Since nobody brought it up...Heathens.
Name of the Game : The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
About the game : The Elder Scrolls IV is the fourth major entry to the Elder Scrolls series. Set in the Empires heartland, Cyrodiil. You start off as a prisoner in the capital, the Imperial City. There, you would be found by
Jean-luc Picard Uriel Septim VII, who is escaping assassins with his bodyguards. Your cell is the way out of the city through an escape route placed there and you get to go along. The Emperor though ends up dead and chaos ensues as the demonic Daedra invade Cyrodiil through Oblivion gates, led by the Daedric Prince of Destruction, Mehrunes Dagon. This game was released in 2006 on PS3, Xbox 360, and PC, and is compatable with both next-generation consoles
Why do you recommend this game : Now, the reason why I love this beyond Skyrim is that in my opinion, Oblivion retains a perfect mix between dumbing down the elements towards a wider audience, while keeping those elements strangely detailed and does so wonderfully, whereas in Skyrim (and her
multiple releases) it feels missing, and could be considered more of an action with RPG elements than an RPG with action elements, which I like more and that's what I get from Oblivion. I am also a freak for what I like to call "moldable games", sandbox games that fit your style, like going as far as to skip the main questline after getting out into the world can work for you. All n' all though, I'd totally recommend watching Gamespots short-lived "Escape from Mount Stupid" video on the series altogether (Done before Skyrim was released), Oblivion is the first one looked at.
Where can you get it: Our Lord and Savior, Gabe, has allowed Steam to sell these games, of course though if by the infinitesimal chance you don't have Steam or run on a system that can use Gmod and yet not Oblivion, circa 2005 (looking at Nicrobe), then there is Xbox and Playstation copies you can still get, all for cheap, just get the Game of the Year editions.
How much can you get it for:
Steam - $20 USD
http://store.steampowered.com/app/900883/
Amazon (PS3) - $23.75 USD
https://www.amazon.com/Elder-Scrolls-IV-Playstation-sony-playstation3/dp/B000TVT7U4?th=1
Amazon (Xbox - ONLY AVAILABLE IN STANDARD OR COLLECTORS, NOT RECOMMENDED) - $25.99 USD
https://www.amazon.com/Elder-Scrolls-IV-Oblivion-Xbox-360/dp/B000BI3QK2
All prices are in New variants. Personally, I do have standard on my Xbox, which is what I got alongside the Xbox, all the way back to 2008. Since that, I got all the DLCs (including the now infamous "Horse Armor" DLC, a precursor to the Creation Club) and enjoyed them all, and still can play the game on there on the original disk on the sort-of-original Xbox today, and I still have the Cyrodiil map with that.
Though of course I always wanted the game on PC for the Mod Market.