Not the best question to ask on it's fan site, but is it any good? Also, what can you do in it and is it like monsters and stuff like that or is it more realistic. Also, what are some realistic factors of the game? Finally, would it be better than fallout 3? BTW i'm talking about the most recent oblivion out, not skyrim.

First off, it's The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Not Oblivion IV.

It's a fantasy game in a traditional medieval-style sword and armor combat with magic. There are monsters, such as trolls and ogres and minotaurs and some things a lot more fantastical than that. You can do pretty much whatever you want. It's like Fallout 3 in the sense that you can ignore the main quest and do side quests or just mess around and kill people or steal things for whatever reason.

It's not a very realistic game. It's not Fallout where it's supposed to be Earth-in-the-future. It's a completely different universe with its own laws that just happens to be slightly similar to our universe. I personally think it's way better than Fallout 3, but just look at trailers and gameplay videos. If it doesn't look like something you'd like, you probably won't. If you think you'll like it, you probably will.

I second Velorien. You can sword and board it, you can be an assassin, marksman, warhammer wielding, thief, wizard....if you can think of it in this world, including any combination thereof, you can do it. I too, love it better than FO3, yet am currently re-cracking out in FO3. It's the best RPG I've ever played.... period. Do whatever you like, whenever you like.

While it's a very weird and foreign world, it is realistic in one sense pertaining to gameplay. gah I can't articulate well...
It's a game that allows you to pick up any item in the world, walk to a town, and haggle over the price as you sell it to a shopkeeper who has an actual daily life and all. I think that sort of realism is what OP was talking about. It has very realistic gameplay, although the setting is fundamentally different from the real world.

+1 to Velorien post

Nice post :thumbsup: So I will just sum this game up in two words.

Bloody marvellous

I disagree. It′s not realistic in the sense it′s a copy of our own world but that′s not what the devs strived for. To me Oblivion could very well be realistic if you think a little beyond our world′s limitations (as far as we know them).

Anyway to answer the question, yes it′s a goooood game and yes you should get it

Its the best game I have ever played, if you consult the link in my signature you can read about how characters are built and the diferent skills and so forth offered in the game.

Well, I was referring to realistic compared to Fallout, as it's not really all that much like Earth. Oblivion is very realistic for the world it's trying to convey, and it really does feel like a real, living, breathing world that has a history. It's a real place in my mind and in the minds of others. Proof in that a lot of people got legitimately sad when they found out Morrowind, the main setting of the previous game, had been destroyed.

• Whether it's good or not is a matter of opinion. I think it is incredible. I've been playing it off and on since it was released and it's still interesting to me. Many hundreds of hours.
  
  
• It is set in a fantasy world. But it is a very immersive world with a lot of detail. But there are fantasy elements like Monsters and Magic. However much of the landscape looks strikingly real and beautiful. Some (like Morrowind fans) might say there is not enough fantasy, and that it is too much like the real world. So there is a mixture of opinion there too. But it is a fantasy world you can learn alot about - and that could be very fun.
  
  
• Is it better than Fallout 3. That again cannot be answered objectively. That is very much an opinion. I really like Fallout 3, but I think Oblivion has much more replay value. It is a larger world with more quests (though they tend to be simpler than Fallout 3). Also I find there to be more ways to develop a character, particularly with various types of Magic. The graphics are still great (except for maybe the NPCs). Fallout 3 has technically better graphics, but the world is very dreary by design. So Oblivion can look much better, even though Fallout 3 graphics are technically more detailed.

I recommend you try it.

I'll just add...

If you play it on a PC, then it's getting better all the time.

Ok well I thank you for your answers. Another question, would I want to buy skyrim when it comes out or buy oblivion IV(really sorry if my incorrect spelling offends you)? I do not care for the story. What I mean is I don't need to understand the story better to understand a game series. I got fallout new vegas and already new much of its story then having to play each other fallouts.

And also, your presuming I hate roleplaying? Why else would I be on this site. after all, Bethesda is a role-playing game publisher you know...

I don't think it's your spelling, which is indeed incorrect. It's that it's not Oblivion (or Oblivian) IV, it's The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. The one before would be III: Morrowind and so on. They each have a different subtitle but the same series name.

Anyway it's a good while 'til Skyrim and I think Oblivion still holds up, graphically and gameplay wise. Some of the views still make me (I know it's cheesy) stop and stare, or... I'm trying REALLY hard not to say take my breath away because they don't literally do that, I am not dead. But they're very beautiful. Especially mountainous areas and places where you can look down on cities and trees.

ANYWAY. Yes. Worth playing.

Thank you for not answering my post negatively like the guy I was correcting about my comment. When I get my next paycheck, I will besure to pick up a used copy of oblivion IV( seriously, i'm that lazy in typing.True story, brah.) vand hopefully i'll enjoy it. Thanks to all's answers. Onh and BTW, i'd still appreciate any extra opinions about oblivion on thid thread. Otherwise, let it die out, for my main concern has been made.

We can't decide if you are going to like the game or not, right? I mean, obviousley almost all of the people here think it's a great game. It depends if you like these kind of games or not, and there's one way of finding out: watch some trailers and videos and if it seems interesting enough, buy it and give it a try. I don't want to sound like a [censored] or anything, hehe, all I'm saying is that it is an odd question. Asking on a populair Oblivion forum: ''Is Oblivion a good, interesting game?'' I mean, if it wasn't, we wouldn't be here would we?

All that's said, I can see you made your choice already. I'm pretty sure you will like the game, or atleast, I hope so. I've lost so many hours of my life and I don't even regret it! It's a wonderful game. Have fun.

Oh, and don't worry, I'm not going to correct you in any kind: I'm not a native speaker either. To be frank, my English is many times worse than yours, hehe.

The nearest EB games was worse. They called Skyrim 'Oblivion 5'


I don't think anyone said that. Oblivion suits all play styles, so you can Roleplay, Do the game all at once or just kill anybody you want.


Velorien corrected you at the beginning of her post, the post was actually of really good substance.
I'm pretty sure you'll enjoy the game, especially if you like Fallout 3. I haven't played FO3 extensively, but from what I gather, the games are quite similar - mainly with FO3 having a few new features and being set in a future, post apocalyptic world. Once you do get it, would you be kind enough to come back and tell us what you think?

EDIT: I just saw this on your profile TESIV:Oblivion has both of those things, but they're not implemented stupidly. Dunmer are (IMO) the most versatile race. They are the easiest to develop for any type of character, sort of a 'jack of all trades'. Try them out, even if you hate them :thumbsup:

Oblivion IV? Never heard of it. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion however, is a great game.

Another vote for "get it". It's inexpensive, it's fun and immersive, and if you like roleplaying (and I think I saw you say you do) it's the best RPG video game I've ever played on a console.

I've got the "vanilla" game (which means it's unmodded) because I'm on the PS3, and I still play several characters in Oblivion, even after 2 1/2 years. I can only imagine what PC gamers get to play with, as PC versions can be endlessly modded.

"Not the best question to ask on it's fan site" = "Not the best question to ask on it is fan site"

It is a game that will keep you coming back, I always do and I'm on a console w/ out mods. I'm a huge Fallout fan but FO3 doesn't have the deep RPG aspects oblivion does.

Its quite an awesome game

I have NEVER been into fantasy games with elves and dwarves before and when a copy of it came with my PS3 I was like "WTF is this?", but I loaded it up and I was amazed at how good it was....Granted, I had it on a PS3 back then and couldn't appreciate the sheer awesomeness of the PC with all the mods. Now, 5 years after it came out, I can't help but to get all nostalgic and load it up and blast my way through the game as a powerful mage

I think comparing Oblivion to FO3 is unfair. They are totally different games, both FO3 and Oblivion both managed to pull me into the Storyline. I was genuinely amazed at FO3 when I came up to Rivet City because I mean come on, a city on a ship lit up at night? AWESOME! But in Oblivion I've been equally amazed, for example...first seeing the world is AMAZING!

So yeah, they are both great games and I could never pick a favourite.

Oblivion is not a very good RPG by my standards because most quests are pretty linear and the [censored] level scaling ruins immersion. However, it's a pretty good adventure game, especially if you fix the level scaling problem with a mod.

Also, You can't tell if this game is good or not untill you played it, Words ACTUALLY Can't describe it :/

Its a lot more realistic than Dragon Age Origins, where a foot high step will stop your progress, and you can't just choose to belt an obnoxious guard or shopkeeper if the urge takes you.

I have loved all of the Beth games, and played both Morrowind and Oblivion for years. Even now Qblivion and Fallout 3 are always on my computer, no matter what new game I might be playing.