Category: Reviews

FarCry 3

FarCry 3 starts with a very immersive scene, not unlike The Elder Scrolls series. A variation on ‘you are jailed and must escape to meet a greater destiny’. The scenario from that point is classic – save your friends – but the storytelling is effective at capturing the main characters rise from a frat boy to a deadly jungle predator……

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One week in The Secret World

Since the first announcements, I was intrigued by The Secret World. The premisses, the multiple references to horror stories and the intention of breaking with the grind of MMOs made it very appealing. The fact it was Free to play didn’t hurt either. So I finally broke down and gave it a try.

Skyrim at last

Skyrim shines in attention to details : – broken and chopped down trees – flying dirt – flying wisps of snow or water off waterfalls – the way foxes follow you with curious look Many Oblivion mods made it to prime time : – Birds and fish – Companions – Travelling adventurers, merchants… – Weapon racks and bookshelves – Crafting…

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Martigen’s Monster Mod (MMM)

:: Martigen’s Monster Mod v3.0 MMM is a massive enhancement to Oblivion, with a strong focus on encounters and creatures. From the Readme file “Over 800M in 145+ brand new creatures and NPCs, 1900+ variant creatures and NPCs, unique encounters, advanced behaviour AI, advanced combat AI, tailored loot drops and more!” This release includes new features such as Racial Zombies,…

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Tamriel Travelers

:: Tamriel Travelers 1.35 This mod adds traveling merchants with unique personalities, pets, and travel schedules. They sit down to eat, run from place to place, enter inns and cities when their pets are small enough and even help you when they feel threatened. This is a perfect companion mod to balance the difficulty of playing with MMM and OOO…

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Danger sense – feral instinct

Danger Sense – Feral Instinct v1.5 Interesting variations on Detect Life with different colors for hostiles, friends, and even corpses. No more corpse lost in tall grass forever ! (Continue reading if you have issues with missing meshes with this mod)  Edit: I ended up discarding this mod because of unresolved conflict around the Dark Forest area.  

Oscuro’s Oblivion Overhaul (OOO)

:: Oscuro’s Oblivion Overhaul v1.3 Gameplay Improvement –  OOO is a major redesign of thousands of aspects of the experience of Oblivion. It incorporates dozens of existing mods, and adds new dungeons, underwater life, new races, and brings back slave traders in Cyrodiil among other things. Official page for this project Official video Status: Version 1.33 is out ! Note:…

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