After 8 straight hours of play, I want more...
After having multiple issues with the install, having to reinstalled DX9 and then reinstall Oblivion, I finally got to play. At first this seemed to be very aggravating but Bethesda tech supports site had both issues identified and there solutions worked. Turned an unpleasant experience into a good experience.
I initially turned all the graphs to max at max resolution to see what would happen. Amazingly my machine seems to handle the majority of the graphics without issue although when fight multiple creatures/mobs there was a sever drop in fps, so I had to turn some shadows down. Although I didn't notice a ton of different, it played smoother. My machine isn't the latest greatest with 3G P4, 2G Ram, 6800 GT 256mb NVIDIA but it looked spectacular and played extremely well after the graphic tweaks.
Now for the True Review.
I loved the start of the game, going thru the tunnels to start the main story line and the game watches how you play and guesses a class for you, which was very interesting and even guessed the class I ended up picking. The only issue I found right from the start was a music issue which may or may not be an issue with my pc. During fighting the music that starts playing seems to be messed up 1/2 the time, sounds funny, but at all other time the music and sounds are great.
I am very please to see the organized interface that helps keep things organized and make having 100 items in inventory easy to work with. Although it does take some getting use to. The Controls have changed much since Morrowind but I was always happy with the controls.
If you can stand playing an open ended, never ending, RPG that is not MMO (which can be a good thing, no lag, no ninjas, no queues), then give this game a shot. Not sure this will end my WOW days but it definitely is a possibility.