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i just stopped playing for a tad bit and checked their site guess how many awards they won

Awards

Official Xbox Magazine - April 2006
Editors' Choice Award
Score: 9.5 out of 10
"Oblivion raises the bar so high that most RPGs would be (and have been) satisfied with a fraction of what's here."

PC Gamer - April 2006
Editors' Choice Award
Score: 95%
"The best compliment I can pay Oblivion is that it achieves far more than I'd even thought possible. It's a superlative RPG."

Jive Magazine - Review New!
Editors' Choice Award
Score: 5 out of 5
"Oblivion is quite possibly the best looking title I have ever had the privilege to experience as a gamer."

IGN - Review
Editors' Choice Award
Score: 9.3 out of 10
"Oblivion not only raises the bar in the visual and audio modules but also in the gameplay and presentation department, making it easily one of the most recommendable titles..."

GameSpot - Xbox 360 Review
Editors' Choice Award
Score: 9.6 out of 10
"This is a rare and remarkable achievement--a huge, open-ended, complex, detailed role-playing game that's fun to play and a pleasure to behold."

GameSpot - PC Review
Editors' Choice Award
Score: 9.3 out of 10
"This may be a role-playing game, but you could play it like a pure action game, or like a stealth game, or like an adventure game, and it'd still be at least as good, if not better, than games that are specialized in these regards."

Worthplaying - Review
Editors' Choice Award
Score: 9.8 out of 10
"Oblivion not only raises the bar in the visual and audio modules but also in the gameplay and presentation department, making it easily one of the most recommendable titles..."

Team Xbox - Award
Editors' Choice Award
Score: 9.5 out of 10
"...as the biggest release of 2006 thus far, is it a potential game of the year candidate? Absolutely."

Gameplay Monthly - Review
Editors' Choice Award
Score: 9.1 out of 10
"Oblivion is a masterpiece of gaming... You don't just play Oblivion, you live it."


Advanced Media Network - Award
AMN Gold Award
Score: 9.3 out of 10
"The wait is finally over and boy was it worth the wait. If you aren't playing this already, you should be. "


Atomic - Review
Hot Award
Score: 9.5 out of 10
"It's a gem of an RPG, an experience of proportions grand and you'd be doing yourself a disservice by not playing it."

Game Critics - Award
Game Critics Awards:
Best Role Playing Game of E3 2005
"In crafting a living, breathing fantasy world to explore, Bethesda seems well on track to eclipse the critical and commercial success of Morrowind."

GameSpot - Award
Best Role Playing Game of E3 2005
"Thanks to its combination of eye-catching graphics and physics, equally impressive artificial intelligence, and improved quest and combat systems, Oblivion stood out as the most impressive role-playing game at the show."

IGN - Award
Best PC RPG of E3 2005
"Sure it looks quite pretty, but what really grabs us about Oblivion is the amazing artificial intelligence, which makes heavy use of dynamic conversation and behavior."

GameSpy - Award
Best of E3 2005 RPG Game of Show
"...Oblivion leapfrogs past 'new' to become one of the few truly 'next-generation' titles at the show."

Xbox Evolved - Award
10 Best Games of E3 2005
"The game will also feature an all-star cast of voices, and so many sidequests, that the sidequests have sidequests!"

Game Chronicles Magazine - Award
Best RPG of Show
Best PC Game of Show
Best Overall Game of Show
Oblivion wins top honors in Game Chronicles Magazines' 2005 E3 Best of Show Awards.

GamingTrend - Award
E3 2005 Best of Show
"No title at E3 impressed as much as Oblivion -- this game is simply unrivaled. Now comes the hardest part...waiting until this holiday season to 'Close shut the jaws of Oblivion'."

Daily Game - Award
Best of Show: Role-Playing Game
"Oblivion’s deep yet approachable gameplay would make even the staunchest FPS fans take note, while its truly next-generation graphics would make them forget all about the visuals in today’s most-popular shooters."

Games Domain - Award
Best Role Playing Game E3 2005
"Morrowind was one of the best RPGs on the original Xbox, and its creators at Bethesda are aiming to make a greater impact on the 360."

RPG Fan - Award
Best Overall Game of E3 2005
"A next-generation graphics engine attached to the classic open-ended gameplay provides Oblivion with what will most likely be "instant-classic" status upon release."

GamersInfo - Award
E3 2005 Editors' Choice Award
"This is shaping up to be the RPG of RPG lovers' dreams. I have simply never seen such a beautiful game. Period."

GameSpot - Award
Most Anticipated Games of 2005
"One look at the screenshots for the game and the scope and ambition behind the project become apparent. And that scope and ambition are tremendous."

BonusStage - Award
Best Actual Next-Generation Game Award
"...once I saw Oblivion running, a face-cracking grin hit me that lasted for a good hour or so. If the game follows Bethesda’s previous Elder Scrolls titles as far as content, look out."

Voodoo Extreme - Award
Top Games of 2006
"As far the The Elder Scrolls Oblivion goes, they not only have an amazing title, but the support to back it up. That's why they are our new number one."


GameSpy - Award
Most Wanted Games of 2006
"From what we've seen, this looks like it'll be among the year's best for PC and console roleplayers alike."

Xbox Evolved - Award New!
Most Anticipated Games of 2006
"There's so much to the latest chapter in the Elder Scrolls series, it's hard to know where to begin but to say that this will be a must-have upon release."

WorthPlaying - Award
Most Anticipated Games of 2005
"When I saw the first screenshots, I couldn't believe my eyes and almost had to pick my jaw off of the floor. Ever since I played my first game in 3D, I had envisioned what it would be like to play in a world where you could go anywhere, touch anything, all with the most realistic graphics possible. Elder Scrolls IV looks to finally fulfill a lifetime of gaming dreams."

Game Freaks 365 - Award
Game Freaks 365 Most Wanted Games, Fall 2005
"This is without a doubt my most anticipated Xbox 360 release title, and I'm looking forward to wasting another 150-200 hours of my life in this series."

IGN PC - E3 2005 Coverage
Most Anticipated Games of E3 2005
"It's just an easy guess that they'll be upping their ante with Oblivion from both a gameplay and graphical standpoint."

IGN Xbox - E3 2005 Coverage
Five Most Anticipated Games of E3 2005
"The early screens of Oblivion gave us the first indication of just how great a leap would be made from this generation to the next one."

well, i enjoy it so far. sometimes it runs a little slower but well its a next gen. oh yeah can you kill allies? cause in the sewers i was fighting assasins and that guard kept running against my sword!

If allies are needed for the main quest and if they run into your sword all the time ( i know the problem <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> ) and they attack you, you just beat em K.O. Ehh i dont think i said that very well, but nevermind...I wanna play...must play...must live...must feed... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shame.gif" alt="" /> i think im addicted.

(played about 50 hours sofar and still enjoying it very much, level 22 now in about full deadric <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> but I got bitten by a vampire <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" /> .... hard to get back to normal...

i'm still level 1, still hanging out in chorrol. doing the quest for the lady of the city(who stole her painting) and guess what: i'm stuck.

Edit: its so easy to increase your alchemy, if i would have know that it would have been a major skill!

at first alchemy is very easy, later on its hard to get more lvls, in other words: more lvls at hte beginning, less at the end...
Btw every time you use a skill and lvl in it, the coverning attribute (or something) will get a + point at levelling more (at a max of 5) so if you are a warrior, it really doesnt have much effect choosing that as major (like i did <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> )

grttz

i've made my own class (dont gonna say the name cause its a stupid name) wich combines magic with combat (destruction, mysticism, alteration, block, blade, marksman and restoration)

what i'm wondering: is there a merchant somewhere who sells infinite steel arrows(or better) with infinite i mean you buy of the arrows, wait a bit and they have again so much arrows(hope its clear enough)

What do you mean?

Am thinking of how to create my paladin (since I won't be as Lawfull as a paladin, it might be a bad name, but it reflects what kind of skills I want). OK, I know six skills I want: Blade, Block, Heavy Armor, Persuation, Restoration and Alternation (in order to open locks...). Now, that's six skills (for those of you who can't count <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />), so I need another. Think that the caracter is to resemble a paladin (even though I won't be especially paladinlike in my playstyle <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />). Preferrablly a mageschool. Was thinking conjugation in order to be able to turn undead, but getting a main skill just for one spell feels a bit... unecsesary...

Übereil

Anyone here playing it on a NON-XP machine. Windows 2 k for example?

I was going to bite the bullet (or is that the 'arrow') and buy it, but it's win xp only on the back!!! ARGGHHHHH...

And I can't buy it and try it cos you can't return PC games in this kip of a country!

@Übereil i would also choose conjuration for the undead spells

and the divine one means that if you gain 10 levels in block you would gain +10 to agility when you level up(if you choose to boost agility cause you can only boost 3 stats on each level-up) but the maximum is +5 so that would not be so effective.
but say you get +5 block and +5 blade you get +5 to agility and +5 to strength when you level up.

i hope it's a little clearer now. did you play morrowind? its the same system?

But if I get +5 blade and +5 alcemy I don't get *5 int? (Besides block is based on endurance <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />).

Übereil

nope you wont <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

btw, destruction and marksman are really cool <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> but marksman only in combination with sneak, so i should take destruction...

isorun check the dinning room area for the one of the 2 clues

also its a bit harder to get your +5 on your level on all 3 skills
i think they changed it too if you level up your next skills don't continue to add to it but add to your next level plus there are only 2 skills that govern strength <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" /> i guess if its harder then its more fun <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/alien.gif" alt="" />

also for those that are looking for supplies remember that any icon thats white means its legal

so you can take all the unlocked stuff in the fighters guilds and mages guilds
i know it sounds bad but just think about it, they done out with the supply chest that they use to have in morrowine, instead you can choose your supplies from whats ever inside the guild, in the real fake world they don't assume you'll be selfish and take everything, even if you do most of its iron made good for starters and some small cash, and the mages stuff novice equipment

also if you see people shooting arrows at practice targets take their arrows, you will notice they will continue to shoot an infinite supply

im playing the imperial knight, that doesn't mean i have to play lawful good <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
just chaotic good :P

wish i could help, Plowie. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" /> sadly i don't have the game nor Win2k to try out to see if both can work together or not. probably it's due to directx 9c. have u tried the official site?

once the demo comes out, you might be able to try it on your win 32 2000 machine

No it aint. at least not in oblivion. i got the manual right in front of me(ofcours the manual can be wrong)

@virgo: i completed the quest. i did it in first place to be able to buy a house, but the countess still wont sell me one <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ouch.gif" alt="" /> should i go to the arena so i get some fame?

Edit: i have a freaking problem with books: i accedently make one fall in the mages guild, and when i try to put it back another 4 fall! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/memad.gif" alt="" /> At the end there were like 50 books lying on the ground. the maid will enjoy that!

meh..i once walked into a quest item in some kast (cant get the word in my mind atm...so'n open boekenkast..) it flew behind the kast and i couldnt reach it <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ouch.gif" alt="" />

Closet, cupboard, drawers, ...
of zeg gewoon: the thing where books are placed in
da verstaan ze ook wel.

OK, I can put this pipe dream of running the game to rest now I think.

Not only is it XP only, it's also Geforce FX unfriendly...

Here's a snippet from the offical forum!

'All GeForce FX series (5200-5950) cards run this game like crap. FPS is lower than 10 even with everything on lowest settings.
If you are going to get Oblivion and have GeForce FX series card you have to buy new GFX-card to run this game playable. No driver update will make this game playable because GeForce FX series hardware SM 2.0 implementation is poor and slow.'

Of course, I'm telling people who are playing and enjoying the game!! So I'm just going to boot up Morrowind and walk my character into the ocean...goodbye all...sniff!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cry.gif" alt="" />

yeah but those are all closed things, oh well, i ment: the thing where books are placed in <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

Check this exelent site up. What does it say block is based on? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

Übereil