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Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
Elder Scrolls: Oblivion was just released last night so I picked up a copy... played for a couple hours... AMAZING so far. Next generation for RPGs/FPS style game. Take AI and real-time level rendering to the next level. I can't wait to get home to play it some more 
Anyone else pick up this game? I'm curious about online play...
I dont think there is any online play for oblivion at all
dark, dark, dark, everywhere 
Doesn't impress me... I have heard good things about this tho , I will definately check this out.
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| Originally posted by Zombie0915 I dont think there is any online play for oblivion at all |
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| Originally posted by Cloud dark, dark, dark, everywhere |
I don't like games with dark enviroment and dark scenes
eg. RS4, Shadow of Colossus (It's a great game tho but the enviroment is not my style)
...yeah I am a weird kid I know
Can u provide me some more informations about this game?
Can u level up the character? Does this game have a story-line?
Here's a good overview... click the link for a full review...
http://www.gamespot.com/pages/union...pic_id=24409144
"But to think wishfully about an Oblivion that's loading time free or has a locked 60 frames per second would be to take for granted the envelope-pushing marvel that it ultimately is. Oblivion raises the bar so high that most RPGs would be (and have been) satisfied with a fraction of what's here. After 44 hours with Oblivion, what higher compliment can we pay it than to say we can't wait to play it again, create a new character with an entirely different skill set, and visit every nook and cranny there is to see in Tamriel? So take heed when staring at Oblivion on a store shelf: Your $60 will go farther than it ever has, but prepare to get hooked for the long haul."
thatx m8.
I have heard that the world is huge(yeah that's good 
) ...Superb graphics.
I doubt this game is suitable for my pc atm tho. 
i will buy olbilvion for PC this weekend.
yeah, I want the game quite badly but I need a new computer first. I imgagine what I'll end up doing is waiting a year or two, by then a machine which can run this game should be available, possibly a machine that can run it with less lag then the current boxen, and by then they should have some patches and mods and stuff out as well.
I sure wish I had the equipment to play it now though, looks like so much fun.
Well I had a chance to play it for a good 5 hours last night. My PC is running it pretty well but I can feel its limitations, but mostly in the outdoor parts of the maps where the mountains, trees, and weather all pound away at my resources. In caves and rooms, my pc works like a peach. I even have the resolution down a bit to 1024x768 with anti-aliasing off. My system:
AMD 64 3200+
2gig RAM
ATI X800XL
Here's a quick rundown of some things I found...
The Good:
-The scenery and overall graphics are amazing. I haven't played ANY PC game that paid such close attention to details from the modeling of character's faces to the detail in bricks and other textures.
-Control of the character is smooth and true to FPS style games.
-Amazing ability to truly do whatever you want. If you wanna follow the quest... go ahead. If you wanna be lazy and just walk around and check stuff out.. go ahead... if you wanna break into someone's house and kill them in their sleep... go ahead. I spent an hour last night just practicing how to pick-pocket.
-Which brings up the next good aspect. In other RPGs, I found it painstaking to have to distribute my character points into different attributes. With Oblivion, all I have to do is practice. If I constantly creep around without being seen, my "sneak" attribute will get better because I'm constantly practicing. If I use my bow a lot, I'll become a better marksman naturally. Same with swords, different armor, or my personality will be more likable the more I talk to people. So if you like to play a certain way, your character will naturally develop that way.
-Quests are pretty cool so far. Haven't done too many yet cuz I've been walking around and checking things out. The nice thing is that you can complete them in mutliple ways depending on how you feel you should accomplish them.
-NO TIME LIMITS! Do your thing at your own pace! That way you can do whatever quests you want on your own time. No pressure at all...
The Bad:
-Close combat fighting I found to be innacurate and a bit choppy. Even watching the gladiators fight in the arena proved to be a bit silly as they bumped and bounced off each other and swong away like a blindfolded kid swinging at a pinata.
-AI "sheduling" (as they call it) is very robotic. Basically they gave AI characters a series of commands to accomplish different things in the world... so they're not all just standing around in the same place all day long. It's a cool idea... but a few times it caused some problems. I walked into a bar and about 10 characters decided to all get up at once and greet me at the door. This caused a TON of chaos and was annoying to wait through while they greeted me and then walked back to their seat in the pub.
-Found some bugs in the voices... where I'd talk to one person with one type of voice and if I'd dig and ask them a variety of questions, they may not have been programmed with their own unique voice to answer... so the game reuses voices from other characters. Not a big deal cuz they'd say the same thing... but when a character's voice changes it's a bit annoying. (this happened to me twice... so it IS pretty rare considering how many different characters there are in the game!
Well.. that's about it for now.... not much bad at this point! A LOT OF GOOD!!! HIGLY RECOMENDED!!! If your system is even close to mine you should get this game immediately. The depth of it is beyond ANY game I've ever played and is definitely the future of gaming as we know it... Just wait until a concept like this goes online with thousands of live players. Just unreal... I can't wait.
Are the specs for this game that demanding? I don't have a proper graphics card..and i've been hoping on getting one soon. So all i can use right now is my onboard intel extreme.. Which is why im asking.. is it possible to run this game on very very very low specs? I took one of those test thingys..at nvidia and it said i failed mainly due to my graphics. But when i took the test for 3 other games..Empire at War,AOE3 and Civ4..they said i failed as well. But i can run those games on low specs. I asked my friend and he was like..well remember morrowind? you might be able to run it in 800x600 low low low = looking like that. I just want to play the game..lol i've been wanting to ever since i saw previews of it last spring.
Having spent countless hours on Morrowind and its expansion, I look forward to giving Oblivion a shot.
Why does it have to be released now, when exams are coming soon? Grrrrr....
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| Originally posted by Final Call Are the specs for this game that demanding? I don't have a proper graphics card..and i've been hoping on getting one soon. So all i can use right now is my onboard intel extreme.. Which is why im asking.. is it possible to run this game on very very very low specs? I took one of those test thingys..at nvidia and it said i failed mainly due to my graphics. But when i took the test for 3 other games..Empire at War,AOE3 and Civ4..they said i failed as well. But i can run those games on low specs. I asked my friend and he was like..well remember morrowind? you might be able to run it in 800x600 low low low = looking like that. I just want to play the game..lol i've been wanting to ever since i saw previews of it last spring. |
Apparently..this game is buggy as hell. I've spent like my entire day reading the forum boards at elderscrolls.com..and a vast majority of people are having issues with it. Hopefully a patch will come along soon.
I have a 2.4Ghz athlon 64 (3700+ slightly overclocked on stock volts), 2GB of ram and a ATI X1800XT 512MB video card. Using my LCD's native resolution (1600 X 1200) the game runs like a bag of shite. Even turning down details does nothing. Using a lower 1024 x 768 the frames are high except in the wilderness where again my fps drops to 28 which for me i cant play at. Also using a lower res than my native NEC LCD2080UXi makes the game look terrible and blury.
This is a console game through and through, Im writing this from a hardcore pc gamers perspective so dont think im saying this game is shit becuase i aint. Its just not suited to the pc, the developers have from a profitable buisness point (the major downfall for pc's when it comes to cross platform releases) have cashed in on the console market and the pc version suffers for it.
If you own a PC with a low end video card and proccessor and you must play this game, save the money from upgrading and buy yourself a 360. Or stick to the pc, buy yourself a copy of morrowind and download a high res texture pack.
I have morrowind..and both expansions..but i really never jumped into it. What's that high res pack your talking about?
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| Originally posted by Final Call What's that high res pack your talking about? |
http://elderscrolls.filefront.com/f..._Combined;56241
It retextures the game and makes it look pretty. Dont confuse it with the vibrant packs, from what ive seen, they just turn the game into a psychedelic nightmare.
just got this for the 360 and i gotta say i'm very impressed. you set the pace of the game,music is brilliant and the graphics are 
i was wandering through the hills near mountains and it starts snowing
I'm 42 hours in, and have only encountered one bug (
Fighter's Guild Harlun's Watch/Swampy Cavern quest).
I like how guild quests have more of a story to them than in Morrowind. Sure, those standard fetch quests are still there, but they have some backstory to them. Very beautiful game, even at low-mid settings.
The only thing I have against the game is that it suffers from what I call the "Doom 3 syndrome," where every dungeon is dark. You don't need to carry a torch or Light/Night Eye spell around, but without them, it really makes dungeons dull. Another small problem I have with the game is the low variety of armors available, mostly due to the fact that they completly removed an armor type (Medium Armor). And then there's the fact that enemies are equipped according to your level, so at later levels, everyone will be carrying Daedric or Glass armor, but I've no doubt that player mods will fix this.
All in all, worth a purchase.
I'm really enjoying this game, I wondered up into the hills around the main city and took some screenies:
Yeah there are certainly some bugs here... but following the tweaker forums, no doubt, there'll be a new patch available soon. Even some of the latest video card drivers are being tweaked specifically for this game (tweaksrus.com for nvidia drivers). Also, tweakguides.com should have a manual tweak guide available soon too.
The GOOD thing about these problems is that since it's single player, they give you the option of tweaking the INI file as much as you like. If you know what you're doing, you can clean the game up to function properly with your specific system specs.
I agree that this game was designed for the 360 and that even monster pcs are having some troubles with the fps... but this is the way the best pc games have worked.... they force you to upgrade when it's a next gen game.
To those that are looking to run it on a low end system with the lowest settings.... don't hold your breath. It's not a matter of how slow it'll run on your system and whether or not you can be patient enough... in a lot of these cases, the game won't even be able to draw properly on your screen.
This game is too addictive. I've spent so much time on it! I love it
Looks awesome. I just don't have the system to run it. You can finally buy 360s in the store so maybe I should go that route. Whats the framerate like on the 360? Smooth as silk? Does it slow down at all?
don't get this game. it will suck you in forever. i'm warning you
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