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    The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

    Game » consists of 31 releases. Released Mar 20, 2006

    Travel the continent of Tamriel, defend the land against Oblivion's Daedra hordes, and help fill the empty throne of Cyrodiil in the fourth installment of the Elder Scrolls series.

    Who else agrees?

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    #1  Edited By bwheeeler

    This is my favorite game ever... Anyone else think that? Have it in their top five? Top ten?

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    #2  Edited By DaveF

    It would definitely be in my top 10 favourite games. It sucks you in. There's just so much to do in that game.

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    #3  Edited By StealthPanda

    Yeah it is in my top 3. Very memorable experience indeed.

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    #4  Edited By kush

    I really liked this game, but I personally didn't think it was as "big" as Morrowind. The world was big in size, but it really just felt like the same thing everywhere. I have to say that the Dark Brotherhood story branch was fantastic and having a game like Oblivion running on a console was pretty nice (never played Morrowind on the Xbox, don't know how it ran).

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    #5  Edited By Schizoid

    If there were more quests like the Dark Brotherhood ones, then maybe it'd be in my top 10, but half of the quests just ended up being dull and as Kush said the world just didn't feel as big as Oblivion. The level scaling also put the game down a lot, in Morrowind I'd have fun just wondering out into the wilderness and getting beaten up by a huge skeleton in a cave, but in Oblivion I knew if I found something it'd only be as strong as me and I could kill it.

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    #6  Edited By spragels

    Not my favorite but I loved it. So great.

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    It is definitely in my all-time top ten...until the next Elder Scrolls game (providing it doesn't suck).

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    #8  Edited By sanchopanza

    Top 10 for sure, one of the best rpg's i have ever played, this i put more time into this game than any other 360 game i have

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    #9  Edited By THE_END

    This is my favorite RPG of all time due to the fact that this game NEVER ENDS!!!!  You can put 100s of hours into this game and still have more to do.... just create a new character race, subtype, ect.... and play though it again.  Definitely an epic RPG game that will not be surpassed in my mind.... atleast until Bethesda releases TES V.

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    #10  Edited By Leone

    I've got to go with the majority and say it'd be in my top 10. It's got a great modding community and there's tons to do even in the vanilla version. Can't wait for the next Elder Scrolls game.

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    #11  Edited By Hamz

    I played the game and its two expansions, didn't appeal to me all that much to be honest. Visually it looked good but gameplay wise it had so many flaws.

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    #12  Edited By epic_pets

    its not even on my top hundred

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    #13  Edited By Bazz

    This was really the first RPG I had ever played. I was blown away by it and have become a massive rpg fan since. It would easily be in my top 5 games ever, not because of the game itself but the impression and memory it left on me, simply an amazing experience.

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    #14  Edited By tds418

    Top 3 for me.

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    #15  Edited By Pwnage

    Amazing game, definitely one of the best rpgs ever made.

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    #16  Edited By Drebin_893

    Can you imagine if Elder Scrolls V was Tamriel in its entirety....

    Although I happen to think it will be set in Sommerset Isle.

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    #17  Edited By unclejohnny79

    na i didnt really like it that much

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    #18  Edited By Batman

    In my top 50 probably.  Some of the dungeon crawling was a tad bit tedious.

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    #19  Edited By FordFairlane

    It has made my CrackHouse list of addictive games that have stolen portions of my life.

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    #20  Edited By atejas

    top 20. got boring real easy

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    Top 1. Best game ever.

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    #22  Edited By nickkcin

    top 20 i would say, very fun

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    #23  Edited By Drebin_893

    Oh and I have to say one of my top 5 games ever played, I think it's 3rd probably, behind Metal Gear Solid 4 and Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

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    #24  Edited By Blubba

    It cracks the Top 10 on my list.

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    #25  Edited By zeus_gb

    It might make top 20 but not top 10.

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    #26  Edited By Soap

    I wouldn't say it's in fav but it's in my top 10, this game sucked me in in a way that no other game has done for a very long time, I played it pretty much every day for around three quarters of the year. It was brilliant, but once you get to into it you start to see it's flaws and short comings and they just become more and more obvious and joy killing with time, to the point now were starting a new character in that game would probably drive me insane lol

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    #27  Edited By mYTH_2k4

    Best RPG Ever!! :) The gameplay is immersive and the environments are breathtaking. And the levelling mechanism is also one of the best ones I've seen. I don't dislike the in-your-face-whack-creeps-to-gain-xp stuff of other RPG's; but the subtle training of your skills in oblivion is too damn addictive. No. 2 in my list overall.

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    #28  Edited By KindGalaxy

    Probably Top 5, I spent around 300 hours in Oblivion; both PC and Xbox 360. Finished it 2 times on PC, once on X360. It was so immersive, but I tried to get back into it recently and I just countly; it felt bland. I don't know why, but I just can't seem to enjoy it anymore.

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    #29  Edited By Blazer74

    Er...no.

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    #30  Edited By Homer

    It's my favortie as well.

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    #31  Edited By Rowr

    pretty good, though i think i would rank Morrowind higher in my list of favourites. By the time i got to Oblivion, there was already so much of the experience i'd done.. Morrowind felt bigger and scarier. The characters had more depth as well.

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    #32  Edited By Termite

    Yeah, it's up there but Morrowind was still better

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    #33  Edited By Lemegeton

    i did not check it out when it was released and only rented it a few months back , and did not expect much. but i was blown away. being that im 28 i dont really get addicted to many games any more but Oblivion hooked me in and i found myself playing into the early hours of the morning

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    #34  Edited By Louis

    Defiantly up there with the best.

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