A good game.
* Astounding graphics
* Great sound
* Terrific combat
Cons:
* Weak story
* Level scaling
* Repetitive gameplay
No, not another obivion gate! I consider Oblivion a technical achievement, but in truth, I became bored after about 50 hours of play. What - I didn't get my money's worth? Well, I did, but I thought I was missing something, and but for fun I reinstalled the game that originally sucked me into the TES world, Morrowind, and was hooked once again.
In playing Morrowind, I got that feeling of "Adventure" again (which was lacking for me in Oblivion) - here I was exploring a very strange and exotic world and romping through an epic storly line that took me back several thousand years and through dozens of cultures all wandering this place called "Morrowind".
In comparisom, Oblivion was more of a generic castles and dragons romp and the story was a lot slimmer. After reading the forums, it became apparent that Bethesda has slimmed the main storyline down in response to complaints from users that the Morrowind main story was too long. Additionally, I think they used a more traditional European medieval setting to make the game more approachable to the masses.
Don't get me wrong, Oblivion is definitely an achievement, but I actually feel that it's predecessor, Morrowind, is the better game.
So, for $50 and 50 hours, yea, I got my money's worth, but I played Morrowind for hundreds of hours and was just hooked....
Also, I just can't stand Oblivon gates.