One of the greatest games ever made, but it is even better because it has allot of potential for a series. **BUT**.....
But my praise does not come with ought criticism. One of the reasons I think this game has such a long term series potential is because it does have some flaws, and if a game where perfect there would be no reason for a new series. The combat is beautiful but lacks some diversity. The archery especially needs to be reexamined, i loved the aiming system but felt that you had to stealth all your attacks just to beat the game and when you do that your marksman level increases at a very slow pace, and that is unfortunate considering some of the late level bones are superb; a great example is the zoom in skill which i found to be amazing but by the time i had gotten it i had beaten most of the game. The skills options are a great addition, but felt that some of them had little real affect; for example acrobatics would be great for archers but there where few platforms to jump and shoot from. Another problem i felt was that too much fighting is done in dungeons and that it lead to some repetitive play. I mean you built this amazing land scape and you end up using it maybe in two quests which i felt was kind of a waste. Another wasted effort i felt was horse back riding. The control and diversity of it was great but they failed to realize that with maybe an extra paragraph of code they could have added horse back combat which would have been a great addition. My final point will hopefully reach the others themselves., you probably spent an amazingly long time building this game and for that you have my applause. But i say this with great plea you have milked the oblivion cow COMPLETELY DRY. You have come out with what is it now four expansion pacs, and although you have loyal fans we need something new!! For god sakes you even have built a continent with five different provinces in which you can start a new game but so far we have seen no indication of it. Get of your asses, stop trying to make money of of expansion packs and build a new game!