No one has Oblivion? Was looking for another opinion from RPGers.
This is my opinion, but I think it echoes that of many, many other players. I think Oblivion has the potential to be a great game, but it requires the time and learning of applying a lot of mods. Vanilla Oblivion (straight out of the box) has some horrible gameplay elements IMO. The way you level is based on what you do, not experience or stat points. It sounds decent enough (Dungeon Siege made it work in a way), but I hate it. Other problems come with level scaling of your opponents (they match your level, so there's no sense of progression or true surprise in the creatures you encounter) lack of variety in monster and creature encounters and in conversations, city life. This stuff, and literally thousands of other mods have tweaked the game into being quite a juggernaut.
The upshot is that there is an incredible "do anything, go anywhere" open type of world you enter when you play it. You've probably heard it referred to as a "sanbox" game. There's just so much to do and interact with. And roaming. If you like just wandering and adventuring in games this is for you.
EDIT: I forgot to mention it's f--king 1st person view. That may be cool with you but I need a mod to make the over the shoulder view decent (normally there's no crosshair for aiming and your head's in the way of what you're aiming at).
