# Game Informer Review Elder Scrolls V **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 20, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-informer-review-elder-scrolls-v/568380 "2011-01-20T21:31:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-informer-review-elder-scrolls-v/568380/21 "2011-01-23T00:44:53Z")
I think y’all have about talked me out of it! 🙂 Maybe I’ll stay with Fable III (which I play on the 360 when WoW is being patched). To answer a question asked above about my limitations: I have Alzheimer’s related dementia and severe depression. Gaming keeps some of my cognitive functions sharp and helps with short term memory retention. I’m a level 81 Alliance Human Warrior on WoW, but that’s because I had a _lot_ of help from my friends here who are gamers. Look for **Wolkenlaufre** in the Armory and you’ll see that I am not as skilled a player as I should be.😉 Anyway, I appreciate the help and advice! Q ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-informer-review-elder-scrolls-v/568380/22 "2011-01-23T00:55:55Z")
I agree with **badlyburnttoast** - the levelling system isn’t that bad. I played through both Oblivion and Morrowind without levelling mods a number of times and had no real problems (some tough parts though). Start with Morrowwind - the graphics may be a little dated but it’s a great game with a compelling setting, much more interesting than the rather generic Oblivion. ---
**Author:** ![Hennessy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hennessy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hennessy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-informer-review-elder-scrolls-v/568380/23 "2011-01-23T11:58:15Z")
If gaming is your get away from life then you may as well make your computer into a gaming computer or get a new one. Look at it like your getting a X-Box 900. Sandbox games are the greatest thing to ever happen, imo. Oblivion is worth playing right now and is awesome without the mods. I say go ahead and get it for your Xbox if you can’t upgrade your computer. Heads up though, do NOT look at the mods that the computer version allows you to use as you will cry. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-informer-review-elder-scrolls-v/568380/24 "2011-01-23T13:29:38Z")
Okay, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-informer-review-elder-scrolls-v/568380/25 "2011-01-23T17:53:57Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Morrowind was a lot of fun, but might seem really dated now. I think it would be better to try it first before Oblivion (if you’re trying both), because I can never go backwards in a series without be frustrated by older graphics, etc. Enjoy. There’s a modpack to give it a [facelift](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3TKfUEnfas) that has run into a bit of [controversy](http://kotaku.com/5727233/morrowind-mod-put-to-the-sword) lately. It reportedly won’t make it look brand new, but it strikes me as a testament to what the Elder Scrolls modding community gets up to. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-informer-review-elder-scrolls-v/568380/26 "2011-01-24T14:41:46Z")
> [@lisiate](#): > > I agree with **badlyburnttoast** - the levelling system isn’t that bad. I played through both Oblivion and Morrowind without levelling mods a number of times and had no real problems (some tough parts though). In Morrowind I didn’t have any real problem, but the levelling system didn’t add anything, either. It was just a nuisance to game the system, nothing more. In Oblivion, I actually wrecked my first character (after a good 20 hours) and could get no farther. And it was right around that time that I realized that talking to people wasn’t very valuable anyway, and that I’d wasted the time I spent on it. ---
**Author:** ![ushimitsudoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9a140/32.png) [@ushimitsudoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ushimitsudoki)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-informer-review-elder-scrolls-v/568380/27 "2011-01-25T04:03:21Z")
I was very disappointed in Oblivion, because it could have been so much better! The “scaling monsters” was one of the main complaints - it adds a feeling that you aren’t progessing. There is a mod that fixes this and other aspects of the game (Oscuro’s Oblivion Overhaul) , but I don’t think that’s an option for the console. If you put Oblivion, the expansions and the appropriate mods on a good PC, though - it’s one heck of a gaming experience. You don’t need any familiarity with any earlier game in the series. By the way, there is a cool blog [Living in Oblivion](http://livinginoblivion.wordpress.com/), where the dude plays his character out as if it were an NPC in the story. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-informer-review-elder-scrolls-v/568380/28 "2011-01-25T06:11:11Z")
I only play PC games (well, some Wii with my wife), primarily because I love the modding possibilities. I’ve played Oblivion through many times, but never without Oscuro’s mod. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-informer-review-elder-scrolls-v/568380.md?page=1)