the voice acting, the dialogue, the writing, the exploration was cool until you went into a new dungeon and recognized it, auto leveling on everything (defeating the purpose of levels and sometimes serving the purpose of actually deleveling you). The combat was alright after having played Morrowind for me. I say if you have played it and don't like what you see, jump into mods as fast as you can. It doesn't improve.

 

[teh_Canape]

the exploration was cool until you went into a new dungeon and recognized it

well I play a lot of Daggerfall, so samey-looking dungeons aren't much of a problem =P
it does surprise me, though, how worthless all my weapons are
so far the only thing I could use to get somewhere was the bow, and even then the range is ass
that's what I get for choosing a thief, I suppose

 

[Dogstile]

My god, do you live in Eastern Europe? (Euro Trip joke). Dude don't do mods.. play that game as it was intended first.. mods should strictly be for people who are boring or are really into playing with themselves. (I totally mean gaming wise, I swear).

Disregard this, game is better with mods and as long as you're not stupid with them (IE, overpower yourself) you won't miss out on anything.

 

[Bloodstain]

Good. Now put it on the shelf and go install Morrowind. Hell, Daggerfall and Arena are free.

This fine Sir understands it. Morrowind is the way to go.

 

[teh_Canape]

Good. Now put it on the shelf and go install Morrowind. Hell, Daggerfall and Arena are free.

This fine Sir understands it. Morrowind is the way to go.

I did give it a try
worst game I have ever played*
might give it another try, but not anytime soon

*I measure my games in how much fun I had with them, not their quality, and Morrowind was boring, dull and exasperating

 

[Rule Britannia]

I play(ed) it on xbox. Love it. Don't see why everybody complains about the combat, it's fine not great though.

One of my favourite games ever as a matter of fact...Borderlands 2 will change that

 

[DoPo]

My god, do you live in Eastern Europe? (Euro Trip joke). Dude don't do mods.. play that game as it was intended first.. mods should strictly be for people who are boring or are really into playing with themselves. (I totally mean gaming wise, I swear).

You are joking, right? I mean, I know you are, but I'm asking about the part about playing vanilla. The game is horrible. I was several hours into the game, I just ran off crying to TES Nexus because of how the game played as intended. I tried to play "as intended", I really did. I couldn't though.

If you are boring, you'll play vanilla, because there is nothing exciting in the game. Well, I'll give it the DLCs and the Dark Brotherhood missions but pretty much the rest is bland and unimpressive.

 

[Smeggs]

as the title says, I just got Oblivion GOTY edition
so far it's quite pretty, although really, its awful combat is only matched by the animations and JESUS FUCK STOP ZOOMING ON THE FACES LIKE THAT
so the point of this thread would be, are there any mods you suggest me get?

also it's utterly impossible to make a relatively decent-looking character at all

*RUNNING NPC-RUNNING NPC-RUNNING NPC-TURN EXTREMELY SLOWLY TO FACE PLAYER*

"IT'S ALL OVER LAW-BEAKER!"

"But...but he was running away from me..."

 

[ohnoitsabear]

Forget the vanilla game. Just worry about Shivering Isles (I've heard it's excellent, although I've never gotten around to playing it myself) and Nehrim. Nehrim is one of my all time favorite games, and it's a free mod. It fixes just about all of the problems with Oblivion (save for the combat, which is still kind of shitty), and is a far, far more worthwhile experience.

I also want to add that Morrowind is a great game, but it's absolutely loaded with flaws (many can be fixed, or at least lessened, with mods), and is extraordinarily difficult to get into. If you don't know exactly what you're getting into when you start playing it, it will seem like the worst game ever. Even if you know what to expect, it will probably suck until you figure out what's going on and get your athletics to the point that you're not running at two miles an hour. I would still recommend it, but, like I said, you have to know what you're getting into.

 

[Captainanorach]

If you want it to look better get 'All Natural Weather' and 'Qarl's texture pack' makes almost everything look better and it's more atmospheric.

 

[White_Lama]

Played it on Xbox 360, found no fault in it whatsoever.
Enjoyed it, I still do.

Mods are for people without any imagination.

 

[Zykon TheLich_v1legacy]

disregard this thread, I have been sent now various lists of recommended mods
gonna go download half the damn game now

OK...I was just about to go copy my mod list plus few extras but seems you have it covered. I would just like to say though, that the ranged combat I always found fine, it was just the hand to hand that wan't great. As I usually play a sniper/assassin type I didn't realise how problematic the melee combat could be until my 3rd or 4th playthrough. One on one wasn't too bad as long as they didn't try to outflank you but as soon as they weren't going for a head on fight you might as well just spin in circles pressing attack. I think there's a lock on mod for hand to hand as well as the other combat revamp mods.


Also, one thing I should point out re characters and levelling. Your stats increase relative to the number of skills that use that stat that you have raised in between levelling up. So try using your non career skills a lot. This means your stats will increase more when you level up.

This means that in a way it is sometimes better to have your career skills be all the ones you won't use very much and your secondary skills being the ones you will normally use. You will start out very unskilled in the skills you need but at low levels they rise very quickly and will give you decent stat boosts early on. It means it is easier to control when you level up too. As the game scales to your level it isn't really that important to gain levels compared to raising your skills and stats.

 

[sunsetspawn]

Mods are for people without any imagination.

By that logic you could say that games are for people with no imagination. Just imagine your big adventure in Cyrodiil all in your head.

And as for the OP, Oblivion was one of the worst games I've ever played. HOWEVER, it's so damn mod friendly that your purchase shall not be in vain. See, the level scaling ruined Oblivion for me and I couldn't keep playing past level ten, but I've heard that Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul will fix that problem. I'm sure I'll eventually try it as I've just recently started a different mod after not touching the game for years.

The mod I started is Nehrim, and it's a TOTAL CONVERSION MOD. That's right, it's a completely different game with different gameplay mechanics, different world, different story, different lore, and it's vastly superior to Oblivion, and it also does away with any hint of level scaling. It isn't perfect, and still suffers from some Oblivion-ish problems, but I can't recommend it enough. The only problem it has is the lack of point and click fast travel, but you can mod your mod and put it back if you like (yo dawg). And it does have some type of fast travel, but it's more like Morrowind or Gothic. Oh yeah, and it's a little harder than Oblivion.