I found oblivion boring and unfulfilling. I miss the wackier fantasy setting of morrowind, replaced with a generic england-lite fantasy realm. I think I would have enjoyed the game more if it retained cyrodiil as a jungle with the romans in it.
like morrowind and skyrim, the combat is just waggling your weapon and occasionally your shield at your opponent until you win. for thieves, you have more options, and with magic, even more. however, I never really felt encouraged to keep going, because leveling up was SUCH a slog. you can only cast so many spells, but you can certainly jump around all the time and you are CONSTANTLY swinging your weapons around, leveling up those skills. I know it's more realistic to have to practice cantrips, acrobatics, and so on on your way to various destinations, but let's be real I don't want to have to do that in order to enjoy my game. let me handle practicing in the real world, and let me enjoy magical power in my fantasy video game.
like morrowind and skyrim, the combat is just waggling your weapon and occasionally your shield at your opponent until you win. for thieves, you have more options, and with magic, even more. however, I never really felt encouraged to keep going, because leveling up was SUCH a slog. you can only cast so many spells, but you can certainly jump around all the time and you are CONSTANTLY swinging your weapons around, leveling up those skills. I know it's more realistic to have to practice cantrips, acrobatics, and so on on your way to various destinations, but let's be real I don't want to have to do that in order to enjoy my game. let me handle practicing in the real world, and let me enjoy magical power in my fantasy video game.