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A whole new world!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 72 / 75
Date: October 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Simply put: this game is incredible. I've played RPGs for years, but I've never had a more seamless experience than I've had playing this game.

First, the training mission. I didn't even realize it was a training mission because the events happening around me were directly related to the overall plot of the game. The only notion I had that the game was actually training me was the occasional on-screen message to press this or that button, but those messages didn't appear until I really wanted to do the action they taught me.

Second, the graphics. This world is gorgeous. I've found mysef just wandering through fields looking at the sights because of the level of detail and beauty -- the EFFORT -- that was put into the game. The sun rises and sets, the clouds pass by overhead, birds and animals react to my presence. It's a joy just taking it all in.

Finally, however, the gameplay. This game is fun. I can advance in whatever skill set I want simply based on whatever I use. If I want to become skilled at using a bow, then I just use the bow all the time, and I get better at it. If I want to be a powerful mage, I just keep casting magic, and I'll get better at it. The NPCs lead their own lives, talking and wandering around whether I interact with them or not. I can just stand around in a pub and listen in on the conversations around me, and I'll learn so much about what's going on in the realm.

This game raises RPGs to a whole new level -- a level that, as an old-school D&D player, I've been waiting to experience within a computer game for years.

The deepest game I have ever played...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 44 / 47
Date: November 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bought Oblivion when it was first released. I played it for a couple of days and put it up until just last month. I decided to play it again and I am hooked. I just didn't give it much time to catch my interest but I can honestly say that I am sorry I didn't. This is the deepest game I have ever played. I have 35 hours into it and it is going on strong. I had read that there is about 400 hours of gameplay if you play all the side quests, and if you have Live, there is a good deal of downloadable content to add even more game time. I can honestly say that this is one game that warrants buying the game guide to help you through. The graphics are simply beautiful. I can see why this took over 5 years to create. There is such a variety of landscapes to see. You will travel through the forests, through ruins, town and villages. You will go underground in caverns, catacombs and tunnels. You will fight everything from bandits, thugs, warriors to ghosts, skeletons, trolls, vampires and a variety of wildlife such as bears, wolves, lions. You can go on many side quests and enter guilds. You also travel to Oblivion, which is like traveling to hell. I am only touching the surface here. There is simply too much to try to describe here in this summary. You have to put thought into everything you do but not so much that it drags the game down with too much responsibility. I still have a long ways to go before I complete the game but just what I have done has been a lot of fun. It is probably the closest game I have ever played that can pull me to that world, much like reading a good book and getting yourself lost in it. There is really too much game here for a rental. It may honestly take many months to beat this game. Enjoy it and remember that the further you get into the game, the more fun it becomes. Enjoy.

An RPG for all seasons

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 14
Date: March 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game about a year ago and I just finished the main quest about three days ago. Simply put, this may be one of the best, if not the absolute best, role playing games I have ever played.

There is so much to see and do in this game that I just don't have the space to write it all out here. Besides the main quest, you can join guilds, help out the citizens in the towns and cities with favors, scour the land for a cure to vampirism, steal for the poor, kill an entire village... and that's just the tip of the iceberg. Endless amounts of treasure, weapons, items and monsters to dispose of make this game an experience in its own right.

This game really succeeds in creating mood and atmosphere. Whether travelling across an open field or exploring a dark dungeon underneath the city, the graphics and surround sound will help put you right in the middle of the moment. For example, the world of Oblivion is a world where portals to another dimension and the creatures coming out of them threaten the lives of its inhabitants and of all existence. Whenever you come across one of these Oblivion gates, the music slowly becomes more menacing and the skies slowly begin to turn red with thunder and lightning crashing overhead. If you really let yourself get taken in by this game, just the sight of one of these gates will send a little chill down your spine.

If there are any problems I have with the game, it's that the loading can get a little annoying at times. Sometimes it'll load quickly and sometimes it'll go quite slow. There are plenty of load times in this game and I noticed on some spare occasions that the game crashed on me in the middle of a load. Thankfully, the game autosaves quite frequently, so in the case of a game crash, you won't really be getting screwed by losing hours and hours of playtime.

I haven't even mentioned all the downloadable extras that you can get from Xbox Live, especially the just released expansion pack, "Shivering Isles", which I have just started playing and promises well over 30+ hours of game time. Add this to the 200+ hours you can get out of Oblivion by itself and that's a lot of time you'll be spending with this fascinating adventure. That's the great thing about this game. Even when you think you're done with it, there's still much more to do.

If you are in any way a fan of RPGs, this one is well worth it.

Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: December 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

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...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: October 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

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...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: January 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

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...

Single player excellence

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: March 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I'm a longtime gamer who never got into online gaming, for numerous reasons. When I decided to buy a 360, I knew I needed to play Gears Of War. I like to shoot bad guys; most gamers do. But I knew I needed something else.

What drew me to Oblivion was the fact that it's entirely single-player. You don't need an Xbox Live Gold account to play. You don't need to find others that match your skill level. It's more than just slaughtering other players online. It's not a mediocre single-player campaign filling space between the online options.

I read reviews claiming upwards of 200 hours of gameplay. That's hardly an exaggeration. I'm at 120 hours and counting. I'm not bored yet. I've got guilds to join (and become leader of), quests to complete, skills to master, not to mention an empire to save. I never thought I liked RPGs, but there hasn't been another disc in my 360 for months - not even Gears Of War.

If you're not into the fast-twitch hyperactivity that comprises most online gaming, this is your game. It's intelligent, interesting, and utterly addicting. And when you're talking value for your hard-earned gaming dollar, Oblivion is the hands-down champion.

Fun RPG when it doesn't Freeze

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: November 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

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.

Long Awaited followup

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: November 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

My friends were a geek about The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowing for the now obsolete regular X box. They said he fighter's guild was the military, there is no ending to the game- taking themselves too seriously with little to no humor plus their characters sucked. I on the other hand, peaked at level 53 and was head of all the guilds where the game ends. I was waiting a long time for a fourth Elder Scrolls game, and this one is better. While the game is a lot harder to go through with ease, the graphics are a lot better to the point where 360 bit is like a virtual reality machine. When I killed this guy and went to bed a guy from the dark brotherhood appeared, talked to me and vanished into thin air it was so creepy and realistic the graphics are so much better. There are Dungeons and Dragons like tougher monsters like the minitour, goblins, imps, pegasus, giants, etc that are harder to kill except for goblins and imps. The last game the monsters were too easy to kill at level 12 and up and not very good. Most of the glitches making the game too easy seem to be fixed. You need to sleep in a bed and rent a room that costs good gold to go up levelsMost merchants won't buy from you esp. if it's stolen and you can't make the price go higher or lower and you can't get them to sell to you and sell to them so you can rip them off and fix how much gold you have. Weaker heavy armor isn't much help and light armor is useless. Overall, the game is totally realistic and better but not as fun to play.

My first experience on Xbox 360

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: December 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Well what can I say, first person shooter meet roll playing game. This is the first game I played on my Xbox 360 and I am now tainted for life and addicted to this game. Nothing will equal the depth of this game for some time to come. The graphics are beautiful. The ability to do almost anything you can think of or travel there for that matter is something I never experienced on my old PS2. The story line is only part of the game. You are not bound to follow it if you don't want to. It will be there when you are ready. There are a massive number of side quests you can complete and factions to associate your character with and even more to download on Xbox Live. I have been playing about 10 hours a week for the last four months and have reached over level 40. I am still not finished, I am not sure you can finish this game. I you are looking for bang for your buck this is the place. Just listen to my warning... once you start this game there is no turning back!!

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