Oblivion Expansion Pack On The Way

I miss Morrowind...it seemed so large compared to Oblivion, and I loved how there were items/weapons that were "one of a kind" that had quests, others didnt...Oblivion doesnt have any large scale water masses with islands like Morrowind...anyone remember the Daedric Crescant? The dude falling from like a mile up with 3 of those awesome scrolls of jump? you have to time it right to jump using it once, then use another scroll before you land, otherwise you're dead halfway across the continent, ROFL. I also miss levatate, and yes...I even miss things that could fly, like those accursed flying creatures that should not be named. I miss the bleak, harsh environments that only true adventurers would tread. As someone in the Tessource.net forums mentioned, the original Morrowind had 11 factions(including vampire factions that could be unlocked), as opposed to 4 with Oblivion. There were the 3 great houses, the 3 guilds, 3 vampire factions, and the Imperial Legion(I can't remember the exact name...haven't played in years). I also loved playing as the HERO, not some servant that has no background, and a seemingly insignificant role in the storyline...I don't get to confront any badass boss and kick his ass in Oblivion...I feel as if I'm insignificant and that my role in the world is meaningless. Yes...the hero of kvatch or whatever the entire f***ing game...not the hero of Cyrodill, the mortal who kicked an unstoppable deity's ass...

sorry for ranting...just annoyed me that this game was "consolized" in quite a few ways, and that much more effort seemed to be put into graphics than gameplay. Now that the graphics part is done with though, I feel that they can now focus on gameplay(hopefully) and will come out with some epic expansions.

Also, for them to make it a necessity to make every piece of lore to be voice acted, it makes it so that first off, they will be less detailed since...well, lets face it...you get more bored by listening to someone ramble on about a rat or artifact than reading. And having everyone reuse 4 or so rumers...old beggers asking for a coin in an old quivering voice, then suddenly when you ask them about rumers or whatever, they sound like they were in their 20's-30's, not like they're in their 65+ age. It takes away from the realism. They should have stuck to the old morrowind thing...only voice things regarding the main quest, and everything else in detailed text.



Last gripe...why did they give free stuff out to their Xbox users and not PC? It's US who they should give back to...WE made them a big company, clean up their content, add stuff they forgot, balance issues, graphics, game longevity, etc. Windows light up at night, better skies, higher quality textures, better grass, environments, weather, sound, etc.

Last thing for those who didn't know about this...a little link as well :D
Anyone remember how they made the water red and called it lava? lol. Check out what his guy did for free that the devs half assed but got paid for:

http://www.tessource.net/files/file.php?id=6854





and a few links for those who don't know where to look for good guides on mods and tweaking:

http://elderscrolls.blogspot.com/2006/05/pc-visual-enhancements.html
http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=553838
http://www.overclock.net/pc-games/143344-oblivion-mod-faq.html
http://www.tweakguides.com/Oblivion_1.html

mod hosting sites:

http://www.tessource.net/files/
http://www.fileplanet.com
http://www.planetoblivion.com



-end rant

Is the expansion going to be avavilable for the 360?

The scans of this (or another article about it) hit the intertron a few days ago, apparently it's really, really wacky/bizzare/silly. Completely different than the original Oblivion, the whole thing is like a fun house or something. There were some pretty hilarious scenarios mentioned - seems pretty cool.

Is this like a "for advanced characters" type of thing or what? I'm curious whether people who've finished the game should start a new character or just install and travel there. I don't want to demolish the monsters there....

I'm only going to be interested if it's either relatively cheap or a decent length. 100+ hours spent on the main game, if the expansion is only 1 hour of quests then it isn't worth it.

Sounds cool and all. I'd be looking forward to it if I had room to reinstall Oblivion (damn you 80GB HDD), but what about ES5? I'm ready for something completely new and fresh from them now, not just another expansion.

Oh god no, I just pulled myself away from Oblivion.

They should introduce some interesting characters.

Let me rephrase the question.. is there a utility or mod that let's you remap/map the mouse buttons?

Does anyone know of a mod for the PC version of Oblivion that let's you map the jump to the right mouse button and the attack to the left mouse button... essentially making it more FPS?

when I click the link in this article it goes to a broken page...?

The new map looks really interesting, one walled off area called 'the fringe' and in the middle of the island 'The Hill of Suicides'. Seems the people of this land have gone a little kerazee.

Oh, and theres a big Zardoz head thing you climb into the mouth of instead of an Oblivion gate.

By the time this expansion is released I'll be ready for my second go around of Oblivion. Great news.

I'm just now getting tired of Oblivion. I'm at like level 34 and have done all the quests. Most of the side quests are just "go to this cave and retrieve my thing" so that's getting old.

I'm stoked for this expansion. It's funny how its 30-plus hours, that's so awesome. Fear expansion was like five :(

After playing through the full game and doing most side quests I just got tired of Oblivion. I'd only be interested in this if it realy brought something new to the table, which is what they say it will. We'll see, awaiting reviews

Sounds good, bring it on!

Dear Life,

I'm afraid to say, but your about to separate from me yet again. I'm truly sorry.

Love,

Me

360 is a given, but...will it have achievements?

I'm going to have to rent the 360 version to see what the fuss is all about over this game.