Oblivion for €20: worth it or past it?

120_Minutes

zavvi are doing an "unboxed" reduction on some games, whereas they dont have the actual box it came in, but a clear case instead. they have oblivion for 20 snots with a manual, and i'm wondering is it worth it? never played it and im thinking its a little past it by now. ive just finished fallout 3 ...will it spoil me?

vestanpance

No idea about the game as I haven't played it but if you can wait a week it's €12.99 with Play

http://www.play.com/Games/Xbox360/4-/717782/The-Elder-Scrolls-IV-Oblivion/Product.html

o1s1n

20 quid is an awful lot for an unboxed game. Wouldn't bother myself.

Outkast_IRE

Oblivion is the greatest most in depth game iv ever played its far better than fallout 3 just go and buy it 20 euro is a grand price just be prepared to lose a few months of your life.
Im still looking for a game to match oblivion it really is such a good game buy it!!!!

TelePaul

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

Oblivion is the greatest most in depth game iv ever played its far better than fallout 3 just go and buy it 20 euro is a grand price just be prepared to lose a few months of your life.
Im still looking for a game to match oblivion it really is such a good game buy it!!!!

Agree with all the above.

koneko

Oblivion is definitely worth playing, but I agree that an unboxed copy is not worth €20 at all, you can get it online for less (and new).

Atavan-Halen

Nah, its a bit too much for an unboxed game.

Do you know of any other games w/o the box they're selling off?

matrim

I got it secondhand for about 12 euro in game last week, so it might be worth checking there

luckyfrank

I wouldnt buy it simply because you dont know what oblivion your getting

The GOTY edition has all the expansion packs included shivering isles and the KOTN well over 30 hours extra of gameplay

Oblivion itself has well over 300+ hours of gamepaly in it more if your really like exploring and dont rush it

Its the best game ive ever played, im 26 and played a lotta lotta game mate If your into rpg's oblivion has set the bar on how rpg's should be made

Just go out and buy a 2nd hand GOTY edition

chrislad

Yup, I'd go for the GotY edition. You get the Shivering Isles expansion, plus HORSE ARMOUR!!!

I must go back into that. I finished it completely, but sold it on before SI came out. Then I switched consoles and forgot to back up my save game! Is it possible to just play Shivering Isles from level 1 as I'm not levelling again!

Smartly Dressed

Oblivion is worth getting. I've changed my views on it drastically and it's now definitely one of the best games I've ever played.

chrislad wrote: »

Yup, I'd go for the GotY edition. You get the Shivering Isles expansion, plus HORSE ARMOUR!!!

I'm pretty sure I didn't get horse armour with my GOTY edition.

Is it possible to just play Shivering Isles from level 1 as I'm not levelling again!

You can enter Shivering Isles after a day has passed. I think.

bigbadcon

I bought the GOTY edition a couple of weeks back and im liking it so far...

Ive played about 12 hours and have barely done anything in the game!! ..but thats not a bad thing because im enjoying it :-)

It seems to be absolutely massive. Id say you'll get your moneys worth even if you bought it for €100.

Did any of you guys get bored of it before finishing if?

RossFixxxed

You gotta buy it, there's something just so playable about that game, love it.

But if you can download the latest update for it, makes it run a lot more fluid!

Enjoy!

Vyse

bigbadcon wrote: »

Did any of you guys get bored of it before finishing if?

Didn't get bored of it but got caught up in some other games. Came back to it almost a year later and finished it. Definitely ranks up there as one of the best games of all time.

120_Minutes

my local GAME does indeed have it for 12 quid preowned, but the guy in the shop said he should have a new GOTY edition in next week for 30....


....decisions...

Past it . Get mount and Blade for the PC instead. Great game

Lucious Sweet

120_Minutes wrote: »

my local GAME does indeed have it for 12 quid preowned, but the guy in the shop said he should have a new GOTY edition in next week for 30....


....decisions...

I just picked up a brand new GOTY edition in Game Limerick for €32

boredatwork82

which platform to buy it on.... pc or xbox?

Lucious Sweet

boredatwork82 wrote: »

which platform to buy it on.... pc or xbox?

xbox

chrislad

120_Minutes wrote: »

my local GAME does indeed have it for 12 quid preowned, but the guy in the shop said he should have a new GOTY edition in next week for 30....


....decisions...

I'd wait. The Shivering Isles add on is 1200 points, I believe, which is about a tenner in real money. Plus the other add ons are 400 to 800 (3 of them, if I recall)

NunianVonFuch

Whatever price you pay it's worth it. It's so good I have a copy for PC (40 hrs in) & GOTY one for Xbox (60 hrs). I'm playing through Fallout myself now and getting a hankering for going back and completely finishing Oblivion - plus all the Shivering Isles quests are just so imaginitive and original that I fully recommend the GOTY copy over the vanilla edition.

silvine

I played this for the PS3 which I since traded for the Xbox 360!!

I never played the Shivering Isles or Knights of the Nine Upgrade. Are the worth a playthrough? I wouldn't be bothered playing through the main quest again though.

As for games being like fine, Fallout 3 is making me hanker after the orginals (never played those either).

Hydrosylator

It's like being in an isolation tank.

With Goblins.

I'm still addicted, have played it through on everything you can play it on. While i agree €20 is a bit cheeky for an un-boxed game, you'll get value for that €20. Months of playing, and good variety between play styles.

SteveDPirate

It's an amazing game alright. Just pick it up second hand with the proper case. It's very immersive, and you can just play the main quest and enjoy it. But if you really wanna go in deep, there is so much stuff to do. All the side quests (guilds) are almost another game in itself.

There's so much to do, and it looks beautiful. If you can get by the first hour........ you will be mesmerized by the first glimpse you have of the games landscape. Really addictive. Think I racked up 60 hours in this, and there were still lots of locations I didn't go to.