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So This is What Acid is Like…

Mar 20, 2008
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Effluvia, Gaming

I made the mistake of getting sucked back into Oblivion. Of course, the real problem with the game is that I invariably spend more time downloading and installing mods than I actually do playing the game. So, after a modest reworking of the entire game, I started off on my adventure.

This time, I was bound and determined to follow the plot of the game, instead of my usual random wanderings. The beauty of the game is that either tactic is viable, and fun. Sure, I spent a few levels wandering around the Imperial City, doing sub quests and looting everything not nailed down, and spent a lot of time just looking at the pretty pictures.

Then, I left the Imperial City. Everything was going quite nicely. Then reality tore. Out of nowhere, a shower of pink squares fell from the sky. It was surreal. Everything around was near photo-realistic impressions of water, trees, etc and here were pink squares floating gently down. I wish I had taken a screen shot, because it was one of the strangest things I have seen. Especially when I got in a fight. a corona of pink squares really take the menace off a goblin…

It turns out that there was something hinky with my installation of the (wonderful) Natural Environments mod, and a reinstall did the trick. For some reason, the sonw texture was replaced with pink squares. Still, the damage was done. I swear I see little pink squares float across my vision every once in awhile. The flashbacks never truly end.

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  1. Patrick  •  Mar 21, 2008 @1:17 pm

    Ezra while Oblivion has its merits I don't know why you'd want to replay with the purpose of just seeing the story through. The sandbox aspect is the very point of the game. I've gotten through the story, and I'll just tell you it wouldn't have delivered but for the sights along the way.

    Better than finding the story would be to find a better mod. The weak stories behind Morrowind and Oblivion are what makes me worry about Bethesda's acquistion of Fallout, which had among other merits a great story. On the other hand, a post-apocalyptic sandbox will be nice. It just won't be Fallout.

  2. Ezra  •  Mar 22, 2008 @2:17 pm

    The funny thing is, as much as I have played the game (and I have played the heck out of it) I have never even been to Kvatch and started the plot. I've always been sidetracked by finding some cool little something (like the Cthulhu homage..) so this time I kind of want to give the game a try. Plus I got the Kvatch rebuilt mod that sounds really cool!