Advice About Oblivion

[Wilfy]

So since I've recently got interested in Skyrim, I've decided to borrow Oblivion from a friend since I've never played an Elder Scrolls game before. Any suggestions of what I should do first?

EDIT: I'm not planning on getting Skyrim on launch simply because I can't afford it

 

[ryai458]

Wait 3 days till skyrim.

 

[lobster1077]

Steal a worthless fork then refuse to pay the fine. Ho ho good times with those insane overly zealous guards. I do hope they make a return in Skyrim.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7FaMcIe8oc

 

[henkalv]

depends on what types of game you like, cause there is lots to do.

 

[darth.pixie]

Depends on what games you usually play.

Oblivion has really bad writing, so I'd stick to the main plot just to see what happens if you want to just get the idea and play Skyrim in three days. Otherwise go with the Dark Brotherhood because it at least has some interesting quests and try doing some of the Daedric Princes' quests. Mostly the non-combat ones, because they're more interesting, usually.

If you have the DLCs, go for Shivering Isles. The ideas behind it are interesting (writing is still pretty bad but better than the vanilla game).

 

[butternut]

It's really up to you what you do to start, it is a big open world after all.

Although, I would reccomend just go exploring a bit, collect some money then head to the imperial city market to kit yourself out before starting any quests and such.

 

[saviorindeath]

I always go for a worrior/mage that way if you want to just go around killing everything in sight you can but also have the magic to heal you......now if your talking about going right for the main quest or not I would advise you to get a little experince before any dungen crawling.

 

[chaos order]

oblivion was the first game of the elder scrolls series that i played and i loved it. (although i constantly hear that morrowind is better, it probably is but meh ill get around to it eventually )

well from my experience i followed the first bit of the main quest once i left the the tutorial and then did the mages guild questline. (which is awesome because of a certain item you get but im not gonna tell you what it is)

also i was a spell sword, and if your a class that uses magic definitely get a spell of paralysis cause that shit is just funny.

 

[Broderick]

Do anything. Well, for some direction, I would say join a guild or 2 and do some of their quests, it will make you travel around the map a bit, so you can explore your surroundings a bit more. Go to some alyiad(Sp?) ruins, like the one right across from where you exit the sewers right at the begining of the game. Go running in some random direction till you find a cave, perhaps if you find a Daedra(sp again) shrine, do the quest there.

There are quite literally hundereds of things to do, however,you might feel overwelmed if you dont have something pushing you in a direction.

 

[Savagezion]

Wait 3 days till skyrim.

I LOL'd. It is awesome you got first response.

I didn't care for Oblivion. However, if I were you just do whatever you want to bide time. Roam the environment as it does look good, learn any of the lore you can, etc. Hell, go deer hunting with a bow - that's what I did in it mostly. Just check out the game world and lore as that is what will be beneficial in Skyrim. I wouldn't worry much about the main quest for any particular reason. It's a dull playthrough and you can learn that by googling about it. Learn the skill system and controls yet take the attribute system with a grain of salt because that is altering in Skyrim. You might check out the guilds or something, whatever looks most interesting to you. But I would actually ignore the main quest and just take a look at the game as an environment moreso than a story.

 

[ChaosBorne]

and now for some actual useful advice, experiment with a the different "classes" while you are in the tutorial portion of the game see which appeals to you most (combat, stealth, magic) also don't skimp on time when making your character, they can actually be made to look good it just takes a little time and effort.

then when you've done that and you come out of the sewers, try killing the bandits in the ruins across the water, they are relatively easy to kill, offer some nice loot and the dungeon is pretty cool.

general advice on the game, don't try lugging everything out of the dungeons, it will take you forever it's generally most profitable to just take the boots of the armor they are wearing (best price to weight ratio) the feather spell is also your friend in this it allows you to loot more than you'd normally be able to loot.

also it deserves special mention read your journal carefully and listen to what questgivers/npc's have to say, you get a lot of information in the game and you can miss a ton of it if you are not careful, also read the descriptions of your stats and skills, it very basically tells you exactly what it does or relate to, this may seem like trivial advice but the amount of people who get confused by the game simply because they refuse to read is astounding.

 

[Rai^3]

Specialize. Make certain that you've built a character that you can use effectively, and take advantage of whatever skill bonuses you can get. This is more important for Morrowind than Obi, but still necessary to doing well.

 

[Chucky99999]

Wait 3 days till skyrim.

That's cold, but sound advise since you probably can't really appreciate Oblivion in 3 days.
But if you insist, pick custom class with skills you will rarely use as primary's(sounds backwards, but it helps) and you can finish the main quest line at lvl 2.

Definitely do the Dark-brotherhood quest line, (it was my favorite) and Shivering Isles if you can get it.

 

[Brinnmilo]

Playing an archer mage assassin type is pretty easy going. I didn't finish the campaign but had a fantastic time wondering round the countryside, enjoying the environments, characters etc.

 

[thelastmccabe]

If you can't mod it, then make sure you look up and understand the leveling system (and the level scaling) and plan accordingly to either not level much or perhaps just to level 2 or to level efficiently by specializing in skills you plan to never use (yes, the leveling is VERY broken). Or be ready to turn down the difficulty slider when your character gets weaker as you level up--something i found to be very immersion breaking.

Don't do anything in the main quest for a while, because going past the first few subquests of it causes ugly Oblivion Gates to spawn everywhere and mess up the pretty countryside. Wait until you do a bunch of the side quests first.

 

[Evil Top Hat]

It's a huge, open world, with no specific goals or objectives. You have free run of the place the moment you finish the tutorial, and the gam's generous difficulty settings and naturally forgiving nature mean that you don't have to worry about character builds oir stats too much.

In summary: Do whatever you like. On your first playthrough, it's far more enjoyable just to pick what sounds best at the time, on the spot, and do whatever you feel like rather than sticking to one plan.
Be spontaneous.