Oblivion only impressed me for 5 minutes, after that I only saw the flaws.
Oblivion might be a new graphical standard to some (though it's not that great on that level), it's certainly a step backwards as it comes to gameplay. I stopped playing it a week ago because I was BBB by it (bored beyond belief <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/sleepey.gif" alt="" />).
oh, I say this as my own opinion. I do not speak like this is the opinion of Larian. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shhh.gif" alt="" /> I can say that the future will hold much brighter stars than Oblivion, though.