Amusing Gamespy Review of Oblivion

[WouldBeCreator]

http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox-360/the-el ... 650p1.html

Two pages spent kvetching about technical problems, poor AI, bad balance, etc., but one page spent vaguely satisfied with the graphics and combat, and somehow it merits 4/5 stars. Just struck me as funny.

http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/the-elder-scro ... 423p1.html

Generally much more positive and in depth on the positive aspects, but still has its share of complaints, including this paragraph:

If there's a real deal-breaker within Oblivion, however, it's the bugs. Lots of 'em. The worst have been problems running the game at all using Nvidia's FX series of video cards, and random, unrepeatable crashes to the desktop. I've seen creatures sometimes float in mid-air and "pop" around rather than turning to attack. There were moments when NPCs got stuck on the landscape, NPC voices would completely change between lines, and quest flags didn't getting tripped. Programming text would sometimes pop up during conversations with NPCs saying things like "Subject Change." The game's animations cause characters to move, fight, and die like a poorly wired Animatronic exhibit at Disneyland. It does little for one's sense of immersion to have beautifully expressive faces when they're attached to bodies that jerk and start in ways no humanoid body ever would and occasionally fall through a wall and twitch while hung up on the world's geometry

 

[Diogo Ribeiro]

That's good animation, silly!

 

[denizsi]

Let's see if they will ever list GameSpy review in the reviews page in official site, listing the reviews.

http://www.elderscrolls.com/links/links_obreviews.htm

That ridiculous 4.5 score might make it there though, despite the issues pointed out in the review.