Oblivion
The game name references what it does to your social life. Most of the reviews are truly spot on - you do don’t play Oblivion, you lose yourself to it. I dreamed about it last night for crying out loud. The settings, story, and sheer amount of stuff to see and do in this game is just mind blowing. Finally a bitter fantasy MMO hater like myself gets to taste many of the good elements (massive world to explore, endless quests) without the negatives (dull combat, griefers, endless travel, unengaging story).
March 28th, 2006 at 9:36 pm
I’m still debating whether to take the plunge and buy this - I know I’d love it, but can one afford to lose that much time!?
Maybe if I didn’t have to work for a living… hmm.
March 28th, 2006 at 11:40 pm
14 hours and I’ve barely scratched the surface. :) Plus it’s not full of random battle padding or grind, it really feels densly populated with proper story and gameplay. It can become a time vacuum if you let it though, I’m just doing a quest or two an evening now.
April 6th, 2006 at 3:01 pm
Ugh. I’ve installed it. My life has disappeared into a large void!