I voted "No", hats off to Bethesda (even though I don't have a hat).

I think that since I had no preconceptions about Radiant AI or some of the things Todd and Pete were personally promising in pre-release info, I had no reason to be disappointed. Chances are that if I had an Xbox, and therefore had Morrowind, I would have been upset about a few things. But I'm an open-minded person > I'm usually able to see good things where others see negatives.

So assuming I would have had Morrowind first, I probably would have been upset about a few things, but also ecstatic about others (like the way combat is handled).

I really enjoyed Oblivion. It had a unique feel to it

I hadn't played Morrowind, I wasn't all over the forums speculating wildly about what the game will and will not do, so I didn't have any expectations build up to be shattered. So I loved it.

Now speaking to people that participated in the forums and was involved in that speculation... I can see why some people weren't impressed.

I voted the Are You Insane option, as Oblivion was the only game I played for 3 years straight. I am also one of those people who were not exposed to any pre-game hype, so I had no expectations to be crushed.

OTOH, I learned many, many years ago with Doom 2 to never believe hype or create expectations about a game before it is released. I never get psyched up about any game, and will never pre-order any game. I wait until they are actually released and people have played it before I start thinking about getting it. That is why I waited about 5 months before getting Skyrim, and completely ignored the Skyrim forum over at Bethesda before the game came out. What is the point of talking about a game that no one can play?

I never played Morrowind until after playing Oblivion first. It I had played Morrowind first, I probably would have never bought another ES game. The story was alright, but I found the gameplay (not the graphics) to be pretty meh over all.

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Feb 17 2013, 03:16 AM

I'll get excited and preorder, but I'll never go into the forums and speculate. That is just a recipe for disaster.

Voted: "Are you insane? It has consumed my life!" I mean, I've had the game 7 years next month and I'm stil playing it, writing about it, hanging around on forums discussing it. Had to buy my own XBox 360 and game since my son wanted his back. Then I bought a PC and had it stoked up to play Oblivion's hungry graphics and bought the PC game. (Then bought a laptop so I could take it with me on trips).

I also went out and bought Morrowind & Skyrim for both the 360 and PC, plus all the DLC's - based on my love of Oblivion. (Then downloaded Arena and Daggerfall, but couldn't play them).

(Not to mention buying Fallout 3 and New Vegas just because Bethesda made or was connected with the making of them). So yeah, pretty much consumed my life. My husband sure complains it does, lol.

Another vote for "Are you insane"

Like others I had no expectations, did not hang around any kind of forum and did not read any magazine and therefore did not create or participated in any hype. Oblivion and its concept came as a total surprise to me and blew me away like Megaton when activating the switch. Oh, sorry. That´s another game

Have played it constantly since Feb 2007 even though game time per session was immensely longer in the beginning. So I´d say I´ve been pretty hooked

Edit: Only now did I realise that mALX is a lass!

This post has been edited by mirocu: Feb 16 2013, 10:13 PM

Acadian thought I was an annoying hyper teen boy for a long time, ROFL !!! I think it is because my Foamy avatar is male, but no telling, lol.

Wait, you aren’t an annoying hyper teen boy??!!

I doffed my cap to Bethesda, even though I came into the series with Morrowind. I get the angst that some Daggerfall and Morrowind players have toward Oblivion. It is the same as the angst that some Oblivion players have toward Skyrim. I take each game as it comes. Even though I believe that there are some things that Morrowind just does better (and vice-versa), I am not so blinded by my own preconceptions that I can’t acknowledge Oblivion’s greatness too.

I voted "it was alright, but it didn't draw me in" because, well, it was alright, but it didn't really draw me in.

I'll go pack my bags and flee town before the lynch mob assembles.

Captain Logical to the rescue!

But no need to flee, we´re all friends up here in the tree

It wasn't really forum speculation that caused the damage, it was Todd pulling a Peter Molyneux that did it. We got spoon fed a lot of bs over a long period of time and lots of people were let down because of it.

Oblivion is STILL my least favorite ES game because it was by far the most generic of the three I've played.

Captain Obvious to the rescue with the shield of common sense!

I voted for consumed...

Not a great shocker that... ...

I absolutely adore that game...

If it wasn't for the two Assassin's Creed ones above it (which I adore a ridiculous amount) Oblivion would be, by a long-chalk, my all-time favourite game...

For me, it's almost perfect...

The only way it could have been perfect?...

No vampires... ...

This post has been edited by McBadgere: Feb 17 2013, 05:59 AM

I almost voted this way, too. Oblivion did consume my life for awhile, but nowadays I only play once or twice a week.



It's fun to get psyched up! I dunno....*shrugs* I liked getting excited about Skyrim before it came out, and had no probs pre-ordering it, and standing in line on 11/11/11 with other gamers. It felt a like a mini-adventure, all of us were standing in this cramped GameStop looking forward to the game, and I got to meet some new people. Granted, most of them were young enough to be my teen, perhaps, but that's another story.

On the other hand, visiting (dealing with) Beth's forums before the game came out was nerve-racking. I wanted to participate in discussion, but back in those days ANYTHING that anybody said on forums could be taken as flamebait, and I don't have a very good flame-retardant suit. But (again) I'd rather participate and discuss.

This post has been edited by Lady Saga: Feb 17 2013, 06:25 AM

Agreed. They didn´t feel like they belonged in Oblivion´s setting, even though I can live with killing them


Same here. But I do play frequently and c´mon, it´s six years later and I still play and talk about it! I had to vote Insane

I would agree, friend.

This thread is both illuminating and depressing. Started reading it this morning and I can see where some people were coming from back in the day, but it also starts to bug me if I read too much criticism on one of my favorite games. It's like somebody is criticizing my child or something.

This post has been edited by Lady Saga: Feb 17 2013, 02:03 PM

I voted It’s a Great Game. I got it years after it had been released, so I had no expectations. Now since I’ve played Morrowind a little I get what people were saying in those old posts. I’m still not disappointed, but it’s easy for me to understand why so many other people were.

Quoted for Truth.

I thank thee for spelling that out fully. Every time I read QFT I think "quit hamster cave talking!"

This post has been edited by Lady Saga: Feb 17 2013, 04:20 PM