I actually loved the idea that starting out there was little in the way of story & background being force-fed, it was like immersing yourself in the idea of spending a lot of time exploring, reading and planning what to do next. Find a new site to loot with harder enemies? Go somewhere else for a bit to build yourself up some more then go back.
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There's also too much temptation to blatantly cheat with PC versions. On consoles all you can do is exploit in-game.
Although I do have some ported mods for TES III Xbox they aren't anything that make you totally OP, just some extra weapons and a few things. I have played around with some of those mods but honestly haven't spent much time playing the game using them. Majority of the time I played the game was using my retail PAL goty.
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