you should play Bioshock 1 and 2 if you havent already

After multiple attempts at getting it to work on DosBox myself I finally found the setup thing that does it all for you. Gotta say even if it hasn't aged well visually it's a ton of fun.

thanks for the MW ecouragment, i might just try and give it some play through in hopes i get lost in the world.... and for OB on PS3 there is a questline but there is a bug in that the witch you go see who makes you the potion will not except bloodgrass even if you have 12 of them and she only needs 2. Beth never made a patch for it for the ps3. unless somebody here knows a way to make it work, ive googled it and nothing worked.

Two Worlds 2 obviously. But of course you also have to play Morrowind if you never have before.

Dragon Age: Origins (and probably the sequel too, as it's coming out soon).

I always found it interesting to observe how those two diverse approaches to cRPG developed: TES vs. Baldur's Gate and its many iterations / clones / follow-up games. I find myself able to enjoy both - quest and action driven "closed" games descending from BG and open, "freestyle" simulation-like games of the TES franchise. I find there to be much, much more immersion in the TES games, where I'm actually feeling like I'm living in the world, and the real time approach to combat is great and also very immersive.

The BG-line games, on the other hand, had always had better quests, dialogues and characters IMO (think: Planescape: Torment, for instance), and Oblivion's terrible voice acting implementation (by that I mean a handful of voice actors playing all the characters) was an uncharacteristic counter-immersion slip by Bethesda, IMO.

Anyway, I enjoy both types of games and I'm very much looking forward to Skyrim, as I believe that in the end the TES approach has more potential for the future, when enough work is put into creating engaging, interesting NPCs that the player cares about, who offer thrilling quests and intelligent lines of dialogue.

What do you think?

Morrowind. And if you get it on the PC, you can make the graphics look beautiful (better than vanilla Oblivion), and you can get other mods to make Morrowind a more friendly experience as well.

Fallout and Morrowind are both good choices.

If you have not played morrowind, you absoutely have to. As a person who started with oblivion, you may need a while getting used to the very different style of the game, but give it a chance and you'll fall in love

Arena, Daggerfall, battlespire, Redguard, Morrowind and Oblivion...

Also; Dead Space. It's strangely addictive...

Daggerfall without using fast travel, or Fallout New Vegas in Hard Core mode without using fast travel. See ya in about 10 months Seriously though, if you liked Oblivion for its "familiar style", I think you'll enjoy Fallout 3 (or New Vegas, which I've only seen) more than Morrowinds "weird style", despite being "futuristic based on 1950s science fiction".

In this order
Metal Gear Solid guns of the patriots
Morrowind
New Vegas
Dead Space 2
Deadliesr Warrior

Fixed.

Daggerfall or Morrowind. If you come to terms with their emphasis on character skill over player skill and their overall unforgiving nature, they're truly rewarding experiences - much moreso than I ever felt Oblivion was. Morrowind in particular takes a long time to warm up to. When I first bought the game, I perhaps played it for a half hour before getting bored. But then I came back later and played for another hour, and then another two, and by the end of the week I was completely addicted. But I'm not going to go into reasons why, you have plenty of other posts here about that.

Plus, Skyrim in many ways seems like it's going to borrow elements of Daggerfall and Morrowind's overall gameplay/atmosphere, so it'll just make you even more appreciative of how amazing Skyrim is by the time it comes out.

Dead space 1?Horrible,horrible game.Dont know about 2 though,havent tried it.

Any Bioware RPG really, take up a huge amount of time. I swear when Dragon Age Origins came out I ignored everything else for two months.

Mass Effect 2
Two Worlds 2
Oblivion in between all these games
Killzone 3
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Hunted: The Demon's Forge
Portal 2
Rage
Shadows of the Damned
Silent Hill: Downpour
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
Uncharted 3
Dungeon Siege III
Final Fantasy XIII-2

If I finish all of those before Skyrim then I will start on my backlog of games.

I could not play daggerfall just because of how clunky it controls.What did you guys do with it that made it tolerable.

I just started reading George R R Martin's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire. The upcoming HBO series "Game of Thrones" will be based on these novels.

The first two books are amazing and I've also noticed a few interesting influences this series has had on the TES games.

I haven't been into fantasy novels much in the past, but these books are very well written, epic stories with compelling, realistic characters

You can do a lot in the options. Change the button layout, remove the UI clutter, use mouse look, etc.
Weapon combat is a bit odd, you hold a button and move the mouse in the direction you want to swing your weapon. I don't think you can change that but personally I kinda like it.

Any time I play it. I just keep thinking I would rather play doom with an inventory screen.

What's horrible about it?
To me the game succeeds in what it is supposed to do.
Scaring you.(Turn the lights off and put the sound loud for maximum effect. )

Other than that I found the combat to be fun, and love the upgrade system.
Really there is nothing terrible about it imo. And it's at least worth a try.
And like I said, for a horror game it is strangely addictive.

U will love fallout 3 then play new vegas. I always hated the fo series but when I actually tried them I was addicted try it!

I'll be working on my own game and playing various Fire Emblem games. I'm beating them in reverse order (except for Radiant dawn and Path of Radiance), and I'm currently down to FE6. Definitely fun, going back and playing the games never brought to the US.

heh, I'm even making a personal game schelude to help killing time until Skyrim / ME3 arrives

I'm currently playing Crysis (on Delta difficulty, aka, the maximum one), and I'm enjoying it badly. I also plan to play Crysis Warhead (which I've also Steamloaded), and Dragon Age 2 as soon as I get it in March. I've also downloaded the Just Cause 2 demo...I'll try it someday and see if I like it.

Then I'll buy and play Crysis 2 on my new DX11 PC on mid-September / October, and maybe Rage, too.

I admit I still don't know how to fill the summer (May-August)

Duke forever, of course! :toughninja: I know I will.