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Adrius
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Undefeatable Hero
Stand and fight!
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posted November 14, 2011 12:10 AM |
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Yes.
There are no major or minor skills. You just do what you want and it levels up as you use it. Skills on higher level increase more slowly but contribute more to your leveling up.
Attributes have been reduced to Health, Magicka and Stamina. When leveling up you get to choose and increase one of them. Your skill increases prior to leveling up has no effect on this choice.
It's very smooth and balanced.
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blizzardboy
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
Nerf Herder
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posted November 14, 2011 12:14 AM |
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That's encouraging.
I was all excited when playing Oblivion, then as I figured out how the mechanics of the game worked I just totally flipped out over how stupid I thought it was. Naturally, I designed a custom class with my character, cause there's no way I would settle for a premade one . I was a Khajiit Bandit.
I have three people in my life gibbering about this game and it's slowly making me want to try it.
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"Folks, I don't trust children. They're here to replace us."
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Adrius
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
Stand and fight!
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posted November 14, 2011 12:20 AM |
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Yeah I hated the system too... though once I realized how broken it was I had already played for 5x the amount of time I'd put into a normal game so...
There's an absolutely excellent mod called Oblivon XP that makes the leveling system way more enjoyable.
Can't play Oblivion without it. Or well.. after playing Skyrim I won't ever go back to it...
Mods are already pouring out btw
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Carcity
Supreme Hero
Blind Sage
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posted November 14, 2011 12:49 AM |
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The leveling is quite interesting, I have a Nord level 11, which took about 10 hours of gameplay (all friday and saturday) to get there. And this morning, I made a dark elf, to see how the stealth and archery works. and in less than three hours gameplay I already came to level 9, thanks to stealth and smithing. Lovely.
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Why can't you save anybody?
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Adrius
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
Stand and fight!
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posted November 14, 2011 12:51 AM |
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Edited by Adrius at 00:52, 14 Nov 2011.
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Yeah my character catapulted in level once I picked up smithing... just bought leather and iron and made like 300 iron daggers ^^
Ah... just had a cool moment...
VULD VULD VULD VULD *catapults around town with Whirlwind Shout*
Guard: "Could you please stop shouting? People get nervous."
Me: "Ok... so sorry" *sadface*
I just got disciplined... I didn't even think they could notice. Embarrassing, must've looked like a total idiot
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TDL
Honorable
Supreme Hero
The weak suffer. I endure.
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posted November 14, 2011 02:16 AM |
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Hehe, I love how my character looks like Altair at the moment.
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baklava
Honorable
Legendary Hero
Mostly harmless
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posted November 14, 2011 12:56 PM |
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Quote: Hehe, I love how my character looks like Altair at the moment.
Mine did from the beginning, and will probably stay that way to the end cause I can't stand his ugly-ass dark elf obligatory uberfrown.
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"Let me tell you what the blues
is. When you ain't got no
money,
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Nocturnal
Promising
Supreme Hero
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posted November 14, 2011 01:14 PM |
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I see that noone loved Oblivion that much and then I've seen it got 9.3/10 from Gamespot, 95/100 from PC gamer and 94/100 from Metacritic. I'm confused And now Skyrim also has the same ratings, nothing under 9.
So what would you rate Oblivion and Skyrim out of 10? I actually got curious about this series.
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JoonasTo
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
What if Elvin was female?
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posted November 14, 2011 02:21 PM |
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Gah!
Not touching until someone mods a proper interface to it. The current one is a pain to deal with.
Also, no skippable prologue? Screw this crap!
Now I'm stuck with an effing female darkelf.
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sphere
Supreme Hero
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posted November 14, 2011 03:04 PM |
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Edited by sphere at 15:05, 14 Nov 2011.
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Last game I played in this genre was MM6 and 7 - Is this game anything like those games ?
How is the run/walk done - By aswd or arrows or ??
@Adrius - reguarding your last screenie - why sneak and archery, I don't see any critters ....
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Who is this General Failure, and why is he looking at my disk ?
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JoonasTo
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Undefeatable Hero
What if Elvin was female?
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posted November 14, 2011 03:11 PM |
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NO
ASWD, can be rebinded
Hiding usually works better BEFORE the dragon is feasting on your entrails...
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pacifist
Famous Hero
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posted November 14, 2011 03:16 PM |
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Many videos of Skyrim gameplay in this channel :
http://www.youtube.com/user/GamingHold
If you want to see how it looks
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http://www.youtube.com/user/alkoriak#g/u
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Adrius
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
Stand and fight!
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posted November 14, 2011 03:33 PM |
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Edited by Adrius at 15:46, 14 Nov 2011.
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@Joonas: *open console* showracemenu *press enter*
Should work fine... might cause some bugs, I dunno.
What's wrong with the interface btw? I think it works really smooth.
@Sphere: Forsworn fricking everywhere.
EDIT:
Btw, Expert difficulty is way more enjoyable than the standard Adept. I recommend it.
@Nocturnal: The thing about Oblivion is that its flaws do not become noticeable until you've played it for a long while. If you do not analyze it and just enjoy the freedom and atmosphere it offers, it's definitely a 9/10. This is why all the reviews rate the game so high.
It's when you become more experienced with the game that you start to notice all these small and major flaws that just drive you insane and pushes down the game to like 6/10... fortunately mods exist for PC at least. Chocolatly Moddy Oblivion is a 10/10.
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Nocturnal
Promising
Supreme Hero
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posted November 14, 2011 03:54 PM |
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@Adrius: And what would you rate Skyrim? Is it much better?
Also here are some reviews for Skyrim:
Gamespy
GLHF
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Zenofex
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Legendary Hero
Kreegan-atheist
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posted November 14, 2011 04:12 PM |
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Edited by Zenofex at 16:14, 14 Nov 2011.
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9.8/10? Nah, sorry, can't believe that this is objective. I wouldn't give even The Witcher II which I adore more than 9.0/10, maybe 9.5/10 at most. The game which is so close to 10/10 has to be better than the goddamn real life!
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Zeki
Supreme Hero
sup
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posted November 14, 2011 04:25 PM |
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It is better than real life
Atleast funnier
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Darkshadow
Legendary Hero
Cerise Princess
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posted November 14, 2011 04:26 PM |
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Quote: It is better than real life
Atleast funnier
LISTEN TO THE WISE MAN!!1!!11!!
IF SKYRIM ISN'T GREATER THAN lIFE THEN I DO NOT BELIEVE ANYTHING IS
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Adrius
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
Stand and fight!
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posted November 14, 2011 04:47 PM |
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Edited by Adrius at 17:55, 14 Nov 2011.
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So far Skyrim is a 9/10 for me.
The -1 is for some bugs and that companions have very little personality, 'least the ones that I've found. There are a LOT though... basically anyone that you befriend can come with you on your travels.
I find them annoying though, I prefer to travel alone.
EDIT:
Holy mudcrabs Dragonplate Armour is awesome. I love the comments I get from people on the street about it too, makes ya feel so special ^^
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Tsar-Ivor
Promising
Legendary Hero
Scourge of God
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posted November 14, 2011 05:57 PM |
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Vladimir Kulich is Ulfric (Stormcloak). I ****ing knew it, after he gave that hair-raising speech I had no doubts.
Edit: *Note to self* don't admit to worshiping talos to a thalmor justiciar.
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"No laughs were had. There is only shame and sadness." Jenny
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Adrius
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
Stand and fight!
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posted November 14, 2011 07:44 PM |
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Edited by Adrius at 19:46, 14 Nov 2011.
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The Thalmor will kill you regardless of what you say really, you're a Talos worshipper by default to them ^^
Or maybe it's just because I'm a Nord... wonder if they take more kindly to an Altmer character perhaps...
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