oblivion is a small-town theatre performance of a grand fantasy epic about an empire plunged into chaos by the forces of evil and the one man who has the strength to strike back at the heart of darkness. you play as that man's trusty sidekick.

though several steps backward from the heights attained by morrowind and daggerfall, this game built up and ultimately perfected the core formula that would be copied by every subsequent bethesda title and it is still the best among them