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Originally Posted by GDwarf
I just recently started playing again, now that I have a PC that can run it.
The core game is rather too...Diablo-ish for my taste. It's fun, but it's still running dungeons and fighting enemies on little pretext. I've also got to ask why everyone in the game has jaundice and horribly disfiguring face-blemishes.
The plot is also pretty meh, which is a shame, considering the attention that they gave to most of the side-quests.
Shivering Isles, now, is amazing. It has memorable NPCs, it's very creative, while the gameplay is largely the same it just has more...spice, to it.
The plot, while still not outstanding, at least has a twist in it; something I thought I'd never see in a Bethesda game.
And, really, Sheogorath is probably the best NPC in any game ever.
So, anyways, I tend to prefer "spellsword" or "battlemage"-esque characters; ones who weild both swords and magic, though normally in light armour (I just summon bound stuff if I really need defense. Or take the enemies out at range with a fireball or eight.)
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I agree with absolutely everything you said. :]
I'm generally always a Dunmer, focusing on magic, light armor, and swords. Magic being mostly destruction, conjuration and alchemy.
As for guilds and such, I generally prefer the mages guild, but due to a glitch in the cheydinhal recommendation, I've been unable to advance...
In the thieves guild, I've completed the storyline.
In the fighters guild, I'm too lazy to deal with this one quest.
In the Dark Brotherhood, I'm almost done with the storyline. Just a quest or two to go.
I've done parts of the main quest, but I haven't gone too far into it.
Oh, and, to experiment, I decided to be a vampire... eh, not as much fun as I thought it would be. More of a pain than fun. Especially when I'm exploring a cave and I rest, and while in the cave it tells me I've become susceptible to the sun. And, I'm just thinking, "Not again."
Anyway, good game.
(Morrowind is slightly better, in my opinion.)