Stop right there criminal!

As i have been playing a load of old games that either have had saves deleted or that i come back to again and again i was bound to come back to Oblivion at some stage.

First off i will say, No game should have DLC better than the game itself.

Shivering Isles is the best part of Oblivion BY FAR! While i do enjoy the game, the style, etc. There is no way it can compete with the fun, interesting areas and quests that shivering isles provides. There are several very interesting quests such as the daedra quests and faction quests as well as random encounters and occurrences.

That being said, there are several reasons to play on after completing the DLC. If, like me, you are a collector/completionist, there are several houses to buy and armour sets to own, including each city's guard armour set, as well as several factions to gain reputation with.

I usually start off as a sneaky melee or spellcaster character, but in an effort to experience all aspects of the game i decided to play as a heavy armour, ranged character. First of all i noticed that having ranged weapons is a fairly fantastic way to fight as you rarely if ever get hit. Secondly heavy armour means you take almost no damage from any hits you do take.

Due to the fact that i was using no magic or melee it changed the way the game played out for me completely, i ended up finishing quests in completely different ways than i normally would.
For instance one of the quests involved finding a missing mage. The original playthroughs i ran around the house using detect life and other skills and found the mage hiding. The latest playthrough i didnt have any spells to find him with so i ended up asking other mages to help and having to go on a brand new quest.

In summary this is a great game but even someone who loves rpg's and open world games it was a bit of a struggle to continue past some major points in it. If you enjoy open world rpg's this IS a good game and one that you will continue to come back to again and again. If you dont enjoy those type of games then i be rather hesitant to recommend it to you.