Me and my roomate pitched 50/50 and picked up a copy of the collectors edition last night at Wal-Mart...and I must say this game is fucking amazing.  The graphics are mind blowing (I play on Bens computer, mine just can't handle it anymore) and the game seems really cool and open ended so far.  Albeit I've only played for about 30 minutes.

Anyone else picked this up yet?

Am I wrong or is it called Elder Scrolls: Oblivion.  Just saying

I think my computer would litterally blow up if I asked it to play the game.

How are you guys doing in Oblivion?  What are you playing, and what level are you at?

I can't believe how incredibly rockin' this game is.  I'm less than two hours into the game so far, so I've not even scratched the surface, but I'm already hooked.  I can't wait until noon arrives so I can play for 45 minutes while I'm taking lunch.  I'm planning on wasting at least 8 hours playing on Saturday morning.

I'm playing a wood elf archer born under the thief sign.  He's only level one, but he's already a decent marksman with a fair sneak ability.

-b0b
(...will post a screenshot if he ever gets decent equipment.)

I pirated the *.iso of the DVD and installed it directly.  Then, I downloaded the "no CD" patcher from GameCopyWorld, dropped it into the game directory, and ran it.  It patched the primary *.exe for the game, and everything ran just fine.

No need to run anti-Blaxx or any other utility.  Just install the game, run the "no CD" patcher, and play!

-b0b
(...is going to buy the game on Saturday, just because it's worth it.)

is your character a chick?

Stick wrote on Apr 6^th, 2006 at 8:56pm:



I was going to ask that same thing! 

I'm somewhat embarassed to post a level 1 character with only 90 minutes of play time, especially after seeing Briney's character, but life is busy and this is the best I can do in two days.



I really need to crank up the graphics a bit, especially in the anti-aliasing department.  I think I've got some leverage now that I've got my new video card.

-b0b
(...plans on get some serious levelage going on this Saturday!)

Good deal.  I just joined the Fighters Guild and Mages Guild yesterday at lunch, and I'm debating which one I want to spend my time on first.  Even though I'm going to focus primarily on marksmanship right off the bat, I think I'm going to work on the Mages Guild recommendations first, and possibly one or two of the easier quests past that.  I've heard you can get some really cool stuff as you increase in rank with them.

What are your ranks in the respective guilds?  I haven't done any assignments in any guild as of yet, but I'm certainly hoping to do some tomorrow.  I need to figure out how to join the Thieves Guild so I can buy off any bounty I might incidentally incur.

If I murder someone - say, a town guard, what kind of lasting consequences will I face once I've paid off my bounty?

-b0b
(...`inquiring minds' and all that jazz.)

Too cool!  I'm having a weird problem with Oblivion.  I played all day just fine, then left the house for a few hours.  When I got back, the game was suddenly playing super slo-mo style, totally unplayable, and I don't know what the deal is.  I've tried new beta drivers, *.ini tweaks, changing settings, rebooting, and nothing seems to work.  Grrrrr!

I haven't given up yet, though!

-b0b
(...wonders where Wes is hiding?)

Hey, are any of you planning on buying the premium content plugins that are coming out?  The horse armor looks pretty retarded, but I think I'll buy the mage tower.  I haven't heard much about the Orrery plugin, but if it's a decent full-length quest, I might pick that up, too.

http://obliviondownloads.com/StoreCatalog_ProductList.aspx?SubCategoryId=1

-b0b
(...needs to get a house.)

Here's more information on the Orrery and Mage Tower plugins...

Quote:


-b0b
(...is somewhat interested.)

So you're the archmage now?  YOU SUCK.

-b0b
(...hasn't even finished with his recommendations yet.)

yea post more screenshots!

Stick
(worthless post)

My 32mb radeon 7500 in my laptop probably can't handle it.
I should dip into my 5 digit stock fund for a workstation(gaming) desktop.

Anyone see the new quad SLi with the new 7900gtx's?  We're talking 80fps on farcry at 2560x1600 on a 30" display.  The tech is rumored to be sponsored by Dell and maybe exclusively bought through them.

So yesterday I was playing Oblivion, and I realized I had probably put 15-20 hours into the game, yet I was still level 3.  That struck me as rather funny, considering I know other people that are in the high 20's level-wise, yet I know they haven't put 75-100 hours into the game.

So, I started digging around on the Interweb, trying to figure out just how the level system works, since the game didn't discuss the issue at all during character-creation, and I didn't play Morrowind enough to figure out how that system worked, either.

Leveling is based on your seven major attributes, which are automatically picked for you if you choose a pre-made class.  I had chosen Archer, but I only ever used 3 of my 7 major attributes, which was making level progression painfully slow.  I never use Armorer, Blade, Blunt or Hand-to-Hand so they were effectively preventing me from leveling without spending a ridiculous amount of time on Sneak and Marksman.  I don't get hit very often since I can do 3x damage with archery by sneaking, so even Light Armor wasn't going to help me much unless I purposely allowed myself to get hit, which destroys the suspension of disbelief in my opinion.

Since I had pretty much FUBAR'ed my character and would never be able to progress without spending a ridiculous amount of time on Sneak and Marksman, I decided to change my class.  After putting so many hours into the character already (especially into alchemy), I decided to change his class "on the fly" to replace the unused attributes with some that might actually see some use.

I tried using ShowClassMenu from the console prompt, but it reset all of my skills, which was totally unacceptable.  I already had alchemy up to 76 and can see all four item attributes, so having it reset to 25 and redoing hours of alchemy work all over again was definitely not an option.  So, I went back to the Webtron and did some additional searching, where I found this mod...

http://www.tessource.net/files/file.php?id=2072

Of course, when I downloaded the mod last night, it didn't have the pretty pictures, so I had to find the teeny-tiny little amulet on my own with only the poorly-written instructions that were bundled with the mod to help me.  The mod creates an amulet that you can equip to change your race, class, and birthsign.  When you change your class with it, though, it keeps your skills at their existing levels.  It wipes any progression you've made through your current skill level and character level, but that's not a huge issue.  I made a custom class focused on stealth that I called "Arrow Mage" and went with the following attributes...

Marksman
Sneak
Security
Light Armor
Restoration
Destruction
Alchemy

Since my alchemy skill is already up to 78 or so, I won't have to worry about that artificially inflating my level and screwing up my character.

All in all, I think this will let me get some levels under my belt much more quickly than I have over the past week, so I can start getting better equipment.  Otherwise, I'd be a master at alchemy and still using novice equipment, or an expert at archery and still using a steel bow.  Lame!

-b0b
(...wishes the game would've describe the leveling system during initial class selection.)

The Orrery mod came out Tuesday.  I didn't have a chance to play this week, so I just downloaded it this morning.  I'll try to play either tonight or tomorrow and let you know if it is worthwhile.

http://www.mininova.org/tor/285901

If any of you find a real review for it online, let me know.

-b0b
(...thinks it'll be much better than stupid horse armor.)