[quote=@Kingfisher]
<Snipped quote by Tsar Gatto>

My only memory of Oblivion is dying a lot 
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In my humble opinion Oblivion is the penultimate elder scrolls game. I've played literally 100% of that game, every single quest, each and every side quest, every single unscripted quest, each and every DLC related quest - everything. It's good. Very good. I've played every quest on a single character, it was a glorious time. 

I can only recommend you play it. It's not even dated yet.