Ok installing oblivion, and Im probably the worst kind of guy to play this game.

disco Stu · 30 Mar 2006 at 19:12

Cybergangster said:
(note to self - never steal a horse in plain view of the owners)

bit like real life then

Davey_Pitch · 30 Mar 2006 at 19:24

Cybergangster said:
Never really got into RPG games - Morrowind, Dues Ex & KotOR all failed to win me over.

Morrowind I can understand, but Kotor, and especially Deus Ex I just don't get. Deus Ex is just a FPS that requires a bit of brains along the way.

DaveyD · 30 Mar 2006 at 21:09

Davey_Pitch said:
Morrowind I can understand, but Kotor, and especially Deus Ex I just don't get. Deus Ex is just a FPS that requires a bit of brains along the way.

And KOTOR was just a Star Wars story with a bit of point n' click

He must not have given them enough time..... or they genuinely weren't for him... but I can't believe that...

dirtydog · 30 Mar 2006 at 22:49

Davey_Pitch said:
Morrowind I can understand, but Kotor, and especially Deus Ex I just don't get. Deus Ex is just a FPS that requires a bit of brains along the way.

As I said in the console forum, I never got into Kotor, but then I 'only' played it for about 2-3 hours

I just didn't find it remotely enjoyable or engaging at any point. I accept that it is very popular and most people seem to love it... but I didn't. Reading player reviews on various sites, I see I'm certainly not alone in my views about it anyway

TheOtherOption · 31 Mar 2006 at 01:39

I may try out oblivion, my mate got it off D2D an was playing it before release here

although he's not that far as yet it has looked like fun - although i suspect it'll die at 1600*1200 on an x800xtpe

With regards to kotor i loved it - once you got a lightsaber and were moving about between planets it was much better - kotor II however i'm stuck in the place you go after the mining colony blows up - can't seem to get any of the quests finished - will have to give it a proper go as i really want to get further in it !

James J · 31 Mar 2006 at 01:56

Noni said:
lol

it was dark, and it jumped on my face

wheres the nvidia tweak?

Lol wait until you walk round a corner thinking its quake 3 into a ghost. Brown parcel time tbh

Yewen · 31 Mar 2006 at 02:09

The sounds some of the monsters make send shivers down my spine.

But it is such a good game!

Cybergangster · 31 Mar 2006 at 10:50

Davey_Pitch said:
...Deus Ex is just a FPS that requires a bit of brains along the way.

You have me there

Deus Ex was just a bit long winded for me. To be fair, I approached it as a run and gun type game and didn't get far. I did try it again about 6 months ago but I felt the graphics hadn't aged well.

I never got off the first planet in KotOR. I heard it gets much better after that but I got fed up with running around the sewers all day long.

nands · 31 Mar 2006 at 12:58

Have to say that I though the original Deus Ex was one of the best games ever but KOTOR did nothing for me - I think it was the combat mostly - not feeling like I was in control. Oblivion seems, form what I have read, to have real combat, is this right.

I really fancy a game like Deus Ex but have never done a full RPG before. Is this the game for me? Aslo do I need to know anything about the previous three Elder Scrolls games to fully enjoy this?

Davey_Pitch · 31 Mar 2006 at 13:08

nands said:
Have to say that I though the original Deus Ex was one of the best games ever but KOTOR did nothing for me - I think it was the combat mostly - not feeling like I was in control. Oblivion seems, form what I have read, to have real combat, is this right.

Correct, combat is based on collision rather than your skill, so if you aim an arrow dead on, you'll hit. Your skill just determines how much damage you can do.

I really fancy a game like Deus Ex but have never done a full RPG before. Is this the game for me? Aslo do I need to know anything about the previous three Elder Scrolls games to fully enjoy this?

Oblivion is an RPG but it does away with a lot of the stats that can sometimes overwhelm people who are not completely into RPG's. Everything is easy to understand, and you don't need to have played any of the previous 3 to know what's going on. It's set in the same world (Tamriel), but it's a completely seperate story. Playing the previous games will just give you a better background, nothing more really.

Cybergangster · 31 Mar 2006 at 13:24

I found Wikipedia to be quite helpful in getting up to date on the background story while I waited for my copy of Oblivion. I even set up my character to their recommendation for beginners.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_elder_scrolls

nands · 31 Mar 2006 at 14:31

Interesting that, I reckon I may give this one a go after finishing FEAR (now that I have a machine that will run FEAR properly - and one that should run Oblivion OK too!).