Ipicked this game up the day it came out, and have played for just over 10 hours. In terms of groundbreaking games, this is definitely one of them. The graphics are amazing, although there is a small amount of pop-up, but nothing major. The music is great, but you tend not to notice it too much. The voiceovers are amazing, and almost every NPC has a voice. The load times are not as bad as I thought they would be, clocking in at only about 10-20 seconds. There is occasional slowdown during battles, but nothing that actually affects the gameplay at all. This game is so massive, the small amount of slowdown is actually impressive. There is always something to be done. In my ten hours of playtime, about 9 of those were spent doing sidequests and exploring dungeons. The plot is still engrossing, but I prefer the guild quests instead. There is a seemingly infinite amount of replay value, due to the sheer amount of game altering choices that can be made throughout the quests. Will you be a mage or a fighter? A thief or a vampire? There's always something happening, and you will definitely never get board. There is well over 100 hours of gameplay packed into the $60 (or $70 if you sprung for the collectors edition.) So anyways, if you own a 360 or a good gaming computor, this is truly a must have title, being the first for the 360.
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