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SmoothCriminal on 26 April 2010
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CGI-Quality said:
SmoothCriminal said:
CGI-Quality said:

Oblivion was the most immersive RPG I had played up till that point, and besides HEAVY RAIN, is my most immersive experience to date. It's still my top RPG of all time and one of my top games of all time, not to mention the "shock" factor came from the content and fun factor. I never expected to enjoy it that much.

 I'm assuming you haven't played Morrowind, because Oblivion was a major down grade in the immersion department. Sure, it may be technically a better "game", but it is in no way a better "experience" than Morrowind.
However, my biggest shocks would probably be Company of Heroes

Dragon Age: Origins

F.E.A.R 2 (especially since I'm not fond of traditional FPSs)

Farcry 2

Mass Effect

Mirror's Edge

Mount and Blade (one of my favorite games of all time, despite the Dreamcast level graphics)

Yakuza 3

Portal (the only game I have ever played that was 100% flawless)

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat (my pick for the most immersive game of all time)


Well that's it I guess.

It doesn't really count, but since I played it for the first time recently, Sands of Time really impressed me, enough to be my favorite game of all time.

Played Morrowind, didn't enjoy it even remotely as much as Oblivion. That's not to take anything from it, it just wasn't as enjoyable for me.

I guess it depends on what type of gamer you are. I classify gamers into three main groups.

Gameplay gamers - The kind of people that don't care much about story, and only care about the core game mechanics. (Counter-Strike/Modern Warfare players).

Story gamers - Care little for gameplay and technical flaws, as long as the game has a good story (FF players, not saying that the FF gameplay sucks, it's just typical of FF fans to overlook glaring flaws).

Experience gamers - Care little for story and gameplay as long as they can be fully immersed in a world that it well constructed and cohesive, even if the actual plot of the world is somewhat bland, or the gameplay isn't that great (Morrwind/ Mount and Blade fans).

 

I am a 100% an experience gamer, so Morrowind is directed at me, whereas you seem like a cross between all three, so Oblivion is marketed towards you.

 

I could claim that you just didn't like Morrowind because it was too smart for you and Oblivion was dumbed down for consoles, but I've fought that battle before, and you seem like an intelligent person anyway.