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Oblivion Shivering Isles, a LITTLE over the top?
Does anyone else think that Bethesda went a little over the top with the Shivering Isles expansion for Oblivion? For all other gamers out there that HAVEN'T happened to have played the Shivering Isles expansion it pretty distinctly contrasts with the much more Normal land of Cyrodill which is the world you start in... The Shivering Isles are like a poison apple from when of Alice gets STONED in Wonderland...
First you enter the Shivering Isles through a portal inside the mouth of a statue. Once you're on the island, you must acquire and consume a hallucinogenic drug known as "Felldew", then betray the duke who sent you on the quest by poisoning the duke's dinner with "Greenmote" a similar drug, which causes the duke's heart to explode. After he collapses onto the floor from a drug overdose, you must take the drug tainted blood from his corpse and light it at a fire at an altar to become the new duke of mania.
After playing this game for many hours at a time, it seriously starts messing with your head... Imagine being forced into a room with a lunatic for hours at a time... pretty soon, you'd start going crazy, right?... That's what playing this expansion is like... pure chaos
Overall, I was disappointed with the shallow storyline, and with rather limited choices, this expansion doesn't begin to touch the richness in plot and open world elements that made me love the game to begin with. It's almost as if they expected the chaotic madness of the isles to cover for it's weaknesses... Overlooking it's over the top drug content and dark tainted insane theme, Yes, this is an OK game... as far as gameplay, but it's not worthy to be in the same paragraph as Oblivion... It just didn't add up...The Elder Scrolls 4 is Legendary... BTW: Loved Morrowind too...
First you enter the Shivering Isles through a portal inside the mouth of a statue. Once you're on the island, you must acquire and consume a hallucinogenic drug known as "Felldew", then betray the duke who sent you on the quest by poisoning the duke's dinner with "Greenmote" a similar drug, which causes the duke's heart to explode. After he collapses onto the floor from a drug overdose, you must take the drug tainted blood from his corpse and light it at a fire at an altar to become the new duke of mania.
After playing this game for many hours at a time, it seriously starts messing with your head... Imagine being forced into a room with a lunatic for hours at a time... pretty soon, you'd start going crazy, right?... That's what playing this expansion is like... pure chaos
Overall, I was disappointed with the shallow storyline, and with rather limited choices, this expansion doesn't begin to touch the richness in plot and open world elements that made me love the game to begin with. It's almost as if they expected the chaotic madness of the isles to cover for it's weaknesses... Overlooking it's over the top drug content and dark tainted insane theme, Yes, this is an OK game... as far as gameplay, but it's not worthy to be in the same paragraph as Oblivion... It just didn't add up...The Elder Scrolls 4 is Legendary... BTW: Loved Morrowind too...
Tags: isles, oblivion, shivering
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Permalink Reply by Alucard on -
i have oblivion on my pc, and the game was amazing (god mode helps too) but the shivering isles was just stupid, i played it for like 30 min, then quit, go one mission done. i still play regular oblivion like crazy, but i agree with you the expansion was just too much.
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Permalink Reply by Alex on -
i loved the expansion and main quest, but it is quite different from the normal map, but it IS a different realm after all...
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Permalink Reply by Shtanto on -
I played through it twice. I'm glad they made it distinctive, like that khajit who runs around screaming 'Ni!'. The sword you get is good though, no doubt about that.
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Permalink Reply by Ben Page on -
It was more like Morrowind (Tes III) an thats why I liked it, but it is quite a contrast to Oblivion, like another game, not the expansion, and i agree with that. Overall, it was good if you are watching it as a standalone game. Never liked the "downloadable content" or expansions, mods, they ruin the "culture" of the original game.
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Permalink Reply by John Slater on -
SI was an awesome addition to Oblivion. It was unique, had a fun story, and allowed players to do things they didnt normally do in the game. building jumping, pushing people off of ledges (who wanted to), the suicide hill. It was something different that people could enjoy.
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