Recent reviews by Otter

As someone who hates 90% of JRPGs, the fact that this game seriously impressed me is awesome. It takes all of the standard tropes of the genre and twist them and parodies them excellently. The dungeon crawling, while simplistic, is satisfying and the shop aspects are very fun as well. Nothing like scamming your customers, capitalism ho indeed.

This game is my stress relief, no matter how difficult it gets I can't help but smile at its charm.

A worthy successor to The Elder Scrolls IV, my all-time favorite game, while some things have been greatly simplified (enchanting/magic) the game as a whole stands as the most immersive RPG I have ever been fortunate enough to play in. The story is fantastic, and all the guilds are well developed, even if they sometimes get a bit predictable. Surprise, you are the "chosen one" to a lot of different groups. And you know whats even better? You can break that immersion at any time and just dink about in a huge entertainment sandbox. Use the console, spawn a million dragons, send an army of sellswords at a giant and watch as he flings them 300 feet into the air, put a bucket on someone's head and rob them blind, you are only limited by your (twisted) imagination. My only concern is for my poor Khajiit's soul when she dies. It has been firmly pledged to both Hircine AND Nocturnal, and Hermaeus Mora is showing some interest. I am also an agent of Dibella and Mara. Poor lass is screwed.

John Madden! John Madden!

What can I say about Oblvion? Besides it being the most expansive and consistently entertaining RPG of this generation? If you are looking for a hole to sink hundreds of hours into, you can't get a much better choice than Oblivion. From shenanigans in the Thieve's Guild to the noble quests of Nights of the Nine, you can specialize or just try everything. What other game allows you to be the Grey Fox, Listener of the Black Hand, Arch-Mage, Champion of Cyrodiil, Head of the Fighter's Guild and Champion of the Arena simultaneously? Also mods, mods everywhere.