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Xocyll wrote:
> Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the
> entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs
> say:
> 
> <snip>
>> Such is the case with Oblivion. As I said, there were quite a few
>> things that made the seventh game in the Elder Scrolls franchise quite
>> remarkable for their time. But since then games have become more
>> advanced, and added new features that are missing from Oblivion.
>> Compared to games like "Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2" or "Baldurs Gate
>> 3", "Oblivion" doesn't come out on top. So why should 'average gamer'
>> bother if they will get a worse experience?
> 
> Seventh?  Surely you mean 4th;  Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion.
> 
> Expansions are not games in their own right, and Battlespire and
> Redguard are NOT part of the main series.
> Arena-->Skyrim is Elder Scrolls
> Battlespire is "An Elder Scrolls Legend" and
> Redguard is "The Elder Scrolls Adventures".
> The latter 2 did poorly enough they killed their respective prospective
> franchises.
> 
>> That's not the case with every game. I still think games like "Ultima
>> VII: The Black Gate" or "Full Throttle" or "Drakhan: Order of the
>> Flame" are still eminently playable, despite being older titles. But
>> that's because those games weren't as dependent on their technology,
>> and had supporting features (gameplay, setting, whatever) that made
>> the games memorable and fun after newer hardware made them
>> 'old-school'. But that's because they were fairly unique in what they
>> did. I can even appreciate games like the original "Wizardry" trilogy
>> (even if I don't find them in the least bit fun), because they have a
>> style that's their own.
>>
>> I can't say that with "Oblivion". It's "Skyrim", but less-so. It
>> hasn't the characters or story or variety of that game (much less
>> later Bethesda open-world RPGs, or any of its modern competitors).
> 
> I never finished Oblivion even once, but finished Arena, Daggerfall and
> Morrowind (+expansions,) many times.
> 
> In the end Oblivion as just "fight your way up the towers to the portal,
> close portal, move to next Oblivion Portal and repeat".
> 
> It became less interesting than watching paint dry.
> 
> Xocyll
> 
I;'m convinced Spalls hasn't won it either.

In fact, he probably never even put 10 hrs into the game.

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    Re: Coming up to speed Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2025-07-14 11:31 -0400
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        Re: Coming up to speed Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2025-07-14 14:01 -0400
          Re: Coming up to speed Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> - 2025-07-15 05:34 -0400
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            Re: Coming up to speed Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2025-07-15 13:15 -0400
              Re: Coming up to speed Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> - 2025-07-17 14:42 -0400
                Re: Coming up to speed Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2025-07-17 15:52 -0400
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