| The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Xbox 360) |  | From: Take 2 Interactive
Category: Video Games
New (1) Used (13) from £11.87
Avg. Customer Rating:  200 reviews
Sales Rank: 932
Platform: Xbox 360
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Number Of Items: 1
Age: 11 - 18 years
Operating System: Xbox 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 5026555245241
EAN: 5026555245241
ASIN: B000BLHMTA
Release Date: March 24, 2006
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Amazon.co.uk Review
In a nutshell:
One of the most respected Western role-playing games of all time is back with huge improvements in graphics and accessibility, including a completely real-time combat system and the largest, most detailed game world ever seen. Phew.The lowdown:
Although previous Elder Scrolls games have enjoyed something of a like it or loathe it reputation, this latest sequel has the means to appeal to everyone thanks to one simple improvement: its incredible new graphics. Unlike many role-playing games it is viewed from a first person perspective, with a game world portrayed in a staggering amount of detail, and realistic psychics and characters that genuinely seem to be going on about their own separate lives. The game's real appeal though lies in the huge freedom: play it exactly how you want. Most exciting moment:
Using the new combat engine to fight off dozens of enemies, then stealing one of their mounts and riding off into the sunset. Since you ask:
Emperor Uriel Septim VII is voiced by Star Trek and X-Men luminary Patrick Stewart, but all the characters in the game have full spoken voiceovers instead of just onscreen text. This is the next generation, you know. The bottom line:
One of the most realistic and accessible role-playing games ever made.
Harrison Dent
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 A true masterpiece! December 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Oblivion is one of the reasons I bought an Xbox 360 after the graphics card on my old pc went bust! Furthermore, following a system error, I lost 4 years of playing on Oblivion, and I found that I really missed playing it! So, having finally bought the 360, I immediately purchased Oblivion, and how wonderful it is to play it again!
The graphics are wonderful - gorgeous to look at! The sounds are amazing - everything from the crunch of your feet on the snowey mountain sides to the booming thunder that heralds your approach to one of the dreaded Oblivion gates (complete with the sky turning blood red!
This game oozes atmosphere and has real substance.
However, its not the sort of game you can play for just half an hour - more like 4, if not more! depends on your other commitments ;D
Furthermore, i've found that, by sticking to the main quests, I've made more progress in a couple of weeks than I managed on the PC - indeed, it is easy to get sidetracked and go off rambling through the countryside to find some of the other missions!
I wont go on, but I truly consider this to be my all time favourite computer game (with just under 20 years of playing experience!).
Pure magic.
RPG HEAVEN! December 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am a huge RPG fan and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is one of the finest games of its genre.
I fell in love with RPG's when I played `Sword of Vermillion' on the Saga Mega Drive. For too many years now I have been dying for developers to make a remake of Sword of Vermillion and Oblivion is as close to that game as I could have ever wished for.
It is a massive game with amazing graphics and truly brilliant RPG game play. The freedom of the game play (go anywhere, do anything), the scale of weapons, armour, shields, items etc, the varied enemies, the list just goes on and on.
Oblivion is not going appeal to everyone, but if you love RPG / adventure games and just want to get lost in another world that will take up hours and I mean many, many hours of your time, then you owe it to yourself to get this game. Best 10 I have ever spent.
I know from reading the reviews on Amazon, that one of the biggest criticisms of this game is the amount of slow loading times. It did play on my mind when I went out to buy the game. I have an Xbox 360 Arcade and I have NOT experienced long loading times at all. I think it may be because the game runs slower on 20 gigabyte + consoles. If you do experience problems with loading times, Hold down the A button as you start up the game and it should speed things up.
Happy gaming!
Literally, the best game ever December 7, 2008
Oblivion will addict you, you wont be able to put down the controller. The hundreads of hours, the 70 odd missions and lets not forget the fact that every were you turn wou will find something new to enthrall you for hours and hours. This isn't a game its a life.
 Good but yet to reach its potential October 15, 2008
As a gamer who was almost addicted to Morrowind, i must say i was slightly disappointed. I bought this because it looked fantastic, its an elder scrolls game and its huge, but each of those reasons have their flaws. 1. Oblivion does look absolutely brilliant, with waterfalls, ruins, hillsides, caves, towns everything really. However, quite often you see a "unloaded" landscapes, where trees are yet to appear, with detail is missing ( a problem that Morrowind also suffered). 2. I'm glad that these games all have the "do what you want" option and Oblivion keeps that, with better stuff for you to do, or at least updated stuff from the past games like better customization and buying property. Although there are some tweaks that have changed the game on a large basis, the lock-pick system is something that i quite frankly despise. I don't mind opening the locks myself, but the way the picks are obtained, and their durability is simply frustrating. Another turn off is yet again, small details like the changing appearance of your character when stricken by vampirism. Everyone knows what vampires look like, pale, two fangs, dark, slick. But In Oblivion, you look like a withered old man, quite pathetic really. 3. The game being on a massive scale is always an appeal to me, its as if you could spend countless hours on a game and still not have seen everything, and never experience the same journey twice. But of course their are more problems. The traveling system. Its far to easy to go back and fourth to places. Ok towns are fine, but small hidden areas? The player should scour the earth to find them. Caves and tombs. What a shame. EVERY cave looks similar to the last with beams of light from above poking through, to standard dark rocky walkways, and the same with tombs only with some architecture. It really feels glossed over and more boring.
But thats enough of the cons, the battle system has finally been sorted out, good and propper. You no longer swing your weapon 100 times and "miss" each time. The duels actually take skill and there aren't any cheat codes to ease your way through the game either. (because its easier than morrowind) ... though.. there is a money glitch... anyway i can only hope that the next installment will be as big, keep the battle system and of course remain about the elder scrolls.
I'm not just saying this - THIS OS THE BEST GAME EVER CREATED October 9, 2008
Words cannot describe how incredible this game is. Escape into a mystical, magical world full of danger and excitement. The graphics are incredible, the characters vivid, the quests are varied. This is the absolute pinnacle of gaming. It a gamer's ultimate dream. Buy it. Buy it now!
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