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So if you're like me and you find that you really like the game, you've got to either a) fork over $30 for the download on the PlayStation Network or just buy the right edition. If you're a fan of Fallout 3, then Elder Scroll Oblivion is the way to go. Frankly, there's only a $10 difference between versions so it's worth taking a shot on the GOTY edition just in case you fall head over heels in love with the game.All I can say is that there are HOURS and HOURS of game play in here. Definitely a great buy. I can't say more for the game than other reviews before me.However, I sure wish I'd read one thing. Instead of a modern world, bombed out, you've got a lush wilderness to explore either on foot or on horseback. This doesn't contain the Shivering Isles expansion pack like the game of the year edition. Highly recommend.
This is one of the best games I've ever played, seriously.I think other games like Prince of Persia, Sonic or Metal Gear are pointless now. Games like Star Wars Force Unleashed, Ninja Gaiden, Prine of Persia.etc.are a waste of time and money. I hate spending my money in arcade-type-boring-games, I played those games when I was a kid with my Sega Geneis.now it's just stupid to do that.I have a PS3 and I want something more, and this is it.Games like Oblivion, GTA series or Fallout3 are the future. This is the future and this is what will become of video games. It's worth your money. They are good games for a weekend, but not for spending 60 dollars for Christ's sake.Can't wait The Elder Scrolls V.
I could easily find out how many jokes I told, how many potions I made, how many horses I've stolen (one), how many hours I slept or how many books I read. We have a bunch of other games but, since Oblivion came into our house, I would say that 95%+ of our PS3 time was on Oblivion. wait. I did become the realm's Chief Mage (and the titles earns me no respect from the scholar mages) and the grand master at the Fighters league, got myself 350,000 gold coins in my pocket, 2 comfortable houses and 2 nice offices, completed close to 100 quests, slaughtered 2000 creatures and hundreds of humans, murdered 4 or 5 and all but one by mistake (friendly fire), didn't even come close to the Thieves guild and, foolishly, made it impossible for me to ever join the Dark Brotherhood (these are the assassins). In the PS3 world, this represents the difference between the plain Oblivion and the GOTY.The Shivering Isles are a different realm. Or you can do them all and become all, in sequence or make progress in all paths more or less simultaneously while moonlighting as a gladiator as well and, if still bored, how about helping a lady take care of the rats in her basement (that's NOT what you think) or some drunk guy at the inn get rid of the Trolls that took over his daddy's country estate.
On the 'not so good' side, the game does slow down when you are fighting 4-5 monsters at the same time or when there are other things that keep the PS3 busy while you are fighting the baddies - like a fire burning. there's TWO worlds, thanks to the Shivering Isles extension. I humiliated a lovely princess - or was it a duchess. What do you think. Powerful gods or humble people will ask you do 'little things' for them and, if you can make them happy, they will reward you according to their abilities.
- I did, willingly, push buttons that caused a few careless adventurers to go insane and I watched as they were becoming so. This game is so huge, I can't see how you could really 'finish' it. While you can take you weapons and your skills with you, the Shivering Isles is a world onto itself and you go in and out of it through a gateway so you are either in Cyrodiil or you are in the Shivering Isles.If you are thinking in terms of 'is it worth it.', you should be aware that the Shivering Isles does not double your universe. - and I killed so many fearsome monsters, I lost count myself but the game does keep a count so it's easy to know. My other problem is that I am now fighting with my kids over time on the PS3. My estimation is that it's probably 1/5 the size of Cyrodiil proper, possibly smaller. Oh, and while briefly in the land of Dementia - or was it Mania.
I do hope that, as soon as they are done with Fallout-3, they are going to get busy with another adventure in Cyrodill or thereabouts. In fact, the game keeps track of so many things. However, given the convenience of having everything on one disk and given the likelihood that, if you love Oblivion you would buy the Shivering Isles anyway, I would recommend the GOTY.See my GOTY review below._________________________________________________Oblivion is EXACTLY how I imagined an RPG should be like back in the 80's, while playing Ultimas on Commodore 64s and Atari STs. I played the 'Game of the Year' edition on our PS3 and, before ordering the Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Game of the Year Edition I wasn't sure if I wanted to spend the $50+ for the full thing or maybe start with this, less expensive, configuration and then add the Shivering Isles to it. The world's texture is different, the characters behave in a different manner, you encounter different monsters and you travel on the path of a different story line. You can fight your way into fame and fortune while doing good or you can sneak into other people's houses or pickpocket the unsuspecting.
It is a relatively small world and it has a smaller number of quests. The guards will chase you and throw you in jail if you do illegal things but, if they like you enough, maybe they will look the other way sometimes. Also, I've never been a vampire and didn't yet start my career as a professional gladiator. Oblivion has weather. After more than 2 months of almost daily playing, I am maybe 75-80% into the main quest, half a way through the Knights of the Nine, only started the Shivering Isles adventures. Cities, settlements, camps, estates, roadside inns, ruins, caves, dungeons, mines, shrines. While there is no wind other than a constant, gentle breeze, you do get rain/thunderstorms, fog, snow (no blizzards though, because there's not much wind).
It was a difficult decision to make because there wasn't enough information available at the time or I could not find it and, in the end, I decided to live dangerously :) and went for the GOTY. You don't slip and fall on ice but the sound of your steps is different whether you walk on the road, on grass, on snow or on ice. Well. Now, that the happy Oblivion-playing days are behind me, I believe that it was the right thing to do but I would like to help, if I can, anyone who may not be so sure of what to order, make the right decision.What you get in this edition:-------------------------------This edition has the plain-vanilla 'Oblivion' AND a relatively small expansion called 'Knights of the Nine' which was available separately on other platforms.Knights of the Nine integrates seamlessly into the Oblivion universe and it's really a set of additional quests, all taking place inside the 'original' Oblivion universe.The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles:-------------------------------Is part of GOTY but it is not included in this package.
what a world this is. Loading/saving times are a bit too long but, while this is happening, you do get to read some randomly selected good advice on the screen. In my view, purchasing the GOTY edition was worth it and I have little doubt that, once I was almost done with the main Oblivion I would have ordered the Shivering Isles, regardless of the price but, for anyone who's more cautious, there seems to be no price penalty for purchasing them as separate packages. You can travel on foot or you can ride a horse. The landscape is made up of plains, hard-to-climb mountains, rivers, swamps, waterfalls, seas. I did massacre the peaceful dwellers of a small village but I did that under the influence of some drugs that made them look to me like bloody Orcs - that was the price to pay for infiltrating and destroying the source of that scourge.
You can raise to the top of your profession, as a fighter, as a mage, as a thief or as an assassin or you can assemble your own little gang of dreamy crusaders so that you can fight evil and recover the relics of a legendary knight. The world of Cyrodill is not exactly continent-size, maybe some 20-30 miles in any direction from downtown Imperial City but. Oh and, I forgot, there's a world to save or. The other thing that saddens me is that I don't believe the good people at Bethesda are working on the next chapter yet.
I receive my package on time. Perfect condition & the game is excellent, very satisfied with my purchase & looking foward for some more.
My son loves this game. The guidebook pleased him greatly. He loves it.
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