Old PC games vs. the new ones

So, the famous game from the

Bethesda team, made in 2002. Excellent RPG game, although with confusing

Journal. It was really huge game, that only the bravest men could face (well, Daggerfall was bigger, but that was really insanely huge game). Certainly, the game has its flaws, like not-so-smart AI, bugs, confusing Journal (said before), etc.

Rate: 9/10

b) Oblivion

Ah, the newest Bethesda game. Made 2006. A lot of hype made about it. Fantastic story, breath-taking graphic, intelligent NPC-s, huge world to explore... Yeah, right. On a paper, it looks perfect, but realization is problem:

- Fantastic story: I don’t think so. It’s a classic fairytale.

Good guy (Emperor) had a vision: Invasion of Tamriel by forces of darkness. His sons are killed, and he is running away from assassins through the Imperial prison. There, he finds YOU, rotting in cell (stole an apple, I guess). Strange, he stops and enjoy in chat with you, while assassins are right behind him. Little strange, but OK. I mean, he’s an emperor, he can do whatever he wants. When he told you enough about astrology, you continue through the secret passage in your cell. After killing a bunch of goblins and terrorists, your dear emperor die. Before he died, he gave you an amulet, and told you what to do with it. He gave whole fate of Tamriel in criminal’s hands. Strange, eh? But OK. Let’s go on. When you exit the sewers, you need to go to the Weynon Priory. There you must find one priest. He send you to Kvatch, where you must find emperor’s heir, Martin (he doesn’t know he’s an emperor – poor guy, whole life working for a mediocre priest’s salary, instead of enjoining, like his brothers... ccc.). You entered Kvatch, and – what a surprise! It’s burned to the ground. Look’s like a Panzer division was here, but no! Satan (Dagon) himself, and his minions, was here! You must free the town with a bunch of soldiers, and get Martin to Weynon Priory. You get there with him, and – guess! It’s attacked! Wow. You kill terrorists, find that priest from the beginning of the story (he tells you that silly amulet is taken) and get to the only safe place on Earth – Cloud Ruler Temple. From there you must get some weird stuff for Martin to recover silly amulet, which is taken by terrorist’s mastermind into his realm. When you recover the amulet, you go to the Imperial City Temple district to use the amulet to stop evil forces from invading Tamriel. When you reach Temple district, guess what! It’s attacked! How unpredictable! You and Martin rush into temple and Martin transforms himself into a dragon, using the amulet, and defeat Satan (Mehrunes Dagon), but he dies too. How noble. And there ends the main quest. What cliché.

- Fantastic gameplay: Just one thing to say:

This is Call of Duty with medieval weapons and some magic.

- Breath – taking graphic and physic: Well, I can’t comply about this. Only one thing to say: Well done, Bethesda!

Rate: 7.5/10

Posted by M.S. on Saturday, February 24, 2007 at 12:38 AM | Permalink