Even in the shadow of Skyrim's mountains, The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion still matters
“Close shut the jaws of Oblivion,” he intones in the voice of Patrick Stewart. He’s still staring when, a few moments later, he’s struck down by an assassin. After a few days of haphazard adventuring in the surrounding countryside, I’ve been arrested. Now I’m waking up back where I started, as the guards close shut the jaws of jail. A grand and absurd simulatory playground that defined RPGs for a generation....