Bethesda does it again. Incredible
After a great success with The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, Bethesda Softworks does it again with the fourth title in the series so far, Oblivion
To play Oblivion, you gotta make sure you have at least an hour before you have to do something. The game is likely to make you forget all time, and you can sit for hours whitout even noticing. I've had the game for a few days, but I've played 55 hours. With such a huge world, you'll never go tired of just traveling around, killing wolves and other creatures, doing quests, stealing things, running away from guards, or just work as a merchant, or maybe have a fight in the arena. Although Oblivion is made by Bethesda Softworks, it would never be the game it is without playermade mods. As with any games of this scale there are lots of bugs. From annoying doors to falling through the ground. Oblivion is single-player only, and will probably stay that way, at least for a good while. When you can customize your character this much, and with the heavy graphics in the game, it'd be hard to make servers for these. The Oblivion is set in another world in the medieval time. You start out as a prisoner. In these times, the king is threatened with his life. The Blades, the protectors of the king, are here to protect him, and they will remove him from the castle unnoticed. The escape route goes through your cell, and it turns out the king has had dreams about you. This is where your adventure starts. After the death of the king, you get the task of delivering the most important medallion to the kings secret son. The quest line following is incredibly long, and awesome.
In addition there are many individual quests, and also guild quests. There are four guilds in Oblivion. Fighters Guild, Mages Guild, Thieves Guild and The Dark Brotherhood. They all come with quest lines, everything from picking herbs to fake a killing. You can also download lots of quest lines. The game is never over. Even if you've done all the quests, there are hundreds of levels to advance, and you can always fight in the arena. The graphics are stunning. Of course, there are bugs, but that is, as I said, normal to these graphics intense games, and there are mods that solve these as well. Lip-syncing is often a problem, but that is not something to worry about in Oblivion. The voice acting is awesome, even though there are sometimes when a person may change voice from poor little beggar to the same voice as the guards.
This is revolutionary for RPG games like these. The expansion packs are deffinately something to look forward to.
