My friend has played Oblivion for 87 hours, is still level 4, refuses to fast travel, and thinks that’s completely normal

My friend has played Oblivion for 87 hours, is still level 4, refuses to fast travel, and thinks that’s completely normal 

My friend played Oblivion and basically tried to 100% the game before starting the main quest.

He spent 12 real hours just in the tutorial dungeon because he wanted to test every weapon type and reach max Acrobatics by jumping everywhere before he saw sunlight.

He finally steps out into the open world, and I’m like, “So did you go to Weynon Priory yet?”

He goes: “What’s that?”

“You know, the place where you take the Amulet of Kings at the start?”

“Oh no, I’m not doing that yet. I’m still collecting Nirnroot. I need all 305.”

I ask him how far he is in the Fighters Guild and he hits me with: “Oh, I’m not starting any guild until I’ve completed every single city’s local quests and built my own alchemy lab in every player home.”

He also refuses to fast travel. Like at all. He’ll walk across Cyrodiil in real time, stopping to roleplay meals and sleep, and won’t enter any Ayleid ruins unless it’s “historically consistent” for his character’s background.

At one point, he told me he restarted the entire game because he accidentally used the wrong birthsign and it didn’t match his headcanon.

Oh, and he’s still level 4—but not because he skipped leveling. No, he’s sleeping in 1-hour increments to micro-control his attribute gains and avoid “inefficient stat growth.”

He once spent two full in-game weeks training Speechcraft with beggars just so he could “feel more confident” asking guards for directions.

I’m starting to think he’s going to actually become the Champion of Cyrodiil in real life before he finishes the damn game.

Am I wrong for losing my mind over this? Is it possible to play Oblivion… too right?