Dissapointed In Oblivion

[Viper_Fujax]

halo was actually the main reason my brother got the 360..but like core said, he knows of future games to look forward to like lost planet and gears of war.

But he also got it so he could have next gen gaming until maybe the ps3 dropped in price if he decides to get one.

Doesn\'t change a thing.
Buying a console for one game that is a PORT - is idiotic.
And don\'t you have to be online to get the patch? If so - then you\'re crippling yourself from any MODS and fixes.

If there isnt any other way for someone to play it why not?

Ddaryl, did you ride the horse or you fast travel? The heavy hiccups occurs when you ride the horse.The screen freezes a moment and then recovers.It seems to repeat this process for every 50 meters you cover.

The mages guild quest when you got to meet Janus Hassildor\'s assistant on the Skingrad road, that part is unplayable.I just shield all the way and let the count do the killings because my attack buttons will not register due to the excessive stutterings.

By the way, i am not in the network and have no plans to go online.

My horse was slaughtered, so I just run aboot (<-- that\'s Canadian for about). I have enough agility through enchantments and experience, plus speed potions that allow me to run faster then most horses in the game. I defintiely get framdrops, but I don\'t find the game unplayable. I\'d prefer a steady framerate, but the game itself is to big for its own good. Scale back draw distance and textures and the framerate would be better, but then the game wouldn\'t look as wonderful as it does in the stills.

I fast travel most of the itme, but I do go walk about when I need alchemy ingredients, and quest items of sort. I\'ve been going walk about more lately as I try to discover things I hadn\'t discovered yet. Plus I need 20 bear pelts.

For the Skingrad mission I believe I had the same problem. In any battle where there is lots of action on screen things to tend to slow down. I just worked around it. Outdoor battles defintiely are effected more so.

Attack buttons not registering I believe has more to do with your skill levels and fatigue levels. As you increase weapons and agility skill, or use lighter weapons and armor, and then add enchantments to your weapons and armor that increase agility, blade, and/or armor your attacks becomes quicker. There are what appears to be delays in the commands because you are not skilled enough to perform so do to lack of experience your character has. You will become more powerful and have quicker more damaging attacks.

My character didn\'t really start to get powerful until level 20. I am now level 34 and don\'t have much problems with any enemies.

My character is Dark Elf, Level 34, 172 hours of game play, birthsign Apprentice, custom class Powermage. I am a master of Alchemy, Light Armor, and Conjurgation. I am a expert in Destruction, and Blade.

I actually tried to make my character look like me.... I\'m such a geek, but I couldn\'t resist since the character modeller part of this game is very robust.

http://home.comcast.net/~ddaryl/Oblivion_Compare.JPG

here\'s my character at level 1

http://home.comcast.net/~ddaryl/Oblivion_DarkElf.JPG

Ddaryl:  That was a nice idea to make your character look like you.  I probably spent about an hour building my character, and then just got fed up and accepted it.  I couldn\'t resist the temptation to create a chick, but when she\'s in combat, she grunts with a man\'s voice.  It\'s kinda weird.
 
I bought the horse armor, and my horse is still alive.  I remember once a troll was beating on him for  a little while, but he survived and recovered.  I guess the armor is pretty good.  I did find that heal spells like "Convalescence" do not work on your horse.  You just need to take a night off in town, and you horse is usually healed by the next morning.
 
BTW, what do you need 20 bear pelts for?  Sheesh, they are so heavy, I haven\'t been bothering to collect them, and I know I couldn\'t carry them around.  I\'m only level 13 right now.

If you get kicked out of the Fighters Guild you have to give them 20 bear pelts to get back in.  I think I got booted while doing the dark brotherhood missions.  My best guess is that cause I had no idea I had done it.

What are you, on crack?

I\'m not the one paying $500 for something that costs, at most, $300...

[Titan]

I\'m not the one paying $500 for something that costs, at most, $300...

You have read that Sony is selling the PS3 at a loss, right? Nice try, play again sometime.

You have read that Sony is selling the PS3 at a loss, right? Nice try, play again sometime.

What the hell are you talking about?  The guy said an Xbox 360 core cost $500 to the consumer, I said it cost $300....who said anything about the PS3?

Lol....and you said I\'M on crack?

[Titan]

I was actually referring to the crack part as you saying you can get xbox 360 for less than 300.

BTW, what do you need 20 bear pelts for?  Sheesh, they are so heavy, I haven\'t been bothering to collect them, and I know I couldn\'t carry them around.  I\'m only level 13 right now.

For me it is for detruction magic training quest. Vy the time I get all 20 bear pelts I\'ll be a master, but I\'ll complete the mission.

You need lots of feather potions, feather spells. I have 4 different feather spells I can cast on myself and they all add up. I also store all of my stuff in my Bravil house.

I also store all my potions that are worth more then 70 gold in a trunk in my house. I store ingredients for making potions in another cabinet. I have a plethera of strong potions I\'ve yet to use, and a ton of ingredients to make more. Not to mention a large assortment of enchanted armor and weapons stowed away.

I have 2 other houses in Anvil , and I believe Chorrol. I hardly ever go there, but they are missions completed.

don\'t mind them, vcize

it\'s the classic game of "no, your console sucks" that they play.

I was actually referring to the crack part as you saying you can get xbox 360 for less than 300.

Ah, got ya, I thought you were referring to something else.

To be fair though, I got my platinum (with hard drive, wireless controller, etc) for $342 shipped after tax from Overstock a few weeks back, so it\'s not inconceivable to find a similar deal on the $300 core system.  In fact it was on slickdeals a few days ago for $239, though those sold out quite fast and it\'s not the norm by any means.

[Titan]

Ah, got ya, I thought you were referring to something else.

To be fair though, I got my platinum (with hard drive, wireless controller, etc) for $342 shipped after tax from Overstock a few weeks back, so it\'s not inconceivable to find a similar deal on the $300 core system.  In fact it was on slickdeals a few days ago for $239, though those sold out quite fast and it\'s not the norm by any means.

342 on Overstock? I wonder if I can do that with PS3 and sell them for MSRP value.

It appears that you can order the XB360 CORE system for $239 here:
 
http://coyotego.com/xb36cosy.html

no, that site isn\'t a scam

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