Oblivion, turn music off, Adds so much more atmosphere Options

[ThePerson98]

I was getting screenshots of oblivion at the max my system can support, (Running 3 FPS on highest). And I turn music off to try and save CPU power. And wow, the game feels so much more real without music. Go into a forest, any forest, make sure its daytime, and turn the music off. Its awesome. Make sure you have a decent tree distance, and tree canopy shadows make it a lot better looking too.

It makes the game feel real in its own way, even if you do have a cruddy computer. It even looks good on no distant LOD. (For about an hour, then the constant fog gets annoying)

[Olav]

I've tried a game session without music too now, and indeed, the atmosphere got much better! At least when out in the wilderness and in caves (that music gives me the creeps ). You hear all sounds like birds, trees swaying, water running, anilmals etc. much better.

It also gets much more exciting, since you can't hear when enemies have spotted you. I was walking merrily along a path collecting plants when BAM! a bear jumped on me from behind. I almost wet my pants!

I still like to keep music on when in the cities though.