Tired Of Seeing Idiotic Reviews From Players With Bad Pcs

[kcgirlgeek]

Okay....I am sick and tired of reading reviews from total MORONS over at Gamespot that are giving this AMAZING masterpiece a 1.1 or some other stupid rating because they have so many bugs because they are trying to play it on machines that SUCK.

 

Is anyone else sick of people doggin' the game when the only reason they are having problems is because their computers suck?

 

This runs absolutely FLAWLESSLY so far on my machine and I have over 40 hours of varied gameplay in. I have been all around in the wilderness areas as well as the cities and tried even doing some crazy things that in other games WOULD cause a problem. So far my experience is incredibly stable.

 

My system specs are high, and that may be why, but partially, that is my point. You can't review the game badly because your machine isn't up to running it right.

 

I'm using the following system:

 

AMD Athlon FX-57 (NOT the fastest processor out today, for sure)

4G (yes, four) Ballistix by Crucial RAM

Two nVidia 7800 GTX 512mb cards running SLI

Hitachi 500G 300kbps SATA II 16mb cache hard drive

XFi Platinum sound

Thermaltake Liquid Cooling

Samsung 214T 21.3" LCD

Klipsch Pro Media 2.1

Saitek Eclipse keyboard

Logitech G5 Laser mouse

yada, yada, yada.....

 

There are people with higher end machines than that even....I am QUITE sure.

 

Anyway, my point is basically this.....why do these people dog the GAME when it's OBVIOUSLY not the game's problem, but a SYSTEM problem with their machine??? It's really really getting on my nerves.

 

This game is the most amazing game I have ever played on MY machine....so I think they need to just STFU.

 

Just my TEN cents worth!!

[Marxist ßastard]

I'm using the following system:

 

AMD Athlon FX-57 (NOT the fastest processor out today, for sure)

4G (yes, four) Ballistix by Crucial RAM

Two nVidia 7800 GTX 512mb cards running SLI

Hitachi 500G 300kbps SATA II 16mb cache hard drive

XFi Platinum sound

Thermaltake Liquid Cooling

Samsung 214T 21.3" LCD

Klipsch Pro Media 2.1

Saitek Eclipse keyboard

Logitech G5 Laser mouse

 

That's the reason you started this thread, isn't it?

[cforestdark]

wanna see my specs?

 

i have a mid-range system. ive had a couple midgame crashes and, and times, low framerates. i deal with it. it's a good game.

 

i think my gameplay would drastically improve, however, if i replaced my 9.99 logitech POS (black) with a G5 laser mouse. that would make it an awesome game.

[cyberelle]

I have a low end pc. I am not complaining though. In fact, my specs are below the minimum. But I play it enough and endure the lags and whatsoever.

 

I do feel a bit irritated though at the fast ways games are advancing now... My bf seems to need to upgrade his com like once a year just to catch up with the games he play...

 

for students like me, that is fairly impossible. and I have like my school fees and what so ever to worry about. I do wish things will slow down... especially nice games like this... because I do not really see the point in making things more life like... or what... and it's these little things that make the game lag... I play the game for the game... as long as the game play is there and smooth, I will not mind particualrly if the chracters look more blockly, or trees do not wave in the wind or something....

[ThetaOrionis01]

I'm using the following system:

 

AMD Athlon FX-57 (NOT the fastest processor out today, for sure)

4G (yes, four) Ballistix by Crucial RAM

Two nVidia 7800 GTX 512mb cards running SLI

Hitachi 500G 300kbps SATA II 16mb cache hard drive

XFi Platinum sound

Thermaltake Liquid Cooling

Samsung 214T 21.3" LCD

Klipsch Pro Media 2.1

Saitek Eclipse keyboard

Logitech G5 Laser mouse

 

That's the reason you started this thread, isn't it?

 

 

I think you hit the nail on the head there, Marxist ßastard.

 

I'm rather amazed at how uncritical some people are - the game is not bad, but a masterpiece? Not by my standards.

 

Eye-candy isn't everything. :rolleyes:

[imahoot]

Watercooling is something you don't do unless you're box is the best. And from those stats, there's not much better yours can get.

 

 

 

Can I have it? ;D

[Dark0ne]

While a lot of people are being more critical for having sub-standard systems, you're being less critical for having a rather pointlessly excessive system! The game is meant to be for middle-to-current-gen systems. What good is a game that doesn't run on the current default standard?

 

If you haven't got Bethesda's minimum requirements and complain about performance you can bugger off, but if you've got the recommended requirements, play at a respectable performance (i.e. mid-rang performance for mid-range PCs) then there's obviously a reason to complain.

 

I've not had any graphical problems with Oblivion since I got it. I run at 2xAA, large textures and all view sliders to full -- no shadows. I have a mid-range system. No complaints from me. Also helps having an ATi card. My love affair with ATi will continue well on into my next system after all the crap nVidia try to pull.

[Daethar]

I actually think that this game does very well on performance.

If any of you read the previews, you will recall reports of horrendous loading times for every small area. But load times between exterior cells are nonexistant for me, I just see a "loading area" pop up really quick.

 

For me, this game is visually stunning, with an engine and settings in the background that borders on broken.

[kcgirlgeek]

I'm using the following system:

 

AMD Athlon FX-57 (NOT the fastest processor out today, for sure)

4G (yes, four) Ballistix by Crucial RAM

Two nVidia 7800 GTX 512mb cards running SLI

Hitachi 500G 300kbps SATA II 16mb cache hard drive

XFi Platinum sound

Thermaltake Liquid Cooling

Samsung 214T 21.3" LCD

Klipsch Pro Media 2.1

Saitek Eclipse keyboard

Logitech G5 Laser mouse

 

That's the reason you started this thread, isn't it?

 

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ROFLMAO - What a perfect board name you chose....lol.

 

NO, the REASON I started this thread can be found by looking at the user reviews on Gamespot.com But I'm sure that never occured to you. I don't think I'm being overly UNcritical in thinking that someone who scores this game 1.0 or 1.1 is being an idiot. And there are about ten of those people in a vast sea of scores 9.0 and above. Hmmm....I wonder if that means anything?

 

I, personally, just haven't had any problems....YET. If I run into any, I'm sure I'll have a complaint, but not one that would make me rate this game 1.1 on a scale of 1-10, I mean, seriously....c'mon! And I'm not the only person that considers the game a masterpiece and it's not just because "it's pretty." I am happy to not be doing repeated quests of "go kill 10 of these and 4 of those," etc. Blah. It's nice to find some storylines to follow. It's also nice to have some beautiful and immersive atmosphere to look at in the midst of doing all of that. I think the voices are wonderful and well done. There are just a lot of things to like about this game.

 

I am EVER so sorry if my liking it SO much was offensive to you somehow. (Or if posting my system specs somehow irritated you.) How EVER will I apologize for such a heinous act of treason to the usual critical and cynical style of most forums? I should be skinned and hung in the town square and then flamed mercilessly for expressing an opinion that was gloriously in FAVOR of something.

 

I suppose if I was raving about some testosterone charged game like CS Source or F.E.A.R., that would be fine and dandy. But to rave about a game being pretty and having a great storyline and lovely voiceovers and whatnot....just too "girlie" for ya, huh?

[ThetaOrionis01]

Keep the name-calling off these forums, please. There's quite enough of that on the official forums. If you can't express yourself without resulting to calling other people 'idiots' and 'morons' then perhaps you should consult a thesaurus.

 

It's all well and good to find a game pretty, but to call a game shipped with obvious bugs (ran into the modskill bug yet? Noticed the shockingly shoddy worldbuilding in some places?) a masterpiece is being uncritical.

 

As Dark0ne said:

but if you've got the recommended requirements, play at a respectable performance (i.e. mid-rang performance for mid-range PCs) then there's obviously a reason to complain.

 

 

You love the game. Fine. Others don't. I read a couple of reviews which rated Oblivion 1.0 - nothing 'idiotic' or 'moronic' about those reviews, just people stating their opinion, and IMO those reviewers make very valid points. If you don't like critical reviews, don't read them. Calling them 'idiots' and 'morons' for expressing their opinions is immature and childish, and I hope these forums have higher standards than that.

 

 

I give Oblivion a 5 out of 10 at best - so far it's been a huge disappointment, and not because of performance-related issues.