Since it is an RPG:

Bethesda tried to craft a game that required a skill level of at least a 87 to create. Unfortunately, they did not pass all of the required skill-checks and we ended up with "The Cursed Elder Scrolls: Oblivion". This item comes with the following stats:

Minimum Requirements:
Minimum Required PC Skill: 85
Minimum Required 3D Rendering Skill: 70

Item Characteristics:
Aesthetics: 80
AI: 65
Sound Quality: 70
Gameplay: 70
Story Line: 75
Stability: 20

Character Adjustments (while equipped):
+20 to Personality while it passes Stability check.
-60 to Personality, Cast Crash-to-Desktop on Item, and Cast Beserk on Self for 5 minutes when Item does not pass Stability check.

I believe Bethesda is taking the game to the nearest Temple to have the curse removed, but it looks like it may be a long journey and this time the Quick Travel feature wont help them.

Hopefully they can cast a quick heal/cure disease spell to help solve some of the more major problems before then.

worm

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I've been playing for 2 days on end and have yet to see it crash... so if I were you I'd think about my own system config

Sure. It's always the system, never the software. Even if every other piece of software that someone owns, especially the complex OS, never, ever crashes, it absolutely CAN'T be this new piece of software just installed. Even though it is the only one that is crashing. See, his PC was just waiting until he installed one more item to start crashing.

or something in his system is not operating well with the game, but I too have played the game for hours on end and had no problems aside from lag on my less than recommended stat-ed comp, owned by my cousin. So while I understand what everyone is saying, save some of the game-like vocals of the original poster, it may very well be something about his system, even if things are as hardcode says. I would talk to support at elderscrolls.com if I were bullet-worm.

100+ systems seem to be having trouble copeing with this curse.

I have the same problems, I think its just a case of everything being to new to work properly at the moment. Software writers need to write for the majority of systems, so uber highend as well as barely scraping by low ends will always have a lot of trouble with new software, happens with every game I have ever baught, and NO, it is not my system :-P.

Try updateing some drivers, especaly if its an Nvidia rig, new driver just came out, works wonders especaly in SLI.

I have it for Xbox 360 (My 360 is in the shop though) but Ive played it at a friends house several times and it hasn't crashed on me yet. I guess the 360 version is more stable since PC specs vary

Mkay, from the sounds of it, it's your system, and most likely low ram. For I had the same problem, so I upgrade to a GIG and try to have 75% ram free when I play and it works fine, on max settings.