» Mon Feb 07, 2011 12:20 pm
I've had this problem on my PS3. Contacted Bethesda about it and pretty much received the same reply. They have no intentions to fix this. After the first crash and then over the past few years, I've been able to replay Oblivion several times on at least two different PS3 consoles on three different copies of Oblivion (2 original, 1 goty edition). And the A-bomb bug or whatever always occurs at exactly 459:59 hours or gameplay. No matter what level my character's at, what quests I've completed or how much I've freely explored in the game. It always starts at 459:59. Now all through the game, every time I played and replayed, I've seen all the graphical, audio and other glitches players have talked about. But once that hour clock hits 459:59, it's game ending. Because aside from the graphics and animations, you can't reload games after this. And everything you worked to accomplish is gone. I used to think that sense leveling (if you really dedicate yourself to it) takes probably over half the allotted time, that I could use a cheat device to make up some time. But it doesn't look like that's gonna happen with the next gen consoles despite that fact that would increase sales. I shelled out good money for all this and got screwed. Because of this and because of Bethesda response, I came to the conclusion that why should I spend money, especially on any other Bethesda products, on games and then not only have them not to work but then have them tell me how to enjoy it (...We're not going to allow cheat devices...you're going to play our games the way WE intended for you to...). That'd be great if they worked. So as of today, I haven't purchased or played any video games for almost two years now, and just like Bethesda, have no intentions to.
But then again, why should Bethesda or Sony worry. They got their money. Oblivion received top reviews everywhere. I loved it, it was to me a perfect rpg game. But since this game has been revealed as a fraud, I've haven't seen nor read any "official" comment about this anywhere aside from forums like this. Not even on G4TV's X-Play. The supposedly *no mercy* Adam and Morgan have even whispered about this. And I think this is big enough to warrant such a thing. A lot of people...A LOT...of people paid lots...LOTS...of good money, some buying the PS3 just for the sake of Oblivion (me included), for this game and it didn't deliver on what was directly advertised about it. 459:59 hours may seem like an ungodly amount of time spent on one game to your average preteen FPS player with too much time and money suffering a wicked case of ADD. But in Oblivion, if you want to finish all quests (including the add-ons), explore everything and everywhere, max out your character, plus all the screwing around you can do during or after all that, 459 hours doesn't even come close to the time needed. I mainly blame Bethesda. Mistakes can happen, but when you refuse to do anything about it for the sake of those who made you rich, THAT'S what really bad.
