After a Month Of Oblivion…

It’s been almost month since Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion was released (March 30th). Up until now, “Raishiro” (my character name) is still adventuring around Cyrodiil doing what he wants and sometimes the quests he ought to do (especially the King’s last favor) while burning LOTS of my free time making me sometimes forget to do my chores; point taken, Oblivion is surely one of the best RPGs of the year.
 
Even though there is no multiplayer for Oblivion, the gameplay captivates you in such a way that it makes you part of Cyrodiil itself, plus being in the first person POV (point-of-view) has surely added more depth to the immense world of Oblivion. Like any other RPG, the character does quests aside from the main quest that are huge contributors to the storyline.

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It’s been almost month since Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion was released (March 30th). Up until now, “Raishiro” (my character name) is still adventuring around Cyrodiil doing what he wants and sometimes the quests he ought to do (especially the King’s last favor) while burning LOTS of my free time making me sometimes forget to do my chores; point taken, Oblivion is surely one of the best RPGs of the year.
 
Even though there is no multiplayer for Oblivion, the gameplay captivates you in such a way that it makes you part of Cyrodiil itself, plus being in the first person POV (point-of-view) has surely added more depth to the immense world of Oblivion. Like any other RPG, the character does quests aside from the main quest that are huge contributors to the storyline.

Always broke at first, Raishiro decided to join the Fighter, Mages, and Dark Brotherhood guilds to earn his keep and perhaps learn a new spell or upgrade his skills, and of course, to have free, available beds. He doesn’t have the nerve to find the thieves’ guild due to the fact that people are constantly denying it exists (aside from his owner not having the patience to do it) so Raishiro instead decided to join the Arena to earn more Septims (Cyrodiil’s currency) and ascended his arena rank in due time. I can continue on but I just want to just to give you an idea of how deep the gameplay of Oblivion is.

The graphics are superb. Trying it out on my friend’s 360, the display was just awesome compared to my middle-tier PC (which I’m playing Oblivion on a 640×480 resolution but some settings are in the highest mode). From the trees, bushes, animals, and NPC with their clothing or armor, the textures is very well made even in my current resolution. I’m not sure if the 360 version is experiencing frame drops, but the PC version makes drops whenever intensive fighting happens.

The sounds are simple but well made and suitable for the game. Listening to the background music while roaming the streets and wilderness of Cyrodiil was just soothing to the ear. However, whenever I enter combat, I don’t hear the combat music as much (maybe because I’m too preoccupied fighting the enemies who want to cut Raishiro in two – ok, my bad). Despite the world of Oblivion being uber massive, this game have voices for dialouges to battlecries although sometimes somewhat repetitive.

After playing it for almost a month now, I can safely say that Oblivion has brought back the hardcore RPG genre to the (bloodshot – obviously from lack of sleep) eyes of the gaming market so I give props to Bethesda. You are missing out if you haven’t played this yet but I really don’t recommend this to people with little free time (in other words you’re not that person cause you wouldn’t be here if you’re always busy right?). Then as this article closes, I shall go back in playing more Oblivion.