Shivering Isles

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Alright I just picked up the expansion for Oblivion and I must say, it's awesome. I played it for a rather lengthy part of the day and it's still going. I recommend picking it up for anyone who has Oblivion and liked it (I know a lot of people bought it and hated it).

The environments are weird and trippy. Think Alice in Wonderland with more acid and ecstasy. Everything has a very out of this world feel to it and it sets an awesome aura around the game play. If you have a decent graphics card it won't look as good, but if you have a super duper card be prepared to be awe struck. I only have a GeForce 6600 so it's not what it should be, but I'm pretty much convinced I need a better one.

There are new weapons, which I haven't really messed with yet but I'm planning on doing so sometime here real soon.

I love it and if you play it correctly it should add about 30 hours to your game, I'm exploring the dungeons, camps, and towers as well as not fast traveling (the map isn't overly big). If you rush through it you can probably finish it in 10 hours, but what's the fun of that?
 
New environment?! Finally a proper expansion!

Have you picked up any new armour and weapons? Also I demand screenshots.
 
I'll get some screens tonight when I get home from work.

But yes some of the new weapons and armour are awesome! There are some base weapons that make my Ebony longsword look like crap.

Here are some of the stock screens from the website.

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The battles against the Knights are nothing short of Epic! I love the piles of them that end up in the middle of the road after a long fight.

Great expansion, overall. Madness armor is TEH SHIZNIT, too.

Oh, word of advice to players. If you're a heavy armor user, become the duke of Dementia. At one point in the main quest, you'll get a suit of heavy armor, which is the same protection as the Madness armor, but is a single piece thing, and which looks really nice on female characters.
 
There is a huge glitch that breaks gameplay.

After a while, once the 17th million object has been created, items will start disappearing.
 
Meh, a decent expansion imo. Looks VERY nice, much more creative than normal Oblivion but the quests are boring for the most part. I've already had enough of hacking through dozens of enemies in the original game, some more interesting quests would have been nice.
 
Simply AMAZING and funny as all hell....now they better get it on my PS3 and fast .
 
Oblivion isn't good on consoles, you don't get very many mods if you play it on a console.
 

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