What I was saying about under-18s is related to the style of the posts and my own experience. It's ironic that I'd be told to grow up.

People who criticise the game tend to have a more structured, literate and argumented approach, as opposed to the "What r u talking about, the game is great!!!!" kind of comments you'd normally get from a 14-year old. Sorry if it comes across as patronising, it's not intended to be; just a caricature. As an additional point, the younger players have naturally less references to compare the new games to.

I probably would have liked that kind of action game with flashy graphics myself when I was 15, playing games like Sonic the Hedgehog on my Sega Megadrive, but at this stage in my life (not that I'm elderly or anything) I enjoy a bit of subtlety in a video game. Which is why I only play RPGs and why I find Oblivion a tedium. And again, I'm sure that there are far better FPSs around for people who prefer that, made by people who specialise in that genre.

It's not really a matter of taste; I, as many other people, just like to see a bit of creativity, of which Oblivion does not show an ounce. Its an "objective" fact that you won't see many creatures, buildings or landscape types in Oblivion that you haven't seen in other games before.

Take the temples in Oblivion for instance, they're all identical replicas of a typical real-life Gothic cathedral, because they couldn't come up with an original design idea. That'sthe main difference between Morrowind and Oblivion.

[QUOTE="Plomdidom"]I couldn't play it because of the loading times. On my PC (which isn't particularly bad) it takes about 2 minutes to load an exterior. For this reason alone you should definitely not buy it unless you have at least 2 GB of memory and some patience.RK-Mara

Your PC sounds really bad. Loading times are about 10 seconds for me. 2Gb is pretty much a must for any new game.

I consider that if Oblivion runs smoothly on my computer, The Witcher should as well, since it doesn't look half as good. As far as I'm concerned it's due to sloppy programming, not weak hardware.