I know a lot of people that dislike Oblivion. I personally find it one of the more overrated games ever. Does anyone here think it deserves the praise it got? To give you an idea of its rating, it sits at #38 on the "highest scored games" on Gamerankings. That means it's better than Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, but not as good as Gears of War, I guess.

I really loved Oblivion, had alot of fun with it, sure, now I feel sick if I look at the box because of all the hours I put into it.

So yeah, I don't think this game is overrated at all.

It's pretty awesome, actually. It didn't have the impact that Morrowind did, but its execution was much better. I'd probably say it's better than both Chaos Theory AND Gears of War, but that's just me.

Wow . . . pwned.

Oblivion was fun. I probably put one or two hundred hours into it. But it wasn't as good as Morrowind, which despite all it's flaws, is an incredibly well designed world. Oblivion was just "another game" to me. After I beat it it wasn't fun any more. The setting was bland and generic. The combat was mind-numbingly easy. The NPC's were uninteresting and the dialog was extremely limited.

In fact, the dialog is probably the biggest flaw. People complained of hive mind NPC's in Morrowind, but the dialog system gave a lot of power to modders, and mods are half the game. In Oblivion, the dialog system is nothing but a hinderanc.

I fucking love Oblivion. It still remains probably one of my favorite, if not my favorite, RPGs ever. There was just an infinite amount of things to do. The game had like 8 story modes in one game. You had the main story and then all the different guilds you could join also. I also thought it was 10 times better than Morrowind. A lot people may disagree with me on that one though.

"Oblivion was fun. I probably put one or two hundred hours into it. But it wasn't as good as Morrowind, which despite all it's flaws, is an incredibly well designed world. Oblivion was just "another game" to me. After I beat it it wasn't fun any more. The setting was bland and generic. The combat was mind-numbingly easy. The NPC's were uninteresting and the dialog was extremely limited.

In fact, the dialog is probably the biggest flaw. People complained of hive mind NPC's in Morrowind, but the dialog system gave a lot of power to modders, and mods are half the game. In Oblivion, the dialog system is nothing but a hinderanc."

"Bellum said:

"Oblivion was fun. I probably put one or two hundred hours into it. But it wasn't as good as Morrowind, which despite all it's flaws, is an incredibly well designed world. Oblivion was just "another game" to me. After I beat it it wasn't fun any more. The setting was bland and generic. The combat was mind-numbingly easy. The NPC's were uninteresting and the dialog was extremely limited.

In fact, the dialog is probably the biggest flaw. People complained of hive mind NPC's in Morrowind, but the dialog system gave a lot of power to modders, and mods are half the game. In Oblivion, the dialog system is nothing but a hinderanc."

You put 100 - 200 hours into Oblivion and it was just "another game"? That doesn't sound right to me..."

I definitely liked Oblivion, just holding it side by side with Morrorwind it doesn't hold up too well imo. Definitely didn't like the way the leveling was handled, but since I had Oblivion on the Pc I quickly got some nice mods and made it better.

Plus, Morrowind had all those sweet glitches that you could exploit! Truly the wild west of PC games.

Oblivion is a good game, but at the same time its a shit game.

Not overrated IMO

I loved Oblivion. Unfortunately I'm a bit soured towards it because when my 360 died Best Buy decided to be assholes and refuse to let me keep my hard drive. So many hours of playing time lost. I had completed the main storyline, and almost all of the side quests.

I have absolutely no desire to ever pick it back up again, not because it's a bad game in any way, but because I just don't feel like going through everything over again.

Oblivion bests Chaos Theory and Gears of War handily. 

Yes, it deserves the praise.  It's not the greatest game ever, but it is a very polished product. 

"It's pretty awesome, actually. It didn't have the impact that Morrowind did, but its execution was much better. I'd probably say it's better than both Chaos Theory AND Gears of War, but that's just me."

"Milkman said:

"Bellum said:

"Oblivion was fun. I probably put one or two hundred hours into it. But it wasn't as good as Morrowind, which despite all it's flaws, is an incredibly well designed world. Oblivion was just "another game" to me. After I beat it it wasn't fun any more. The setting was bland and generic. The combat was mind-numbingly easy. The NPC's were uninteresting and the dialog was extremely limited.

In fact, the dialog is probably the biggest flaw. People complained of hive mind NPC's in Morrowind, but the dialog system gave a lot of power to modders, and mods are half the game. In Oblivion, the dialog system is nothing but a hinderanc."

You put 100 - 200 hours into Oblivion and it was just "another game"? That doesn't sound right to me..."

Yeah something's amiss here  :P  The only thing I really disliked, was how the world was SO huge, but had almost nothing in it."

Im still trying to understand how it got game of the year with loading , dialog, animation and repetitive problems

Bloom + Badly implemented havok = instant high scores

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Well it did in 2005, anyway. These days we're really hardcore. Not only do you need Bloom and Havok, you need Brown as well. Games just aren't real enough unless everything is Brown.

I can not judge how overrated the game is.  I know quite a few people that played this game for 100-200 hours.  Due to this, I tried playing the game twice.  I hated the game.  I just couldn't understand why so many loved it.  That feeling carried over to Fallout 3.  I played it at PAX and my mind was changed.

Would it be worth getting now if you haven't played it?

That game was so over rated. It's basically a MMO by urself... no thanks; played it for like 4 hours and I was done.

Probably, yeah. Just don't go wasting your money on 'special editions' or anything, get the cheap copy. Also get the PC version. At least there are mods.

Oblivion needed spears, pillow forts, beards, and levitation. And less balance. Othewise It's perfect.

There was one thing I really didn't like about Oblivion: The need to efficiently level up, since the enemies become stronger with each level you gain. I tend to play crazy assemblings of heroes, so basically, after investing 20 hours I realized I will be screwed soon. This took the fun out of the game for me. I really, really loved morrowind though (does it have the same leveling-up mechanics?).

"There was one thing I really didn't like about Oblivion: The need to efficiently level up, since the enemies become stronger with each level you gain. I tend to play crazy assemblings of heroes, so basically, after investing 20 hours I realized I will be screwed soon. This took the fun out of the game for me. I really, really loved morrowind though (does it have the same leveling-up mechanics?)."

It was a pretty meh game. Sucked you in, but looking back, not entirely worth the time invested in it.

I thought it was suberb

To date, this is the best game I have ever had the honor to play.

It's a good game, I admit. And it deserves a fairly good rating. But, like lordofultima said here, it didn't have the impact Morrowind did. And that's the reason I'll agree with it being overrated. It's taking the crown over Morrowind in a lot of "best" lists.. and it shouldn't be. Did it do things better than Morrowind?.. yeah.. I suppose. It had better graphics, maybe a fuller world, and some other things... but it was just a rehash. It's like giving Ultimate Pong(actual title?) the crown over the original.. you just don't. Yeah, it's better... but only because it was made in 2008 instead of 1972.

I see GTA IV doing the same thing. GTA III should have the title forever. A sequal just doesn't deserve it.

I can't really say if it's overrated or not, because I didn't play enough of it to rate it properly, but I can say from what I played of it that I didn't like it. It just wasn't immersive enough. With an RPG I like to be absorbed into the world, and get really into it. Oblivion didn't do this. As great as the graphics were, the world didn't seem real. The towns seemed empty and lifeless. Every character you met had the same voice as the last. Allsorts just made the game unenjoyable to me.

"I know a lot of people that dislike Oblivion. I personally find it one of the more overrated games ever. Does anyone here think it deserves the praise it got? To give you an idea of its rating, it sits at #38 on the "highest scored games" on Gamerankings. That means it's better than Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, but not as good as Gears of War, I guess."

"There was one thing I really didn't like about Oblivion: The need to efficiently level up, since the enemies become stronger with each level you gain. I tend to play crazy assemblings of heroes, so basically, after investing 20 hours I realized I will be screwed soon. This took the fun out of the game for me. I really, really loved morrowind though (does it have the same leveling-up mechanics?)."

*Raises hand*

I think calling this game overrated is overrated. Some people love to jump on the "overrated bandwagon." I'm not saying some peope don't actually think it is overrated, I'm saying a lot of people love to join in on the hate.

this was my first foray into the eldar scrolls and i loved all of it.  im probably not the most hardcore rpg player and thats maybe why this game suited me.  ive played about 200 hours of it. 

It is one of those awesome games though that becomes practically impossible to return to.  In 2005 nearly everything about the game seemed new and cool.  as were coming up to 2009, it wouldnt feel so good going back to it.  it doesnt age well. (combat /spell effects / dialog etc)   The best part about oblivion after finishing it is the mod scene ( for the pc ).  I actually got into learning how to mod because of this game, which was an interesting experience.

One of my Top 5 games probably, definite 9/10.

Morrowind was much better in my opinion.

I do, just a pinch though.

oblivion is the type of game you are supposed to immerse yourself in , it doesnt do it for you. It's funny seeing people with zelda and halo avatars bashing it..... sorry the game didn't hold your hand the entire way through.

Everything is overrated, im so fucking sick of that word!

No, i do not think it was "over-rated", it was a fun game and deserved the high ranking it got

"I really loved Oblivion, had alot of fun with it, sure, now I feel sick if I look at the box because of all the hours I put into it.

So yeah, I don't think this game is overrated at all."

Breton: Gta IV is a TOTALLY different approach to the series then GTA III was, I don't think you can compare that to a Morrowind-Oblivion dumbed down iteration.

Oblivion is the best game I have ever played. Nuff said.

Oblivion was the shit. 'Nuff said.

Oblivion was actually my first Elder Scrolls game.  My expectations weren't too high, so I was able enjoy the game a lot.

I was and am a huge fan of Oblivion.  I think the world was as immersive as any I'd seen up to that point.  It will hold up well in my collection, and I still throw it in for a few hours now and again.

It would be the best game ever if it used the improved version of Gamebryo that Fallout 3 has.