Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition
November 12th, 2009 | 
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- Includes Shivering Isles and Knights of the Nine expansions
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Oblivion Game of the Year edition presents one of the best RPGs of all time like never before. Step inside the most richly detailed and vibrant game-world ever created. With a powerful combination of freeform gameplay and unprecedented graphics, you can unravel the main quest at your own pace or explore the vast world and find your own challenges. Also included in the Game of the Year edition are Knights of the Nine and the Shivering Isles expansion, adding new and … More >>
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i loved oblivion but this game of the year edition ads very little for the money if you already have oblivion pass on this edition its not worth the extra 60 bucks
Rating: 1 / 5
The game itself is interesting however somewhat redundant in scenery..my biggest complaint is the error messages ALL THE TIME !!! FROM BRAND NEW!! have to save continuously or you’ll have to start all over right in the middle of combat ….very frustrating…..others said the regular edition didnt have this problem…..maybe just got a bum disc..dont know..but I’ll think twice about another game from Bethesda though !!!!
Rating: 1 / 5
I didn’t know much about this game but I did know that everyone seemed to love it, drool over it, and worship it. So I tried it. I like rpgs, I like anything medieval, i like being able to customize your character, etc. But even with all that, this game still annoyed me. After the tutorial you get out of prison and start on your way. Every monster and animal that sees you (except deer) will attack. Rats attack, crabs attack, even those vicious fish (Don’t worry about the fish, you can shoot or punch them (while underwater) until they die. Well, ok worry, they can kill you). I did fine against them and goblins but discovered that every untrained farmer can kick my @## (even if they are unarmed and im armored and with a weapon). You start with no money but can take whatever you want. So i tried to take a couple coins from some guy who was asleep and failed every time (even when i was invisible and standing still) until i stood in front of him and tried.? In any case, as soon as i did it, a guard instantly appeared in the room. Your choices are then jail or run. I ran and they chased me… all the way to the next city! A wolf also spotted me along the way and joined the chase (apparently the wolf recognised law enforcement and left them alone). ANYWAY, to avoid 8 pages of whining, I’ll skip ahead to where i got to the oblivion gate and had to rescue people hidden inside a tower. There were guards outside but they had no intention of helping me. Yes it was up to a thief (or agent actually) to rescue all these people who wouldnt even help themselves). A bunch of goblin-like creatures were outside who endlessly pelted me with fireballs and unerringly hit me even in midjump. I couldnt seem to defeat any of them with multiple sword strikes even though they were half my size. I hopped up on a wall, hoping to jump behind cover on the other side but it wouldnt allow me to. Next time, I got stuck by some rubble and couldnt get out, and waited for the goblin guys to kill me again. I decided to give up on the mission for now and wander the country side, found one place where it said i couldnt go then hopped halfway down a mountain (sideways) without injury. Finally I gave up in disgust. Is the great flawless oblivion that you people are playing the same as mine? Game of the year… yep i guess so.
Rating: 2 / 5
This game pisses me off because it’s obviously high regarded and loved by all, yet I cant find out why. Gamespot gave it a 9.5. I can’t seem to figure out what I’m missing. Just sheer size, mass and freedom of a game does not make it fun to play (to me). You will walk around this huge world and encounter only a handful of enemies, all very weak. The enemies difficulties do not seem to change depending on where you are on the map either. You can investigate caves, but there are only a few weak enemies in them, very little treasure, and nothing exciting happens, ever! The battle controls are clunky, he seems to swing the sword so slow and delayed. You can heal but it doesn’t seem to do anything. And gaining experience depends on using the skills that you attribute in the beginning of the game, not fighting enemies like traditional RPG’s. Yes you can steal and virtual do anything you want, but that gets old after a while. The fact that you can travel from virtually any point in the map automatically, takes away from the game big time, traveling is a huge part of RPG’s for me. Also, If the action gets too tough for you just go into the menu and slide the difficulty meter to easy, WTF is that?!?
Having played about 20 hours, it just wasn’t fun for me (needless to say). I am not a deviant, usually when games have such ridiculously positive ratings like this one, I end up loving them like everyone else, which is why I’m so vexed! I love the FF series, exploring caves, fighting monsters, buying and selling weapons and armor, which is all in this game, although a huge problem for me is that it lacks incentive.
Rating: 2 / 5
I’ll get right t the point. This game is boring. Plain and simple. The quests are boring, and uneventful. The exploration, while having a huge world to explore, is unexciting as nothing ever really happens. You just walk around..a wolf might decide to attack you here or there..about it.
If you happen to find a cave or a dungeon..blah, because the layouts are different, but even still, they all look pretty much the same. There’s a couple enemies you’ll find inside, with some random chests or barrels..but that’s it.
No exciting combat sequences, no awesome gear to find, even when you level higher, which brings me to another point.
The leveling system is completely broken. You level by using your main skills 10 times, in any order…which seems easy, and for the most part it is, but it’s just ridiculous and gets lame.
Skip this game at all costs, and get Fallout, or Fable 2…I dunno, but Oblivion is a huge piece of boring crap.
Rating: 2 / 5