03-31-2006, 04:50 AM
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C'mon, just blow it.
Location: Perth, Australia
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As an aside, I found a neat quote by one of the devs, from here.
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Frankie I honestly don't see what the big deal is. The stats are kept track of invisibly, and like I said, you don't have to ever visit that page of the menus. Just because we throw a bone to completists and collectors doesn't mean we're taking anything away from people who don't care about such things. Different people -- even among RPG enthusiasts -- care about different things. Some people like wandering the wilderness collecting exotic ingredients and making potions. Others like sneaking around, stealing stuff and trying to get away with it. Some want to rush into heavy melee combat with plate armor and a claymore. Others may prefer ranged combat. Some folks might make a beeline for the main quest, ignoring anything else that comes up along the way. Some folks might be systematic and do one quest line at a time. Others might just do whatever quests come up as they come up, even accepting new quests before finishing others. Some folks might pay a lot of attention to how their character dresses, others might not. Some players might go around listening to every NPC conversation they find, and talk to everyone, others might only talk to NPCs when it's absolutely necessary. Some people may get a horse or steal one, others won't. Some people will use fast travel a lot, some not so much (or ever), and others whenever they're in a rush. Some people will carefully choose their major skills, and meticulously work on advancing them so as to get the greatest benefit when leveling up, and others will just play the game and hardly ever LOOK at their stats. I could go on all day.
Oblivion presents a huge variety in the way people can play the game. Just because you aren't interested in accumulated stats does not mean that those who are are any less of an RPG gamer than you are.
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