Here comes Shivering Isles, there go another 30 hours of My Life
Bethesda Softworks’ second significant add-on and first real “expansion pack” for Oblivion is slated to hit shelves (virtual shelves, that is) on the 27th of March. It’ll come as a substantially sized download via Xbox Live Marketplace and it’ll be 2400 Microsoft points, which is something like $30. I’m currently about 80 hours into Oblivion, but I just started on the main quest for the game over the weekend. So I’ve got quite a bit to accomplish yet in the game, and this will add even more playability to this individual game. This is definitely a welcome addition to an already stellar RPG experience. Bethesda’s got the right idea… screw all this “episodic content” BS and just design a game that can be augmented and built on to in the future without a hassle. Much better than the Valve approach of just developing each “episode” for so long that they’re like full games, only without as much content. So far Bethesda’s the only one to pull it off properly (we’ve had several house add-ons and the Knights of the Nine… did I mention HORSE ARMOR?), and they’ve done an amazing job.
