if you like games, don't get oblivion
no, that wasn't a typo. i am here to tell all hardcore gamers the reasons why they shouldn't buy oblivion, and there are about 200 hours worth.
i am currently suffering from a crippling addiction to this game. how is it crippling you ask... well besides the anti-social behavior that results from any game addiction (or just being a gamer in general), i am having to deal with the inability to play any other games. i have only unlocked about half of the cars in burnout revenge and normally this would weigh heavily on my mind. under normal circumstances, being the unlockable whore that i am, i would feel that aching, undeniable need to earn the next one until there were no more left. but burnout hasn't seen the inside of my 360 since oblivion arrived. the same goes for GRAW. i love playing online, but i have only engaged in a total of 5 matches online with this superb title, something which can only be considered a grave injustice done to a game that deserves so much more. and i wouldn't have even played those matches if oblivion offered online play.
so what am i getting at? well, suffice it to say that oblivion is a greedy game. it will take over all of your gaming time and not be satisfied. it starts with the inability to turn it off when you know you should go to sleep or eat something (because you haven't all day). next you will be sneaking out of work early to play it, and even when you're not playing it, you'll be thinking about playing it. then, your mood will start to be affected by the in-game weather and you'll begin thinking about realworld social interactions as a minigame. and while i have no first hand experience with what the really advanced stages of this addiction are like, its a safe bet they are ugly and depraved.
i do not intend to suggest that oblivion doesn't deserve every minute spent with it as it is simply sublime. its just that there are so many good games out there that deserve to be played and enjoyed... is it really fair to let one monopolize your life for so long? so my advice to everyone who has a backlog of games they still need to play, or who wants to spend some more time with the games they are already familiar with, or even those who think that sometime in the next 4 months a game will come out that they will want to play is this: don't get oblivion yet. wait until the day youre tired of everything you have and theyve stopped making any new good games... that way you can spend the rest of your life playing it without feeling guilty.
-Asano
i am currently suffering from a crippling addiction to this game. how is it crippling you ask... well besides the anti-social behavior that results from any game addiction (or just being a gamer in general), i am having to deal with the inability to play any other games. i have only unlocked about half of the cars in burnout revenge and normally this would weigh heavily on my mind. under normal circumstances, being the unlockable whore that i am, i would feel that aching, undeniable need to earn the next one until there were no more left. but burnout hasn't seen the inside of my 360 since oblivion arrived. the same goes for GRAW. i love playing online, but i have only engaged in a total of 5 matches online with this superb title, something which can only be considered a grave injustice done to a game that deserves so much more. and i wouldn't have even played those matches if oblivion offered online play.
so what am i getting at? well, suffice it to say that oblivion is a greedy game. it will take over all of your gaming time and not be satisfied. it starts with the inability to turn it off when you know you should go to sleep or eat something (because you haven't all day). next you will be sneaking out of work early to play it, and even when you're not playing it, you'll be thinking about playing it. then, your mood will start to be affected by the in-game weather and you'll begin thinking about realworld social interactions as a minigame. and while i have no first hand experience with what the really advanced stages of this addiction are like, its a safe bet they are ugly and depraved.
i do not intend to suggest that oblivion doesn't deserve every minute spent with it as it is simply sublime. its just that there are so many good games out there that deserve to be played and enjoyed... is it really fair to let one monopolize your life for so long? so my advice to everyone who has a backlog of games they still need to play, or who wants to spend some more time with the games they are already familiar with, or even those who think that sometime in the next 4 months a game will come out that they will want to play is this: don't get oblivion yet. wait until the day youre tired of everything you have and theyve stopped making any new good games... that way you can spend the rest of your life playing it without feeling guilty.
-Asano
posted by Voomp at
6:42 PM
1 Comments:
Good advice, buddy. I have to say, I fit the profile of someone who REALLY shouldn't play Oblivion. But Oblivion has even more influence than you said. It's grasp on me is already strong, and if it weren't for my current addiction to Geometry Wars, I probably would've bought it already.
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