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Yeah, there's some downsides to the game play which happen when you make a game realistic. You get one-sided battles where opponents can get stunned by blows, and never get up. You've got wild animals that can kick your ass. Both of these were popular complaints.
Oh, and there was a few engine bugs, yes, if set your video settings too high or low for your system. And you need a decent hard drive. Still, it only took me 20 min to optimize for Gothic while it took hours upon hours and half a dozen mods to make Oblivion look nice. And make the UI decent. And make combat decent. And make some characters interesting. And to un-nerf the gaining of armor. Loading times. Etc, etc. Need I go on?
And if I hear people complain about the plot of Gothic, well... I'll tell them to look at the plot of Oblivion. Neither is all that great.
Sure, Oblivion is a great game, and I've sunk a lot of time into it. But it's by no means awesome/stunning. The gameplay, well, it left a lot to be desired.
To tell the truth, they are fundamentally different games, so I shouldn't even be comparing them. One of them is a persistent universe, the other, respawn-mania. One realism orientated, the other is more how well can you super-power yourself. The combat is different, UI is different, Eh. Enough of this. I need to get some fun time. Ciao.
Still, I'm loving Dark Messiah at the moment, (even if it's looking that it's going to be a bit short), just due to how much they used the game engine to make things mobile. Take, for instance, I built a blockade out of furniture and corpses in a doorway, set traps around it, and rained arrows upon my enemies from the floor above that. They came running in, mashed the door open, started kicking though the blockade. I watched them die from the explosions and flying shrapnel. And I did this, not because it was a plot device, or just to have fun, but because it was the only way I could think of too actually eliminate my enemies with my current skillset. Of the all the games, I think this is the one I'm having the most fun with.
Oh, and there was a few engine bugs, yes, if set your video settings too high or low for your system. And you need a decent hard drive. Still, it only took me 20 min to optimize for Gothic while it took hours upon hours and half a dozen mods to make Oblivion look nice. And make the UI decent. And make combat decent. And make some characters interesting. And to un-nerf the gaining of armor. Loading times. Etc, etc. Need I go on?
And if I hear people complain about the plot of Gothic, well... I'll tell them to look at the plot of Oblivion. Neither is all that great.
Sure, Oblivion is a great game, and I've sunk a lot of time into it. But it's by no means awesome/stunning. The gameplay, well, it left a lot to be desired.
To tell the truth, they are fundamentally different games, so I shouldn't even be comparing them. One of them is a persistent universe, the other, respawn-mania. One realism orientated, the other is more how well can you super-power yourself. The combat is different, UI is different, Eh. Enough of this. I need to get some fun time. Ciao.
Still, I'm loving Dark Messiah at the moment, (even if it's looking that it's going to be a bit short), just due to how much they used the game engine to make things mobile. Take, for instance, I built a blockade out of furniture and corpses in a doorway, set traps around it, and rained arrows upon my enemies from the floor above that. They came running in, mashed the door open, started kicking though the blockade. I watched them die from the explosions and flying shrapnel. And I did this, not because it was a plot device, or just to have fun, but because it was the only way I could think of too actually eliminate my enemies with my current skillset. Of the all the games, I think this is the one I'm having the most fun with.
