Elder Scrolls IV : Oblivion

Ladies and gentlemen, fellow bloggers and respected gamers... I bring to you a personal review of Elder Scrolls IV : Oblivion, the title that in all honesty, simply decimates the current reigning champion, WoW as the ultimate role-playing title. Even if you do not play games, you should take a look at this wickedly awesome production by Bethesda studios. My previous all time favorite apart from Sierra was Bungee software... who after the insanely attention-grabbing and mind-blowing Myth and HALO series have gone dark... probably working clandestinely on another brilliant game, but I digress...

To get right to it, the graphics are superb, no words can do justice, for I strongly follow the ideology of a 'picture speaks a 1000 words'. The storyline is gripping, the environments and AI is brilliant, the physics engine is quite something by itself, and the minimum requirements are staggering. If you thought FPS shooters like FEAR were demanding, think again, for this baby manages to bring a Radeon 1900 XT 512Mb down on its knees... On a P4 3.4, with 2G ram, WD Raptor HDD, with a Radeon 1900XT, on 1024 x 768 resolution, at max detail, the card barely manages to hold a sustainable 30fps! Open environments, random generation of objects, tasks and quests make for a game that has long been awaited by gamers...

After simply 3 hours of gameplay, avoiding side-quests and having seen the plane of oblivion... I can simply say that I have no regrets spending money on having acquired by 6800 ultra... Hehehe... Since I am currently the only individual in my vicinity possessing a 3dcard capable of running nex-gen games.. as James Brown says : 'I feel good' :D

SO my advice to all you people is ... SPEND MONEY ... UPGRADE your PC'S... and PLAY THE GAME.. You will regret having missed the opportunity...