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Welcome to the first day of the rest of your role-playing life

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Furthermore, leveling up - the heart of any RPG - is skill-based, meaning you simply practice what you like doing in order to get better at it. You'll rise quicker if you hone your character's core traits (i.e. a thief who frequently sneaks). Interestingly, Oblivion's bestiary levels up with you, further adding to the freedom as there are no "high-level" dungeons that are off-limits until you've played for 40 hours.

So like Homer, once you've begun to consume what this eternity has to offer, you'll have no desire to stop. The fourth Elder Scrolls entry is utterly brilliant and should not be missed by any adventure-spirited gamer. It serves notice to the rest of the role-playing world, unabashedly boasting, "Can you top this?"

You'll love
  • Character and geographic freedom
  • Never a dull moment
  • Startling amount of content
You'll hate
  • End-game frustration for stealth folks
  • Beastly powerful system required
  • Say goodbye to everything else

 
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ruiptaurus  - 6 months 6 days ago 
This game is better than fallout 3. Fallout 3 sucks, very very boring!!!
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Haryzon  - 6 months 4 days ago 
Best game 4 pc ever... loading suks tho
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charley235  - 5 months 22 days ago 
i agree, fallout 3 is nothing compared to oblivion
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CreeplyTuna  - 5 months 19 days ago 
fallout was great, but oblivion is AMAZING!
fallout was 1/4 the size map and had 1/100 the amount of quests,dungeons, and the things that make oblivion wat it is
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Billiam101  - 4 months 11 days ago 
I've had this game since I was 11. It is the most important game on the PC. My real hardcore gaming started with this game. Everyone needs to play it. I have completed this game (that means all of the quests) 7 times and i still dont get bored.
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Billiam101  - 4 months 11 days ago 
Still learning new things every time around
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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Genre: Role Playing
Expected release date: 03/21/2006
Published by: Bethesda
Developed by: Bethesda
Features: Widescreen, 5.1 Surround Sound, User-created content
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