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It's the same game as Morrowind except shinier (I wouldn't even say prettier as I think Morrowind had better art design). Sooo if you liked Morrowind you'll probably like Oblivion. If you didn't, then you won't.

It's gonna get great reviews based on the graphics and the supposed open-endedness. The graphics deserve praise; the open-endedness is no more real than it was in Morrowind. Yes you can go anywhere and talk to anyone etc etc but that's only worth so much when the mechanisms for interacting with the world, i.e. the actual gameplay mechanics, are as limited and clumsy as they were in the original Arena, which came out in the mid-90s. Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of the games...but the fact is that the only real progress the series has made in ten years has been in the graphics and sound departments.