Yes, I suffered from many unpleasant game freezes, and the ocassional dreaded CTD(crash to desktop) but this was possibly more the fault of me using a low end PC that was borderline reccomended in the system requirements rather than the game itself. Count yourself lucky if you had no problems, Sev! [img]smile.gif[/img]
One doesn't have to look far forum wise to see the bug laden complaints however, so hopefully Oblivion will iron out some a bit more with the optimisation process.
I think expecting Oblivion to be the best there has ever been is a bit rich, frankly, since there are so many games that will go unplayed in our lifetimes. But I am definitely anxiously awaiting the first reviews and expect it to at least raise the bar from Morrowind in almost every way. I don't think that's unrealistic gauging by the sheer effort, work and detail that's going into Oblivion.
I'm a natural pessimist though. [img]tongue.gif[/img] So expecting it to be generic, mere eye candy and depthless bollocks might help to calm my repressed hopes for a masterpiece a bit more.