While everyone else is enjoying the fifth installment of The Elder Scrolls, Bethesda's ongoing, Game-of-the-Year winning, fantasy franchise, I'm just now sitting down with the The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Game of the Year Edition. I was really shy from getting into the series, because I like my fantasy games like I like my sex life: turn-based and from a third-person perspective. Just kidding: I'm married, and no longer have a sex life.
Unlike the traditional genre staples, the Elder Scrolls series are fantasy games from first-person perspective, which dynamically changes everything when it comes to combat strategy, and gives the game an unsurprising sense of immersion. The engine is painstakingly identical to that of the Fallout series, which makes sense, as the games are made by the same folks.
Full review is happening, after the jump...
