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As one reviewer mentioned, it is TOO COMPLEX and I certainly agree

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: February 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User

When I purchased my XBox 360 I searched Amazon for the best review on all the games at the time. Oblivion stood out as a must have game. So I had to get it. I like role-playing games but this is the first time Ive played one since the Playstation 1 days. How this game plays out to me is nearly impossible. It would take weeks to actually understand the game and how to pull out its full potential. But lets play the game without reading the manual (wont happen). It took me a couple hours to create my character. You have to think whether you should be this race or that race, what class you should be, how dark his skin, how long his nose, how thick his beard, what color his hair, how pointy his ears, the color of his eyes, the thickness of his face, etc, etc, etc. And so you finally know what you want to be. Now you're playing the game. The game has so many controls that you HAVE to read the manual to understand exactly how your inventory works. Cause the inventory is full of symbols and you need to know these symbols by heart. As you play the early game, you collect rat meat and bones. OK so what is the purpose of these? Will I need them? Eventually you will get encumbered so because their value is worth 1 gold, you must drop them. And so as you're gathering treasures, eventually you'll have to spend a lot of time going through your inventory wondering what you should drop. Keeping the most valuable not necessarily the most useful cause you dont know what you need yet! And you dont know if what you drop you'll need later! So you just want this game to pick up. It has great reviews, people love it and supposedly had a good time with it but Im stuck here wondering what these things do. Very frustrating if you ask me. Eventually you'll be asked what kind of star sign do you want to be? And this is when I quit the game, it was the very start of the game. And it gives you about a dozen constellations and a description of each. Oh great so now I have to read each and every one of these signs and their uses. Lets see I can become invisible for 1 hour a day, or I can give added strength to my character. Which one is better!! Thats the problem, you dont know. You just started the game and collected small "treasures". Trying to understand the purpose of walking around killing things and collecting a few gold. But i spent hours reading the manual only to forget a few days later when I picked up the paddle again. So it was just very complex, you need a Role-Playing degree to play this game. Its not like Halo where you can turn the game on, pick up the paddle and go on an adventure killing things! Sorry for rambling on but this game isnt something you want to play if you dont have the time to play it. Halo was the first game I played for 360 and playing it a couple hours a day was awesome. I had surround subwoofers laying on the couch at night and it was amazing. Try it with Oblivion and you have to turn on the light to read the manual, spend the entire 2 hours trying to understand it. Then forget how to play the next day. Its just not a game for everybody I guess.

I hate all of you....LOL

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: April 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I purchased the game based on people's reviews. Man this game Sucks really bad. movement horrible, A.I horrible, action horrible. what has this world come to that people can actually play this garbage.

Excellant game, but get it on the PS3

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 16
Date: April 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is an awesome game, but not on the Xbox. Having played all versions of the game (PC, XBOX, PS3), I can tell you that the graphics on the PS3 with an HDTV are visually far more stunning than on any other system, and the PS3 controls are just easier to navigate with. If you are considering this title you'll want to buy it on PS3.

If you've already spent the dough for it on one of the other formats, major game stores will usually allow you to trade in games for an in store credit, so you will not have to pay full price twice.

Hold on

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 59
Date: March 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Okay well... i never have played this video game but it looks really really cool. I plan to buy it today after i get out of class. I am very excited. My best friend trevor hemish and I are planning to stay up all night playing it(but he has to watch) hehehe. I can't even consentrate at all durring school (thats where im at right now) becuase i am so excited to play this game.

PS: love you mom(Happy Birthday)

This Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 17
Date: January 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Despite all the pagan imagery and idolatry, I found this game very entertaining. I hope Jesus does too.

oblovion xD this games is awsome xD

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: February 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

i do not own this game but my uncle deos (im using my moms acount) and it is like the best game in the world i was obsessed and now that i have 360 i have HAVE HAVE!!! to get it xD i would buy it its worth the money and i love it. it is so good. RAWR . sry about that. so like i was saying its the best (im almost 13!)

Please Respond

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: June 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I know modding is for losers but I want to have fun and c=screw around in Oblivion. Please comment and explain if there are any mods or cheats for the 360 version because I know there are quite a few for the PC. If so, how do you get em?

Overrated

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: January 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I guess I'm missing something here, but the game was confusing as hell. I've played RPGs before, but mostly ones from Squaresoft which aren't as customizable as this one was. In my opinion, the customization is annoying...it makes the game way to complicated. I'll put it this way - I've played for over 20 hours and I still don't know how to get my guy to gain a level. There's just way too many skills and stuff in this game.

The graphics are okay. If you're not playing on a HDTV, this game will look a lot like a PS2 game. The gameplay is pretty tedious. Combine those 2 features and you've got one heck of an overrated game.

One last gripe - and maybe this only occurs on my system - but the graphics "skip" around very frequently while playing. This was by no means a smooth playing experience. It seems like they made the worlds too big for the 360 to handle or something, because it skips around quite frequently during normal gameplay.

One of the longest, best, deep, rich, best graphic game made so far.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 9
Date: March 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Yesterday i bought this game at a mall in Miami where i currently am. I bought the game and the gamestop guy made me buy the guide for a extra 20$. I never got to play the game yet because im in a hotel. I live in New York. But im stuck to the guide trying to decide what i should be, a thief, warrior, mage, Argonion, Breton, Orc, High Elf? Its the most massive game for the Xbox 360 that will ever be made. Im not forgeting PC but the version for the PC has a problem with the lighting system. My friend has Oblivion and it is very fun. ITS FRICKEN CRAZY. u gotta buy this game, i can't wait to play it!!

Beautiful, but kinda boring and bland

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 11
Date: January 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Every time I play this game, I want to stop playing and go back and replay Gothic 2 for the PC. G2 is way more fun. The graphical quality is not nearly as high (though its art design is superior and more engaging), but its gameplay is actually more fun. G2 is challenging, while Oblivion feels like a simple button pressing exercise. Oblivion's quests are relatively boring (some exceptions) and it's story is standard fare. Your impact on NPC's and plot isn't noteworthy either. The music is good, but not really engaging and not as immersive/haunting as Gothic 2's. Also, Oblivion's graphics are great, but extremely repetitive. Envirionments of a given type tend to all look the same. Dungeons, for example. Lastly, its advancement system is definitely not for everyone. I'm not a big fan of the "Use it/Improve it" in videogames/CRPG's, especially when it becomes a "mouse pressing a lever for food" clickfest. Customizing your character's skills and making magic items can be cool (though if you play long enough, you start getting real good at everything... ho-hum...) Overall, if you want to play a game that's relatively easy, straightforward, with a huge area to explore, and might enjoy just relaxing and wandering through scenic environments, you'll be mostly satisfied with this game (as sometimes even I am). Otherwise, what for better RPG's to hit the 360. Or if you're a PC fan, play Gothic 2, it's way more fun. I'd rave for Gothic 3, but I haven't played it and it apparently still has too many bugs. --Jan 2007.

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