I've been wanting to try the Oblivion total conversion mod Nehrim - At Fate's Edge since it released earlier this year, but as a non German speaker I've had to wait for the English text translation, which finally released last month. It now features full English text with professional German voice work, a combination I think will work in the favour of Nehrim, as voice work is often the bane of Mods, so with the language barrier smoothing over any poor performances and professional German actors to start with it should mean that listening to the characters in Nehrim should be a joy.
But as I was installing the mod the thought hit me that while well known is certain circles, Nehrim is the type of experience that could pass the majority of people by, even passionate Oblivion fans, which I thought was a huge shame. So I decided I'd blog either my whole playthrough or just snapshots of it in an effort to help spread word of the game in some small way. Which approach I take depends on how much fun these are to write and if there's any real desire to see that much of the game.
Anyway, on with the first hour of the game.
