I'll probably play Skyrim for the whole time. Really, there's no mod I use in Oblivion that's constantly updated with new content, even when Skyrim is out so really, I got nothing to enhance my already gotten 300+ hours of Oblivion split over 10 characters.

Oh yeah, definitely restarting my Dunmer in Morrowind again once I am done with Skyrim. Who knows when that will be though...

A friend gave me his xbox 360 a few months back and I bought Oblivion GOTY, I only had Shivering Isle to complete and the last 3 thieves guild quest then Skyrim came out. I'll just play Skyrim till the 7th second of forever.

I love skyrim more, but

Dwemer Ruins < Ayleid Ruins
Snowy Mountains < Forest + rolling hills

Oblivion, while a great game for its time, was tedious IMO.

Everytime I saw a gate I let out a sigh.

With Skyrim there's none of that though the quests are starting to get repetitive ( Finished thieves, companions and dark brotherhood so now they just give me the same boring quests )

But of course, one of the great things about Oblivion were the modders. Mods made me play Oblivion for a LONG time.

I already have over 85 hours in Skyrim so I can't imagine how much more I'll get once mods come out that make me want to start a new character.

So far Skyrim is making me want to play more Skyrim. Although I am feeling the urge periodically to beat my head against Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup again periodically.

I suspect I will play Skyrim near exclusively until Diablo 3 (Temporary distraction) or perhaps Kingdoms of Amalur (which I have high hopes for consuming my life) is released. Graphics are not important to me as long as the story/plot twists are good and there are enough graphics to facilitate the game play properly. These days I am kind of missing NWN (Original), Sacred (Original) and Titan Quest story/plot. Different styles of games but the story/plot and the slow inclusion of new stuff and occasional surprise scripted stuff is really cool.

I miss that in Skyrim, it does not happen much, you do not really change the world per say. I was stunned with surprise when I found a room in a dungeon where columns raised out of the water after I entered. I damn near ran away figuring something really bad was happening and it was entirely passive, just carved columns rising from the water as I walked down the stone runway Very cool.

I really want to see a new monster in Skyrim, not just a different name for a more powerful version of the same monster There does not have to be many, but a handful of new models every 10 levels would be nice It would play havok with the radiant quests though I image as you level out of range of the NPC, that was a bit of a pain in Oblivion at time. I graduated from cats to bears but I still need cat stuff for a quest ... crap

I really found myself originally expecting things like when I restored a tree in town from a quest that it would show up all sunny with fruit and lush and green or when I restored a temple from the Nightmare god to Mara that when I came back to visit, it would be clean and restored. Little stuff like that makes a difference to me and shows some polish in the game and some level of impact on the world. Although, I grant it is very difficult with a more open ended world to manage this properly, little stuff here and there really makes a huge difference in the gaming experience.

That all said, I am really enjoying Skyrim for what it is but I am worried that there are not many surprises left

When I'm done with Skyrim, which probably won't be for a while, I'll be heading back to Morrowind. :wink_smile:




... I don't even.. what.. what are you?

^ This

Ya. But after 50 hours.

Yes, if only for the guild quests. Skyrim's guilds are kind of [censored] and poorly written, and you can finish most guild questlines in only a few hours.

not me.

I played Oblivion for years but I could never go back.

After FO3 and Skyrim it feels almost cartoony. No offnce to anyone.

Cartoony games can be still awesome! See Morrowind :hubbahubba:

I do miss the green and colorful world of Oblivion from time to time just as I miss the dreadful, swampy, gray, lung damaging world of Morrowind from time to time.

Chances are pretty good we'll see some DLC with a major change in scenery.
Like the Shivering Isles in Oblivion, or Solstheim in Morrowind.

cartoony? how so? I know it is funny when glitch/bugs happens.. but cartoony? I dunno.

Nah, I have played OB too the death over the last 4-5 years.

I know what she means. The graphics are smoothed over and everything's bright.

Yeah, I want to play Oblivion as well. Still want to play Skyrim though.

This.



And this.

LOL NO. I'm not gonna spent 30 minutes trying not to crash to desktop and 5 minutes of that actually playing. I'll never go back to Oblivion. I couldn't even mod for the darn thing. Skyrim is my calling.

Skyrim has given me a small urge to replay Morrowind, because I last played that years and years ago. I don't think I'm going to, but the thought has crossed my mind.
It also has given me the urge to replay Fallout:NV because it has fun/silly mods now, and companions that, so far at least, I still prefer to "hang out with".

*tapping foot impatiently for the Skyrim CK*

Oblivion? Nah. Didn't like that one to begin with.

THESE!!!!!!

After 800 hours Oblivion... no.

Naw, if anything it made me never want to play it again.

Not me, has played Oblivion pretty much to death, this might change. Might also play Morrowind again, stopped with Morrowind then I realized I had collected the mushrooms needed for the first mage guild quest in the starting city on pure instinct.