Before I begin this review I want everyone to know this game was originally released with a "T" rating. ESRB later changed the rating to "M" due to a few missions that are a bit...inappropriate for some teens. Some of these missions include prostitution (implied), theft, and murder. I will get into each incidence(s) later. All that aside though, this game is amazingly and beautifully done. Truly a next-gen game of it's time, and even leaves a few of the newest releases in the dust when it comes to graphics and especially game play. Truly superb.

Although it's shorter than Oblivion's other expansion pack, Shivering Isles, Knights of the Nine's emphasis on bravery, honor, and redemption makes it a much better choice for Christian gamers wishing to extend their role-playing experience in Tamriel. And like Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and Lewis' Narnia series, the story has some neat parallels to the truths taught in Scripture.

Having played through all of Oblivion, I was eager to sample the first full expansion pack, Shivering Isles. In some ways the Isles are more of the same: same music, same humanoid character models, same quest structure, same glitchy game code. But whereas the land of Tamriel (the kingdom you play in Oblivion) was traditional and rather stale, the Shivering Isles are colorful and fantastic, much Alice's Wonderland. This is because the Isles themselves are a reflection of the mind of its ruler: Lord Sheogorath. And like every other citizen in the Realm of Madness, Lord Sheogorath is insane. Like the guard tells you before you walk through the door, perfectly normal people go in, but they come out raving lunatics, their minds the property of Lord Sheogorath.