Reasons why Oblvion is better than real life

[Anachronism]

When you talk to someone, you freeze in place and can only stare fixedly directly at their face! And better yet, there are people who love it when you insult them!

I like Oblivion, but the conversation system wasn't very good at all.

 

[scotth266]

1)You can make spells.
2)Several of these can be like Jedi Force Powers.
3)You bet I would made a charm spell to make everyone like me!
4)I would steal their shit afterwards. Ain't I a stinker?
5)I would punch a beggar in the nads but he would be ok with it, oddly enough he would sing my praises afterward. Only difference being the pitch of his voice.
6)I could murder half the country. Whoopsie!
7)Some guards would chase me down and threw me in the slammer for a few days. Afterwards I would kill their families assassin-style.
8)I could jump around in front of people with no pants.
9)Ragdoll physics RAWKS.

 

[DueAccident]

Paralyse spells; in real life you need to be pretty devoid of conscience to achieve the same effect.

Or Christopher Reeves' horse.

There's a good chance I'm going to hell.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

-Anyway, most of the things everyone says here is the things that are meant to make the game fun, that are in almost all games ever (well, atleast a good lot).
So why exactly TES IV: Oblivion?

Cause it's the closest thing I've played to a life sim (barring Fable, which I personally feel is not as interesting a game as oblivion to chat about!)


Also because it is such a wonderfully funny game due to its many flaws and glitches that it gives leeway for some funny posts from people.

 

[TheTemby]

Jumping higher then 10 meters...

no guns

being paid for killing people is a normal job

 

[Svenparty]

Necrophilia fines in Tamriel aren't nearly as expensive as Morrowinds.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

The Thieves guild is also recession proof.

 

[Rusty Bucket]

The currency is gold. Freaking gold. Everyone is filthy rich.

 

[Tryzon]

People are very stupid and will always accept your offer of friendship if you tell them enough knock-knock jokes or sufficiently compliment their polkadot dress.

 

[Xrysthos]

Fireballs. Magic in general, probably. And the legendary Quicksave-immortality for when you mess with someone. Or being a vampire Barbarian or Rogue/Assassin type class. Which completely owns.

 

[kizzneth]

khajiit nuff said.

 

[Kogarian]

Beastiality is legal

 

[Reg5879]

Dont forget u can walk around still breathing even though u got a arrow straight through ur head.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

You can fix anything with a hammer, except clothes. Clothes never take damage or wear out.

All wounds, broken bones, what-have-you can be handled by a one-hour nap or a little bottle of potion. All diseases and illnesses can be banished by visiting your local church (provided you're not a bad guy) or a different little bottle of potion.

You can carry as much money as you want and it won't weigh you down one bit. A hundred thousand gold coins? No problem! Your coinpurse has a hole that leads to a pocket dimension*.

You can find someone to buy the most mundane and useless crap off of you, even if no one else would buy it in a million years.

You can go see people kill each other for entertainment every day.

If you do something nice for some two-bit fisherman living in the butt-end of Nowhere, everyone in the country will like you a little more.

You don't really have to eat, drink or sleep if you don't want to.

*pocket dimension. Do you see what I did there? Haw haw.

 

[ShotgunShaman]

I'm greatly annoyed by the fact that by trying to talk to a shopkeeper, I can accidentally steal his wares and get arrested by magical telepathic soldiers.

 

[Dogstile]

i can't believe nobody has said this

YOU CAN RIDE UNICORNS!

You can?..really? I know you can kill unicorns...which is pretty awesome.

yeah, you can ride em, you need to shelth your weapons before you run up to it though, or it'll get spooked and ram a spike up your ass

 

[darthzew]

If Oblivion is better than real life, then my life must suck. I hate Oblivion.

On another note... You actually get to talk to Patrick Steward in Oblivion. I guess that's something.

 

[Kinguendo]

Yes, yes I am. I figured the gaming community would appreciate my skillz the most so I showcase my abilities here. I have accidents all the time... wait, that doesnt sound right.

 

[Kinguendo]

Hmm, so you can have sex with a unicorn too then?

 

[The Legendary Phoenix]

I shall start us off...



You can memorise entire books in less than a second... how I wish I had this skill in school

The gods actually do stuff

Deadric armour beats jeans and t-shirt hands down

Crouching in a corner makes you invisible, great for when the Jehovas witnesses call round

You can tell what you're about to say will piss someone off before yuo say it to them

Major blade and axe wounds leave no visible scars

When the weather's shity you can wait a day for it to clear in a matter of seconds

You can beat your friends up as much as you like and they'l never hit you back

You sir, are now my hero

You can make someone your best friend by accurately hitting a button and using the joystick *speechcraft*