Product Description

Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion lets you step inside the most richly detailed and vibrant game-world ever created. After the mysterious and untimely death of the Emperor, the throne of Tamriel lies empty. With the Empire ready to crumble, the gates of Oblivion open and demons march upon the land. To turn the tide of darkness, you must find the lost heir to the throne and unravel the sinister plot that threatens to destroy everything. Completely open-ended gameplay - Explore the world at your own pace, as you do everything from fighting bandits and mixing potions, to creating magic items and persuading friends keep the challenges coming

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1959 in Video Games
• Brand: 2K Games
• Model: 39013
• Released on: 2006-05-30
• ESRB Rating: Mature
• Platform: Xbox 360
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds

Features

• Create and play any character you can imagine, from the noble warrior to the sinister assassin to the wizened sorcerer
• Next-generation graphics for lifelike towns, dungeons, realistic forests and amazing weather effects
• All-new combat and magic system brings first person role-playing to a new level of intensity where you feel every blow
• Groundbreaking AI gives characters full 24/7 schedules and the ability to make their own choices, based on the world around them
• Features over 1,000 non-player characters who come to life with facial animations, lip-synching, and full speech

Customer Reviews

A whole new world!
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...
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.

Beware of Fatal Bug
I found this game to be very immersive and the graphics were amazing. I have been playing it slowly over the last 6 months and was enjoying it. However, the hours and hours of gameplay have a limit, due to the fatal animation bug. This has become known as the abomb bug. If you are the type of person that wants to experience all the areas of the game, complete all the quests and build your character stats up over time you will probably run into this bug. It occurs at about 200 hrs of game play on the PC and about 400 hours of game play on the xbox 360. It is similar to a memory leak and will result in not being able to open doors or lower bridges. Also, the magic graphcis and animation will become corrupted and you will not be able to proceed in the game. Bethesda is well aware of the problem but keeps it very low profile and has not come up up a patch for the problem, since most people will play the main quest and not put in that amount of hours. There is no work around for this bug on the xbox 360 therefore it is a game ending bug. The gaming community has come up with a work around on the PC but Bethesda has not come up with an official patch over the past year, which is reprehensible on their part. In addition, I do not see it even being discussed in official reviews of the game, which is reprehensible on the all the reviewers parts.