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As a freed prisoner in Cyrodiil, pursue a missing heir or roam an open fantasy world, shaping a hero through quests, combat, and magic.
Released 16 Jun 2009
Track Down the Heir
Close Oblivion Gates
Create Custom Spells
PUBLISHER UPDATE - This is the product page for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, released in 2009. ---The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition presents one of the best RPGs of all time like never before. Step inside the most richly detailed and vibrant game-world ever created.
Developed by Bethesda Game Studios · Published by Bethesda Softworks
A prison escape draws you into a search for the heir to the throne as dangerous gates open across Cyrodiil. You can follow the main quest or leave it aside to explore the province and find your own objectives.
Travel between cities, wilderness, caves, forts, and other dungeons while taking on main and optional quests. Fight with first-person melee, bows, or magic, and pursue storylines tied to groups such as the Mages, Fighters, and Thieves Guilds.
Build a character by choosing a race, birth sign, and specialization, then develop attributes and skills as you play. The Game of the Year Edition also includes the Knights of the Nine and Shivering Isles expansions, with additional questlines and lands to explore.
In this selected sample, players often praise the freedom to explore Cyrodiil, the atmosphere and music, and the variety of side and faction questlines. Some also enjoy experimenting with character builds and mods. Criticism recurs around level scaling, repetitive dungeons, dated menus and visuals, and technical rough edges.
PUBLISHER UPDATE - This is the product page for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, released in 2009.
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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition presents one of the best RPGs of all time like never before. Step inside the most richly detailed and vibrant game-world ever created. With a powerful combination of freeform gameplay and unprecedented graphics, you can unravel the main quest at your own pace or explore the vast world and find your own challenges.
Also included in the Game of the Year edition are Knights of the Nine and the Shivering Isles expansion, adding new and unique quests and content to the already massive world of Oblivion. See why critics called Oblivion the Best Game of 2006.
Key features:
Live Another Life in Another World
Create and play any character you can imagine, from the noble warrior to the sinister assassin to the wizened sorcerer.
First Person Melee and Magic
An all-new combat and magic system brings first person role-playing to a new level of intensity where you feel every blow.
Radiant AI
This groundbreaking AI system gives Oblivion's characters full 24/7 schedules and the ability to make their own choices based on the world around them. Non-player characters eat, sleep, and complete goals all on their own.
New Lands to Explore
In the Shivering Isles expansion, see a world created in Sheogorath's own image, one divided between Mania and Dementia and unlike anything you've experienced in Oblivion.
Challenging new foes
Battle the denizens of Shivering Isles, a land filled with hideous insects, Flesh Atronachs, skeletal Shambles, amphibious Grummites, and many more.
Begin a New Faction
The Knights of the Nine have long been disbanded. Reclaim their former glory as you traverse the far reaches of Cyrodill across an epic quest line.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
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| Metacritic | 94/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |
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