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This means war! A secret poll on games.
#420597
03/29/13 23:48
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Hello! Did you play this game? The Elder Scrolls IV: OblivionNo? Alright, leave this thread for now and come back later, when the poll's done. Yes? Cool. Here's a simple question. Please vote before you read what others have to say below. What's interesting is your opinion, so don't let that be influenced.
I enjoyed it - good game.
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63%, 5 Votes
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I didn't enjoy it.
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38%, 3 Votes
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Re: This means war! A secret poll on games.
[Re: Error014]
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03/30/13 00:07
03/30/13 00:07
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Did you vote? No? What are you waiting for - do it now! Oh, you did? Cool. Here's stuff you may find interesting. The game was released for PC, XBox 360 and PS3. It is currently holding a Metacritic average of 94 points (out of 100), which is very good - Metacritic calls that "Universal Acclaim". (The PS3-version only has a Metacritic average of 93 points).
According to Wikipedia, the developer used "procedural generation tools" in order to create the huge amount of content quickly, and the game also features "Radiant A.I.", which makes defining NPC behaviour easier. The NPC conversations was one of the strongest points of criticism - the (comparatively) low amount of voiced samples made those feel wrong.
Some consider the previous game - Morrowind - to be the better game. Oblivion's sequel, Skyrim, not only was a commercial success, it also created the "Arrow-to-the-knee"-Meme.
Finally, a word about this. Yeah, this is an experiment. Who knows, maybe I'll do that with other games, too (if we gain something interesting from all this). I humbly ask not to reveal current poll standing in any of the posts below until the voting period is over, as to not influence potential voters. Thanks!
Perhaps this post will get me points for originality at least.
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Re: This means war! A secret poll on games.
[Re: 3run]
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03/31/13 23:27
03/31/13 23:27
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The results are in! Out of eight votes (what a statistically relevant sample size!), 5 ( 63%) say it's a good game. This game is interesting to me because, as you may have guessed, I'm one of the three who don't like it. I can't even put my finger on it, why. I should like it in principle. It's got a nice big world, there's tons to do, and so much exploration! But, I dunno, I couldn't get into it much. The caves all felt the same, somehow, the combat wasn't so enjoyable to me, and I didn't care much for any of the characters, or the story. Perhaps the last part is my biggest problem with it. I really enjoy games with good storylines - I've noticed that I'm willing to forgive a lot if the story and/or characters are good - in a trade of interactivity vs story, I seem to choose story more often than I used to do. Who knows if that is a good thing from the perspective of game creation. In any event, thank you for voting, and thanks 3run and Iglarion for your thoughts on the game! 3run, seems like we both founded the locations to be a little... same-y. Iglarion, great point on the size of the world. I remember times when "huge world" sounded like the best thing ever to me. Now, all my cynical mind thinks is that it means a lot of bland, empty space and perhaps annoying backtracking. I'm aware that this isn't a MUST, but I'd much rather have smaller locations that are interesting, then big ones with the same amount of interesting points per locale - give me a high density of interesting things! ... So, here's a related story. A few months ago, I went to buy an RPG for the Wii that I intended to play over the free days around christmas. I narrowed it down to "The Last Story" and "Xenoblade Chronicles" -- and I've chosen the former, because it was criticised for being linear and not having an open world. It seemed to me that, in that more linear experience, I'd likely end up having more fun. This is almost a gaming confession now! Because this goes contrary to what most people tend to want games to do. Am I just clinging to old values, or is my "more-happenings-per-gaming-hour-in-linear-games"-point a valid one? For those interested, I liked the game, but didn't finish it. Of course I didn't! When do I ever finish a game, right?
Perhaps this post will get me points for originality at least.
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Re: This means war! A secret poll on games.
[Re: Rei_Ayanami]
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04/01/13 08:58
04/01/13 08:58
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Mah! I didn't saw this thread until now. My vote were be "I enjoyed it". I stopped playing at that time for no particular reasons (real life issues, I guess). But what I disliked about that game were the gates to Oblivion-stages; the same goes for Skyrim, I really hated the randomized-dragon stuff (except for the story-driven epic battles).
What is questionable, too, is the whole magic thing (for me). This in particluar destroyed the fun factor of Skyrim. All I did after a while was running around in dungeons, fire-fisting my enemies, then a bit of hacknslash, then throwing in some portions, magic again and if I ran out of potions I flew, healing myself. In one scene, in which some guards lured me into an ambush in a small temple room, I literally ran around the table so long until I recovered my health - silly! I think the choices at the beginning like "I want to be a warrior, so no magic for me" should have not a subtle, but a very strong effect.
What I always liked and what I enjoyed more than the main story were the massive amounts of sidequests. The stories which were told were sometimes so charming, entertaining, crazy or badass. That was always for me a reason to play the game - and not because of DRAGONS. The thieves guild sidequest in Skyrim was really a blast and would be a reason for me to play it again (maybe because I am highly attracted by THIEF games).
Last edited by HeelX; 04/01/13 08:59.
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Re: This means war! A secret poll on games.
[Re: Rei_Ayanami]
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04/01/13 12:25
04/01/13 12:25
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You can play in 3rd person (or is that only so in Skyrim?) I don't know if Morrowind did have it but a 3rd person view exists in Oblivion. The thing is that you don't want to fight in the 3rd person view. Especially when using the bow you don't see much as your character is in the way so you don't really see where you're firing. At least I think that this was a flaw... But even then the combat system is meant for the ego perspective...
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