The First Thing You Felt About Oblivion (or Morrowind), ... When you were a Newbie. Options

[ureniashtram]

Title says it all. What was the first thing you felt about Oblivion(or Morrowind) after playing for the first time? For me, I was lost and amazed. The view, forests, lakes.. It was simply amazing that I broke 20 hours in my first playthrough.

Also made a couple of mistakes.

First, I mistook the Roxey Inn, THE ROXEY INN, for the goddamned Fighters Guild. Probably because there was a Legionnaire and the Breton and his crew. The Innkeeper giving out the bounty for the necromancer's head just about made a fool out of me.

AND, mistaking Bruma for Bravil. Ha! I also took the Atronach birtsign for an Orc, 'cuz it looked cool and all that stuff. Got turned into a vampire the second I entered Barren Cave.
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How about you guys? What sort of newbie mischief did you make when playing OB or MW for the first time? List 'em all!

[Lady Saga]

Yeah you really missed out. Although you could grab it cheap for PC and then use some of the graphic update mods to make it look better than it ever was back then.

Oh I don't care about graphics or looks. Actually it might be refreshing if I ever go back and see how it was back then, just pure vanilla. No graphic mods at all. I've seen a couple games that were made years ago that have had an "HD" version made for modern times; I always wind up liking the original better.

If there's a mod for making combat a little more realistic, I might wanna grab that one (assuming I ever get a gaming PC). I have heard that the animation shows weapons going right into the enemy, yet sometimes the game calls it a 'miss'. That would bug me. But graphics? I'd want the original graphics! Sign me up.

[mirocu]

I have heard that the animation shows weapons going right into the enemy, yet sometimes the game calls it a 'miss'. That would bug me. But graphics? I'd want the original graphics! Sign me up.

One graphic mod is imvho essential. Unless of course you are pursuing the vanilla feel or some crap like that
Better Bodies is also highly recommended. These mods doesn´t take away the Morrowind feel in any way, really. They just make it look as it should have looked back then. The worst clunkiness is edged down, not out and the worst seams are blended in.

Yeah, the combat system. It checks your character´s current stats against the weapon skill needed to hit which decides whether you hit or not. Also, fatigue is very important if you want to hit that pesky mudcrab All in all it´s like those tabletop games you are familiar with, Renee.

Progress slow, enjoy Seyda Neen and you´ll be fine

This post has been edited by mirocu: Feb 18 2013, 08:41 PM