[Grug]

Dunno, haven't met his character yet, only done one quest in the main story line and I think it'll be a while before I get any further. Patrick Stewart did a nice job on the intro and tutorial dungeon though. Actually, all of the voice acting I've experienced so far has been top notch.

Having too much fun just running around doing, well, stuff... exploring, mountainclimbing, scavenging loot from bandit caves without alerting them (I went for a sneaky type) and I don't know what. Thing is, I can spend several hours just walking around doing random non-important stuff and not get bored with it, because it's just so well done.

And incredibly, having spent probably nearly 24 hours in the game by now, I'm only level 4. 4. After that long in Morrowind I was like level 20. It just doesn't feel rushed, and because of the difficulty in most places being determined by level, there's no need to level just to travel around safely either. Whereas in Morrowind, just travelling around could at times be suicide if you weren't of a sufficient level.

But that goes with the general trend I guess, as this game is plain and simply better than Morrowind on pretty much every level.

No pun intended?

Yeah I'm looking forward to playing it once I expand my RAM capability.

[Ace]

My Imperial Fighter's Guild/Arena guy.

[Grug]

Coolsies.

What's the deal with the boats?

[Turambar]

right now i got a mage, who kicks ass at alteration, destruction, and alchemy (right now, journeyman at all 3).  i always have a poisoned weapon (magic short sword, too, no charge   )  and i got all steel heavy armor, with a dwarven shield (apprentice in heavy armor)
'. 

[Turnsky]

glass armor is as bright as ever, i see.
and this is my thief character, too. 
(skeleton key is so handy!)

[Flipside]

I am a stealthy thief, in my....shiny....green....armour....

hehehe

[Turnsky]

I am a stealthy thief, in my....shiny....green....armour....

hehehe

it pratically glows out in the sunlight, and hey, if sam fisher's green glowing goggles couldn't be seen, i should be alright in bright green armor, right, right? 

[Fury]

To be honest, I found Oblivion to be dull and boring, nearly as much as Morrowind. I hope Neverwinter Nights 2 will be a lot better, especially since I love Baldur's Gate series and Neverwinter Nights. NwN's original campaign was a bit dull but the two expansions were great. If only Mass Effect would come for PC... But at least Dragon Age will. Oh well, maybe I'm just a BioWare fanboy, even if their games sequels are developed by other than BioWare.

[Turnsky]

To be honest, I found Oblivion to be dull and boring, nearly as much as Morrowind. I hope Neverwinter Nights 2 will be a lot better, especially since I love Baldur's Gate series and Neverwinter Nights. NwN's original campaign was a bit dull but the two expansions were great. If only Mass Effect would come for PC... But at least Dragon Age will. Oh well, maybe I'm just a BioWare fanboy, even if their games sequels are developed by other than BioWare.

mind you, that's open-ended nonlinearity(elder scrolls, etc) vs semiopen-ended linearity (Kotor, NWN, Jade empire), they're two classicly different styles of RPG. some appeal to others moreso than most, etc. Oblivion's fun, it's a huge, deep world, with a color all its own, some games don't have that kind of effect that make you sit back and think "wow, that's a heck of a view"

[TrashMan]

True... I enjoy Oblivion very, very much

[Grug]

Where's the poor bastards tail in that screenshot? =o
Arn't they usually more hunched over too?

[Turnsky]

Where's the poor bastards tail in that screenshot? =o
Arn't they usually more hunched over too?

on his backside, obscured by his armor skirt, and they have human feet, not like morrowind's khajit at all 

[Grug]

That's a bit slack. Kind of like Blizzards idea of an expansion, new textures for pre-existing models. =/

Damn it developers, stop being so slack!

[aldo_14]

"Sir, I have reason to believe you are responsible for a series of property thefts, and wish to arrest you under the 'Come Quietly or Stabby Stab Act of 1502....'"

"What!?  Me, a thief!?  Look at what i'm wearing!  Look at it!  It's a break green glowing set of armour!  Armour!  As in, clank clank clunk clank!  I can't even sit down to take a crap in this getup, nevermind jump in through a window, sneak behind 7 guards, chib the master of the house and steal all their spoons.  Not to mention I'm glowing!  Glowing!  I'm a walking bloody nightlight!  I've been hired by people to stand in their kids rooms at night so they're not scared of the dark!  Even the sword glows!  I can't even walk about in my scants unless I dump my weapons - and there's 5 metric tonnes of them!

Honestly, I'm noisy, bright and glowing, and to cop it all I'm a bloody six foot cat!  Even if I get past all the guards, what sort of fence is going to buy goods from someone who coughs up furballs and licks their own nuts in public!  You're insane!  Out of your mind!  Who could i possibly have robbed?!"

"...sir, if I may continue, I am arresting you for the robbery of St. Aliouses home for the deaf, dumb, blind and chronically rich.'"

"****"

[Grug]

"Sir, I have reason to believe you are responsible for a series of property thefts, and wish to arrest you under the 'Come Quietly or Stabby Stab Act of 1502....'"

"What!?  Me, a thief!?  Look at what i'm wearing!  Look at it!  It's a break green glowing set of armour!  Armour!  As in, clank clank clunk clank!  I can't even sit down to take a crap in this getup, nevermind jump in through a window, sneak behind 7 guards, chib the master of the house and steal all their spoons.  Not to mention I'm glowing!  Glowing!  I'm a walking bloody nightlight!  I've been hired by people to stand in their kids rooms at night so they're not scared of the dark!  Even the sword glows!  I can't even walk about in my scants unless I dump my weapons - and there's 5 metric tonnes of them!

Honestly, I'm noisy, bright and glowing, and to cop it all I'm a bloody six foot cat!  Even if I get past all the guards, what sort of fence is going to buy goods from someone who coughs up furballs and licks their own nuts in public!  You're insane!  Out of your mind!  Who could i possibly have robbed?!"

"...sir, if I may continue, I am arresting you for the robbery of St. Aliouses home for the deaf, dumb, blind and chronically rich.'"

"****"

Do you smoke a pipe while using a type-writer to make these up? RoFL!
*pictures an ACME production line of aldo story jokes with the traditional "dun dun dun don dun" music in the background*

[aldo_14]

I keep my hundred monkeys busy.

[Turnsky]

I keep my hundred monkeys busy.

only a hundred?..

[Grug]

LoL.

Well a hundred and one just wouldn't sound right.

[Ace]

To be honest, I found Oblivion to be dull and boring, nearly as much as Morrowind.

Mankar Camoran is going to make you run around stark naked in the Savage Garden for ten eternities for saying that... (All while getting prodded by the Dremora Caitiff Karl Rove's 'spear')

[aldo_14]

I keep my hundred monkeys busy.

only a hundred?..

Strike action.