I realized I enjoyed Skyrim earlier this year and then spent a lot of time really enjoying it (see some of my stats here and here). After clocking more than 300 hours in the game, I think I have reached a plateau of what I want to do in it. Are there still places to find and quests to do? Of course, but I'm not as eager to go roaming around as I once was.
Skyrim is part five in the Elder Scrolls series of games, and on a recent treasure hunting trip with Dad (to second hand stores), I found Oblivion (Elder Scrolls part four), for $5. I couldn't get into it at first, but once it got me, it got me.
Playing Oblivion after all that time spent in Skyrim is great, as I already know what I'm doing so I can just run around and do my thing. The game mechanics are slightly different, with my favourite change being that merchants have a limited amount of gold they can spend per item, BUT NOT a limited amount of gold they can spend. THIS IS AMAZING, as probably fifty hours of my Skyrim playing was running from merchant to merchant trying to sell stuff (they each had only between 500 and 2000 gold - #skyrimproblems). It's one stop shopping/selling in Oblivion, and obviously my mercantile skill is already at 100.
Oblivion By The Numbers
Current level (at time of this posting): 20
Game days passed: 79
Completed quests: 36
Place found: 62
Houses owned: 4
Skill increases: 366
Training sessions: 97 (I was education poor for a while; all the money I earned went to training)
Number of skills at 100: 2 (Mercantile and Alchemy)
Potions made: 2331
Fame level: 45
Infamy level: 22
Items stolen: 2292
Unicorn friends: 1
Number of Nirnroots found: 73
Number of Xbox Achievements earned: 20 (out of 50)
Skyrim is part five in the Elder Scrolls series of games, and on a recent treasure hunting trip with Dad (to second hand stores), I found Oblivion (Elder Scrolls part four), for $5. I couldn't get into it at first, but once it got me, it got me.
Playing Oblivion after all that time spent in Skyrim is great, as I already know what I'm doing so I can just run around and do my thing. The game mechanics are slightly different, with my favourite change being that merchants have a limited amount of gold they can spend per item, BUT NOT a limited amount of gold they can spend. THIS IS AMAZING, as probably fifty hours of my Skyrim playing was running from merchant to merchant trying to sell stuff (they each had only between 500 and 2000 gold - #skyrimproblems). It's one stop shopping/selling in Oblivion, and obviously my mercantile skill is already at 100.
Oblivion By The Numbers
Current level (at time of this posting): 20
Game days passed: 79
Completed quests: 36
Place found: 62
Houses owned: 4
Skill increases: 366
Training sessions: 97 (I was education poor for a while; all the money I earned went to training)
Number of skills at 100: 2 (Mercantile and Alchemy)
Potions made: 2331
Fame level: 45
Infamy level: 22
Items stolen: 2292
Unicorn friends: 1
Number of Nirnroots found: 73
Number of Xbox Achievements earned: 20 (out of 50)
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Looks like you're having fun.
ReplyDeleteThese games are great.
DeleteI'd be out of my element even trying that!
ReplyDeleteI thought I would be too, but I really go into it.
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