Re: Any RPG fans?
Everyone loves Oblivion, it's a huge gameworld and there is a lot to do. The main storyline is poor though, I only came to it after doing virtually all the side quests as they are a lot more entertaining. Difficulty wise though it doesn't pose a challenge. The levelling system is ridiculously done. But it's still a fun game and you'd get a lot of play time out of it, although in my case I wonder if it was worth it. The best part is joining all the guilds and doing all their quests to eventually lead the guilds.
I didn't get very far with Morrowind the first few times either, it's the polar opposite to Oblivion. They just dump you in the gameworld with very little direction or assistance and it's very frustrating that you can't even kill the rats. BUT if you know how you handle the beginning of the game and learn how it works there is a huge amount in it. I very much preferred it to Oblivion. Oblivion gives the impression of non-linearity whereas Morrowind actually puts this into practice. Even when you are a hardcore fighter-mage, you will come across things that will really challenge you. Even though the graphics were muddy, all in all it was a lot more immersive.
Bethesda learnt their mistakes from Morrowind but unfortunately went too much in the other direction with Oblivion, loosing a lot of what made it great in the first place.