The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion PS3 Review

The guys at Game Vortex have tossed up a review of the PS3 version of Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, giving the game a perfect score of 100%. Hmm.

This game is fantastic. It is beautiful to look at and amazing to play. The persistence of the world is astounding and, I believe, a first for a console game. Fallen enemies will slump and roll down inclines and then will remain where they come to rest. Dropped items appear to drop from you when you drop them, and then come to rest as physical 3D objects in the environment which can be kicked and bumped in all of the physics engine’s glory.
The storytelling is excellently done, and the story is actually interesting, although it’s very hard to stay dedicated to the main storyline, with an entire living, breathing world beckoning for you to explore it.

If you’re a fan of RPGs or the player versus environment aspects of MMORPGs, then you’ll love The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. I think of it as a Massively Single-player Offline Role Playing Game; there are a lot of interesting characters out there… they just happen to be NPCs.

While I think the game is enjoyable, it’s far from perfect.