![]() The group escapes but unfortunately the emperor is cut down but entrusts the player with the Amulet of Kings with instructions to take it to Jauffre, grandmaster of the Blades. The player is conveniently locked in the cell with the secret escape, so to escape the assassins the emperor enters the jail cell, pardoning the player in the process. The game begins with the character imprisoned where he’s visited by Uriel Septim VII, voiced by Patrick Stewart. It’s not a sequel per se, but does take place in a new region of Tamriel with the same Elder Scrolls races and overall lore. Oblivion is set in Cyrodiil six years after the events of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. Due to having a completionist mentality when it comes to gaming and the attention span of a squirrel I played several hours of Oblivion the first time I popped it in the 360 and completely neglected any relevant objective to advancing the story. ![]() This is one of those games that is recommended to play for the first time on a day when you have no obligations since it is easy to get lost in the game world. Released a few months after the launch of the Xbox 360 it was originally intended to be a launch title and would have been the standout title had that been the case. Oblivion was released in early 2006 for Xbox 360 and PC, but didn’t see a release on PlayStation 3 until about a year and a half later. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion was such a title, and while some long time Elder Scrolls fans consider it divisive with some of the modernized quality of life improvements, this was a game that was easy to sink well over 100 hours into. This is a shame, because not only would a new single player Elder Scrolls game be amazing but the other four games are worth acknowledgement. During this time The Elder Scrolls have continued to evolve through The Elder Scrolls Online but there has been no single player title outside of the numerous incarnations of Skyrim. Since then the game has been re-released and ported to every conceivable platform countless times, making it the most ported game of all time* that appears on more formats than any other game in history. On 11/11/11, Bethesda released The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
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