Elder scrolls IV
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my laptop and media pc are just a touch underpowered for it 
Depends. Normally I'd recommend playing vanilla first. I mean, you may be totally happy with it as is. I preferred the modded version, but if I hadn't played through on vanilla first, I'd have nothing to compare the modded version to!
Depends. Normally I'd recommend playing vanilla first. I mean, you may be totally happy with it as is. I preferred the modded version, but if I hadn't played through on vanilla first, I'd have nothing to compare the modded version to!
He should at least strick on a couple of gfx improvements that doesn't effect gameplay
Like how i would recommened playing Hl2 with cm10
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Obscuro's Oblivion Overhaul (OOO) is really good, it has a lot of smaller mods included. You may want to set the XP leveling to normal though. People are mentioning Quarls texture pack here which I'm sure it is lovely, but it is a gigantic download! I gave up after the first 1,000,000,000,000,000 gigabytes.
This is the best RPG. I tried Mass Effect for an hour and half and then just gave up. In all that time I had killed 7 maybe 8 things. By that time in oblivion I had killed literally a million stuffs and that, and also tried to fight 7 billion friends and various characters minding their own business. You can run riot in this game! It's like GTA in that respect. GTA is of course an RPG.
This is the best RPG. I tried Mass Effect for an hour and half and then just gave up. In all that time I had killed 7 maybe 8 things. By that time in oblivion I had killed literally a million stuffs and that, and also tried to fight 7 billion friends and various characters minding their own business. You can run riot in this game! It's like GTA in that respect. GTA is of course an RPG.
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Sorry to bump an old thread but i thought there's no point in starting a new one.
I've just got around to installing oblivion. I've never played any of the previous elder scrolls, do you think i should install some mods now? Or wait til i've played it properly without any mods first?
I've just got around to installing oblivion. I've never played any of the previous elder scrolls, do you think i should install some mods now? Or wait til i've played it properly without any mods first?
You should install the graphics mods - 4096x4096 lod replacement, Quarls Texture Pack 3, Natural Environments, and some better nightsky / water / sunglare mods.
Open Cities is also really handy, but I found it too difficult to install so I didnt bother with it.
Also, you will want spell delete, retroactive health, and if you plan on using restoration magic I would recommend easier restoration leveling as that is the spell type that takes the longest time to level up otherwise.
Open Cities is also really handy, but I found it too difficult to install so I didnt bother with it.
Also, you will want spell delete, retroactive health, and if you plan on using restoration magic I would recommend easier restoration leveling as that is the spell type that takes the longest time to level up otherwise.
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I remember it being amazing for about an hour or two when I first played it (mostly the graphics I think) but it really isn't that good a game. And I mean modded, It never matches even vanilla Morrowind.
I remember experiencing Morrowind it was filled with wonder and majesty. obliv is just copy and paste terrain and dungeons scattered around a map with no cliffs or remarkable geographic features, just a generated height map of hills and forest. With levelled enemies making fighting and gathering loot pointless. Crap dialogue, abysmal voice acting... The list goes on and on.
I think I'm just bitter about Beth messing it up so bad. Luckily fallout 3 was a bit better.
The dialogue is a bit shaky but the scale of the game is still impressive. I played around 70hrs then realised I hadn't got the mod (Pahncrd's) installed properly, lol For some reason after enabling it all I just couldn't really get to grips with it, getting knocked over in fights all the time etc.
I think the game has a lot of..... 'flaws' but I can forgive them in big ambitious projects like this.
For some reason after enabling it all I just couldn't really get to grips with it, getting knocked over in fights all the time etc.I think the game has a lot of..... 'flaws' but I can forgive them in big ambitious projects like this.
The dialogue is a bit shaky but the scale of the game is still impressive. I played around 70hrs then realised I hadn't got the mod (Pahncrd's) installed properly, lol
I point most people seem to forget when recommending one of the big "make-over" mods for newbies, is that, almost without exception, they are designed to make the game harder. Sometimes much harder. Some have difficulty adjusters, but these are usually set just to make it harder still. This is fair enough for experts, if that's what they want, but likely to simply put newbies off the game. As you say, for all its flaws (of which I can find fewer than many can), it's still a very good game. Just not as in depth as Morrowind...
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Tbh i wouldn't recommend installing graphics mods immediately either. Especially Qarls which i still can't get to work myself. You're better off just playing the game and getting into it first then worrying about finding some mods you'd prefer.
Currently the major mods i'm running are FCOM:Convergence and Oblivion XP. 1 total conversion compilation that makes the game harder and 1 that removes the ****ty levelling system of default TES games.
Currently the major mods i'm running are FCOM:Convergence and Oblivion XP. 1 total conversion compilation that makes the game harder and 1 that removes the ****ty levelling system of default TES games.