Who Plays TES Oblivion?

[DrDeath in Despair]

How many hours, maybe 130 hours? When you say a few days, it sounds like 3-6 hours, but one dungeon can take atleast an hour. What's this Easter Egg?

Here's my text file with info from when I used to play this game...
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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
 
Main Quest
 
Exploring the world
Defeating random dungeons
Leveling up
 
Sidequests
Guild/Faction
Arena
 
Knights of the Nine
The Shivering Isles
 
Locations visited:
Heartlands:
33. Imperial City Sewers N.E. Exit    High
36. Vilverin                High
37. Sideways Cave            High
31. Imperial City Sewers S.E. Exit    Low
29. Fatback Cave            High
08. Dzonot Cave                High
12. Sinkhole Cave            High
22. Imperial City Sewers N. Exit    Low
13. Chestnut Handy Stables        High
14. Imperial City Talos Plaza        Medium
    (5, 4, 3, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 19, 17, 16
    15, 21, 20, 18, 13, 27, 28, 26, 29)
21. Imperial City Elven Gardens        Medium
    (9, 7, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11
    19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 26, 25, 24, 23)
23. Imperial City Market District    Medium
    (1, 26, 24, 23, 22, 21, 18, 17(!), 12, 11, 8, 6, 5, 4
    7, 9, 19, 20, 25, 16, 13, 10, 3)
24. Imperial City Arena District    Medium
    (2, 8, 4, 5)
25. Imperial City Arboretum        Medium
    (7, 2, 5)
19, Imperial City Temple District    Medium
    (
 
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Wayshrines...
Julianos: NW of Imp. City(Not activated, need fame)
Runestones...
Hestra: NW section of Imp. City island
 
Locations visited:
Imperial Prison Sewer            High
Imperial Prison Sewer North Exit    Low(need Hard Lockpicking skill)
...Passed by Imperial City Locations...
Weye                    High
Wawnet Inn                High
Fanacasecul                High
Fort Ash                High
Odil Farm                High
Weynon Priory                High
...Passed by Chorrol city locations...
Ceyatatar                Medium(Need Average Lockpicking skill)
Greenmead Cave                Medium(Path blocked)
Grayrock Cave                Low
Derelict Mine                Low
Bloodcrust Cavern            Low
...Passed by Skingrad city locations...
Silorn                    Low
Fyrelight Cave                Low
Ra'sava Camp                High
Miscarcand                Low
Dasek Moor                Low
Belletor's Folly            Low
Plane of Oblivion            Medium(Done?)
Kvatch                    Medium(Progress blocked)
Gottshaw Inn                Low
Wildeye Stables                High
...passed by Bruma city locations
Dragonclaw Rock                High?
Sercen                    Low
Roxey Inn                Low
Sideways Cave                Low
Vilverin                Low

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I can't remember completely what the file means. The list on the bottom shows some locations and low/medium/high means how much I completed of it I think. In the middle part of the file the #'s mean locations I need to visit still, using the numbers from the strategy guide for the specific locations. Notice the first part of the file, it shows what you do in the game...

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Main Quest

Exploring the world
Defeating random dungeons
Leveling up

Sidequests
Guild/Faction
Arena

Knights of the Nine
The Shivering Isles

...What if I skipped all the random dungeons but did everything else? How long would finishing Oblivion, Knights of the Nine, and The Shivering Isles take, 300 hours? ?!

Google "Easter Egg."
Other then that, it's all depended how you play the game.
(Shouldn't a dungeon take only 30 minutes at most, unless you're lost?)

[Dragonsoul]

I feel sad that I'm not playing this game, I want it! What game is very similar to this game besides Two Worlds? ?!

[Karellen]

The Gothic series is similar except 3rd person. Just don't play Gothic 3.

[Dragonsoul]

Why don't I play Gothic 3? I heard of this game.

[Karellen]

I never bothered with it myself (for obvious reasons) but it's supposedly a compete mess. Shallow combat, all sorts of technical issues etc. Just read a few reviews on Game Rankings if you want to know more.

[Dragonsoul]

Hehe, I thought Gothic had higher reviews, but I see only a 63% average critical review score. I also see a 65% for the pc version of Two Worlds. 82% for Neverwinter Nights 2. Also a 81% for The Witcher. I expect higher reviews for Fallout 3 and Fable 2.

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I will download World of Warcraft today! !!!

[Cyric]

I'm approaching 100 hours with my Dark Elf (skin dropped to pitch-black, and hair as white as snow like Drow SHOULD have) and her name's Liriel. 2-points to the first person who can guess where I got the name from. Anyways, it's been a while since I've actually played the game, but here's what I've completed, off-hand:

-Mages Guild: Archmage
-Fighters Guild: Guild Master
-Dark Brotherhood: Listener
-Arena: Grand Champion
-I've closed 2 Oblivion gates
-Athletics: Expert (75+)
-Acrobatics: Master (100)
-Sneak: Master (100)
-a bunch of other skills in the Journeyman/Expert levels...

The Mages Guild is the most time-consuming to get through, simply because of the Recommendations you need to get from each of the guild halls in each town. For my relatively high Athletics skill, I made a ring that allowed me to breathe under-water, swam out to the far south of the map and left it swimming for a few hours. I tried to limit my progress to 5 levels per day because it does take a LONG time to increase your athletics. Sneak was the easiest and quickest to get to 100, and I had it before I left the beginning dungeon. Acrobatics was another easy one at that low-ceiling Inn in Bravil.

Oh, and this is with NO mods, NO cheating, and is the PC version...

[Dragonsoul]

You're ultimate! Did you get the name from Might & Magic? How many hours does it take to complete...

1. Main quest
2. Exploring world/Beat all random dungeons
3. Each guild/faction
4. Arena
5. All quests
6. Knights of the Nine
7. The Shivering Isles

If you complete everything including Knights of the Nine and The Shivering Isles, can you get 450 hours of gameplay time?

DirectSong
Everybody go there please and listen to the soundtrack

Viddler.com - Let's Play The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion 01 - Prison - Uploaded by L0rdVega
Everybody go there and watch the video walkthroughs of the main quest with funny commentary, it's great!

[The Shoeless Hobo]

I play it!

I'm a goddamn vampire atm. And i'm doing the quest to cure it.

Fantastic game. Highly recommended.

[Dragonsoul]

Highly recommended.

I recommend you to give me your copy! For some reason all I can think about all day is The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion! I've stopped playing FF I and FF Tactics A2. I can't wait to get this game, pc version, in a couple months, again! Along with Mass Effect.

I'm wondering if I could also add Fallout 3 and/or Fable 2 this fall. How similar are they to Oblivion?

I keep watching the video walkthrough of the main quest with funny commentary...
Viddler.com - Let's Play The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion 01 - Prison - Uploaded by L0rdVega

!!!

[Tabris]

I've spent many, many hours on Oblivion, and I don't doubt there will be many more. I have GotY edition for PS3, so no mods for me (I just bought Morrowind for PC, though, so I can download some mods there).

I've finished the main quest, gotten to the top of all the major guilds and have done about 120 quests (all of this in two files, though, so it's a bit difficult to get an exact number of the quests I've done).

I've also bought three houses and have bought just about one horse from every stable (they keep dying on me), and am at level 30-something with my main save. I have no ambition about doing absolutely everything in the game, but I will keep playing and see how far I can go.

[Dragonsoul]

How many hours for a 100% completion rate on Oblivion, Knights of the Nine, and The Shivering Isles, 450 hours?

I need more money, to upgrade my pc, and buy this game!

Eh, Fallout 3 I'm getting more interested in now. It's a first person rpg in a huge world which is very open ended and non-linear, and it is from the same development team as The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. It's got a different story and setting though, and the battle system is closer to a 1st/3rd person shooter, but that's still great though.

I'll probably end up buying Fallout 3. I'm at a super exciting stage in my life, my first time really playing Western rpg's. How could I have missed out on all these great games all these years?! I like these dark tones and mature storylines.

Who is really interested in Oblivion and is going to buy Fallout 3? For those people, who of you are going to buy Fable 2? ?!

[Quindiana Jones]

I recently bought this game for the 360, and it rocks.

So far, I've escaped the prison. That's the only main storyline I've done. Besides that, I've completed the Dark Brotherhood and Fighters' Guild questlines. I'm now working on the Mage's Guild. I wish I'd saved the DB line till last, because it's a great little story. Oh well.

Dragonsoul: I'm definitely buying Fable 2. Can't wait!

[Dragonsoul]

I'm considering Fable 2 but I don't know because I'd probably buy Fallout 3 instead.

I want to finish FF I(PSP) and FF Tactics A2(DS) by late September. Then in October I can have my computer upgraded and buy The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Mass Effect at the same time. I'll play both of those at the same time and hope to play a lot of Mass Effect and beat it by the time Fallout 3 comes out in early-mid November I think. Then I can buy Fallout 3 and play it at the same time as The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. I'll be playing these games for a while, and eventually add Starcraft 2 and Final Fantasy XIII in 2009. I've decided to beat only the best new games(2006 and newer), this frees my time up to play the best new games. Look at my playlist for my upcoming games, they are all blockbuster! ...

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Mass Effect
Fallout 3(???)
Starcraft 2
Final Fantasy XIII

...those are huge games! I wonder if Fallout 3 will be better than The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion? I don't think so, since I love The Elder Scrolls storyline and setting, plus the battle system seems more interesting. I don't like shooter type battle systems as much.

I been researching Fallout 3 today, I watched all the trailers on Gametrailers.com, I'm getting a bit more interested in it. The trailers show the character walking around and battling. I want to see story gameplay and footage of the character talking to people and picking up stuff. !

[Cyric]

Did you get the name from Might & Magic?

Nope...a HINT: it's not from a video-game.

I've also bought three houses and have bought just about one horse from every stable (they keep dying on me), and am at level 30-something with my main save. I have no ambition about doing absolutely everything in the game, but I will keep playing and see how far I can go.

This game is like FF8 in that the game gets harder the higher your level gets. I'd suggest doing the Main Quest before you get too high. Being a Master of Sneak at such a low-level is fun, and it gives you the extra edge. In the first gate, at Kvatch, I was killing scamps with my bow, in plain view, and they never detected me long enough to locate me. All critical-damage shots ftw!

Although, unlike FF8, you do need to level-up to be able to use some of the more powerful spells and enchantments. Although, during the end of the Fighters' Guild quests, I managed to get a full-set of Blackwood Company armor, which is insane-quality armor for low-levels, and I enchanted everything but the gauntlets with 7% Shield...I enchanted the Gauntlets with strength and endurance(i think) bonuses. The enchantment decreases the durability, but my defense rating is at 85...LOL...oh yeah, speaking of armor, I remembered I'm also a Master of Light Armor and a Master of Heavy Armor too...and I think I'm an Expert Armorer as well so repairing the armor really isn't a problem as long as i can get out of hostile areas long enough to repair it.

[edit] y'know what, i'm just gonna load it up and see exactly what i have in terms of skills...