Trip out, two game reviews in the last couple weeks….very unlike me. So i picked this game up mid 2007 on PC. Great game except for the fact that i couldn’t run it very well, so i pretty much put it aside. Well recently after purchasing a PS3 i bought this game again. Damn ive spent 120 bucks on this game. A side note: You need to play on a large HD, i have a 1080i 57inch, and its uber.
So far the game is pretty cool, but i believe it really picked up when i entered the shivering isles. Its a constant epic tale where the decisions you make change everything. Basically there are two areas, the upper half and lower half of the isle. The upper is controlled by Mania and in turn is pretty beautifull to look at. In inverse is the lower half is controlled by Dementia and it looks pretty dark and evil. Mania is full the creative artists and philosopher who are out of there minds. Dementia is essentially a load of people that are sickly near dieing. They steal and kill and are pretty much really sadistic. Along the story you essentially get to choose your side among several different points. I choose mainy the Mania side. Basically the side you pick determines slightly some of the items you pick. Like Mania the side i picked i get a lot of light armor that gives stats that benefit magic.
I only have one major problem so far. My brother was playing on it and got bit by a vampire, so he went and did the quest to cure it. Long behold the quest wouldnt complete and he got stuck as a vampire. After some research online i found that the ps3 version is glitched and if you dont cure vampirism within 3 days, your essentially stuck as a vampire.
So all in all i give the game 9/10. I love the expansion, but the normal oblivion game is just good..not uber.
Author: Jason Rogers