

But if you’re playing an open-world game, you have time to notice things that are a little off.

Murdersaw is charging towards you down a narrow spaceship corridor, you’ve barely got time to think before you blast him between the eyes. However, if Bethesda hadn’t reined them in a little, they could have been the game’s doom. What makes people-watching so much fun is that Oblivion’s non-player characters (NPCs), through their very existence, breathe life into the world. Stalking is generally frowned on, but it’s one of the most entertaining activities in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, second only to joining a murderous death cult.
