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Hmm

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 36 / 45
Date: March 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Well, I have owned Oblivion since it came out for the Xbox 360. For any RPG fan, this game cannot be beat. The depth of game play, the level of detail, and of course the fun factor. The proof is in the pricing. It has been one year and most still sell Oblivion for the 360 at close to the same price as when it was released. Very few games can accomplish that.

I am a long-time Microsoft fan. I find most PS3 games ok, but nothing spectacular nor any better than any comparable game on the 360. Graphically though for Oblivion on the PS3, I must honestly admit it looks a lot more crisp, clearer, and brighter. I am still using the same TV and using component cables for both systems. On the 360 with my TV, I found myself needing to increase the brightness all the time just to see certain areas well enough even with a torch lit. It is perfect on the PS3 without any adjustments.

Load times are faster overall. You still wait here and there, but not nearly as long as on the 360. It is missing many of the downloads you could get on the 360 for a small fee. A couple of those I really miss. I still think the Xbox 360 controllers are much better to use than the Sony ones, so that is one flaw I do not like dealing with.

So yes, same game on a different system and I bought it again. This game has entertained me for hundreds of hours and hopefully even hundreds more. If you have not played it, there are many characters to choose from and during the game, you can of course choose a heroic path to an insanely evil path. You just have to be good enough not to get caught when being evil.

Now maybe if they did it on the Wii with that remote, that would be interesting.

Grand Theft Auto meets Lord of the Rings

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 21 / 23
Date: August 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The title for my review seems to be about the best way to describe this game. It's considered an RPG, but it's more of a sandbox game in my opinion. That being said, it was the first and only RPG I have played and I absolutely loved it. If you haven't played Oblivion and you're thinking about buying it for PS3, wait a month or two. Bethseda is releasing a "Game of the Year" edition that will contain all of the expansion packs for Oblivion (Knights of the Nine, which is included in this reviewed PS3 version, Shivering Isles (not included in current PS3 version), and I believe there's more). Positive and Negative breakdown, shall we?

Positives:
- Fantastic graphics
- large world to roam about, lots to explore and discover
- Story lines are immersive
- No lack of tasks to complete (game guide is some 400 pages)
- character leveling provides incentive to practice skills, you also find better weapons, armor and magical abilities the higher your character levels.
- ability to craft your own magic spells, enchanted weapons and armor, make potions

Negatives:
- Some of the dungeon and cave crawling gets repetitive, especially the Gates of Oblivion
- Enemies level with your character. While it keeps the game challenging, part of the joy of levelling is becoming more powerful. With enemies that level with your character, you never really become "God-like" as the enemies become more powerful as you do.

Really, there isn't a lot not to like. the game is at least 200 hours long, with all of the side quests and such outside the main story line. The Dark brotherhood quests, especially, are very fun quests. I highly recommend this game, but like I said earlier, wait for the Game of the Year edition if you plan to buy.

A true must have title for the playstation 3.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 18
Date: March 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

One of the biggest games around has come to the playstation 3 and about time it did and its called Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion .

First off what sets this version differently from the xbox 360 is that it comes with the bonus content like that was released for the pc then later came out on a xbox magazine cd so you could install.

The graphics will honestly blow you away , and bring the player more into the game . The detail you will see is just so freaking cool . The graphics seen in the playstation 3 version really do stand out . They also look decent on most regular tv's and of course if your hooked up to a hdtv it will look alot better.

The audio for everything in this game is really well done . I have my ps3 hooked up to a sony theater system and sounds really well and brings the game more to life . I have also tested on a normal setup no theater and sounds really well for tv speakers .

The controls might take a little time to learn for most player's but some might be able to pickup a little faster .

The fun factor can come in many different way's but will touch base on two of the biggest that most might like is that being able to design your own toon , and the replay value .

Being able to design your own toon is a good key feature to any game ! The reason is the player gets to see his or hers creation level up and become alot more powerful in whatever class path they select.

The replay value to this game is endless and falls back to alot in being able to design your own toon. The game will be alot different if you did it once as a fighter type then later as a caster type . Just seeing you hack and slash to a monster , might be better for some players . Also being a caster blasting a creature with magic , might be funner for a different bunch of players .

So honestly Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for the playstation 3 falls under one of the must have titles list. This game packs it all into a blue ray disk , great graphics, audio, extremly good replay value as well a great gaming time for the player . Also already having the bonus content already in the game , just really adds more insane fun for the player to check out.

The bonus content i talk about is the Knights of the Nine expansion . It was released for the pc version , then also came out for the xbox 360 with that one you had to get it via download or off a cd.

One last thought the playstation 3 might have started out with a minor selection of games . The list is starting to grow now with alot more better games comming out. If you was looking for a reason to get a playstation 3 , look at some of the titles comming out and oblivion is verry good choice for showing off the power of the playstation 3.

Have a great playing time with a great title for the playstation 3 called Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion !

Excellent

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 17
Date: April 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I've never been much for the medieval adventure genre of video games but this game is really quite amazing. The world is so rich and detailed. It doesn't have the scripted feel that many games do. You can explore just about anything anywhere and it seems like there are nearly countless little discoveries that you wouldn't know existed if you didn't decide to just wander off the path.

Excellent Game!

Simply Amazing...Easily the best PlayStation 3 game ...You'll be addicted to this work of art...I warned you.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 11
Date: April 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User

For those of you that don't own or haven't played Elder Scrolls Oblivion for the PC or 360...Oblivion is an RPG adventure (Role-Playing Game) that focuses on a gigantic fantasy world know as Cyrodiil. The game allows you, the player, to progress your character in anyway you choose or could possibly imagine, in order to save the world from oblivion. For those who haven't played this type of game (RPG), don't be afraid...this is THE BEST game on the Playstation 3.

Coming from a football/basketball sports game fan (GO Lions...yeah right), I originally thought that I wouldn't like the game because it may have been too "nerdy" for me. Boy was I wrong. This is easily one of the deepest, most customizable games made in the last 5-10 years! Once you finished the tutorial level (Imperial Prison), YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT in this world. You'll learn anything from powerful magic to hand-to-hand combat to summoning all sorts of things. You can join guilds with other people, be a bad guy, be a good guy, become a gladiator or a master thief...Just about anything you can think of. Once you get into the flow of the game, you'll spend hours a day just playing it and progressing through.

In terms of looks and graphics, on an High Definition TV (720P), this game is probably one of the best, if not the best looking game on the Playstation 3. Its as good looking as a $1000-2000 dollar computer and better looking than its Xbox 360 counterpart. I am also under the impression that even on a Standard TV set, the game still looks great, just not "HD great."

Although there is no online gameplay (No online on ALL versions of the game), the game has an incredibly deep artificial intelligence system that will keep you busy for hundreds of hours worth of gameplay.

Bottom Line, if you own a Playstation 3, buy this game! If you don't have the money, borrow the money. If you can't borrow the money, rob a Best Buy...kidding, just kidding. The game is 10/10 and the best title on the system so far.

Best PS3 Game Yet

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 12
Date: March 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you have a PS3 and haven't bought it yet then you need to hurry up and buy it. This is what the PS3 is all about. Forget any preconcieved notions you have about RPG games, this is unique. I've only played for a few hours and I'm hooked. This game has a very real story line but yet your not forced to follow it except at your choosing. There are other characters in here and they are a part of your gaming experience and not just idle characters waiting for you to ask them a question. They make you feel in part like you are part of a movie. My favorite part so far has been the outside world. To see a butterfly come out of a bush, to watch the light change as the sun sets, to wake up early in the morning and spot a deer on the top of the hill and watch that deer bolt upon hearing you move...these things and so much more make this game special. This game will amaze you if you are just willing to take time to take it all in. If your just looking for a quick kill and destroy game then this isn't it. Yes, there is plenty of the standard fighting and searching for stuff but this is a world with so much more to offer.

Graphics are amazing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: March 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is usually not my type of game. I am usually not into the RPGs such as Zelda and Final Fantasy. But I must say this game blew me away. The environment is amazing, you can touch random things such as chains hanging from a ceiling and it will move when you pass by it. Graphics and sound are amazing, best so far on the PS3. This game can literally last you a year if you decide to do all the side quests and roam around in the HUGE world.
For me however I get a little motion sickness after playing this game for more than 30 minutes. I'm also like that with FPS's but that won't stop me from playing this game even if I have to throw up while I play!

Really fun game, laid low by bugs

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: July 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

First of all, I really enjoyed this game. It was a lot of fun to play, and it took me about a week to play through to the point where I felt comfortable completing the main quest. In that amount of time, you can do a lot of the side quests that the game provides. I didn't have a huge problem with the bugs, really. At first, it was a little confusing when an NPC standing near me would die for no reason. Then I started getting annoyed when the game would put a bounty on me when I knew I hadn't committed any crime. Or when my bounty was 0, and yet the gods refused to heal me because I was a criminal. Also, in some of the most important scenes in the game, characters' audio would cut off for no reason. This was really only an inconvenience, because I could get the information they were going to give me from my journal afterwards, but the voice-acting in the game is good enough that I wanted to hear it. After one particular session of reloading a save multiple times to hear the audio work, I got fed up enough to turn the console off and wait until the next day to try again.
Frame rate wasn't a huge problem in the game. Generally it stayed high enough that even if it slowed a bit, it wasn't that big a deal. However, toward the end of the main quest, the game got so bogged down in the number of enemies on screen that it went down to a point where it took nearly half a minute to turn my character about 90 degrees in any direction. At the same time that this was occurring, the game would also simply stop responding to me hitting the attack button, so I was standing there getting beaten to death by a horde of enemies that I could have easily killed while I could see the end of the game from where I was standing. Luckily, the in-game menu popped up quickly enough that I could still heal myself with potions.
With all of that said, however, I still loved playing this game when it was working right. I haven't played a game that was this expansive in a very long time. There were a few times I disagreed with judgments the game made, like a time when I was clearly targeting an open door to close it and the game had me pickpocketing a character standing next to the door (which was really frustrating, because it got me kicked out of the Fighter's Guild). Or that killing the grand champion of the arena counted as my first murder, which sent the Dark Brotherhood after me. But even these were only minor setbacks in an otherwise beautiful and incredibly huge game.
If it weren't for the fact that the bugs in the game so ruined the ending for me, then I would have been able to give it a higher score. However, I don't think that what passed for this game's "final boss" should have consisted of me pointlessly pressing the attack button while I was being killed by about 10 daedra.
Even with all of this, if you can overlook the bugs in the game (which do end up being a very small number if you spread it out over the course of what could easily be turned into a 100+ hour campaign), I would recommend that you get it, because it is a really fun game. The storytelling is very well done, the graphics are incredible, the voice acting is also very well done (although hearing the same voice saying the exact same words for 6 characters in a group of 10 or 12 is a little odd, but also understandable when you consider the number of characters you need to make the world actually feel populated), and the AI works pretty well... most of the time. I only had one major problem with the AI, and that was at the very end of the game, where I had to lead one of the characters into an area for the ending, and he simply would not follow me. It took about 20 minutes before he would follow me.
In closing, if a few more of the bugs had been ironed out of this game, I would say that you should have absolutely no qualms about buying it. But if you would be bothered by something like this, then this game is not for you.

Prepare to be Wowed

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: March 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Oblivion is one of those games that sucks you in and you can't ever stop playing it. It is sooo much fun and there is almost too many things to do in the game. I have never played any of the other versions, but comparing pictures, the PS3 graphics are better than the ones on the XBOX 360 and PC. I really love RPG's and this game gives you the freedom to do almost anything you want. Take on a quest, break into someone's house, pick locks, pick pockets, help the villagers, kill the villagers, explore ruins, explore dungeons, go for a swim, buy a house, steal a horse, steal household items, spend hours creating any character you want, choose any sign to go under, join a guild, or do anything else that you like. This is game that you can play over and over again. I absolutely love the whole game. The combat is very fun too. But, if you are a person that is impatient, you most likely will not like this game. It is a little slow paced but I still love it. It also includes one of the expansion packs, and the PS3 verision is most likely going to be able to purchase more expansions. Overall, Oblivion is a must play for everybody who wants a great RPG that has limitless possibilities.

Impressive

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: March 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I played this game for the first time last night and let me tell you it was impressive. First thing I noticed was that the environment in which you run around in is fully interactive. There are chains hanging from the ceiling that moved when I touched then. After defeating a rat I was able to hit the corpse and the corpse actually reacts to the location that it was hit on. Lockpicking is definately not just a role of the dice. You are given a side view of the lock and tumblers and use a tool to set the pins.

I am looking forward to seeing what else this game will surprise me with.

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