The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion
The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion is a PC adventure game developed by Bethesda Softworks. It centers on location exploration, character and object interaction, and objective or clue progression, with controls and information arranged around keyboard and mouse, with a controller where the game supports one.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.9 / 10
About this game
The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion is a PC adventure game centered on location exploration, character and object interaction, and objective or clue progression. Locations, objectives, and clues gradually open the main chapters, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Theme, character expression, and environmental clues need to support exploration together, while resolution, graphics settings, frame rate, aspect ratio, audio, text scaling, and hardware performance need to preserve action, state, and text readability together. The genre-specific limitation is that guidance, objective triggers, camera behavior, or dense text can create search and comprehension costs. Platform conditions also include OS and hardware requirements, installation media, patches, drivers, DRM and launchers, key binding and controller support, save locations, mod compatibility, servers, and era-specific OS compatibility affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
Collected in series
The Elder Scrolls invites you to make your own way through Tamriel, choosing how to fight, which quests to follow and where to wander next. Its fantasy RPGs pair character development with discoveries across different lands, while an online branch opens the world to shared adventures.
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An exceptional RPG with original-PC performance costs.
The original 2006 PC Oblivion makes the Elder Scrolls promise of a vast self-directed world easier to enter. Its opening escape introduces combat, magic, stealth and lockpicking, while class creation and skills developed through practice leave room for many character paths. A direct review finds melee and ranged hits more responsive than in Morrowind. A central quest of roughly forty hours sits amid guild stories, arenas, dungeons, towns and ordinary distractions that reward leaving the main road. Scenery, atmospheric sound, physics and voice work make those activities feel part of one place. The PC edition has specific costs: high-resolution visuals demanded strong contemporary hardware, crowded scenes could slow down, loads occurred often and mouse-driven menus felt somewhat console-oriented. Those issues matter even in a remarkable RPG. This rating is for the original PC release, not Xbox 360 performance or a later remaster, and does not assume modifications.
Strengths
- Broad activities and convincing world design.
Weaknesses
- Demanding hardware and awkward PC menus.
Who it is for: PC RPG players seeking self-directed fantasy.
Play notes: Original 2006 PC version only.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Optional world gives longevity. | Reviewed | 9.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Flexible systems feel satisfying. | Reviewed | 9.1 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Presentation makes Tamriel inviting. | Reviewed | 9.1 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension PC performance and menus impose costs. | Reviewed | 7.4 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Bethesda Softworks
- Publisher
- Bethesda Softworks
- Release date
- 2006
- Platforms
- Windows PC
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
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- Categories
- Role-Playing · Primary genre
- Tags
- Main Story 10–20 HoursExploration3D GraphicsThird PersonSolo-friendlyLinear LevelsStory-drivenInvestigationPuzzle SolvingSlow Burn
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
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- Standalone
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- Age ratings
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- Play modes
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- Perspectives
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Release editions
- Windows PCWorldwide2006
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