Say, Look What I Found, Keeping up to date with mods for Oblivion Options

[Grits]

In the spirit of SubRosa's That Mod Looks Interesting thread for Skyrim, here's a place to post new mod discoveries and updates to mods for Oblivion.

I'll start with one that makes me very, very happy. Emma's Children of Cyrodiil is out on the Nexus.

[Lena Wolf]

Here's something I found today: Super's Oblivion Overhaul. It's different. From the description:

Oblivion is, in a sense, no longer an RPG. You don't level up and your stuck at level 1. ... Your skills are pre-determined are not really important to pay attention to. ... Attributes start at 50 and almost never change unless damaged of buffed with magic. ... Every race / gender has the same attributes and skills. The only difference is 1 passive race ability. This ensures that you are picking a race that you like as opposed to the race that is most likely to result in the strongest possible character. Similarly, classes still exist simply to aid in role playing your character; they have no effect on gameplay.

The difficulty of the game is considerably higher (think Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul). The health values are balanced so that every individual fight is a fight to the death. The ability to cheat death by saving and reloading constantly is now a requirement rather than an exploit. There is no difficulty slider.

It is what the author says: Oblivion is no more.

How do you people feel about this?

[Renee]

It is what the author says: Oblivion is no more.

How do you people feel about this?

So the mod-author says he or she has changed Oblivion so that it's no longer an RPG? I didn't read the entire page, but that seems to be the gist of what the mod author is saying, going by the part you quoted.

The way Oblivion levels upwards (esp into the teens / 20s) is very jarring and abrupt. A lot of folks had problems with it, including me. So that is what a lot of the overhaul mods attempt to change.

But none of this has any bearing on Oblivion being an RPG. In my opinion. When we play a role in a role-playing game, we play a role. That is the focus of the game, our ability to play that role, to me that is what an RPG actually is. All the other stuff (skills / leveling ... and so on) have little do with whether the game is an RPG or not. Leveling progression, the building of Attributes, the progression of skills, those are RPG elements for sure, since they are put into place so we can see our characters grow stronger or weaker with time. But they don't determine what category of game Oblivion is, IMO.

So I won't be installing this one. I like the idea of character leveling. I like seeing my character grow stronger over time. This mod sounds like it gives up the ability to level upwards while sleeping, which is something I enjoy.

I also am noticing toward the end where he or she says something about needing to reload a lot. For gamers who need a lot of challenge this is fine, but I'll pass. I use realism mods (food, drink, sleep, etc.) to make my game more complex, I don't need to see every fight go on and on 'til my Xbox controller's worn out again.

Am I off base? If so, how far?

This post has been edited by Renee: Nov 2 2021, 09:55 PM