The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006) (VG)

Release Date:

20 March 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy

Tagline:

The fate of the world rests in the hands of one. Find him and close shut the jaws of oblivion.

Plot:

The story begins with the player's character in prison in The Imperial City. Emperor Uriel Septim VII...

Plot Keywords:

Assassin | Thief | Magician | Goblin | Chapel

Awards:

4 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Patrick Stewart	...	Emperor Uriel Septim VII (voice)
Sean Bean	...	Emperor Martin Septim (voice)
Terence Stamp	...	Mankar Camoran (voice)
Lynda Carter	...	Female Nords / Female Orcs (voice)
Jonathan Bryce	...	Male Argonians / Male Khajiits / Male Nords / Male Orcs (voice)
Ralph Cosham	...	Jauffre / Vincent Valtieri / Male Bretons (voice)
Catherine Flye	...	Female Bretons / Female Imperials (voice)
Gayle Jessup	...	Female Redguards (voice)
Wes Johnson	...	Lucien Lachance / Arena Announcer / The Prophet / Pelinal Whitestrake / Sheogorath / Hirrus Clutumnus / Herdir / The Gray Fox / Dremoras / Male Imperials (voice)
Linda Canyon	...	Female Altmers / Female Bosmers / Female Dunmers (voice)
Michael Mack	...	Baurus / Owyn / Male Redguards (voice)
Elisabeth Noone	...	Female Argonians / Female Khajiits (voice)
Craig Sechler	...	High Chancellor Ocato / Falcar / Alval Uvani / Faelian / The Adoring Fan / Male Dunmer / Male Altmer / Male Bosmers (voice)
Jeff Baker	...	Haskill (voice)
Bari Biern	...	Golden Saint Warrior (voice)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:15 | UK:PG (bonus DVD) | USA:M (re-rating) | USA:T (original rating) | South Korea:15 | South Korea:18 (GOTY edition)

Company:

Bethesda Softworks Inc.

Trivia:

The Collector's Edition (which includes Pocket Guide to the Empire, "Making of Oblivion" Documentary, and a Septim Gold Coin for a retail cost $10 more than the non-collector's edition) is the best selling Collector's/Limited Edition of any game ever.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: Several female dark elves, when asked about "rumors", will talk about a break in at the palace. They say what is subtitled, but once the line is finished you can hear "wait, let me try that again" and the entire line is repeated while the dark elves don't move their lips.

Quotes:

Mankar Camoran: Well done, champion. Your progress is swift and sure, perhaps you will reach me after all. You think I mock you? Not at all. In your coming, I hear the footsteps of fate. You are the last defender of decadent Tamriel, I am the widwife of the Mythic Dawn, Tamriel Reborn. I welcome you, if you truly are the agent of fate. I tire of the self-style who set themselves in my path only to prove unworthy in the event.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Troldspejlet: (#35.14)" (2006)

An Absolute Masterpiece. More than a game: A Revolution.

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. What is Oblivion? I tell you now, Oblivion is more than a just a video game. It is a Revolution of gaming as we know it. Fun, open-ended game-play like none ever before experienced. A grand, deep plot, more expansive and in-depth than Lord of the Rings. A masterful voice cast, featuring wonderful, famous talents. Miraculous graphics- trees that look real and grow just as normal trees do with accurate geology, corpses and other objects that roll down hills and move with real-world physics as you grab them. A wonderful character creation system, allowing you do customize your character from the tone of his skin to the point of his nose to the puffs of his lips to the length of his hair. Fabulous creatures, from the wolf, to the horse, to the Minotaur, to the Daedra, all of them giving the feeling which they are intended. Grand cities, with stores, houses, churches, hotels... everything a real city would have. Revolutionary Radiant AI allowing all of the 2,000 NPC characters to think on their feet, and complete their own goals. Dozens of thousands of quests to complete: So many that the side-quests of side-quests have side-quests! This is a game like never before. A game which sets a new standard for all gaming, and truly gains dominion over all games previously released. I'd like to welcome all who desire to buy this game to the wonderful world of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, the greatest video game of all time.