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I'm twisted between choosing Oblivion : Game of the Year Edition and Two Worlds as my next PC game. What are your recommendations?

Oblivion, no contest. Not as buggy as Two Worlds, more visually appealing et cetera, ad nauseum. Two Worlds isn't a bad game, 'specially considering it's the studio's first title, but if you want the most out of your money, you're better off getting Oblivion.

Oblivion is endlessly moddable, so you should have a lot of fun with it. Play a game as a magic user, and install Midas' Magic Mods to make it amazingly complex and cool. Install OOO and open up tons of new storylines and dungeons. Make a new charcter and play as a thief, installing all the thief mods, like the one that makes you quite like a Garriot clone, with fancy arrows aplenty. Then go for the true Win and play a hacky-smash guy, or go to the Shivering Isles and hang out with the God of Madness. Good times.

Oblivion is buggy as all fuck and the basic game sucks nuts compared to what it should be, but Mods make all the difference.

I need a faster or at least cleaner rig, but I'm using Martigen's Monster Mod's increased spawn rate to have buttloads of enemies. I then use the Construction Set to cut down the cost of all magic by three times. End result: lots of targets and lots of BOOOOM!!!!

My new gaming laptop arrives on Thursday [if I can actually get home to receive the delivery, but that's an other matter] and Oblivion will be the first purchase of mine. Should I bother with any of the Oblivion official expansions, or just download the mods and patches for the original?

Two Worlds is ass.

Oblivion is good.

Ubiquitous wrote:My new gaming laptop arrives on Thursday [if I can actually get home to receive the delivery, but that's an other matter] and Oblivion will be the first purchase of mine. Should I bother with any of the Oblivion official expansions, or just download the mods and patches for the original?

Shivering Isles is very good for an expansion, so I would say go for that.

For the rest of the official stuff, probably only spell tomes and the various houses/lairs are any worth it. Those are free downloads, I think.

Based on screens and video alone, Oblivion.

I played Oblivion a fair bit (as in I beat the short-ass main quest easily, but pissed around forever with all the side quests) and I pretty much loved it. By itself, Oblivion felt like a dumbed down Morrowind. There were certain weapon types missing that I enjoyed, and the scaling was a pain in the ass after a point, but it was still fun and totally fucking worth it with mods. Normally I'd never advocate a game that needed mods to help make it more fun, or something, but it's the ease of getting these mods and their quality that lessens the problem of "requiring" them if you're an observant and cynical gamer.

Two Worlds, of which I've only played the demo, was really just ok. I hated the interface and didn't care for the difficulty level. A few steps outside of town had me run into bandits I couldn't handle, and that's to say nothing of how impervious their bears are to arrow and sword.

I'll second Covenant's opinion on the "thief" mods for Oblivion. They will put you very close to a Thief 4 experience, but because of the game's design you'll always be a few steps away from that kind of immersion. The game just wasn't designed for that kind of sneaking. The most Oblivion can do is come close.

Not to mention vanilla damage as a thief character is pitiful, so be sure to grab some damage bonus mods if thieving is your kind of thing. Nothing is worse than backstabbing somebody only to do the amount of damage equal to that of a paper cut. :/

Ubiquitous wrote:My new gaming laptop arrives on Thursday [if I can actually get home to receive the delivery, but that's an other matter] and Oblivion will be the first purchase of mine. Should I bother with any of the Oblivion official expansions, or just download the mods and patches for the original?

Game of the Year edition comes with at least Shivering Isles, and possibly Knights of the Nine packed in.

Vendetta wrote:

Ubiquitous wrote:My new gaming laptop arrives on Thursday [if I can actually get home to receive the delivery, but that's an other matter] and Oblivion will be the first purchase of mine. Should I bother with any of the Oblivion official expansions, or just download the mods and patches for the original?

Game of the Year edition comes with at least Shivering Isles, and possibly Knights of the Nine packed in.

It does, I paid £30 for Oblivion and £15 for each of the expansions when they came out, I was robbed.

Covenant wrote:Make a new charcter and play as a thief, installing all the thief mods, like the one that makes you quite like a Garriot clone, with fancy arrows aplenty.

Did someone say Thief?

Can you point me in a direction where I can find all of these thief mods? I have Oblivion, but haven't played it in over a year and I'm exceedingly behind on what mods are recommended.

*http://www.tessource.net/

Apparently the site went down recently, so I'm not sure sure what is there and what is not. Anyway, you'll find mods for being a thief under class mods, as well as game enhancements. There is sometimes no rhyme or reason as to where people put their mods, but they can be find in either place I'm sure.

RazorOutlaw wrote:*http://www.tessource.net/

Apparently the site went down recently, so I'm not sure sure what is there and what is not. Anyway, you'll find mods for being a thief under class mods, as well as game enhancements. There is sometimes no rhyme or reason as to where people put their mods, but they can be find in either place I'm sure.

Excellent. Thanks very much!

Vendetta wrote:Two Worlds is ass.

Oblivion is good.

I feel... superfluous. As though my job is done here.

Anyway, are the two games really comparable? Two Worlds seems to be a bit more Diablo-y, a bit more like an MMO (with zones etc) than Obvious, which is a hokey, poorly-plotted but pretty-and-fixable-with-mods first-person stabber.

Actually, since I upgraded I might put Obviate back on, see if I can run those awesome mods my 6600GT didn't like.

Since you're playing on PC, there is absolutely no question as to which to get.

Oblivion is over-all a better game, but the mod community for it is top-notch and will add lots of little things to keep you entertained, not to mention full-length involved quests (if not entirely new areas) for you to explore.

Two words: Morrowind conversion.

Well, alright, it's not Vvardenfel it's actually on the main land. Regardless...