Well, I couldn't keep avoiding it... What are some good mods?

[Deleted922044User]

When Oblivion was first released, I got a pirated copy from a friend, played about an hour, and uninstalled it. I just thought it was boring and rather than having a sense of "Wow, this is such a huge open world where nobody is telling me what to do so I can do whatever I want!", I got more of a feeling of, "Um. Okay. A bunch of ugly NPCs and identical caverns with useless loot, and I don't feel like wandering around town lost looking for a non-plot quest NPC...".

 

About a year ago, my friend picked the game up for 360 and couldn't stop playing. I decided to give it another go but I again quit very quickly after being furious at the ridiculous leveling system (which I hated in Morrowind, too) and the absolute (not fun) precision it takes to make a "perfect" character (I'm a min/maxer through-and-through).

 

 

But, now the game has an expansion and an addon and an extremely dedicated (and talented!) modding fanbase... And I'm totally digging Fallout 3... So on a whim today I purchased the PC Game of the Year edition, and I'm about to install it. What mods would you guys suggest? I DO hate the leveling system, but I don't want any really drastic changes to gameplay (I'm kind of a gameplay purist. New areas/items/enemies/etc. are okay, but I try to change the core gameplay of games as little as possible, at least for a first runthrough), and I also think the vanilla character models/faces are ugly as sin yet I don't want one of these crazy anime-styled sex slave mods or anything. But, what's the "must-have" stuff? Picky, I know, heh.

 

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

[Thomas1616]

Francesco's levelled items/creatures is a rather good mod and also give you some control over the levelling. It is not essential by any means but In my opinion it improves the game 100 fold. Download it here: Francesco's Leveled items/creatures mod. (sorry for the planet elder scrolls link folks!)

[remotecontrol]

I am really enjoying "Cyrodiil Upgrade mod" ...adds so much new stuff, is way less predictable and tedious... gotta stay on your toes... thats if your lookin to overhaul it. The gameplay is the same, just adds way alotta flavor to a bland potenial.