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Editorial Reviews:

In a nutshell:
One of the most respected Western role-playing games of all time is back with huge improvements in graphics and accessibility, including a completely real-time combat system and the largest, most detailed game world ever seen. Phew.

The lowdown:
Although previous Elder Scrolls games have enjoyed something of a like it or loathe it reputation, this latest sequel has the means to appeal to everyone thanks to one simple improvement: its incredible new graphics. Unlike many role-playing games it is viewed from a first person perspective, with a game world portrayed in a staggering amount of detail, and realistic psychics and characters that genuinely seem to be going on about their own separate lives. The game?s real appeal though lies in the huge freedom: play it exactly how you want.

Most exciting moment:
Using the new combat engine to fight off dozens of enemies, then stealing one of their mounts and riding off into the sunset.

Since you ask:
Emperor Uriel Septim VII is voiced by Star Trek and X-Men luminary Patrick Stewart, but all the characters in the game have full spoken voiceovers instead of just onscreen text. This is the next generation, you know.

The bottom line:
One of the most realistic and accessible role-playing games ever made.
Harrison Dent

Custom Reviews:

Good but yet to reach its potential

As a gamer who was almost addicted to Morrowind, i must say i was slightly disappointed. I bought this because it looked fantastic, its an elder scrolls game and its huge, but each of those reasons have their flaws. 1. Oblivion does look absolutely brilliant, with waterfalls, ruins, hillsides, caves, towns everything really. However, quite often you see a "unloaded" landscapes, where trees are yet to appear, with detail is missing ( a problem that Morrowind also suffered). 2. I'm glad that these games all have the "do what you want" option and Oblivion keeps that, with better stuff for you to do, or at least updated stuff from the past games like better customization and buying property. Although there are some tweaks that have changed the game on a large basis, the lock-pick system is something that i quite frankly despise. I don't mind opening the locks myself, but the way the picks are obtained, and their durability is simply frustrating. Another turn off is yet again, small details like the changing appearance of your character when stricken by vampirism. Everyone knows what vampires look like, pale, two fangs, dark, slick. But In Oblivion, you look like a withered old man, quite pathetic really. 3. The game being on a massive scale is always an appeal to me, its as if you could spend countless hours on a game and still not have seen everything, and never experience the same journey twice. But of course their are more problems. The traveling system. Its far to easy to go back and fourth to places. Ok towns are fine, but small hidden areas? The player should scour the earth to find them. Caves and tombs. What a shame. EVERY cave looks similar to the last with beams of light from above poking through, to standard dark rocky walkways, and the same with tombs only with some architecture. It really feels glossed over and more boring.

But thats enough of the cons, the battle system has finally been sorted out, good and propper. You no longer swing your weapon 100 times and "miss" each time. The duels actually take skill and there aren't any cheat codes to ease your way through the game either. (because its easier than morrowind) ... though.. there is a money glitch... anyway i can only hope that the next installment will be as big, keep the battle system and of course remain about the elder scrolls.

I'm not just saying this - THIS OS THE BEST GAME EVER CREATED

Words cannot describe how incredible this game is. Escape into a mystical, magical world full of danger and excitement. The graphics are incredible, the characters vivid, the quests are varied. This is the absolute pinnacle of gaming. It a gamer's ultimate dream. Buy it. Buy it now!

Wooooooooow!

Oblivion is a modern masterpiece, it's as simple as that.

220+ hours, and over 1400 saves later, im still playing it; now for the second time.

I can only re-iterate what other people have said about this absolute masterpiece of a video game. You really aren't a true Xbox 360 player, and you really don't know what a long, involving, game is until you've played Oblivion.

Buy it now!

It's not a FUN game but its a blinking good one!

Bored? got a few spare weeksmonths to kill? then buy this game. It's great but its HUGE! especially if you are the sort of person who likes to do all the side quests and collect all the rare items etc. I loved it but did find that when i didnt play for a while - i tried to pick it back up where i started from and forgotten what i was doing. On the whole it is a cracking game! Lots of varied quests and places to go. Sometimes i found my graphics would glitch but its a small price to pay for some lovely detailed backgrounds and characters. It has the same format as most adventure games so its easy to pick up and go with it!. There are so many options like which guilds to join, are you 'good' or 'bad', do you follow the main quest or do all the little ones?....oh the list goes on!

A must get for all people who own a 360

More Than 5*

One word to desribe this game: !!!!AMAZING!!!
The graphics is the example of next generation gaming. The best examples of graphics is the sky and transition of lighting, you can't beat it. But what makes this game stand out is its level of detail. Books upon books that is full of detail which people unfortunally never read. The world is extremly detailed, no part of a wood looks the same, and always unique. But what makes this different from other games is that all the conversations is fully spoken, not just text scrolling across the bottom. This is rare in these types of games and it is done exceptionally. The lip-syncing in this game is the BEST i have ever seen! And did you know that half of the data on the disk is sound?

I have had this game since it came out and i still play it at least every week, and this is rare for a video game.
There is so much to do, you will never get bored of this game. When you think the game is 'finished' you are wrong. After the main quest there are mini quests, items to colledct, explore the HUGE map, and countless other stuff to do (thats why I still play it). This game is amazing and it will be hard for The Elder Scrolls V to top it. Good work Bethesda

The only downside is the loading times, but this can be reduced by holding the 'a' button on startup.

A great game!