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 Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion December 13, 2006
Wu-Tang_Assassin (California)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Amazing. I was never the biggest fan of Morrowind, I just couldn't get into it as much. I do own the game but I never got much out of it. When I picked up Oblivion, it was totally different and GREAT. A great RPG game.
The graphics in this game are amazing point blank. If your out in the wilderness, and just look out really far everything is REALLY detailed, the people are detailed, and everything little thing you can think of is. The company really put time into the graphics, so fans of graphics will love this game.
The sound, is really good throughout the game. It sets the tone for everything going on, even though it gets in the way sometimes while talking I have the music turned off so all I hear is what im doing or people. But it has a good tone for the music.
The controls are GREAT. The fighting with swords, bow control everything is good and controlled well. The use of magic is easy, overall the controls are set great and I havent had an issue with it yet.
The fun factors of this game are crazy. Unless you play this game all day everyday, it will take you a WHILE to beat it. There are a bunch of things you can do in this game. Like, raid dungeons, kill bandits, steal items from them and so on. You can just roam the whole Cyrodill and find hidden places. There is a "main quest" in the game, which is the main storyline. It has a great concept, but is kinda short 2 me, but thats ONLY the main quest. There are so many other quests out there its crazy. There is a Dark Brotherhood group you can join (my personal favorite), Theives Guild (which has great benefits), Fighters Guild (good for building fame), Mages Guild (good for magic). Then after finishing all those side quests, you can do miscellaneous quests, like for single people and so on. A lot of them are fun and can benefit you in certain ways.
One thing I found fun was getting your "sneak" level up, by doing this it makes it REALLY easy for you to pickpocket people, and also steal from stores easier. You can do this to get extra GOLD etc, but i'd recommend doing Theives Guild quests before doing so so you can sale them the stolen items (basically the only ones that will buy it from you). Once you get your player to a LEVEL 10, go to the NOCTURNAL SHRINE and to the quest, by finishing this you will get the SKELETON KEY which will allow you do open ANY chest, door, or anything locked without the risk of breaking pick locks :-). Also, the variety of the type of character you can choose is NICE, you can choose from a variety of different races, with different skills and attributes. Right now my person is a Dark Elf (pretty good to start with I think).
Overall, I highly reccomend this game to any RPG fans, and any people that love long games with a high amount of variety!
Peace.
Even better than i had been lead to believe... October 28, 2006
Chris Fletcher
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I honestly haven't been this impressed by an RPG in years. I love the fluid gameplay, i have really enjoyed just exploring and getting into a few "accidental" missions, for example i was sleeping at an inn/boat which ended up getting hi-jacked and had to fight my way through the boat to get back to shore.
The main story-line is engrossing, the voice-over work is well done. You can join various factions, fighter's guild, mage's guild, thieves guild and you can actually become a vampire (not kidding!).
i will be playing this all the way through more than once, guaranteed. There are so many various races and classes to choose from that the game can be played from many different angles.
Oblivion = Addiction. Get this, but only if you've got the willpower to resist it... January 19, 2007
Tim Curtin (VT United States)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I'd give this game more stars if I could. I rented this one to see what all the hype is about, and actually *had* to return it so I could start sleeping again. Its that immersive. The environment is HUGE. There are literally thousands of places to visit and things to do. If you wanted to just wander around picking flowers and hunting sunsets, you could actually do exactly that. Weather changes, the sun rises and sets, people carry out lives... you get the real sense that there's a world moving around you while you go about the business of killing bad guys, learning to pick locks, and finding newer and better treasures and weapons. Quests are useful and well-managed within the interface. NPC all live their own lives - in one case I tried robbing a store... the next day I actually overheard a conversation between two NPC talking about how the store was robbed!!! Seriously!
* Bethesda pulled an excellent trick with this game - if you'd like, you can just play and the game learns and adapts to you. (Original character specialty is tailored to the way *you* play the tutorial. Levels happen in the background, and based on how you play. Etc.) If you want to get into the mechanics of leveling up, skills development, etc you certainly can, and its *extremely* deep and well thought-out.
* Technically, as someone who's never played this type of game before I found that everything was easy to understand. That's saying something.
* Easy interface, well-laid out and accessible.
* Character creation and development system is rediculously deep while still being intuitive.
* Immersive, living enviroment - weather, 24 hour days, NPCs with actual lives, habits, and personalities
* Graphics are crisp and clean
* Lots to do - you'll never be bored by this game. You can fast-travel across the map in the time of a loading screen, or you can walk/ride from point A to point B and see everything in between. (And there's a lot to see.)
Very well done. Get this game, but only if you have the willpower to resist it. Otherwise, kiss your life goodbye for a while...
 So Close to Perfection... So Close... July 7, 2007
Brad Lee (USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Oblivion is a true gaming achievement, not just for the developers, but for the gamers. Bethesda places you inside a virtual, fantasy world and let's you do whatever you want. It's freedom in the truest sense of gaming.
The size of this game is astonishing. There is literally miles of scenery, cities, dungeons, lakes, rivers, hills, roads, and so on to explore, ranging from snowy peaks to dank swamps. It's your choice whether to procede on the official storyline or go on your own. Similarly, it is your choice whether to tackle the (seemingly) limitless quests, or simply go exploring on your own. You can join guilds, make your own spells, enchant your own armor/weapons, fight in the area; the amount of sheer stuff to do is almost overwhelming.
Besides the freedom to do whatever you want, you can also create your own character with an in-depth system skill sets, physical features, and abilities. Want to be a roguish lizard-like creature who sneaks in the shadows and silently assassinates people? You can do that. Want to be a tankish Orc who simply smashes the brains of anything in his path? You can do that. Want to be an elf with highly destructive magical powers? Yep, you can do that too.
Oblivion is a true gaming accomplishment, but unfortunately it has a few blemishes which prevents it from being truly brilliant.
For starters, the leveling system is flawed. You simply have to pay way too much attention to which skills you're leveling, so you can get the most out of your level up, which really takes away from Oblivion's otherwise excellent immersion factor. What's worse is, if you don't pay attention, your character may end up being too weak to fight off your enemies, since with each new level all the enemies become stronger to balance out the difficulty.
The other strike against the game is combat. For an RPG, it is simply too... simple. As a mage/archer, all you really do is shoot arrows/spells and run away. As a warrior it's the opposite approach, charge in and smash skulls. There's very little strategy here, and the AI is rather bad. It's too easy to take advantage of stupid AI that it's hard to play "fair" with them.
And finally, to wrap up, Oblivion is an explorer's fantasy come to life... through a video game. There is simply so much to see I think it would actually be impossible to see everything. I think if Bethesda wants to challenge themselves they should make a game based entirely on exploration and leave the combat out of it. It would be risky, but I'm sure they could pull it off.
Fun RPG when it doesn't Freeze November 7, 2006
Graham F. Henderson (Sumter, SC)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I bought Oblivion and was immediately hooked. I played this game for 8+ hours a day. The gameplay is great as well as the graphics. It's by far the best graphics for a game for 360. The best thing about this game imo is the flexibility to do what ever you want. If you want to join a guild and work your way up to the top you can or if you just want to go fight things and level, you can as well.
After playing Oblivion for probably 2 weeks and becoming completely addicted. My game would freeze while trying to load it. At first i thought it was my Xbox. After further research i found out that it's part of the game. Some games freeze and others don't.
Overall I give this game a 9.5/10 though.
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