I don't understand how the author of this article could omit the most important mods of all:
(1) FCOM (this includes Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul, Martigen's Monster Mod, Francesco's leveled items/creatures and Warcry)
(2) Real Hunger COBL
(3) Real Sleep Extended
(4) Real Thirst
(5) Supreme Magicka
(6) Less Annoying Magic Experience
(7) Tamriel NPCs Revamped
(8) Banansplit's Better Cities
(9) Enhanced Economy
(10) Oblivion Graphics Extender v2 + ENBSeries shaders
(11) Qarl's Texture Pack 3 with 4k HD textures
(12) Beauty mods including HGEC Body Replacers, Elaborate Eyes, Ren's Beauty Pack, COBL Races
(13) Sound mods including Oblivion Stereo Overhaul, Immersive Oblivion
(14) natural Environments
(15) Advanced Window Lighting System