ES: Oblivion is an amazing game. I have it for XBOX360 and I love it. I tried WoW and yes, it is overrated. It is a very fun game, and I loved the economy (Auction House) but it is very expensive, and there are so many servers that you can't play with your friends at school, and transfers are $25. I like
Guild Wars, which does make up for the lack of monthly fee by having 4 $30-$40 games that make up the entire game, which to have all benefits you must pay about $150, equal to around a year of WoW, but at least you don't have to pay every time you manage your account, charging your credit card before you can say no. It also has great PVP lands and PVE lands, PVP which you start at the max level, and you don't deal with an economy, you just fight for free, but it is a seperate land. Guild Wars also features builds, which is a combination of the limited 8 skills including one Elite Skill, which interract together to make your character better, which WoW every person among their own class was the same. The only variation was talents, which featured a major limit to creativity and competition. If you love MMORPG's, please join Guild Wars, you'll love it. Im 'Project Expertise' or 'Graphic Hero' primarily on the game. Though if ES: Oblivion was online, no game would be able to stand up to it. I just like playing with/against other players.