Oh man this, this, a thousand times this. I spent most of my time playing Oblivion desperately trying not to get into fights. When I did they ended up taking ten minutes of my time even for lowly roadside thieves because they were just that much stronger than me (and I had to run away while taking cheap potshots with wimpy fireballs to kill them, all the while aggro-ing three other enemies). It took me till 3/4's of the way through the Main Quest before I finally found myself able to take on most enemies. By that time I had gotten an invisibility spell and I walked through all the necessary dungeons and avoided most unecessary ones. It really. REALLY. Ruined the experience for me (the leveling did, not the spell. The spell made the Oblivion gates bearable, specially the timed one.) Fallout 3 I see a war between super mutants and Enclave and I walk right into the middle of it and kill everyone without a sweat. Maybe Fallout makes it too easy, but I prefer that over living in fear of exploring the game. I don't know man. if you tweak oblivion its load of fun. There are several mods to fix the problem you had.(even though Fallout is fun but for me Oblivion was more enjoyble) That's just my opinion