So I have logged countless hours into oblivion, and have played since release. I know that many people say mods add a ton of hours of gameplay but I have tried OOO and MMM and Deadly Reflez and all the most popular things, but I personally don't like them, it makes the game more challenging for sure, but with all those I dont even feel like Im playing Oblivion anymore. Does anyone have any suggestions at all for relighting my interest in Oblivion.

Play something else for a while. I switch between Fallout 3 and Oblivion, when i get sick of Oblivion i go to the wasteland, and the other way around.

I actually havent played in like 2 months or so

Not sure what to tell you Panda. I'm sure you've tried and considered the list of treatments:

- Play another game for awhile (like ToJKa said).
- Roleplay. I'm sure you've read tons about that on the forums and wiki.
- Use mods. In your case, consider ones that add immersion rather than overhauling the game. Hunger, thirst, portable campsites, saddlebags for your horse. . . .
- Have your character keep a journal.

well i'm pretty sure this goes under roleplay but try to make your character having a personallity

How can you play an RPG any other way?

Not much I can say, you sound jaded and it will last as long as you think about the game.
Find something new to do hobby wise, uninstall your mods, when you finally get the pang come back.
Don't force your self and try making a character that does nothing you usally do in oblivion.

Also countless hours since the release, with OOO and MMM.

Best advice I think is try another game. I do that every once in a while. Then come back.

If you want a game similar to Oblivion in terms of a open world, Fallout 3 is the obvious choice. Also Morrowind if you update it with mods and MGE. Even Two Worlds, it is definitely of much lower quality than Oblivion, but it is a huge open world that is somewhat interesting to explore, at least once.

Or other games like Dragons Age or Mass Effect 2. I'm working Mass Effect 2 now, I think it's very good break from Oblivion and Fallout. But it is linear.

I've played so much Oblivion, I really can't stomach it at the moment. But I suspect I'll return after a get enough diversions with other games, including Fallout New Vegas.

Play a different game. For another RPG, I would suggest Dragon Age, Two Worlds (which you may think stinks, but I was okay with it), Fable Series, and (sort of, but stretching it) Star Wars: Knight of the Old Republic.

If you've played all of them, sorry.

Sometimes the passion just dies, yanno? Been there done that. Nothing sticks forever and eventually we'll all move on .... errrr I think anyway! I know it got stale for me also. Companion Vilja breathed new life into general gameplay for me and a certain vampire mod brought some excitement back to my magic user. So for now, I'm happy and I don't play everyday like I use to. But when I do, I'm back to having fun. If you can't find the 'something' that gets you going, maybe you just need a longer break or wait for TESV.

Have you ever tried making your own mods? That helps keep me interested in the game.

I hit this point a few months back, Panda. Every time I would log on to the game it just felt...hollow and "same-old, same-old". Honestly, I haven't been playing many video games at all this summer (friends going off to college so I've been occupying myself elsewhere) but recently I checked back in the forums just to see what was up...and all of a sudden I had the urge to play again. Sometimes hearing stories of great roleplay *coughAcadianandBuffy*cough* and just silly little things that we like about Oblivion and even answering those everyday questions that new players likes to ask brings a fresh new urge to play Oblivion back to me. I can honestly say that these forums have been the best thing to happen to my Oblivion experience. There are so many great people here willing to give their advice on new ways to make your game more interesting. I have honestly stayed interested for this long without mods (being on the 360 and PS3).

So I think it's great that you posted this thread due to the rejuvenation that these forums bring to my game. I can only hope that after your break (if you choose to take one) that you will come to love the Oblivion world again as if the game were brand new.

When I took a break from Oblivion I began a self learning program to play classical guitar. At this point (four months in), I've made it through Fredrick Noad's 'First book of Guitar' vol.#1 and I've learned the first half of 'Recuerdo De La Alhambra'. Going back to Oblivion felt totally fresh. Fortunately for me, I never got into mods so now I have all of that to explore.

I guess what I'm saying is maybe a break from gaming altogether might be good.

In a word?

http://www.clandlan.net/foros/index.php?showtopic=48562

Most of this has already been covered -
1. Reading the posts on this forum helps heaps for enthusiasm. With Oblivion being only a SP game, it is awesome to read the thoughts and ideas of others.

2. Spend your time reading or writing your own Oblivion fan-fic. (use the Acadian link in his signature for Chorrol.com)

3. Roleplay a character is the best way to make sure that you are not grinding and levelling your character just for the sake of it.
Nothing kills your love for the game more than just going through the motions of hack and slash.

4. Build a character to only do the quests that are still left over. And make that character the opposite style to the way you normally play.

5. Have a rotating roster of games that you play. I play Oblivion, Fallout and Red Dead Redemption. All are open world and all rock!!!
It only takes me a week of no Oblivion before I load up the game and think, "Wow, look at that forest."

Download a nvdey mod and run around naked for a while. It won't add anything to the gameplay but it will make you pay closer attention.

More seriousy though, you could try playing Morrowind instead for a while. I was in a similar situation. I was sick of morrowind and I just couldn't make myself play it for any extended period of time. So I started playing Oblivion instead. I think they are so different that they are like different games (er, well... you know what I mean.) But the similarities will keep the other prevailant in your mind. You will make comapirisons like "I prefer this combat system over the other" and "This weapon looks better in morrowind" After a while I was so sick of Oblivion that I just wanted to play Morrowind. Your situation is kind of backwards from what I'm trying to get at (in that your sick of oblivion not morrowind) but I think the principal is still sound.

I've also been bouncing back and forth between Morrowind and Oblivion.

However, I also play a ton of Japanese games. You may want to try that approach because Japanese games tend to have a different focus (story and character rather than asking you to create your own character and explore a world).

There are certainly plenty of games to play. No one can play them all!

As for just Oblivion and mods, I would highly suggest MMM, but be sure to tweak it so it matches what you want. I don't understand how MMM would make the game seem like it was not Oblivion anymore if you tweak it properly. In other words, remove stuff that you don't think should be there (Reavers, for example) and reduce the spawn points if you feel the default is unrealistic, etc. I mean, all MMM does is add a much greater variety of creatures to encounter. It isn't changing the actual game world, per se.

OOps somehow got this in the wrong thread. Must have been one of those back-page things.