2 days ago, I thought Oblivion was just a fun game to play, and when i saved and quit i wouldn't care about it in real life. However I did a quest in the Shivering Isles where a certain person in dementia wants to be killed by you. Of course I did it when he was standing on the top of the stairs. Fine and dandy, just a little NPC, but when i went for the reward his Will was there and I read it, god I couldn't feel more sad and depressed for taking his life :'( even if he did want me to, only time ever i've felt like that over a game, what about you guys? You ever done something in Oblivion thats made u feel bad irl... although it sounds crazy.

Well, the Purification kind of...

Corrupting that man to try and kill me to get that mace from that certain daedric prince. In real life that would be ****ed up.

I think oblivion does have some good plot twists.....but its nothing that has ever moved me.

Killing Antoinetta. I don't know why, but it really made me sad. My char as a necromancer searches for a way to bring her back to life all time, but that seems impossible. Sometimes while playing Oblivion when I walk through the forests I feel the freedom and I think of Antoinetta and how it would be if she could also walk through this forests with me. Then again, I realize she doesn't exist in my game anymore and I took all her dreams and her future for a "god" that doesn't even exist. She had such great potential and maybe she would be the new listener instead of me. She would have deserved it.
When I realized all that I never went back to the Brotherhood's Sanctuary.

I know its just a lifeless NPC, but her life story touched me and she really had potential. I just wish she would have been rewarded for going through all that [censored] and still having this high ambitions and love of life.

No, but I take knife out of holster so I can move faster XD

There've been many times when I've been touched by what's happened, whether it's part of a quest that made me feel bummed or excited, or another experience, like if Baurus happens to die at some point. A few places have geniunely creeped me out, like finding a bunch of disposed "experiments" in SI, or exploring beneath the Bloodworks in the IC sewers.

I thought the Next of Kin DB quest was pretty sad and f***ed up

Well I don't know that affect would be the exact right word but ... When you first talk to the Orc in the DB and he tells about going to the birthday party of this little girl and .... (those of you that have done the DB know what I mean and I won't spell it out to spoil it for others) .... Yeah, that kinda turned my stomach. Wasn't really prepared for that kind of story LOL.

That, and the orphange thing, were just needlesly establishing DB as the "mustache twirlingly evil" faction. My khajiit assassin is just good at killing, and DB pays for it. Paid professional, not a baby eater. Sure i'd rather her be a a Morag Tong assassin, alas it's not possible in Oblivion, but i do use their armor and not the DB one ^_^

Yeah, man. Pretty much the entire DB quest line. Especially Vicente and Antoinetta. "Why brother, why?"

That was a total skull-[censored] for me.

Thanks BGS! :goodjob:

Oh yeah, and the Dark Prince.


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[Edit] Hackdirt was another.

[Edit] I meant the Grey Prince, not Dark. :glare:

Interesting question. I think the deeper you get into roleplay, the more valid it becomes as lines between game&reality&character&you can become blurred. Oddly enough, I view this as a measure of success. Several decades ago, I may have been concerned about feeling what my character does, but I am far beyond that.

My character allowed herself to be enticed into doing Sheogorath's Daedric Shrine quest by a selfish greed for trinkets and rewards. What started as a simple practical joke turned rather cruel. Since then, she has carefully evalutated quests before accepting them, sometimes even asking my advice. She now declines more than she accepts. Even after she has started a quest, sometimes it is not what it seems and she walks away. She learned not to care about the enticements of trinkets. Although quick to kill those who would threaten her or her friends, she will not kill innocents. Were she to slaughter an innocent family of five on behalf of the Dark Brotherhood, it would 'affect' both of us significantly.

Over the course of several years and numerous characters, I have seen every quest in the game, so I don't mind that my current character balks at many of them.

Yes a good question.
In oblivion to some extent, more so when you roleplay than reward play.
It has happened to me badly once, in a game called Planescape: Torment where you can help a severly truamatised man find his sister..
At the end of which is either sad or extremely nasty, to this day I always hesitate no matter which alignment / karma / or reputation path I take.

I can't think of anything that affected me in real life. I could think of some moments that moved me emotionally. I think the end of the Main Quest was pretty moving. Also maybe the FG questline.





I find it hard to understand how people could feel sad about killing a bunch of psycho murders that brag about killing children, but not mind killing a lady and her whole family. Or a gamblers Mother to pay off his debts. That just seem strange to me.



One of the worst quests in the game. I don't even do that with my evil characters. I've failed the quest in a way were you can still get the Mora quest.

It's not just a corrupting that man. It's corrupting a Paladin, grieving over his dead wife in a way that makes him betray his promise to his wife.

I said 'kind of' Regardless of what they are, they were comrades, and as such having to betray their trust and murder them is what makes it heavy. Besides, they aren't that bad when they aren't out to get you. Sure the Next of kin Quest was bad too, but a paid professional does what a paid professional is expected to.

And i'm convinced those stories they tell are just that, stories. I mean, there are no kids in Oblivion

Well, the end of the DB questline has always affected me. I mean, after seeing what happened, I almost always choke; and then there's the Purification, , i just find that heartless.

Right. My post wasn't specifically directed at you. :foodndrink:

There's lots of comments like that (including the post just above).

Personally, purifying that hole gives me a feel good sensation, as does what happens to Mr. LaChance.

I'm much more saddened by some of DB quests. Or things like what happens near the end of the Fighters Guild questline.

The only thing in Oblivion that has affected me in life is the Nirnroot. I swear one time I saw a small plant at the side of an alley and I instantly jumped because I thought it was Nirnroot!

The stuff near the end of the fighters guild questline. Especially the Troll Quest. The Next of Kin quest was also very sad.

Don't worry there in the dark void with Sithis now. They would probrably understand you killing them. I always imagined myself facing them out in the open and stating that they must die for sithis. I picture them understanding and we have a duel to the death face to face with preferred weapons. Thats how I go about it.

YEr the ending of Oblivion, that made me feel sad - i remember saying in my head as i was walking towards my Imperial Waterfront Shack - Thats it, end of, my characters been forgotten and will die old and by himself. Quiet sad, until i went to SI

Perhaps I'm just heartless but I'm not all that moved by the stuff that happens. I do, however, have a strict refusal to kill domestic dogs. I have a real life love of dogs so when one of the innocent dogs are walking around and then starts biting me because I killed his "human", I just run away so I don't have to kill him. I'm just strange, evidently.

Buffy says, "It's ok, James. I don't kill 'em either." :hugs:

I hate it when I accidently kill friendlies, and when I am unable to successfully save that one guys children from the goblin attack. Im a really good guy in RL and very team oriented. I feel bad when I cant save or protect people.

"Has Oblivion ever affected you in real life?"

Yup

I've got this Bethesda belly, an annoying little paunch that's going to require a lot of sit ups to work off