Horag said:
It's weird to wake up a very old giant thread but well. I haven't played yet Oblivion but I played Morrowind and enjoyed it even if it's not my favorite RPG of all time.
I tried read fully the review and some post and there's something I don't understand. Why Morrowind is better than Oblivion? Many changes quoted by the reviewer are improvement. I haven't seen any that are the reverse. Ok eventually I skip the right info from the mass of information.
I also read some quotes that are just wrong according from my previous experience of Morrowind. Is this really different with Oblivion? I quote :
- Crossbow/bow sucks. Ok no crossbow in morrowind so why complain if it sucks in Oblivion, it's not cool but that doesn't make Morrowind better.
- Long range fighting sucks. Ok but what's different with Morrowind? In Morrowind specialized in bow soon get you fight with no danger that are boring. But there's ton of stuff to do with long range sometimes that was quite fun. Do a few hunting, in some complex architecture combine flight and long range for some smart tactic cool to find (and you don't need high fly skill and ton of mana), Have the thrill to kill with long range and aim well before the beast is on you. Long range fighting agains various long range oponents. Ok in Morrowind at a point long range starts to be boring once you exhausted all the fun experiments but is Oblivion worse?
- Predefined classes suck if you want to optimize your char: Ok that was true too with Morrowind so wha't the problem? Do you own class and stop whining about that.
- Many skills are worthless ok it depends the way you play it, and then for some play some skills was useless in Morrowind too.
- I quote : "You can do the quest in any order but the game is linear". Lol do you know what linear means?
- Choices in dialogs aren't real choice. Sure as in most RPG but very few and in a very limited range. Morrowind was quite limited on this how Oblivion is worse?
- Sneaking to steal people doesn't bring tons of bounty. Ha well what's the problem? Stop the greeding and enjoy the pleasure of sneaking (until you get so powerfull that it becomes boring, at least in Morrowind). Plus don't limit sneaking to stealing there's many other usage you can do of it.
- Urge main plot pressure which is false, common many RPG failed in this, like BG2 and even often Morrowind. We are used to this and know it's not true time pressure.
- Bandits attack when they see you. Ok but in Morrowind too. For few you could calm them down with a spell and get some talk but nothing very far where to go but sometimes. Is this not possible anymore? The reviewer seems not know play the game.
- And many more.
Ok the main plot seems better in Morrowind, well it wasn't that marvelous in Morrowind but ok quality I admit. But only a very very small part of the game.
Apart the main plot, the point is why Morrowind better than Oblivion????
I am sorry for opening an old topic, but some people really agitate the hell out of me when they start talking with no arguments. People like this guy above... Hmmm... could be Todd or Gavin from Beth hehe :D
Now... whoever you are it seems to me you are not a very bright person. First thing: Play Oblivion and only then can you start accusing someone for not making any sense.
Second: it seems to me you never played Morrowind much because there ARE actually crossbows in Morrowind... you can find one in Balmora if my memory is still serving me well. And even if they weren't that good as bows, it was nice that there was an option that allowed you to use a crossbow. In oblivion they didn't just take out crossbows... oh noooo.. they took out spears, darts, throwing knives, levitating, etc...
Third: Everything Vault Dweller said about Oblivion is 100% true. Play the game and you will see it for yourself. The story doesn't have any depth whatsoever. It cannot even compare with the story of Morrowind. Dialogs? Jesus Christ... 6 people giving voices to 1000 characters??? Options dumbed down to Rumors, Quest, Goodbye? And you say same as in Morrowind??
Fourth: Urging main plot in Morrowind? HAHA.. you really never played the game. How many times did Caius Cosadus (i think that was his name) tell you to go train yourself, or rest yourself before he sends you on a more dangerous path?? In Oblivion its literally like this: I return all tired and exhausted form the battles and a hard quest behind me and Baurus (i think that was his name) starts giving new orders with not a single question or anything about what i just did. He just starts: "There is no time to waste... HURRY!" And when i am done with that quest there is another HURRY NO TIME quest waiting for me. :shock:
Go shoot yourself in the head or something, because you have no idea what you are talking about. Oblivion is just and average game.. not because i say so, but because there are no arguments to state otherwise.
Morrowind is a great game even without the mods. Sure it has it's flaws like every game, but miles away from Oblivion in any regard except game mechanics and graphic.