I've never been too big of an RPG fan. Whatever interest I do hold for this genre, very much resides for the computer games.

In 2002, my cousin gifted me The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. I told him I didn't do well in RPG, but he insisted I play. And he did me a great favor. Since 2002, I have spent over a thousand (1000) hours in Morrowind. Outside of Morrowind, my only other contact with RPG has been Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (www.swkotor.com) and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords (www.kotor2.com). And these can't really be called RPG - especially when comparing them to Morrowind. Oh, and another one I played (long ago) was Super Mario RPG on the Super Nintendo.

Morrowind gave me something I had never seen in a game - freedom! No "system" that told you to follow things in a particular order. It was truly open-ended. Despite what may seem "faults" or insufficient features now, back then the things in Morrowind were literally unique! I hunted, foraged, stole. Anything to stay alive. I worked for many people - from the lowest to the Emperor. I had slain thieves and guards alike with my blade. I challenged - and killed - the mightiest Orc to earn his blade - "Umbra". I communed with people long dead and talked to the only living Dwemer. I fought the Corprus Disease and actually lived to tell of it. I held the fate of the Dunmer in my hands. I fought werewolves and I even became one. And I fulfilled the Neraverine Prophecy and brought hope back to Morrowind.

But more than all that, I had freedom. To sleep under the stars. To travel through green forests, murky swamps, ice tipped peaks, frozen glaciers, caves with filled molten rock, and even throught the heart of the great volcano - Dagoth Ur.

Now, after 4 years of wandering the same old places, I will finally get a new world to wander in. The heart of the Empire of Tamriel - Cyrodiil - Imperial City. Oblivion (www.theelderscrolls.com) - the fourth installment in the Elder Scrolls series is going to be released in 5 days. And I've just paid tons of money to Bethesda Softworks to deliver the game (overseas) within a week. I almost paid for the 2 day delivery, but the rates reminded me that I need food to live, and I need to live to play the game.

I have half a mind to move to the US. These shipping rates are killing me! (And the nice friends who send me stuff!)

But, back to the point, the gates OBLIVION (ie, hell) will open soon and there will be need for one brave individual who will - get this - NOT BE THE CHOSEN ONE (thank god!), but will instead be given the task of finding and protecting the person who is the chosen one - the one who was prophesized. And it will be up to this person to help the Chosen One fulfill the prophecy and save all of Tamriel. I vote for me. I just hope my 3GHz, 2 GIG RAM, 256MB GeForce 6800 rig can handle this game!

Go check out the site, and do watch the videos in the Download section. I promise you will be enchanted by this game.

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