Interesting points you bring up. It seems this game is a much more linear affair compared to Oblivion.
Also, I really think people were jumping the gun calling this an Oblivion-killer (rememnber Killzone?), I mean if a game is going to be better than oblivion it's going to have to amazingly good cause that game is so good as a first person RPG.
The shield thing sounds kinda dumb, but minor. Having more quests doesn't necessarily mean more playability than oblivion because it could just be really linear moving from quest to quest, Oblivion's best part was that you completely chose what to do.
I gotta play more Oblivion, haven't in a while...

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