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(159 customer reviews) 131 of 137 people found the following review helpful
If you don't already own Oblivion, buy this,
September 13, 2007 Alexander Alderman "neophyte classical philol... (Providence, Rhode Island) - See all my reviews
= Fun: This review is from: Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (Video Game)
This game is the chief selling point for the XBOX 360, and now it's available with the two major expansions included.
If you already own Oblivion (and especially if you've already bought Knights of the Nine and Shivering Isles from XBOX Live), DO NOT BUY THIS ITEM. You will be filled with the righteous fanboy rage you see in the one star reviews below.
But if you're new to the 360, this game is a must have. Even the training mode/introduction is amazing, with Patrick Stewart as the voice of the dying King who sends you on your quest.
Highlights of the game and expansions:
OBLIVION:
+The quest story lines are well written, and the tone of guild and side quests varies and makes for a lot of fun (especially Thieves' and Assassins' Guilds)
+Great voice acting from the likes of Sean Bean (Boromir), Patrick Stewart (Jean-Luc Picard), and Terence Stamp (General Zod/Jorel).
+A more engaging combat system than turn based RPGS, and...Read more
67 of 74 people found the following review helpful
Great release for non-broadband owners or newcomers to Oblivion,
September 13, 2007 waxc3 "waxc3" (Va) - See all my reviews
= Fun: This review is from: Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (Video Game)
These statements are in response to previous qustions and reviews.
This pack was designed for people that can not or do not have broadband service and wanted these two huge add ons for Oblivion. there ARE only the two included here yes. two others were available for FREE from Official Xbox Magazine in early 2007. The horse armor was never given for free and is not available on here. OR of course if you do not already have this game then this is the best option available.
if you already own a copy of oblivion and purchase this, you will then have two full copies of the game. about a year ago when bethesda said they will in time release the downloadable content on disc it was known that it would be on its own disc! some hoped it would be a disc update like halo2s extra maps were, but microsoft did not like the ease of someone buying one copy and just giving it to all of their friends.
that would still be possible with disc two in this set, yea but they made...Read more
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Great for offline players,
September 18, 2007 C. R. Godfrey "Warlock259" (Nowhere) - See all my reviews
= Fun: This review is from: Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (Video Game)
I've had Oblivion scince I first got my 360 and loved every minute of it, but I felt left out when the expansions started coming out on Xbox live. I don't have the cables necessary to support XBL at my house so when I saw that Oblivion GOTY edition had hit the shelves, I grabbed it up. I know that at least one other reveiver gave the game a 1 star for its $60 price tag, but keep in mind, Oblivion just went down to $30 while Knights of the Nine is still sitting at about $10 to download, and Shivering Isles is at $24. Total, thats $64 before tax. If you don't have Oblivion yet, or are about to pick it up because you just got a 360, GET THIS VERSION. It has the 2 big expansions, plus an update patch that fixes some of the bugs in the game (like the item multiplication arrow trick). You will still have to go online to get the small stuff like wizard's tower or Vile lair, but they cast about 2 or 3 dollars in MS points. Its a good deal for Oblivion first timers, or anyone without...Read more
