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Keepers is a weekly segment in which I discuss games I’ve played that I’ve seen fit to keep after playing. I generally sell a game that I’ve finished, so the only reason I keep one is because I plan to replay the game some day. Classifying a game as a “keeper” is generally a badge of merit.<\/em><\/p>\n

Most people who own a PC or console and like RPGs have played The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. It’s a fantastic game. And although I’ll admit that by the end I was a bit burned out on the game, it’s largely because I’d played it for over 200 hours.<\/p>\n

Although it came out far prior to Fallout 3, which ran on the same engine, I honestly believe that Oblivion was far better than Fallout 3<\/a>. You can also make the argument that the whole leveling system in Oblivion was overly complex and that you could easily screw your character over by leveling incorrectly – I’ve written about the complexities of the leveling system in Oblivion<\/a> more than once – but there are mods out there that can alter or “fix” these issues if you find them to be issues. My favorite of these is Oscuro’s Oblivion Overhaul<\/a>, but the number of mods out there for Oblivion<\/a> is absolutely huge, which is one reason I believe the PC version to be so much better than the console version.<\/p>\n

I’m not entirely sure that I’ll ever go back and play as massive a game as Oblivion a second<\/span>\u00a0third time, but that doesn’t change my opinion that the game is most definitely a keeper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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