The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion E3 Preview

Gamesradar has put together a preview of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, based on what they saw of Bethesda’s RPG during this year’s E3. An excerpt to follow:

But it’s not just that Oblivion improves on Morrowind’s strengths, and what makes it most exciting is that it also addresses its shortcomings with almost surgical precision.

The lifeless text-based dialogue system has been replaced by an unbelievable 50 hours of speech, including erstwhile Enterprise captain Patrick Stewart as the human emperor. They’ve wisely given up on the messy stream-of-consciousness journal system, and the new quest log is similar to that of World of Warcraft.