Yet, in terms of overall scope and ambition, the above quibbles are little more than extremely forgivable moments of distraction in an otherwise superior gaming package. Yes, Oblivion walks the same beaten path pounded flat by so many other RPGs before it; yet its contributing elements - of which only the Radiant A.I. emerges as innovative - should not be analysed or appreciated singularly in terms of arbitrary pluses and minuses. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion excels in almost every department but emerges as absolutely more than the sum of its parts. When viewed as a complete creation, the RPG genre can offer little else to compare; the console market has never known such deeply involving and open-ended imagination; and there's certainly nothing on the Xbox 360 that better deserves the 'killer app' motif to-date.