The Standard To Which All Shall Be Measured
Praise is deserved for the massive land to explore, the liberty to which the game can be played, the depth of character development. It plays from a first person shooter perspective that is very easy to control considering the vast range of abilities that your character has. The character development in the game is great and takes shape in accordance to how you play the game. The game is very visual and presents a vast range of visual rewarding rich environments to explore that include circadian cycles, weather and seasons. The depth of history and stories and multiple texts that can be explored make the game much more rewarding for the in depth player. Expansions to the game such as the Shivering Isles and Knights of the Nine are note worthy and add more to an already great game.
The negative points are minimal and can hardly to be taken into consideration for not owning this game. There isn't anything to complain about concerning this game and the very few glitches that are found in the game just don't compare to everything that was done well. First, it should be noted that renting this game will not give you good insight into the vast depth of this massive RPG. The game isn't as action packed as other first person shooters such as the Call of Duty series and or the open world RPG Grand Theft Auto series. There is action to be had in Oblivion, but you have to seek it out. If there is a significant complaint to be had it would be the limited effect that playing the hero vs. villain has on interaction with NPCs in the game. You can slaughter everyone in one town go to another and once you pay your fines there is very little negative repercussions. Really this complaint is unfair for this is truly the best game I have played.
There must be the added note to the Shivering Isles expansion to this game. The addition is creative and great artistic feat of interpreting madness into a land you can explore. The call is out for more of the same. Bravo.