Oblivion on PS3

[miketehmage]

Get it for the PC, you can't mod it on the PS3, and despite what others may tell you, mods make this game.

And Bethesda agree, that's why there is such good support for it, and it's why there is going to be such good support for modding Skyrim.

I say take the risk.

 

[hortez the champion of the frozen wastes]

I have it for PS3, and it works quite well. The map interface is kind of dumb, but other than that no real differences.

So if you're not a modder then get it for PS3.

 

[Erana]

Oldblivion. [http://www.oldblivion.com/]
This is a mod that makes it run on lower-end machines. I know you don't like bad graphics, but its always an option there.

This depends solely on how interested you are in modding.
I honestly find modding waaaay over rated, but I just don't have enough free time to get through the vanilla content, so there's that.

Still, if you find the game on sale on Steam, I'd say pick it up either way. It'd be just a few dollars and you're going to wind up with a system that can run it at some point, right?

 

[thelastmccabe]

I have it for both PS3 and PC. I never got to play it much on PC for reasons that aren't important here, and I no longer have a computer than can run it very well, but I've played it enough.

The controls are a lot better on PC, unless you are really good at using a controller for first person games (I kinda suck at it). I don't know why, but I found that Oblivion had some of the worst controller aiming of any console first person game I've played (which is not many). It's much harder to aim magic and arrows on the PS3, to the point where I don't even bother trying to do archery. If you're just going to melee then it doesn't matter so much. Navigating the map and inventory management are also worse on PS3, but not too bad.

The other big problem with getting the PS3 version is that you can't mod it, and in particular, you can't do anything about the level scaling you're probably heard about. Here's something I posted in another thread about Oblivion about that issue:

Spoiler

I have the game on PS3, and it was basically ruined for me because my character got weaker as I leveled up (and I don't want to turn down the difficulty and obviously can't mod it). Believe me, it's easier to do than you might think. To avoid this result...

If you don't want to use mods on your first play through, then I strongly recommend that you NEVER level up, which is something you have full control over. If you level but you don't spend a lot of time making sure you're build is optimal and making sure to level very efficiently, then your character will end up actually getting weaker as the game goes on because of the level scaling. (All the monsters in the game scale to your level.) If you don't level, the sense of progress will not be taken away completely because your skills will improve even if you don't level. But your stats won't improve, and the vendors, afaik, will never sell you anything beyond the most basic armor and weapons. But this doesn't really take anything away from the game because if you do level, you never get any sense of progress anyway since all you do is hopefully keep up with the monsters.

Note, however, that if you are willing to push down the difficulty slider to make the game easier if you get weak due to sub-optimal leveling, then you can ignore this advice and level willy nilly.

If you're willing to use mods, then either get one to turn off the level scaling or get one that gives you maximum stat bonuses every time you level.

TLDR:
If you don't want to use mods then don't ever level up, unless you are willing to turn the difficulty slider down later in the game.

Just to add to that, what you actually need to do in the vanilla game, if you don't want your character to get weaker as you level, is to make all the skills you will use the LEAST your major skills. That should give you an idea of how broken the leveling system is.

On the other hand, for me at least, in a game like Oblivion, pretty graphics can make a difference in immersion. You really want to see the pretty landscapes and the awe inspiring vistas. It might not have mattered as much to me if I'd never played it on highish settings on my old computer, but I had. So when I decided I wanted to play it again, I got it for my PS3 instead of installing it on my current laptop and having it look like garbage. But when I made that choice, I didn't know how shitty the level scaling was or I may not have.

So what am I doing? One day when I have a fancy computer I'll probably get GOTY for PC and play it in all its modded up glory. And maybe in the meantime I'll start a new guy and play through Shivering Isles on my PS3. So I guess my advice is to wait until you have a new computer.

When I played it on my PC a long time ago, I used this guide http://www.tweakguides.com/Oblivion_1.html to boost the performance.

 

[Arina Love]

game is good on consoles, i myself played through it on PS3. Never even wanted mods, and they don't "make" game, oblivion is good without interference.

 

[crono738]

Get it for the PC, you can't mod it on the PS3, and despite what others may tell you, mods make this game.

And Bethesda agree, that's why there is such good support for it, and it's why there is going to be such good support for modding Skyrim.

I say take the risk.

This. I have it for the PS3 too, though, and it plays just as well. The only issues I really ever had with it were, as someone else said, the map and the misc. item list...because scrolling through 400 keys to get to a repair hammer was just so much fun.

Still a good buy on the PS3 though.

 

[Zabeen]

I say PC but it is still a great game on the PS3

 

[lady man lady]

loved it on consoles, there is enough content without modding to make a great game. the leveling is a *****, but use the duplication cheat to your favor and give yourself maybe 30 percent more damage resistance than you normally would have. made the game awesome for me, and i could still level up.

 

[Techsmart07]

I would recommend PC. Whether or not mods "make the game" doesn't change the fact that they are always nice to have. Oblivion also has an easier interface to interact with on the PC. As someone said, going through a ton of buttons to get to a repair hammer is a pain, while on PC, it's a simple click, slide click, and if you plan on actually using some of those things, then that can frustrate you.

In the end, I would say: which one are you more likely to game on in the first place. After all, I'm a PC gamer mostly, so even if I have something on a console, I don't really play it that much, but if I have something for PC, I'm almost guaranteed to give it an honest try (and by proxy tend to enjoy it more). So I say get it for what you spend the most time on.

 

[NezumiiroKitsune]

Played it for almost an thousand hours on the PS3. Yep, all modless hours. I just like the game that much. Problems unique to the PS3?

Well, when it crashes, and it will, you will have no choice but to hard-reset, but there are ways to circumventing it if you can spot the signs of it occurring. They are few and far between though.

Game breaking bugs can't be fixed by the UOP, and obviously, if you fall afoul of one, they are inherently very bad. You can either educate yourself of them (but risk minor spoilers), or make numerous different saves. There's not auto-save button on the PS3 (though there is autosave when you do things: fast travel etc...), so you'll find yourself pressing pause -> save -> etc... a lot. Honestly, it becomes second nature, it does take longer than hitting F5, but you will have more security for it, and like I said, you don't even realise you've saved you end up doing it do fast unthinkingly.

Otherwise it's fine, the rest is preference.

I have it for the PC now, and have all the major mods, game revamping ones like OOO. They're alright, but I'm not irritated I didn't have them in those 1000 ish hours. They change quite a bit, but it's nothing utterly revolutionary. The nicest fix is level-scaling, but a smart build can get around it anyway. I would recommend playing without them, highly, for your first run anyway (with the exception of UOP, and maybe a level-scaling fix).

 

[searanox]

Oblivion is terrible and it's baffling you'd want it. Get Divinity II, Risen, Gothic II or some other game that has both good exploration and good mechanics on top of that. The only thing that "redeems" Oblivion is its mod support, though that's generally spent on furry porn, so I guess it's kind of a wash.

 

[Kayvaan]

I bought Oblivion on both PC and PS3, and to be honest... I prefer it on PC because it feels smoother and i get a higher realism feeling towards the game... And i agree with what others have said, the way they have done map and misc is a little weird... But i'm not saying that it's better for PC because there are parts that i thought worked better on PS3...

But thats just my opinion...

 

[Voulan]

I have it for the PS3. It works perfectly fine, you won't have to worry - just the occasional lags and crashes, the annoyingly slow map viewing/navigating and menu scrolling.

You won't have mods, but then I've played almost 200 hours and I don't feel particularly left out. Mods make it far too easy and less immersive, really.