Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
I’m an RPG fan - which means that I spent my obligatory half a year entrenched in Everquest, and the next several years trying to find something to replace it.
For whatever reason, the video game industry seems to have a difficult time delineating between role-playing games and adventure games. There are lots of great action games released as RPG’s (see Fable, Jade Empire, etc.), but it’s been a while since a real RPG hit the streets.
Thank you for relieving our misery, Bethesda.
My daugher and I have now logged over 50 hours in Oblivion, and recently reached level 9. We’ve taken two or three steps along the main quest…but that doesn’t much matter. Sure, we want to save the world, and shut down the Oblivion Gates, but there are lots of little tasks that we need to help people with along the way.
We’re members of the Fighters Guild, the Mages Guild, and the Thieves Guild. While we’ve achieved a fairly high rank in the Fighters Guild, we still need to get recommendations from a few guild leaders to advance in the Mages Guild (we ask for one every time we’re in a new city). The Thieves Guild quests also prove to be a great time, as they don’t seem to involve fighting…but quite a bit of trickery.
Even though one of the friars near Chorrol gave us a horse early in the game, we found him to be a little too slow…and eventually upgraded to a speedy black horse from Cheydinhal. Our house is going to need upgrade soon as well, as the little shack we bought in the Imperial City is something of a dump (the rent’s free, though).
All told, this game is awesome. The fighting engine could be better, but that’s about where the constructive criticism stops and becomes impractical whining.
This is a serious hit, and almost reason - in itself - to own a 360.
June 20th, 2006 at 4:31 pm
I haven’t played any of the Elderscrolls games but I am a big fan of RPGs…..I really am thinking about getting this game…..It looks amazing!!!
August 27th, 2006 at 9:23 am
Wouldn’t the game better played on a PC? So many mods out there that just can’t be used on an X360 :). Plus, yes, mage guild has the longest quest (besides the main quest that is) because you have to get a recommendation from all the guild charter in Cyrodil. And you can only advanced to next level AFTER you get all the recommendation and enter Arcane University.