Game Story

• The main story finds you caught in the time of a crumbling empire in an epic good vs. evil storyline.
• The game starts with the assassination of the emperor and all of his sons.
• Before he dies, confides in you that he has an illegitimate heir and gives you the information to help find him.
• Along the way you’ll learn that another realm of hellish creatures is invading the land of Tamriel and it will be up to you to help close the gates that lead to Oblivion.
• While the main story offers 30-40+ hours of gameplay by itself, it’s almost impossible to focus entirely on doing so.
• In fact if that’s all you do in the game, then you’ve wasted a lot of money because it’s only a small fraction of what the game has to offer.
• In addition to the main story you have the option to join four different guilds each with its own storyline of quests lasting almost as long as the main storyline.
• Fighter’s Guild
• Mage’s Guild
• Thieves Guild
• The Dark Brotherhood (Assassins)
• There is also an “Arena” where you can bet or participate in battles.
• Playing through each of the storylines and earning the achievements associated to them can feel like playing six different games.
• And there is still more.
• The world is filled with hundreds of unknown places to be discovered.
• Several main cities are home to many citizens who have tasks or pleas of help for you to take on if you choose.
• You will also find small towns/villages, camps and other places while exploring the world who will have quests for you too.
• This all adds up to hundreds of optional side quest missions that will further help you explore the beautiful land of Cyrodiil.
• And if that’s not enough, the huge world offers plenty of caves, ruins and other places to find and search for treasure.
• Just like with The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, you can also find hundreds of books in the game.
• Each of these books are anywhere from 6 to 30 pages long, but added all thogehter, you'll have several full length novels worth of background story and side stories available to read.
• The limited edition of the game also comes with a 112 page pocket guide to the empire of Tamriel.
• I must say, after reading the pocket guide and a few of the books, I really began to have a deeper understanding of the dialogue, quests and conflicts in the game.
• The combination of all the stories found in the game are over and beyond that which is required for a perfect score.

Gameplay

• Oblivion offers the most massive open ended single player experience ever produced in a console game.
• But the beauty in the game is that you don’t have to do any of the tasks that you don’t want.
• The open ended free form gameplay allows you to play the game in any style you want.
• Just play the main quest.
• Ignore the main quest and just explore and help out the citizens of the land.
• Build up a character and max out all of their skills.
• Try to find every hidden cave, ruin and place on the map.
• Play the game using stealth.
• Build a warrior and just hack your way through your enemies.
• Master the use of magic.
• Play and fight in first or third person (though first person is the best)
• The options are almost endless.