What Video Games Have You Been Playing, Part 10: Or; A Shameful Display!

[Dachs]

There was a crew that played Left 4 Dead together quite a bunch. @Maniacal and two Scottish guys plus someone else

maniacal/scamp, philippe, and I were all members of a TF2 server for awhile and we played a lot of L4D when it first came out

that was ten whole effing years ago

I need a drink

 

[Mouthwash]

Thinking about trying Oblivion.

Convince me, people.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Thinking about trying Oblivion.

Convince me people.

I just went down that rabbit hole. It's not worth it.

 

[Ajidica]

Thinking about trying Oblivion.

Convince me people.

Why?
I, for one, can do without the potato faces, silly leveling world, and hearing the same five bums they dragged out of the parking lot to record all the dialogue. (Bethesda clearly blew all their cash on Patrick Stewart and Sean Bean.)

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Though honestly, while I would never play a ME without the save from the previous game in the serie

I have a couple of times, in addition to playing through with old saves.

There's no real difference.

maniacal/scamp, philippe, and I were all members of a TF2 server for awhile and we played a lot of L4D when it first came out

that was ten whole f***ing years ago

I need a drink

I know VWRCAgent used to play some peeps from here (including me once) in ME online.

 

[Mouthwash]

Why?
I, for one, can do without the potato faces, silly leveling world, and hearing the same five bums they dragged out of the parking lot to record all the dialogue. (Bethesda clearly blew all their cash on Patrick Stewart and Sean Bean.)

There are surely mods for all of those issues.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

There are surely mods for all of those issues.

Indeed. But the base game has so much instability built in that if you put on enough mods to solve just the gross problems the frequency of CTDs goes far beyond any sensible person's threshold of tolerance.

 

[Takhisis]

I've just remembered that I used to play online scrabble with people from here/fiftychat and that I'm older than Dachs so I need a freaking drink as well.
Also, I've just remembered fifty's been gone for years, so that's another drink.

 

[Synobun]

Oblivion won't even run on my laptop, which is a shame. I liked it a lot. It didn't age well, but nostalgia can overpower that to an extent.

 

[Dachs]

I know VWRCAgent used to play some peeps from here (including me once) in ME online.

yup, VR and Kraznaya and Crezth and me and, uh, sometimes my sister

ME3MP was the tits

 

[Farm Boy]

maniacal/scamp, philippe, and I were all members of a TF2 server for awhile and we played a lot of L4D when it first came out

that was ten whole f***ing years ago

I need a drink

I bought L4D2 ages ago when some friends were going to play it. I was still on dial up(it was DSL, it just was sucky DSL), and by the time I finished downloading it(had to turn it off if the wife wanted to watch TV) they were done. I'd still probably be down for some of that on steam one of these years.

 

[Akka]

I have a couple of times, in addition to playing through with old saves.

There's no real difference.

The game plays more or less the same, but there ARE tons of little details that you'd miss without a previous save (lots of small side-quests, email from side characters, specific dialogues and so on).

I just saw the funny expression at youtube, well if you said it is alright I believe it should be ok, because I know you will not go easy on the game if you spots a constant nuisance, that's why I trust your judgement

You bet I'll not go easy
I honestly don't remember any noticeable problem with the faces in DAI (the characters are rarely pretty, but that's a design decisions - previously established pretty char like Leliana and Morrigan are actually gorgeous).
That being said, DAI is what I would consider "interesting, but mediocre". The game has lot of ambition, and the world background is actually very well-done and rather deep (a lot of thinking about what history is and how it's warped by time and politics), but the gameplay is downright bad and most of the game is rather boring between some moments of brilliance. I'd advise especially to NOT be a completionist on the world maps, just do the quests that interest you. If you clear everything, you'll be sick of the game to death by the time you've finished the first one.
Bioware definitely isn't very used to open world design.

Thinking about trying Oblivion.

Convince me, people.

It's cheap (though not as cheap as a game so old should be) and is a very big open world game. If you never tried it, it might be interesting. If you just want to dabble a bit in it, then just get it and try. If you intent to play it a bit more seriously, then I'd strongly recommend using a total overhaul mod that deal with the level scaling, and possibly the leveling system (which is a mess). I'd advise not to go down in the modding bonanza until you've got some experience though, the game is pretty unstable and adding tons of mods will make it an exercise in frustration rather quickly - just stick to a few that deal with the most glaring problems.

 

[Arakhor]

Thinking about trying Oblivion.

Convince me, people.

It's worth playing, especially for the guild questlines, but it will depend on your tolerance for potato faces, auto-levelling, not being either Morrowind or Skyrim and how well you can mod the game.

 

[H4run]

Things that I miss and makes me want to repeat Oblivion are Shivering Isles and the Arena, the guild quest is better than Skyrim but not special, however I heard they execute the dark brotherhood quite well.

Oblivion with replacer and enb mod is a beautitul game, potato faces is not a problem. But yes that required works, not a one click solution, add on top of that levelling system mods your oblivion still a good game to play. Avoid adding other mod for future headache Oblivion is less stable than Skyrim, I dont even use combat overhaul mod, lots of them makes the enemy like a sponge and battle becomes tad long and boring.

 

[yung.carl.jung]

There are surely mods for all of those issues.

Oblivion won't even run on my laptop, which is a shame. I liked it a lot. It didn't age well, but nostalgia can overpower that to an extent.

There are many things Oblivion actually did much better than Skyrim. Too many to list. But modding it hardcore is not worth it at all. As Tim already said the game CTDs way too often and it's just not a nice experience. It's only worth playing if you like vanilla / slightly modded Oblivion. Which is fine imho.

You will also HAVE TO spend at least a day or two setting up Wrye Bash or MO2 or whatever you want to use. Personally the only reason to play Oblivion for me is Morroblivion. Playing both TES3 and TES4 with the same character is just too great. But in general I think modding Skyrim is going to give you an easier time.

 

[H4run]

I think modding Skyrim is going to give you an easier time.

Skyrim, that is a game that made to be modded, I install 150 mods in Skyrim SE and things are pretty much stable if you know want to read and follow instruction, well the only problem is that my Serena is mess up in the head and acting weird, but she is so famous for being like that so yes skyrim is so awesome for modding.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

As Tim already said the game CTDs way too often and it's just not a nice experience. It's only worth playing if you like vanilla / slightly modded Oblivion. Which is fine imho.

Between using the 4GB patch, FastExit and Oblivion Stutter Remover (latter two require OBSE) I didn't see very many crashes at all, not even on my old computer. Only when I did something really stupid like duplicating 50,000 watermelons to watch them roll down Dive Rock

 

[H4run]

Between using the 4GB patch, FastExit and Oblivion Stutter Remover (latter two require OBSE) I didn't see very many crashes at all, not even on my old computer. Only when I did something really stupid like duplicating 50,000 watermelons to watch them roll down Dive Rock

How many mods did you install?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Here's my list:

• Unofficial Oblivion Patch (+unofficial patches for Shivering Isles and DLC)
• Maskar's Oblivion Overhaul - adds all sorts of features, but also very customizable. It really ups the difficulty though.
• Oblivion DLC Delayers - Prevents all the DLCs from popping up when you leave the sewers. Read instructions. Requires Wrye Bash.
• Fenrir the Wolf - Very loyal companion.
  
• QZ Easy Menus - just makes it so M opens the map, I opens inventory, etc
• Dude, Where's My Horse - Adds a quest marker pointing to your horse
• Clean Spellbook - Lets you get rid of specific spells. If you like experimenting with spellmaking you'll want this.
• Advanced Magecraft - A bit more control over magical gameplay. (You'll need MenuQue for this.)
• Soulgem Magic - Tweaks soulgems a bit
• Bag of Holding - A bag that lets you carry unlimited items. Slightly cheaty but I like it.
• Keychain - Just reduces the 50000 keys in your inventory to a single item. If you use Darnified UI you won't need this.

Aside from Maskar's I had mostly the same setup on my old computer. I also considered the Oblivion Character Overhaul but decided against it.

 

[AdamCrock]

I see some great mods there @aimeeandbeatles
In my experience Soulgem magic, QZ Menus and Clean Spellbook are quite essential , Keychain caused CTD and lag after long hours of gameplay (~200h in game and it caused me lag) might be just me though. For horses I used a mod that added a summon horse spell and made them essential Advanced Magecraft and Bag of Holding are awesome if not a bit of overpowered/cheat mods but I enjoyed them too I suggest for Your enjoyment adding "A takes All" as well (saves a lot of time ) it might require OBSE IIRC
btw. If You're into making screenshots/movies there's a quite useful mod that adds the spell that controls the weather - unfortunately I can't remember the name...