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An awesome game indeed

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

this game is great, i've played it in xbox 360 and this one is just as fun!

An awesome game in a vast and detailed world. Strongly recommended!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I read the reviews and bought this game as my first one for the PS3. I am amazed at how well done and fun this is.Its a HUGE detailed world with hours and hours and hours to play and explore. Very addicting! If you have PS3 and an HDTV, you will not be sorry. Get the game of the year version in order to get the expansion packs. Well worth the 60 bucks.

This game would have been fun if it offerred 3rd person view instead of just 1st person view.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 35
Date: November 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I cannot stand 1st person RPG's. The controls are terrible, you have trouble finding your way around without having to constantly deal with the camera. This game would have been excellent if it offerred 3rd person perspective.

Oblivion

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Great graphics, though you need a pretty hi-end computer to use the graphics to the maximum. Mulitple plot lines, long game play - which is great, I hate paying $50 for a game that I can finish in a couple days.

I guess I'm one of the only ones who doesn't get it

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: April 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I know that I will be disagreed with from the start but i felt the need to do this review after rushing out to get this game from these 5 star Amazon reviews & being left disappointed. Here is why:
I need to start by saying that I am not an avid gamer who plays his ps3 all the time and hooks up to the internet. I just want a game I can play after i get home from work - that type of thing.
Oblivion seems to be anything but that. It is SO full of details and subplots that to even attempt to solve this game w/out having a FAQ or guide by you is a total joke. You have an overwhelming amount of mini-battles and other quests that the game prompts you to do as you stroll along but here is my question: how would you know what to accept or where to go with all this side stuff popping up and giving you the option to divert you? You are given so many options like pop-ups that you have a general idea of where to walk and who to talk to but once you get in that vicinity-good luck! I hope you plan on lots of trial and error and just plain being stuck. i abandoned this game when I got to point where it told me to get somewhere but when you bring up the map and scrolled over the city name it would not zap me there. Great, now a bug?
Just like when you are in the Oblivion relam and there are quests you can do inside depending on which door you choose. You have no idea how to solve this game w/out outside help.
And then there are the times you have to waste 15 min watching someones face change as you tell them jokes or lies just in hopes to barter (gee how fun) which may not work out anyways. Way too many options, way too many diferent outcomes. Those two things would be superb if you had any guidance as to how to solve the initial quest. Plus this GOTY edition is supposed to come with two bonus games. Guess what? You gotta play Oblivion anways just to try and access those games - one of which i never even got prompted to begin playing!

I personally enjoyed Assassins creed and Uncharted alot better than this game. Maybe die hard D&D fans or people who play online w/ others for guidance & help would enjoy this more than I did. I see no possible way to solve this on your own in any efficient matter of time and not too far into the game I needed to print out step by step FAQ just to figure out who to talk to, what door to walk thru, etc. Where is the fun in that? Even after playing around w/ the game for a while and getting familiar w/ it I was still just left confused.

Ps - I don't want to sound like a big whiner. The graphics are awesome, you can build your charcater however you want but that is another thing - if you have no idea what you are doing (like me) the way you build it from the start could severly limit what you can do during the game causing you to have to start over after a while due to your limitations w/ that build of charcter.
Many different voices which sound like pros and you can do things like wait-out time (you can 'sleep' within a 24 hr frame), change what your character is wearing or holding . Once again - if you have a game where you need to "sleep" till another time just to wait and interact with them.....this game is VERY detail oriented and time consuming with every little detail needing to be attended to.
The bottom line is that I had fun exploring for a bit but you need more than a compass to point you in the right direction. Having options is great and needed but if you are given too many and it decides how your game will end ...I just can't see how you would ever know that you stayed on a correct path w/out a Strategy guide or FAQ.

i really wish I rented this game before purchaing it. You even need a FAQ just to guide you how to initially build your own charcter! UUGGHH!
Give me Prince of Persia or God of War anyday!

That's a good RPG

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I'd heard this was good, but I was still suprised. This has raised the bar as far as RPGs are concerned. Wide open, interactive enviroments and interesting story lines. They even add a nice vampire element into the game if your so inclined. Haven't played the expantions yet, but I doubt I'll be disappionted.

Grand Medieval Theft Auto

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

If you like RPGs and sandbox style games like Grand Theft Auto, then you are in luck my friend. This a game that you can rush through the main quest and forget to literally stop and pick the flowers along the way. Or spend countless hours just wandering the countryside. Oblivion's story is standard "you save the world from ancient evil" and is forgetable. But you will hardly notice that during the countless side quests which will distract from remembering that.
The one thing Oblivion does differently than other RPGs is a skills based leveling system. You don't simply kill monsters for experience points. Nor to monsters drop gold like some fleshy slot machine. Nope. You gain levels by using your character's skill set. If you do not like any of the pre-made classes, then make your own. The game even lets you try out a class for a little while before asking you to commit to one.
Now for those looking to save some money and buy the basic version of Oblivion without all of the expansion packs included, I have a one thing to say... DON'T! If you like this game's slow yet rewarding pace, then all you will wind up doing is just buying and downloading the EPs anyway. So why not just get it all in one whack?
Having said that there are some downsides to this game.
Most notably is the use of old game mechanics. You often face a loading screen when you move through a door. The voice acting is very much recycled by a hand full of actors. Also in today's age where seamless loading is the standard... Seeing "loading area..." messages every few hundred feet is a little distracting.
Other than that, just be forewarned that you will lose a lot of sleep to this game.
PLEASE NOTE: Only the XBox 360 and PC version have access to extra downloadable content. No such love for PS3 owners.

Game of the Year

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is easily the game of the year even with the minor flaws being described in the reviews, The ability to pick and choose objectives or just roam freely is a true advancement. Overall the graphics, beasts and characters are all superior. I would agree that between level 1 and 5 there are minor issues with the quests and how they are finished, however, this really does not take away from the game overall. I have yet to play the "perfect game" I think this game comes very close, get it, enjoy it and PLAY IT!!!

Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is a Winner!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I have only had this game for a few days but can't stop playing it. The graphics are really good once you get outside in daylight (reminds me of Uncharted) and the gameplay is so immersive you play the game for hours before you realize how long you have been working on a quest. It seems like the Quest's and side quest's go on forever and I can't see myself getting bored of this game any time soon. The sheer size of the maps are gigantic and there are so many hidden things to find. If you are looking for a great game on the PS3 look no further. A++

Game of the Year!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is truley a "free reign" game. Great graphics, great game play, and decent story line make this a fun game to play. With tons of side quests and sub quests you never get bored!

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