• Gameplay Monthly - 9.1/10
• Digital Entertainment News - 9.7/10

With their characteristic wit, Gamers with Jobs has a review that tries to avoid being a review but actually still is:

Frankly I have no interest in reviewing Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for a number of reasons. First I’d lose a lot of objective credibility in making statements like the following: Oblivion is one of the greatest CRPGs made. It is in the company of titles like Fallout, Planescape: Torment, Baldur's Gate, and Ultima IV. Further, and this is the real part that keeps me from penning any sort of structured review, I simply have no interest in wasting my precious Oblivion time being meticulous, objective, critical, or jaded. I’m having far too much fun simply exploring and experiencing the game to try and turn a cynical eye toward it. It’s not that this is a game without faults, but to dwell on those faults would be like complaining that Keira Knightly’s nose is too straight or Jessica Alba’s lingerie was too see-through.