The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion on Xbox 360 (2006)

Dont Bother

devil82 from tonbridge , 21/07/2007

Was completely bored within the first five of this game.

Not one to buy so save your money

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As important to this decade as Mario was in the 80's

James Holloway from Paignton, England , 10/04/2006

I've found a place to stop. Somehow I've managed to prise myself away from Oblivion. During this break, I'll stock up on easy to open snacks, coffee's and cold drinks - not to mention the much needed run to the bathroom.

Yes, Oblivion is everything you've heard. Its inner joy proceeds much further than the interviews, screen grabs and videos you've seen. To some, it's snuck up and smacked them in the face. How can you have not seen a game of this magnitute arriving?

Elder Scrolls is regarded as a highly reliable game series. The previous installment, Morrowind, was noted as one of the finest RPGs ever - boasting of 200 hours of gameplay and a world where you could do anything you wanted. Well, if that sounded good to you, I wonder how you'll feel to know that Oblivion has well over 1800 hours of gameplay, over 15 square miles of treadable land, and 1000's of interacting, killable, stealable, social, well voiced NPC's.

My character has evolved to the state where my own experience reads like a synopsis for a story of its own.

'I woke from the misty cell of my imprisonment, not knowing how I managed to get there. My life previous is unobtainable from my memory - but I know I am a nobel Nord. What began as an honourable due of protecting Emperor Uriel Septim and his long lost heir has now changed. I awoke from a bed in the Imperial City to discover bloody marks upon my neck. I shyed from the light and citizens of Tamriel. Eventually, my skin paled and people noticed. I ignored my duty to serve the heir, in search of my cure. That is when I stole my first horse.

My life slowly drained during the hours of the sun. But it was not until dark; in the confines of a friendly inn, that I decided to pick the lock of the room next to mine and fed upon the girl that slept - waking her in the process. With blade drawn, I cut her down to quiet the screams.

From a nightmare, I woke to find a hooded man before me. He knew I killed that night. And from there, he welcomed me to join the Dark Brotherhood.

The only catch was, I had to slay in cold blood again...'

There is so much to talk about with Oblivion, that it's almost impossible to know where to start and which issue to talk about first.

All I can say is, is if you've read this far into my babbling and wish to hear more, then Oblivion is definitely worth the purchase and not just a rental.

After playing this game, Oblivion makes all other games pale and feel embarrassed in comparison. This is how gaming should be done, and this is spoken from someone who never played Morrowind and never took notice of Oblivion until I watched highlights of a 12 hour marathon on Gamespot.

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Live another world

Paladin from Hayes , 02/08/2006

I was playing this game for 120 hours now and still enjoy it. It's absolutely different game than others. You actually live the story. It is character diversity and huge world with awful lot of side quests and fraction quests that will keep you playing. You can be mage, warrior, bowman, or mix it all if you want. Every character can be succesful, every combination. You can solve quests quietly, almost invisible or just rush into action. Yet after playing so long I still discover new things to do, new places to go. It's truly masterpiece.

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Average

IanLov from Dunoon , 15/03/2007

This game is excellent to start off with but the story line becomes repetitive and boring.

The thing that makes ths game so good is th side stories and levels.

This game looks fantastic in HD and is one of the best RPG on the 360

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Jonbwai

A customer from Oxford , 21/11/2007

Probably a good game if you've never played action rpg's on a PC before, or never seen a MMORPG...

These games don't usually translate that well onto consoles for starters, but add that to the fact that it's pretty samey and lacking depth on the action front, and you've got a pretty un-enticing game.

The game map is tiddly in comparrison to any online games and you soon get bored of visiting the strangely familiar cave / house / castle etc over and over again.

Don't bother with this unless you've not got any paint to watch dry......

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Utterly Brilliant. You must have this game!!

trickytrev from Bury, Lancs , 01/02/2007

Simply put, this is THE game to own for the 360. Rent first by all means but marvel at the stunning landscapes, detailed armour and weapons,'orrible creatures and that most elusive of all ingredients of new games,GAMEPLAY. In abundance in fact. The main quest will keep you slashing or casting away for some time but the main body of this game lies in the factions and side quests. Become archmage of Fighters guild champ,Arena gladiator grand champ etc etc.. Throw in the many downloads available on xbox live (Knights of the Nine is awesome and is 5-10 hours itself) and this game has everything you need to while away hours levelling up and learning skills whilst drooling over the quite breathtaking graphical splendour. Just for the record, I run the 360 through the component lead but on a CRT 32' widescreen and it still blows your mind to look at. Had it running on a mate's 43' HDTV and it looks incredible. Also Jeremy Soule has composed a fantastic musical classical score which is even better than the Morrowind one. Having an afinity for RPG's would definitely help but is a game no one should disregard until they have tried it. Didnt win all those awards of 2006 for nothing,check it out now. You wont regret it.

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