Even a seemingly simple event like taking a certain long road to a new city they've managed to make interesting and memorable. It really has to be played and experienced to understand. The story and quests are interesting and quite unique, the exploration is wonderful and beautiful and more.

It combines Elder Scrolls style gaming with a more handcrafted, almost Gothic-style RPG. I played this game awhile back and I can say that it is one of the best RPGs I've played recently. (Save early, save often)Īs others have stated, the combat is the sore point, but generally I'm in awe of what these guys have managed to do with this full conversion mod and are definitely enjoying their work. Reminders of Oblivion are always there. NPCs in towns don't really have much to say. (Maybe I should try to learn the language one of these days…) I actually like the German voice acting. Scripted events and moderately interesting dungeon design (more so than Vanilla OB) Really nice sense of progression assisted by the fact that you can find non-scaled objects in the world. Some interesting loot, specific class based item sets and variety of crafting options. Mellow, immersive new soundtrack with some KaiRo touches here and there. Experience based level system with learning points and instructors spread throughout the world gives the game a quasi-Gothic feeling at times.

Great first dungeon (as GBG indicated) with a minor set piece that reminded me of the encounter with the Black Beast from Arx Fatalis.

I was already level 8 by the time I began to take an interest in the main plot, which to be honest I like so far. The modders have done a wonderful job crafting their own vision with memorable encounters and well scripted events which serve to further encourage exploration. The game is very solid fun so far despite the remnants of Oblivion (UI, art assets) being unavoidable. I'm about 20 hours in and level 11, going for a knight/archer hybrid build with some conjuration on the side. Thanks to this thread and its positive reportages of Nehrim, I've also finally taken the chance to sample it, with a little hankering for an open-world experience than can only come from reading one too many Skyrim threads.

Oblivion level scaling mod