Comments on: Oblivion: power gaming?

By: Davconn62

Davconn62 — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:25:18 +0000

Man, this must make me a complete ubernerd, but I kind of enjoy spreadsheeting my character. Please don’t laugh, but I think of it as “taking my studies seriously” as a person in the Oblivion world.

When I first started playing I put all of my favorite skills into the majors and just started wandering around whacking at things. Within a few hours I was already at level ten with very low stats and regularly getting my virtual ass handed to me on a Dwemer platter. Now I have a character who’s only at level 6 (I only started playing last week) and has the attributes of a level 12 or 13. Muuuuuuuuch better…

It may be that I’ll tire of this rather more cerebral method and find some balance between spreadsheeting and just whacking away, but for now I’m having a blast.

By: suarvvve

suarvvve — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:17:51 +0000

Nar, not into leaderboards that much these days. Used to be when i played burnout revenge, back in the day

By: NokkonWud

NokkonWud — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:08:52 +0000

lol suarvve.. you love the leaderboards… possibly a little TOO much!

By: suarvvve

suarvvve — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 11:24:48 +0000

“Time to have fun with this game rather than see it as one big spreadsheet.”

That’s actually a quite profound way of looking at it. It’s especially true when look at how much modern games focus on rankings and leader boards.

By: Darren/Kainz Uk

Darren/Kainz Uk — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:00:51 +0000

I had a similar experience with my Oblivion. Basically gamers back in the day when Morrowind was around, would scour the lands for rare armour and decorate their homes with it. I found myself doing the same thing in Oblivion, but why? I had no one to even show it off to, so I saw it as a waste of time.

It is easy to get deeply attached to a game like this though. Luckily Oblivion didn’t really impress me too much over it’s prequel.

By: NokkonWud

NokkonWud — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 01:31:01 +0000

Whilst I had no internet I went through a few of my games, then decided to go back to this on the 20th, I must say, considering I had it before launch day 2006 and logged less than 6 hours that I was infact, an idiot.

What a fantastic game, I logged around 6 hours in 2 days (between Uni work) and I have been to Glasgow and back also, but I am loving it.
However, Crackdown arrived today and I fancy playing that too.