If you’ve played previous Elder Scrolls games, you know very well how rich and detailed the games’ outside worlds are. Well, you’ve truly never seen anything like this. Right from the start I’m presented with a truly amazing landscape of lush forests, rolling highlands, snow capped mountains, lowland swamps, and grassy meadows … all of which will need my attention in some way. Great sound design means immersion and I can tell right away that a visual masterpiece like this will require a sonic landscape that sucks you right in as powerfully as the visuals.

Head on over to Bethesda's website to read the whole thing. Also released today are three new screenshots. There's a lot of new Oblivion material out there, so go and enjoy it!