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.
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5 (42) 4 (17) 3 (4) 2 (2) 1 (2) 4.4 starsAverage score of 69 user reviews
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Enter Cyrodiil... after setting aside 200 hours of your time 3
Oblivion is the fourth edition to the Elder Scrolls series, a franchise of role playing games developed by Bethesda that have risen to fame for allowing players to embark on an epic journey and become the character they want to become. Even years after its release, Oblivion is an amazing adventure full of surprises, mysteries, and interesting locations that one could easily spend up to 200 hours playing it . That's not good, is it? The main quest line in Oblivion follows your character as he or...
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Oblivion is a really great RPG,but with a few issues as well. 0
want to make things clear from the beggining:the only Elder Scrolls game I had played before Oblivion was Morrowind.My experience with that games was about 1 hour.I mean,I can't say it wasn't a great game,considering the fact that it was released in 2002,but I didn't like it at all,it didn't sucked me in it at all.Maybe I wasn't the adept of an open-ended game, having played & replayed both Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic games,which gave a sense of freedom,but not exactly.To make thi...
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A stunningly beautiful game, hindered by the stupidest mistakes. 1
The first thing that strikes you when you start this game up is that it’s a pretty big one. Oblivion’s location of Cyrodiil is big... Huge. And not to mention diverse. Without the in-game map you’d almost definitely lose your bearings as soon as you so much as changed direction and your jaw is very liable to fall of at the first sight of the environment from the very moment you find the exit to the sewers, where the story starts; mountains, forests and lakes – all in the same vista. It is so...
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The best game on the Xbox 360 to date!!! 0
There are no words I can use to describe this open ended, role playing, action-adventure game!!! So lets get right into the review!Story: Well there is no "one" story occuring in Oblivion. There are a bunch of conflicts, problems, and quests to embark on. The "main quest" starts you off as a prisoner(which is totally customizable). Without spoiling this great story lets just say that fate throws your character into an epic quest to save the world. It is the typical save the world story and it is...
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A journey through an amazing magical land. 0
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is the fourth installment of the Elder of Scrolls series, and one of the best games this generation can offer. You can easily spend dozens and dozens of hours in it, and you'll do it knowing you're in for a gaming experience of a lifetime. This game is so immersive that almost breaks your heart just to bear the thought of it coming to an end eventually. Oblivion's innovations and well-developed mechanics transform it into one of the most complete and satisfying ex...
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Should come with a health warning; WILL TAKE OVER YOUR LIFE!!! 1
I was a bit hesistant over Oblivion IV as I'm not really a fan of RPG (haven't really got the patience for them) but picked this game up and thought I'd give it a go. To my suprise I found myself deeply immersed in the storyline and couldn't put the game down. I am currently playing through the game for the third time as I want to max out my characters abilities before moving the main storyline forward. The graphics of this game are amazing especially in HD. The choice and variety of character...
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Great intent, poor execution. 0
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is a hard game to review. In the end I guess it just comes down to it not being a very fun game at most parts, but it definitely could be loved by a major D 'n' D fanatic. Oblivion is really a game with a few 3 great strengths. One is the customizability in the game which is really outstanding. You can make your character any way you want him/her and you have a variety of options to choose from. It's second strength is in it's graphics. The game was really the firs...
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STUPID !!!!!! 0
I bought this thinking it would be some kind of add-on that would let you fight while riding your horse or something cool but I was terribly mistaken. I really should pay more attention to what I am buying but it sorta surprised me that all I was getting is some stuff to make my horse cooler looking or something. Sure it has a little bit of practicality sense it gives your horse more health but most people have a horse like shadowmere that wont die anyway. Who cares about some nameless horse in ...
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Crap. 5
This game is awful. It's a super-easy monotonous grind of identical quests and the most generic setting and characters you could imagine. The lack of imagination in this game is almost overwhelming. There is no freedom in this game. Oh, there's a vast uninteresting world to explore, you can do whatever quest you want in your own order. But we're not talking about freedom to do quests in whatever order you want, we're talking about real freedom to do whatever you want, which Oblivion severely lac...
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Certainly not as bad as Horse Armor, but... 2
The Orrey is one of the two initial DLC packs announced for Oblivion, with the promise of being able to see inside the locked door at the arcane university and go on some sort of adventure. It certainly sounded better than horse armor, which to this day is one of the better examples of overpriced and unneeded downloadable content. After all, The Orrey must be way better than Horse Armor, right? In actuality, The Orrey is a bland 15-minute quest that consists entirely of going to random bandit ca...
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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion 2
I hope you have a lot of free time on your hands. In fact, its best to say goodbye to your friends and family right now, you aren’t going to see them for a long time. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion will instantly suck you into its world and keep you there for months. Its do-what-you-want gameplay and massive world combine to create an almost flawless game that is incredibly fun to play and improves upon the previous installments. The good news is that you don’t need to know anything about the pr...
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The Best RPG On The Xbox 360. Period... 0
2K Games and Bethesda Softworks have not only made a wonderful game with Oblivion, but it is without a doubt the best in the Elder Scrolls franchise. Oblivion's predecessor, Morrowind, was a great game all itself. The creators at Bethesda only made it much better than Morrowind. The main problem with Morrowind was the combat system. When I played Morrowind, and was engaged in combat with another, I attack the person, but it almost always had the same effect, not striking the person and causing d...
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Oblivion is truly a shining beacon for RPGs. 0
Let's be straight: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion has received a lot of praise over the past few years, and is widely heralded today to be one of the greatest games of all-time. Whilst some of this may have been hyperbole or exaggeration, the game certainly deserves considerable recognition for its achievements. Oblivion is definitely a truly groundbreaking game; both in terms of style, gameplay and technical presentation. It gives you an interesting, detailed and fantastical world to play aroun...
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Pros and Cons: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion 0
The world of Tamriel is in peril by the evil forces from the realm of Oblivion, and in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion it's up to you to restore peace to the land. You don't however, have to play the main quest right off the bat. In fact, I myself didn't actually get into the main story until about 50 hours in. This shows one of the true beauties of this game: choice. Once you step into the beautiful world of Tamriel, what you do and the order you do them in is entirely up to you. Bulk up, join a...
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Good game with some flaws. 0
Another title in Elder Scroll series, that is easy to recommend to a RPG player.GameplayThere isn't anything unique in combat there are strong attacks(Hold RT), weak(Pres RT), block(Hold LT) that's it, kind of boring, but when you defeat an enemy he falls in a very satisfying way that makes you ignore the boring combat. Mage thou is very different from a warrior and I think it's more interesting being a mage, there are tons of spells, not to mention you can make them, also casting spells is more...
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Oblivion was a bland experience from start to finish. 0
Granted, I wasn't a big fan of Mirrowind. I'm also not a huge fan of PC RPGs in general, but I like to give them a shot. I knew what to expect with Oblivion, but I stuck with it until the very end. With that said, it's an OK game. I can understand why some people were addicted to it. There's a ton of things to do in this game, not all of them are my idea of fun or excitement, but there is a ton of (mundane) tasks to complete. The world wasn't something that sucked me in, since it ...
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Elder Scrolls IV: The Review 0
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion has raised the bar for "sandbox RPGs". It allows you to do almost anything you want, anytime you want, anywhere you want. For example, if you don't feel like saving the world and closing Oblivion gates, you can go... be an Assassin! Or perhaps a Thief, or become an Arena combatant. You could forego all of those and just look for treasure in the numerous dungeons and caves littered throughout the land. There's no pressure to follow the main storyline. That being sai...
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A HUGE and deep RPG that keeps you hooked for countless hours... 0
Pros:Huge and massive open world to exploreFreedom to play whatever charecter you want and how you wantVery high replay valueCountless hours of gameplayBeautiful SoundtrackCons:Charcter Models are outdated and uglyLevel Scaling enemies become INSANELY difficult at higher levelsToo many copy-and-paste dungeons that have litte varietyDumb AIThe Elder Scrolls series has been around for quite some time now and considering that the developers of the series (Bethesda) have Skyrim coming out just aroun...
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The best game you can buy... 0
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is the latest game in the series and now it's also available for the PS3.The game is just amazing from beginning to the end.You will have to create your own character at the beginning of the game,you can choose races, hair styles,colors and many more things regarding your physical appearance.Besides this you will also have to choose other facts which will determine how you character will develop in the game.It is just like in the previous game in the series but it'...
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Hot Damn 0
Oblivion is a must play game for any 360 owner. I have played the game for well over two years and I still find it fun, and new. Oblivion's world is massive and the plot is in-depth and non-linear. The gameplay varies greatly depending on the players preference, and the vast amount of quests make gamers initially intimidated, but ultimatly exillerated. With all the expansion packs and little bells and whistles there is no way that a player could ever say that they have "done it all" or that they...
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This is one game I'll never get tired of. 0
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion has finally made its Playstation 3 debut. Although, this game a sight to behold, it's still pretty far from perfect. There are many improvements since Morrowind, there are still some things that the developers shouldn't have removed from the series. Nevertheless, Oblivion will literally take a chunk out of your life from the countless hours you'll spend assassinating citizens of Cyrodill for the Dark Brotherhood, or finding the holy Relics of the Crusader and resur...
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Grows on you. 0
Lets get this out of the way, if you're a hardcore RPG gamer Morrowind is better, for everyone else, this game is equal to, if not better than Morrowind. Bethesda made some good improvements this time around, but they also made some downgrades for the sake of accessibility, and they're also still the faulty programmers they've always been, glitches and all.The graphics are very good, fantastic if you consider how early in the Xbox 360's life span this game came out. Everything is extremely well ...
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A Fantastic Game 1
This game has got to be one of my top favorites right now. The graphics were completely fantastic, the gameplay was immersive, great voice acting, and the choice to follow the main quest or the numerous side quests was perfect. At first the massive area you can travel in looks intimidating, but once you start playing you'll swear it will have only been an hour. The scenery was wonderful. I've spent time just looking around at the scenery. Trust me, it doesn't disappoint.When making your characte...
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Quite possibly the largest scale game ever made 0
What is so different about this game compared to some of the other games you play you may ask yourself. Well oblivion is a fun immerse huge rpg like no other. The best thing about oblivion is it will have you playing it for months upon months there is so much to do so much to discover so much to upgrade it is simply something you cannot miss out on. another thing about oblivion is it improves itself upon morrowind in so many way the combat system is no longer mindless hack n slash and the leveli...
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An ambitious game that fails to achieve its full potential 0
Arguably the first true next-generation rpg, the Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion sports a huge world to explore, countless npc characters to meet, and a mind-blowing array of quests to embark on. However, the core of Oblivion's fighting engine is dull, and the world, while beautiful, is repetitive. The sword-to-sword combat that dominates the game is clumsy, and you'll be duking it out with foes toe-to-toe in mind-numbing "you thump me, I thump you" duels. Warning: if you picked the wrong type of ch...
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how RPG should be done, dont skip on this game. 0
Oblivion: Elder Scrolls IV. Review(xbox 360) Main Review: Its hard to know where to start in the vast, vagrant as well as beautiful and seemingly endless world, which by no means is a bad thing seems you'll lose yourself in the game and you wont want it to end. It is clear form the word go that this game is an elder scrolls game from the music to the visual and spoken references to previous installments, almost everything is typical to elder scroll. You will begin watching a powerful and c...
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"A world, yours to explore..." 0
“A world, yours to explore…” The world of Oblivion is amazing. It is one of the biggest games I have ever played. 8 major cities each with its unique architecture makes Oblivion rich in stories and culture. There are so many adventures in this game you will not be putting this one down anytime soon. The story is not one of Oblivion’s shining points. It starts off strong but after a while it becomes more of a chore until the ending. The ending is great even though you don’t do m...
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Endless Possibilities Lead to an Incredible Experience 0
Having spent a bit of time getting acclimated to the world of Oblivion, I have to say that I'm honestly blown away. I've been a big fan of RPG's all my life, but I never really realized how scripted they all are until I got into this game. I realized how constrained I was in the other games I've played. However, this isn't a fault of the other wonderful RPGs I've experience, it's simply an enhancement of my experience with Oblivion. The fact that you can choose to follow the main quest or not is...
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An incredibly detailed and deep adventure awaits. 2
There are just not enough games like Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion these days. If you play this game for just one hour, then you will be amazed at the detail and complexity of the experience. This is one of those "effort games" where it seems that the developers spent thousands of hours and tons of energy into making it. Effort is one thing, but does it directly relate to how fun it will be? In this case, it's a positive "yes". Graphics - 8/10: For an early game for the 2 next-gen consoles and the...
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Jaw Dropping! 0
Wow, what a fantastic game. Bethesda knows what they're doing and Oblivion is a prime example of their mastery. This was the first title for the X360 as well as the first next gen title I purchased and as soon as heard Patrick Stewart's captivating voice I was hooked. This is one of the very few games that has actually moved me emotionally and has really took a hold of my life. It may sound weird but it's really that damn good.Oblivion is the fourth installment in the Elder Scrolls series and i...
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Beastly 0
This game is AMAZING !!! It has some performance issues like lag while you are roming the countryside ( none of this on ps3 or powerfull pc) It will take a LONG time to complete and has many amazing sidequests. Another complaint I have is the unrealistic AI when it comes to murder and stuff like that. For example, you sneak into a house without and guards seeing you and sneak upstairs without alerting anybody. Then, you creep over the person in bed and 1 hit kill them before they know what hit t...
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Best RPG on Xbox360 hands down. 0
Coming out in 2006, seems so long ago, but really only 3 years, this gem still stands as one, or depending on who you talk to at the best RPG for the Xbox360. The game is a continuation of a long history within the Elder Scrolls series hence the IV. Most people call it Oblivion though. Good: The first thing that jumps out at you (especially to newcomers of the Xbox Hd experience) is the depth of graphics. You can visually stand on top of a mountain and see the Main Castle off in the distance a...
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One way to spend a week... or two. 0
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion was Game of the year in 2006, three years later it is still a must buy for all xbox 360 owners and RPG lovers alike. What makes this game so superb, is that it does so many things well, from the massive open-world, spectacular visuals, awesome controls, and the engrossing story that you can't help but see to the very end, this game will keep you hooked for a minimum of 30-40 hours. The epic story starts with a monologue from the Emperor of Cyrodill, Uriel Septi...
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Absolutely Stunning! 0
The Elder Scrolls IV: OblivionThis game gets a perfect 10 in my book. It's absolutely mind-boggling how good this game actually is. It is perhaps the greatest game ever created. And then they come along and give us the Game of the Year Editions?! Yowzas! They made perfection, better!This is the most immersive, the most ambitious, the largest, the longest, the most open-ended, and the most addicting game I have ever played in my nearly 25 years of gaming. I have seen everything from the release o...
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this game sucks... your time 0
aftter playing this game for many hours, i would look at watch and realise how many hours had been sucked, and it were many. i played for 12hrs once, and that was the longest suck of all. i collected all this crap in the game, but no one wanted it so I had to hide it all these different places. I made skeletions in the game, and I would often marvel at their violence. the good graphics in the game, are really good and I told my brother about them, i then looked at my watched and marvelled at...
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Instant classic 0
This is my first review for a game, and i think its a worth first start. 4 years i have been waiting for this game, 4 years. And boy was it worth it. Never in my life have i ever played a single player roleplaying game as detailed, as deep and as fun as this. So when you first start the game, you are in a prison cell, and this is where you hear the first of the great voice acting, Patrick Stuewet. He plays the emperor Uriel Septim. He comes up to you and talks about how he predicts his death, an...
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"It's Fallout with elves!" 0
I'm not really sure why Oblivion, the 4th game in the Elder Scrolls series, didn't click with me the first time (or the 5th, for that matter). Fallout 3, the game Bethesda made afterwards, is one of my top 5 games ever and that's not something I throw around lightly either so Oblivion, with its roughly similar gameplay should be a perfect fit, no? After all, the "it's Oblivion with guns" description was often thrown around for Fallout so might as well reverse it for this game. Unfortunately, the...
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Secret Short Review 002- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblvion 0
THE ELDER SCROLLS IV: OBLIVION + Amazing graphics for the time + Great writing + Enormous world with intricate detail - Character models are... a bit odd (ie, ugly face) - Vocal acting gets repetitive - Slow pacing The summaries above pretty much summed up my feelings toward this game, however there's one thing I need to mention. This game really does rest on your personal tastes to fully enjoy. Are you not a fan of medieval-style worlds? You prefer guns instead of swords and magic?...
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One of the Greatest Games on the 360 0
At first I hated Oblivion, but after I continued to play it I found it more and more enjoyable to play. I rented it and by the end of the third day I was dead set on returning it. I forced myself to play more and after about five or six hours of play time I was well established as a character and engulfed in the story. I continued playing and bought it immediately after I returned it. The story is very good and the side quest help make your character more power with stronger abilities and allian...
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Bethesda does it again. Incredible 0
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 ...
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Oblivion 0
What can I say about a game where it has a second title of “Oblivion?” Besides the fact that it is one of the best games of all time. I was a little bit skeptical when buying the game for one reason; I had played Morrowind at a friend’s house and never did get into it. Another note was I met almost all the recommended settings. The only thing I didn’t hit was the processor speed it suggested 3 GHz I have a 2.8 Dual Core. Then as I saw previews for it I decided I would buy it. Here is my official...
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A step in the right direction, but still a step 0
Quick ReviewIf you think Oblivion is the next generation of gaming, a game with total freedoom, and a game you can play however you want, you'll be dissapointed. But don't get me wrong: I wholeheartedly urge all decent RPG fans to buy this game right now. It is a deep, nearly endless RPG. But Oblivion ends up being only a minor piece of what a truly open world rpg is. If you want to be the best mage in the world, you can do it in Oblivion. You can be a good person as well, doing quests for ...
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Action-RPG + MMORPG + Ingenuity = ES IV: Oblivion 0
You are the unfortunate prisoner, sitting in your particular cell, wondering just how you got yourself into this troublesome predicament. Across the hall can be heard the snickers of a fellow inmate, hurling insults your way as the guard and his escorts approach. While waiting you calm your fidgeting by playfully moving some chains back and forth, all the while watching that ever approaching shadow. Yet, with each passing second you feel a sense that something is amiss, a wariness that easily to...
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Addicting Gameplay in It's Purest Form 0
OverviewElder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, made by Bethesda Softworks is an action RPG set mainly in the world in Tamriel. You play as a prisoner who gets caught up in the middle of an assassination attempt on the king. What the character looks like, it's strengths, weaknesses, and other traits are all made by the player. The game is not on a true set course so the player can decide what they wish to do and when to do it. People who have enjoyed previous Elder Scrolls games should enjoy this one ...
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