The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Review

Four Fat Chicks is offering up their review of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and though they give the game a “thumbs up”, they do present a few reservations. A snip:

This game has already sold two million copies and is showing no signs of slowing down. It’s the fastest-selling Xbox 360 title yet and is topping all of the PC charts. Most reviews have been almost gushingly positive, and most fans, as far as I know, are perfectly thrilled with the game. Considering the recent shortage of single-player RPGs and the alarmist claims that indeed the single-player RPG market is about to go the way of the brontosaurus, Oblivion’s release couldn’t be better timed.

No review has ever given me as much difficulty as this one. I’ve honestly never been at such a crossroads in my view of a game. I owe Oblivion a fair shake, I have a responsibility to get my opinion right. I’ve questioned everything from my grammar to my objectivity during the agonizing course of writing this, and in some ways I feel no closer to touching the pulse of Oblivion than I did when I started.

It’s good. It just could it should be a lot better.