rocketpig said:
- No real story - Bland characters - At best, a mentally challenged combat system - First Person (seriously, WTF?) - Penalties for dying/failing/being captured are a joke - Wolves (as in, 20 million of them) - Boring world environment - Dungeons are only places remotely interesting ... shall I continue? |
A couple of those implies you never played the earlier Elder Scrolls. Specifically #3, 4, 5, 6. I'm not saying that you can't hate the game because you haven't played the third. However, most people who despise the game do so because they have played and loved the 3rd Elder Scrolls and are dissapointed at what this game could have been.
My reasons for not liking Oblivion (me having played Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind)
-boring world environment: yea, same as rocketpig. Morrowind's island was a lot more interesting
-dumbing down of everything: They took a lot of spells, armor and weapon types and didn't add much
-fast travel system: Seems cheap and takes away from the immersion just so new age players can be lazy. Better to use normal public transportation system and spells like morrowind.
-less dialogue. Since everything is spoken, NPC's have less to say (budget). You gain something and loose something else.
There are some plus sides to Oblivion
-much better combat, and your arrows always hit if you aim them right.
-well spoken dialogue really adds to the immersion factor
-more original quests (consequentially, more interesting)
-better graphics, of course
-cool oblivion areas
But the thing that breaks the game is the difficulty adjustment system. Why is it fun to lvl up in RPG's? So we can feel powerful and beat up on the enemies that used to be stronger than us. But in Oblivion, If I am at lvl 24, suddenly I am fighting bandits with demonic armor, city guards that could beat the game themselves, and spawn of satan we will pwn you wolves. It just makes you think "wtf" while playing the game and reminds you it is a game because it does not feel real. Also, you can kill a vampire at lvl 3, when you should have to be lvl 20 or more. It just takes away from the immersion when you think "This enemy is strong only because I'm at lvl 21".
I try to like Oblivion. I even liked the Shivering Isles despite running on Oblivions engine. The game kills the fun every time.
note: It took me a while to post this....it looks like a few people (warning: cliche) beat me to the punch.
