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are great. This makes the game very open ended.- Character Creation: At the beginning, you create your character and can choose many attributes, races, etc. Voices move around the speakers corresponding to player location. I also like that you can choose from many different quests at one time, no need to follow a strict order of events.
How do I know how close I am to beating this game.- Map is a little difficult to navigate, no zoom feature. Fairly easy to use maps and quest descriptions.- Quick load times (for PS3 anyways).THE BAD:- Some graphics draw problems - objects/buildings pop up on the horizon. Player stats and character development progress well displayed in easy to read graphs. The character detail, object detail and scenery are all well done. Lighting effects (especially the sky). Quests vary from quick 5 minute tasks, to 2-3 hours - nice variation. This adds a lot of depth and is very easy to use.- Sound: Great use of Dolby Digital surround sound.
This takes away from the game's overall refinement, and the realism of the environment.- Some annoying cut scenes, dialogue, but I expect this in a role playing game.- No game percent complete - big mistake in my book. THE GOOD:- Graphics: Overall graphics are good. Overall, not the best on PS3, but very good.- Gameplay Depth: Enormous world to explore, tons of weapons, objects, and people to interact with, many quests to complete and tons of magic/spells. Overall sound is nicely done.- Simple menus: easy to find/equip weapons, magic spells, etc.
Some parts of the game are pretty difficult if you specialeze in just magic, or being a basher type character. Try not to specialize. All that build up and then whoosh, it's over. Its more for people that are fans of RPGs, like Dungeons and Dragons type RPGs. And the ending is pretty anti-climatic as well. Makes life easier.
A good balance of magic, armor wearing, and weapons are good. If you are not of that type of gamer don't waste the $[.]. the only problem I had was that the whole adaptive leveling thing is annoying. But the game has numerous side quests that can keep you entertained for hours on end. bucks for the game. First of all, if you are a sports gamer or FPS gamer this game really isn't for you.
Other than that its a magnificent game. The only thing i have as advice would be to make sure you have a character concept in mind before the game starts.
It's fun to play, too. I also plan on buying Oblivion Game of the Year edition soon. This isn't one of those crappy, overpriced games that you are done playing in a few days. One of the best purchases I've ever made. It's one of the best and most interesting video game I've ever played. I bought this game for my son but I really like it, too. It's so well made, detailed and complex. There are so many things to do in this game that it takes a while to get through it all.
Let's talk about cons.The game is a free-roaming, but there are not many enemies to pick a fight with on the world map. This could be bad if you'd like to try different things but couldn't change your play-style that much. Some quests are annoying and boring.But when it's fun, it's fun. So, some skills would be developed fast while others may not go up at all.
Still, It's a good RPG to add to your library of games, especially for its price now. Fallout 3 is much more well-paced and addictive. This game bored me to tears as much as kept me playing. I'm not going to say much about pros. You can read any 5-star review for that. Leveling up is based on your style of playing. And the character levels up so very slow that it could make you feel unrewarding and unaddictive.
So 4 stars for over-all and 3.5 for the fun.In conclusion, it's slow and has significant boring portions. Actually, I'd like to give 3.5 to how much fun the game is. That makes the world feels kinda lonely. And when your skills develop to the significant point, they're fun to use.You have to really be patient with its sluggishly-slow pace and a weird leveling-up system.
It's even cooler to lock-pick treasure chests and people's houses to go looting. There is too much detail and very little pay-off. For a game that has as much depth as this you would expect your character to have the abilty to target body parts with the ability to hack off limbs but you can't. This is by far the most expansive role-playing feild I've ever encountered.
This game reminds me of Wizardy on NES but with all new graphics. You may walk or run a bit faster or cast better spells but even those aren't worth wait. Your character has a ton of attributes but even as they go higher no real change takes place. It's hard to store items and difficult to gain experience. It's fun to walk around exploring the area and finding old caves and fighting enemies. You can also find youself in way too deep with enemies that can wipe you out with one hit. Your character's fighting movements are rather stiff and killing an enemy isn't really that gratifying.
With all the fighting games out you would think the fighting system for a game like this would be awesome but it's not. This game is cool but it takes forever to get going and once you do get going you will wonder where you're at. Tedious to find new missions since you have to talk to people, at length, to get information. You can conjure up your own potions by picking up random plants.
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