Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Media

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• That looks exactly like Might & Magic mobile, which was about as much fun as a kick in the teeth. At l... : Killrig

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  You just care about performance? What about the controls? What about the mod community? "What about L... : warcrow
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    I WANT PURTY GRPHIX! : g.lee
    • This man is right. Graphics > Gameplay. : Sgt_Boomstick
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  I'm in almost exactly the same boat and have no idea which version to get. : Ratsofatsorat
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    The 360 is also the only system capable of running oblivion with AA and HDR on at the same (confirmed by ... : YamatoTwinkie
    • Thank you - I'm getting it for the Xbox! Shoo wee, I can relax now. : g.lee
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  I would think it the PC likely has the edge. Wasn't it the xbox GPU like the x800 or something ? : fredsnake
  • Uh, no... : Overbyte
  • Um, no! More like the X1900XTX. Even more so since they are 48 unified pixel/vertex pipelines (24 pix... : EnigmaNemesis
  • http://www.beyond3d.com/articles/xenos/ huge difference : armybob
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  Bestheda claim that system will run everything at max details with a decent fps but I guess it comes dow... : spdon
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    Judging by their recommended and minimum requirements for the PC, I dont think you would be able to max e... : EnigmaNemesis
    • I bought a ULi motherboard with AGP and PCIe JUST IN CASE I needed to upgrade my 6800gt for Oblivion....h... : limabone-jlp
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      their recomended requirements mean everything maxed out, and his graphics card is a lot faster than a 680... : spdon
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        Where did you read that the recommended requirements meant "everything maxed out?" Recommended requireme... : Priest77
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          Bestheda people posted it on their boards, was linked on here. No im not going to find it. You can put ev... : spdon
          • I am very suspet. Of cours what Bethesda calls "acceptable" frame-rates were 5-10 FPS with Morrowind. ... : EnigmaNemesis
  • See, I think differently about that type of question. To me it's all about the control of either a Mouse ... : .dotpredator
• Dude, you can play it from your couch if you get the 360 version, that alone would sell me on it (I don't... : metralgia

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  umm Morrowind had 0 graphic hype. It was pure gameplay fun. Just like Daggerfall. : mnok
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    Uh, where were you when it was released? Everyone was creaming their pants over the graphics, the water,... : deathofrats
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      Morrowind had graphics hype out the ass at the time, yes... but it's also my favorite game ever for game... : ]aratex[
      • I liked morrowind but the story was technically ok but very uninvolving. Most of the books had better cra... : spdon
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  If Morrowind had bad gameplay, I don't think there would be the excitement that there is for Oblivion. Mo... : MaxPete82
  • I didn't care for the combat and got tired of the medieval messenger boy quests. The action was slower t... : Pneum0
• Bad gameplay is very subjective apparently. If it's as good as Morrowind, I'll be stoked beyond belief. I... : x-eyd|mary

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  Pc Vanilla. the coin doesnt really do anything for me : AMikaboshi
  • The Pocket Guide would be worth the $10 anyway.. Lots of history and info on the regions.. Plus it's ... : ]aratex[
• Whats the diff? : NastyJack
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  PC Collector's Edition = pre-purchased : lechuck59
  • make that a double. : x-eyd|mary
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  PC, collectors., preordered. I just gotta have the stupid coin! I'm such a collector whore! I guess t... : rotten element
  • I am the same way. Pre-Ordered the 360 collectors. Will get the PC version down the road when all the... : EnigmaNemesis

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  And the draw distance looks fine. Wow. They could make a million different games with this engine, to... : UtilityMaximizer
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    i want a morrowind style game with real combat!! : spector
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      Huh? As opposed to imaginary combat? : MaxPete82
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        Opposed to the crappy boring combat in morrowind and oblivion (from what i've read) : spector
        • In morrowind combat was dice rolls, but I've heard only good things about oblivion's combat system? Atta... : Rich McNinch
        • Well it's a good thing you've already played Oblivion and know for sure it has crappy combat. Thanks for... : Matt Burris
        • Sorry, you need to support such an outlandish claim when all reviews of Oblivion's combat have been posit... : MaxPete82
        • good thing you havent read much : kelerian
      • how about some "real" weapons combat. Thinking of Fallout 3 and a modded rifle here :D : Judicator.Khas
• Totally agree...it's soo goddamn beautiful... : Dr Van Nostrand
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  urge to take off work next week rising... : metralgia
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    I hear that. I wish the game was being released on a Thursday or Friday though :( : Priest77
    • yeah, I wouldn't think twice in that case. : metralgia

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  More info on the criticism? : Bob422
  • Glass half empty guy? : Iscariot47
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    I only read what some other people wrote about it, and my understanding is that it's something about the ... : Judicator.Khas
    • i knew it would turn out that way.. sometimes its better to just have text-based dialog and only have giv... : ballystix
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  you cant just say it you gotta link da shit :) : SYN5280
  • It's the mag, not online. And scans are a no-no here. : sixfoot6
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  SUPER SPOILERS!!!!! *All the combat is realtime. Your skill level does not effect if you hit or not, j... : manlyman
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    Holy crap: The reviewer had a friend playing the game in the next cubicle and 30 hours into the game they : MaxPete82
    • *in* Damn cheap-ass work keyboard. : MaxPete82
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    Why wouldn't that dialogue make sense? It's obviously a kin of pun/joke/hint: pick + locks = lockpicking : karhgath
    • Heh, it makes TOTAL sense if you put it that way. Like someone would talk about lockpicking out in the o... : Priest77

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  I agree. that whole video just sucked. if I can't adjust the pop-in distance I'm totally boycotting every... : Supine
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    Did I see the same video? I saw pretty far in the distance with no pop in. This is the one with the float... : Sturm08
    • there was some shrubbery pop-in, but the draw distance was incredible. the scenery was gorgeous, and I'm ... : Supine
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      Yeah, but watch the spritey bushes on the ground up in front. The overall draw distance is good, but the... : tentaclesex
      • There still isn't really a good way to draw in grass like that gradually - STALKERs videos show a similar... : 60days
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    Hahah! No need to be sarcastic. I just think it's funny that everone is tripping over themselves to say... : tentaclesex
    • You can only see the effect at :14-:15, so that's probably why most people aren't noticing it. : Ratsofatsorat
    • It's cute that we've got so far in graphics that people can make a complaint like this. "Flaw"? So hardwa... : kelerian
  • it's a pretty typical problem with that type of grass sprite system. I usually just shut off grass in any... : thebigbeefsandwich
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  You can push it way out on the PC (even higher with the .ini). I play with the grass out all the way to t... : speon
  • I'm assuming you work on the game. If so, could you clarify if HDR + FSAA can be enabled at the same tim... : Matt Burris
  • Awesome! Thanks for commenting. : tentaclesex
  • Did it have a large impact on your perfomance? : Judicator.Khas
  • Rock! I hope we can count on you to post the ini details on launch date? Yes? : Visceral Monkey
• It was pretty jarring, I noticed it right away. Better to have it visible at a lower detail, farther out ... : sinclair4217
• Wow, see, comming from a game like eq2 where the grass just kinda grows around you pretty close, I though... : Visceral Monkey

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• creepy. : sixfoot6
• uuum... : warcrow
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• Skeet Skeet Skeet Skeet!! : MaxPete82
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  go.outside. : Boxelder
  • He will.. on Monday! After that, not for a long long time, though. : ]aratex[
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    but....my skin.....sooooo pale. : klearlyunseen
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      You mean you don't get a tan from your monitor glare? : Matt Burris
      • http://img482.imageshack.us/my.php?image=23349sk.jpg you probably cant tell from the pic but im pale a... : klearlyunseen
• Dude. : NastyJack
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  You heart glows! : 69shots
  • Bahahahah! Mormons... *shakes head and walks away* : buroja
• C'mere you :D : helvetica

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  We're not really building the hype on this game so much as on the series' pedigree. This is not a new... : Ebu
  • I'm aware of that, I played morrowind and have been a huge supporter of the elder scrolls series since th... : shred.

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• I got goosepimples! : Matt Burris
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  between this and the strider video for hl2 :P : graincloud
  • I was down when the videos Valve released for HL2 were not of gameplay from Half-Life 2, but separate gam... : Killrig

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  lol...did they have a lay off at the end of Morrowind? : deathofrats
  • I think he means how many won't be attending work, in order to play Oblivion. : Vincent Grayson

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  I think I'd better saunter on down to the EB soon and get my pre-order on. Just in case they make this t... : Rich McNinch
  • Yeah, I got in on some pre-order action at Gamestop a while ago, before it went gold. I don't think you n... : MaxPete82
  • I watched that video and immediately walked to the car and then drove to EB. : NastyJack
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  They're releasing tidbits every week day until it comes out.. Expect at least new shots every day this w... : ]aratex[
  • This is going to be the longest week ever. If it wasn't spring break I'd be going crazy. : shred.

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• It does, they probably have it off for performance reasons. : SirX
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  Yeah, I've recently become an AA + AF whore and those textures look really mushed out compared to what I ... : DinK
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    Welcome to the picky gamer club. I can't play games without either on, they clean up the game too nicely... : Matt Burris
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      I just hope my Geforce 7800 GT with my AMD Athlon 64 2.4ghz on my ASUS A8N-Premium SLI Mobo, can fun this... : .dotpredator
      • I sure hope so. You're kinda close to my system except I have a dual core CPU running at 2.4 and I have ... : DinK
      • will my 500w powersuply run this game? : spdon

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  Holy shit. I just had a vision of a 1st-person Fallout 3 in this engine. The scorched sand, the barren ... : Arcanum
  • Fallout on this engine = pure sex. : mnok
  • That does sound totally awesome. No, even better than totally awesome. : patdoody
  • ...my shotgun glistening in the moonlight as I blast mutated beasts in an abandoned town. Glorious. : MaxPete82
  • Dude... DUDE! Oh dear, that just... please let it be so. : five_percent
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    Interacting with half-broken antiques from a forgotten past, scavenging ammo and medicine from a bandit c... : Rich McNinch
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      Will be? I've been out of the loop; is Fallout 3 actually on this engine? : NastyJack
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        Bethesda has aquired the license, yes. It will likely use a modified version of this engine, but i dont ... : Rich McNinch
        • Basically, Bathesda has said, "Why would we try to do something we have no experience? We will do Fallout... : ChibiJosh
    • "Hey, that looks like a deathcl*CRUNCH*" : Arcanum

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  Anyone have any suggestions on which would be better to order from? BestBuy.com or Amazon? : MuteMode
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    Gogamer.com is your friend. Take2 store also, but the shipping sort of kills it. : qtseng
    • gogamer.com is good, it's where I am pre-ordered from. Never had a problem with them, even when I needed ... : sinclair4217
• Camp a Best Buy on the 21st-23rd or so. Check every day, they will more than likely have them on the she... : EnigmaNemesis

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  Is it just me, or ist the video really dark? : Iscariot47
  • not too dark here. looks like dusk or something in-game. : pyide
  • It seems a little dark on my TV.. It was fine on my monitor, though. Weird. : ]aratex[

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  I would...but I don't think the new Enemy Territory or Total War will be on 360... : lord_omega
  • you're talking about enemy territory: quake wars? this game got some great potencial. i hope it makes it ... : lonestar3
• We're going to MMO this right? You mail me your HDD, and then I'll mail it back and so on. : Iscariot47

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  It sucks that there's no demo. I've never played an elder scrolls game but by most accounts they are some... : thebigbeefsandwich
  • Thing is, there's just so MUCH to these games that there are so many more opportunities to not like somet... : Rich McNinch

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• my hype hasn't been this high since Diablo 2 : lord_omega

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• I can't wait. : mblissp

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• IAWTP although I'll have to disable quite a lot of quality features on my video card :*( : yuried