Is Oblivion worth it right now? Options

[Chumbaniya]

I was excited to find my copy of Oblivion delivered today - everything on and in the box looked promising, but when I entered the game, I found that playing it was way beyond anything that my system could run - unless I decided on a total overhaul costing hundreds of pounds. I'll be the first to admit I haven't got a great PC, but I meet all of the system requirements, in some areas by a good margin, and as such I expect the game should be playable - not with high resolution and graphics options, but at least on the lowest possible settings.

I feel cheated that I'm not going to be able to play the game for at least a year, even though, according to the manufacturers, I should be capable of doing so. The amount of money I will need to spend, judging by what I've seen in the technical forums, is so much that I may as well buy an Xbox 360 instead, and believe me, I don't have the money for that. So, it looks like I'll have to wait at least a year, probably more, until the hardware I'll need is cheap enough to buy. Instead of costing me the £25 I paid for the game itself, it's going to cost somewhere in the hundreds if I want to play now. Anyone else having trouble playing the game who simply won't spend huge amounts of cash to make it playable?

I'm sure that, when I'm able to play it, Oblivion will be great fun, but right now it's just not feasible. I don't think it's a particular problem with game, but I wish it could have been a little more realistic about what's needed to play.