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Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
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| Tygon |
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 :D
Anyone else pick up this game? I'm curious about online play...
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| Zombie0915 |
| I dont think there is any online play for oblivion at all |
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| Cloud |
dark, dark, dark, everywhere :rolleyes:
Doesn't impress me... I have heard good things about this tho , I will definately check this out. |
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| Tygon |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zombie0915
I dont think there is any online play for oblivion at all |
Haha.. yeah I read that after I posted :(
| quote: | Originally posted by Cloud
dark, dark, dark, everywhere :rolleyes:
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What do you mean? |
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| Cloud |
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:D
Can u provide me some more informations about this game?
Can u level up the character? Does this game have a story-line?
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| Tygon |
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." |
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| Cloud |
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. :p |
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| shaka-de-virgo |
| i will buy olbilvion for PC this weekend. |
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| Zombie0915 |
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. |
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| Tygon |
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. |
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| 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. |
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| EvilTree |
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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