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Why I buy this one ?
- Travel across a bizarre landscape split between Mania and Dementia -- filled with vast, twisting dungeons mirroring the roots of the trees they are buried within
- Encounter more than a dozen new creatures including hideous insects, Flesh Atronachs, skeletal Shambles&hibious Grummites
- Discover all-new items, ingredients, spells, and more -- have the talented craftsmen of Crucible and Bliss forge new armor and weapons just for you
- More than 30 hours of new gameplay, with an entirely new plane of Oblivion - The realm of Sheogorath, the Daedric Prince of Madness
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"Starting From Scratch Is Definitely An Option", There are plenty of good reviews here do I don't want to rehash things. I do just want to point out that you can play this with a new character and not have problems. I finished Oblivion long ago and deleted the game from my hard disk, but thought I'd kept my save games. Ooops. I loaded Shivering Isles and couldn't find the saves, and was concerned that I'd have to spend hours leveling up before I could start the expansion pack. No worries. Just create a new character, wait for the quest to pop up, and jump on in as a Level 1. You can work the side quests while you build levels and get some nifty new armour and weapons. It's a good chance to try a new character type and experiment with new abilities. Until Elder Scrolls V comes out, this is the best we're going to get, and a great value for the money.
"Pretty Good ", Let me just start by saying that basically, this game is more of the same. But people who like this game aren't looking for a genre defining expansion, so if you liked the main game you'll like this. It basically adds more quests, items, creatures, dungeons, etc.
If you're fine with that you'll like the game. At 14 bucks it's a steal. Personally the story is passable. Something about a mad king with a mad realm needing saving or something. Oblivion's main weakness has always been the story and your purpose in the world. You never really feel like you make much of an impact with the things you do. And small things like literally 2 voice actors that voice every single NPC in the game take you right out of the immersion even more. Thankfully, Oblivion's main selling point is being immersed in exploring the world.
If you see a point in the distance, chance being you can walk, ride or swim from your current position all the way to that far off point. Chances are you'll never make it to that mark on your map anyways becuase half way you'll constantly find yourself going off the beaten path. Discovering dungeons, new castles, fighting bandits, opening portals and a myriad of things that make this game unqiue. Even with an expansion that adds some new elements, it still doesn't solve the problem of a meaningless story and your close to meaningless place in it. Yeah you can affect the world and your surroundings somewhat, but you never really feel a part of it, unless your exploring some hidden nook in it's huge world.
I wish this expansion had atleast added some freaking new voices for the NPC's. I can't tell you how jarring it is to hear every single NPC in the game speak in the exact same voice as his next door neighbor. It does seem like some of the new female characters are atleast "attractive". Visually the game is beautiful, but the character designs are freaking hideous.
I'm eagerly awaiting Elder Scrolls 5. Just making the minor changes I've complained about they can really have the next great RPG on their hands. That being said 14 dollars is a small price for 20-30 hours of brand new content.
"Not worth the money", Took me 2 days to finish this addition. I wouldn't suggest it. Good content but not enough of it!
"Brilliantly Demented (or Manic, Take Your Pick)", First, do you have The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion? You'll need it for this expansion.
The installation is easy and the expansion integrates into the overall game with ease. Even if you're well on your way with Oblivion's main quest, the entrance of Shivering Isles into the realm of Tamriel is unobtrusive and natural. A strange door appears on a little island near Bravil. Whether you investigate immediately or later is entirely up to you.
Think of this expansion as a much-deserved vacation into lunacy, a break from saving the "real" world from infernal Daedra.
So what happens? To say anything of the plot would be spoiling the fun. Suffice it to say that you'll dealing with an impetuous god, one of the Daedric princes. Sheogorath has a wicked sense of humor, a personality split right down the middle, and a very elaborate plan (or two) for you. To accomplish the goals that Sheogorath sets before you, you will engage in dungeon crawls, caving expeditions, tragic battles and political conspiracy. And rest assured that the decisions you make will have a marked impact on your future.
From my experience, the lessons learned and the abilities gained from the Shivering Isles quests and adventures can prove incredibly handy toward completing the main Oblivion quests, should you decide to visit Sheogorath's realm before saving Tamriel entirely.
As with Oblivion, the technological demands are remarkably steep, particularly where graphics cards are concerned. If you're a Nvidia enthusiast, you'd best be armed with an 8-series card (Examples: eVGA e-GeForce 8800 GTX 768 MB PCI-Express Graphics Card or eVGA e-GeForce 8800GTS 320 MB PCIe Video Card), at the very least. While Oblivion and its expansions can be played on older, less muscular systems, the experience will always be sub-par without the full effect provided by a better graphics card.
"GREAT GAME!!!", This game is best if you have played the main quest of oblivion and some side quests. Also it is good if you have starten Knights of Nine because it helps you get the ropes a Shivering Isles is so different and creepy it is a lot better that way
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"An exceptional expansion pack", I must be one of the few people who can't get enough of the Oblivion game world. When the Shivering Isles expansion was announced, I was incredible excited. And the wait was well worth it!
Shivering Isles adds a gigantic new game world, with two vastly unique art styles. One half of the island, Mania, is a colorful world full of vibrancy and overindulgence. The other half of the island, Dementia, is a dark and foreboding place, with a depressed color palette.
The quests throughout the island are nearly as diverse, ranging from tasks for the mad god Sheogorath to helping out the island's inhabitants. The main storyline is incredibly engaging, and features a number of twists and turns. I highly recommend this expansion for fans of Oblivion!
"Range Expation", I like the mad looser and the wierd area in this expansion, u start with a very nice scenery and totally new monsters and ppl, everything is very different in this expansion which makes it nice. BUT the game itself is archer based. U get arrows to kill a gate keeper so if ur not good with a bow u will throw them by hand ? untill now i only got archer items and bows and nothing interesting for the shield and sword lovers. Another thing is this game crashed my pc so many times, it ruined my windows and burnt my ram so be very carefull with it. They say the new patches fixed it but i havent installed it since the accident, the game gets boring when u keep starting over so many times.
"A pretty good add on to Oblivion.", When you first start up Oblivion after installing Shivering Isles you get a message that tells you that a strange portal has opened up somewhere.Once you find the portal and enter it you meet a man that fills you in on whats going on and then he lets you in the door to the island.The first thing you notice when you enter the realm is that it's breath takingly beautiful.There is a lush landscape of trees,brush,mushrooms,waterfalls and large hills that seem to go on forever.Even though this game is an expansion pack it is huge in its own right.It can take you a while to travel across the isles and get to Sheogoraths palace.The first thing you notice when you start talking to the people of the Isles is the fact that they are all friggen nuts!Pretty much all the npc's in this game talk to you in riddles and dont make a whole lot of sense.The most crazy of all the people in the Isles is Sheogorath himself,he is the mad God that runs the Isles and he has a bit of a problem(aside from being insane).Creatures have snuck into Sheogoraths realm and he needs your help to get rid of them.Sheogorath is a crack up,he will keep you laughing with his own demented brand of logic.The humor in this expansion pack is dark but not so dark that it offends.The Shivering Isles is a nice add on to Oblivion and is filled with tons of little side quests that will keep you playing for hours on end.If you have done almost everything there is to do in the main Elder scrolls game then you should pick this pack up.
"2nd best expansion I have ever played for a game. ", This expansion set is fantastic and adds about another 20-30 hours to a fantastic game. Other than Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne this is truly the best addition to a game that's ever come out.
Not only are the new areas to explore and quest in look fantastic, but the much needed change in the dungeon structures is very nice. Highly recommend. You can't say you've played Elder Scrolls IV until you've played Oblivion, Knights of the Nine, and Shivering Isles.
Overall I spent 158 hours playing this game. Loved it!
"Solid", After The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion's release last year, Bethesda Softworks has been slowly releasing little nuggets of new content. Most of this content, while cheap, didn't add much to the game. Unlike the previous downloads, the Shivering Isles is an expansion pack filled with content, adding roughly 20-40 hours of new gameplay for those still running around Cyrodiil.
The expansion begins when you hear news about a strange island that has sprouted up in the middle of Niben Bay. Upon inspecting the island, you are greeted by a soldier standing guard outside of a strange doorway. Apparently everyone that has entered the portal has either come back out insane, or has simply not come back at all. Being the brave adventurer you are, you enter to find that you have arrived at the Shivering Isles, the realm of Sheogorath, the Daedric Prince of Madness. He has put a call out for a champion to help him stop the Greymarch; a sort of cleaning that happens at the end of every era.
The world of the Shivering Isles is divided into two regions: Mania to the Northeast and Dementia to the Southwest. Both areas are visually stunning and look absolutely nothing like anything that you have seen in Cyrodiil. Mania is very bright, vibrant, and oversaturated with plants like tall trees and large colorful mushrooms. On the other hand, Dementia is a very dark, foggy, and washed out swampland. The main city, New Sheoth, is also divided into two sections called Bliss and Crucible. The entire size of the Isles is about a quarter of the size of Cyrodiil, and is packed with tons of stuff to explore.
The main quest is pretty epic in scope and is easily on par with the one in the main game. The quests, of which many are memorable, will take you all over the Shivering Isles to complete various tasks. Your first job upon entering the realm of Sheogorath is to defeat the Gatekeeper. He is an extremely large and powerful enemy that is guarding the Gates of Madness, which is the only exit from the Fringe (a holding area of sorts that prevents those unworthy from entering the actual Isles). You can face him as is, but innovative players will find ways to tip the battle in their favor.
Another one of the early quests involves you reactivating Xedilian, which is an old dungeon that was used to deal with unwanted adventurers before the Gatekeeper was created. Once activated, the dungeon magically draws any visitors to it, at which point you can either kill or play tricks on the NPCs that find their way into its chambers.
Besides the main quest, the game offers a lot of interesting side quests, many of which are just as crazy as the people who reside in the Isles. One of the citizens of Bliss will explain to you that while he has perfected getting boats to float on the water, he has had less success in forcing the water to fly through air. Logically, a boat carried by flying water becomes a Skyboat. So he tasks you with searching everywhere for calipers and tongs to achieve the effect of keeping water airborne, and pays you gold for each caliper or tong you bring him. Another resident is afraid to sleep inside because he believes the walls will fall on top of him. So he asks you to find a safe place for him to sleep outside.
In addition to the new quests, the expansion also includes new weapons and armor, some of which you can craft from raw materials found in various dungeons throughout the Shivering Isles. Players will also get some new spells along the way, the most interesting of which are a few summons. Also, those who like to create their own potions will find a huge amount of new ingredients to experiment with.
Overall, the Shivering Isles is pretty good. It features all of the stuff that you would expect from an expansion pack: an interesting plot, a good amount of quests, new weapons, armor, ect. Not to mention that this expansion offers more hours of gameplay then other full priced retail games, making the Shivering Isles a convincing reason to revisit an already excellent game.
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