It's why I got the box and still amazing. Third person leg animations look bad though and you have no crosshair for your bow. Fallout 3 you can go TP, move the character left and play over-the-shoulder.
Most complaints are about the levelling. I used to start at + 5 tics on the diff. slider and put it down when I started dying. Plus 10 is a tooth grinding chore. Someone well respected here was just trashing it in an ME2 thread recently. I'm not going to correct the Gaming Gods but most of his problems had obvious solutions. Useless stolen goods? Join Thieve's Guild for some of the best quests in the game, etc. but no content, no story? That's someone four hours in who hates wrpg's, consoles or whatever.
SPOILER CITY. Hit the statues for quest rewards. Namira, Azura, Sanguine and Nocturnal especially. Get Wizard's Tower or join the Mages to build weapons. A black soul gem and any bow with Cold or Shock 12 pts, Weakness to same 48 pts. and Soul Trap with Azura's Star and the game just opens up. Use the stones from the towers on your gear. It's painful but save just after you activate and retry to get what you want. Shield, blade, speed, magica etc on even base gear make a huge difference. With patience the first tower will give a 20 pts shock for Jr's first Katana. A ring or helmet with night-eye is a rogue essential.
I think the people who hated Oblivion never gave it the time or a fair chance. It's not 'insert game here' that you played in your formative years before you became bitter and jaded. Sorry.
