Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #164 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: UBI Soft
• Released on: 2007-12-14
• Platform: PLAYSTATION 3

Manufacturer's Description

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Game of the Year Edition presents one of the best RPGs of all time like never before. Step inside the most richly detailed and vibrant game-world ever created. With a powerful combination of freeform game play and unprecedented graphics, you can unravel the main quest at your own pace or explore the vast world and find your own challenges.

Also included in the Game of the Year Edition are Knights of the Nine and the Shivering Isles expansion, adding new and unique quests and content to the already massive world of Oblivion. See why critics called Oblivion the Best Game of 2006.

Customer Reviews

Just a little bit dull
Firstly the positives: graphics great, numerous quests, long game length.

Now the negatives...
The game is just a little bit dull. In games like Baldurs gate 2 (best RPG in my opinion), each quest felt unique and fleshed out. In Oblivion everything just feels the same, especially the Oblivion gate domains (pretty much identical) with no atmosphere at all. Oblivion is a vast open do anything you want type game. I guess I prefer a more linear, more directed type game. The fighting mechanism is also a bit dull, but the spells are okay.

BTW, the game contains a major bug. If you contract the vampire disease, the cure quest will not work on the GOTY edition.

I would say this is the best game I've ever played but...
First of all I would like to say the comments posted above me are all completely correct and acurate. The game is highly adictive I have over fifty hours of gameplay on it at the moment and still haven't completed it. The freedom to do what you want nearly made this the best game I ever played however there is one terrible fault.
When doing the vampire hunting quest you are likely to get infected with a afflication known as vampirism. There are upsides and downsides to this you get more powers and abilities and you can carry more stuff however you cannot go outside during the day unless you have feasted which makes some quests undoable
There is however a cure for vampirism which brings me to the problem.
In order to cure vampirism you must collect a large amount of difficulty found ingredients. Once you have done this you go back to the witch and ask her to make her the potion but she refuses one of your ingredient and consequently it is impossible to be cured of vampirism
I have currently emailed the manufacturer Bethesda studios and I suspect my reply will be the same as everybody elses
"In order to fix this you will need to buy the non game of the year edition of Oblivion"
Okay so suppose you have money to burn so buying a inferior product to the one you already own isn't a problem to you. If you have already completed the shivering isles expansion pack you will lose all of your items unless stored elsewhere from that expansion pack and you will lose all of your powers (some of them MAY be recoverable by talking to Haskin in the shivering isles)
so overall if you do want this game which I reccomend in all fairness either be prepared to buy the non game of the year edition as well and remember to complete the main quest before you enter the shivering isles or which i reccomend buy it on Xbox 360 or PC. The graphics aren't as good on xbox as it is on ps3 and the content is lesser the PC version is better anyway but only if you have a high-spec PC (please check before buying the game)
So overall I would say that the vampirism bug has ruined the game for me so my favoutite game of all time still is the original metal gear solid
hope this helps

Best Game Ever (And I've played hundreds)
This game is simply the best game I have ever played and will probably ever play. I have never had a favourite game that I owned until this one. There were a few favourites as everyone has (GTA 4, COD 4 etc) but this is simply the best. The Environment that you play in is the most beautifully, breathtaking environment that you will see and it is HUGE. The gameplay is the best I've ever known and after over 300 hours (estimated although it's probably longer!) I'm still playing. I only recently completed the quest but I still have not seen the whole game environment or been inside all the caves, forts, etc that are all over the place. I'm pretty sure I haven't found them all yet aswell!!!! This game will take over a large part of your life once you play for the first time. It really will. Everything becomes secondary. Even my wife preferred watching me play this for the evening than watching SKY TV. Trust me everyone when I say that is probably the biggest compliment I can give to any game. Normally it was when are you finshing up. Now it's when are you playing!! Sorry I got to go now and play again. I'm suffering withdrawel symptoms while writing this. Must try and get my character to level 34.