What can I say about a game where it has a second title of “Oblivion?”
Besides the fact that it is one of the best games of all time. I was a
little bit skeptical when buying the game for one reason; I had played
Morrowind at a friend’s house and never did get into it. Another note
was I met almost all the recommended settings. The only thing I didn’t
hit was the processor speed it suggested 3 GHz I have a 2.8 Dual Core.
Then as I saw previews for it I decided I would buy it. Here is my
official review of this game.
One thing I have to say is that installing the game went off without a
single glitch, and it had one of the fastest install times I had seen
even compared to the Call of Duty series. After installation the first
thing I do is I of course boot the game up. The software told me I
could run it on high settings. As I get into the game I notice some
lag, so I toned down the settings a little, took off shadows, lighting
except for bloom, and turn the textures to medium and that was it. As I
do this I am thinking its going to look horrible now but no, not only
does it not lag now it is still a gorgeous game. Also a note to some
people I would turn all view distances as far as possible because that
will get rid of lag.
Ok now to actually talk about graphics for this behemoth. This game
will pull you into a beautiful age where trees are huge, deer run
around, and water is crystal clear. I am serious about this. Lighting
effects and shadows on the game looks even better, with the glistening
of your sword, to the reflection of your hours on the pavement in the
form of a dark shadow. All of it is surreal, and yes I shall beautiful.
With lighting effects and shadows off everything still looks great.
Secondly I would like to point out the musical score in this game is
phenomenal and changes when you are in battle. Also weather changes in
this game drastically, which adds some very nice atmospheres.
I would love to say more, but I’m sure you all would get it, I would of
raved on how good the AI is, the combat, the Inventory as a panel, the
worthiness of $50 as a price tag for the pc. The map of Cyrodil that
comes with the collector’s edition and the regular edition. These
entirely aside this game is great. If you have a decent pc go out and
buy even if you can’t run it on all high settings. My only two
complaints are that yes it does require a rather beastly machine and
when the software tells you what settings you can run on, you may want
to tone it down a little.
