10-27-2011, 07:30 PM
Arena and Daggerfall were the only two games in the series I actually completed. Morrowind I could have (I had a couple of huge characters) but I don't think I ever bothered to finish the main line.
Oblivion I've never even closed an Oblivion gate and only ever actually been inside the first one. I've started quite a few characters, and I've put more hours into it than some other games that I've liked, but it never sustained me.
I think it was because I kept wanting a character that got some value from stealth/security type skills and that aspect of the game was very flat. I did make a couple that didn't go that route but I think they all had alchemy which got me doing things that I didn't enjoy that much either. What I wanted to do with my character and how the game played never clicked with me. I also didn't like one of the voice actors who unfortunately seemed to voice a lot of the NPC's. His voice just grated on me for some reason. It ended up being a game I wanted to like but never quite got into it. I'm not sure I liked how the environment leveled with you either. I appreciated what that allowed, but it still felt weird.
So I'm not jumping at Skyrim right now either, even though it sounds like there is going to be some good stuff in it (dual wield spells was one of the more interesting). Of course I'm not sure what game I really have gotten very excited about recently. I've certainly considered getting Skyrim, potentially even at release.
Oblivion I've never even closed an Oblivion gate and only ever actually been inside the first one. I've started quite a few characters, and I've put more hours into it than some other games that I've liked, but it never sustained me.
I think it was because I kept wanting a character that got some value from stealth/security type skills and that aspect of the game was very flat. I did make a couple that didn't go that route but I think they all had alchemy which got me doing things that I didn't enjoy that much either. What I wanted to do with my character and how the game played never clicked with me. I also didn't like one of the voice actors who unfortunately seemed to voice a lot of the NPC's. His voice just grated on me for some reason. It ended up being a game I wanted to like but never quite got into it. I'm not sure I liked how the environment leveled with you either. I appreciated what that allowed, but it still felt weird.
So I'm not jumping at Skyrim right now either, even though it sounds like there is going to be some good stuff in it (dual wield spells was one of the more interesting). Of course I'm not sure what game I really have gotten very excited about recently. I've certainly considered getting Skyrim, potentially even at release.
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It's all just zeroes and ones and duct tape in the end.
It's all just zeroes and ones and duct tape in the end.