#7 The Elder Scrolls IV – Oblivion
Oh, Oblivion. You are kind of the runt of the Elder Scrolls litter so far. Originally conceived as a game depicting a very different Cyrodill Province, Bethesda changed that eventually from a steamy jungle like land filled with ancient Roman style legionaires to a much more traditional medieval European fantasy landscape, and took much bigger hints from the Lord of the Rings movies’ visual aesthetics than Morrowind had before.
But that doesn’t mean that Obsidian was a bad game. Far from it. There were tons and tons of things to see, to do, to kill and to explore. Bethesda are great at designing worlds, and while this Cyrodill is their most vanilla effort yet, it still was an enchantingly beautiful world at the time, filled with mystery and wonder as it should be in a fantasy game. Even the questlines given were high above your standard fantasy computer RPG given, and even today the game still holds up quite well as one huge time eating monstrosity that will not let you go easily.
