Oblivion

Daynarr · #1 March 24th, 2006, 10:51 AM

Well, at least you have something to do until Dom 3 comes out.

DominionsFan · #2 March 24th, 2006, 10:54 AM

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Daynarr said:
Well, at least you have something to do until Dom 3 comes out.

Indeed, btw I already preordered Doms3. :-) ... The waiting is a paaaaaain, I cant wait to play with you guys online.

Jurri · #3 March 24th, 2006, 11:13 AM

Why not play dom2 in the meantime?

Wasn't that other thread enough for Oblivion OT, there was some other dude that got it too... Huh, PrinzMegaherz! Where did that nice bouncy avatar go

Gandalf Parker · #4 March 24th, 2006, 12:16 PM

Is Oblivion more like Daggerfall or just a step up from Morrowind? Is there any real widlerness or areas that arent part of a quest? Im still debating whether or not to get Oblivion

Vicious Love · #5 March 24th, 2006, 03:15 PM

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Gandalf Parker said:
Is Oblivion more like Daggerfall or just a step up from Morrowind? Is there any real widlerness or areas that arent part of a quest? Im still debating whether or not to get Oblivion

I second that inquiry. I liked Morrowind, but it was just so... small. And many of the case-specific attempts to give Vvardenfel and its people personality just highlighted how dead and inert they were.

shovah · #6 March 24th, 2006, 03:20 PM

iirc it is a very big gameworld and i will find out soon enough as it should be arriving tomorrow (i pre-odered it)

DominionsFan · #7 March 24th, 2006, 06:18 PM

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Gandalf Parker said:
Is Oblivion more like Daggerfall or just a step up from Morrowind? Is there any real widlerness or areas that arent part of a quest? Im still debating whether or not to get Oblivion

Well in these 2 days I only was traveling in the Imperial province so far and its HUGE with like 10+ castles/cities, lot of dungeons etc. Yes of course you can walk to anywhere or go on horse, or just use fast travel on the map. There are many provinces, I am not exactly sure that how much.
Everything is perfect in the game, the gfx is like....almost like you are watching a movie. I am not kidding its so real...amazing. The quests, the character system/leveling/skills/guilds etc. etc...fantastic game.

Im gonna make some screenshots about my travels and my char soon, until then here are some from the net.

http://www.elderscrolls.com/images/a...c/obliv07B.jpg

http://www.elderscrolls.com/images/a...c/obliv03B.jpg

http://images.3dgamers.com/screenima...4_orcarmor.jpg

http://mirror.rateofinjury.com/porta...oblivion80.jpg

http://mirror.rateofinjury.com/porta...oblivion75.jpg

Here is an excellent screenie from the wilderness. Yes Gandalf YOU CAN walk in a wilderness like this. This is how the wilderness looks like. [The forest areas]

http://www.oblivionportal.com/media/...oblivion68.jpg

There are thousands of screenshots on the net, you should take a look at them. Everything is just perfect in this game, you really should consider to buy this, if you like RPGs, and if you want the experience the next gen gfx.

OG_Gleep · #8 March 24th, 2006, 07:15 PM

A lot of people complained about Morrowinds static world. They came up with a new AI system (the name escapes me). Each NPC will have a set of priorities, which will determine what he does in his day. Some see themselves as warriors, so spend a lot of time training. Some are people ..er people, so they travel around looking for their friends (thats what PC Gamer said). I don't know how they could tell, but I have noticed people striking up conversations that you can ease drop on.

To me, whatever they did, the game world seems immersive and alive.

Its a great game, and a great achievement imho for Role Playing games in general.

Heres what I don't like, and its going to be a very common problem from now on I fear. Its consolized. Theres many concessions they obviously made for the 360. It just seems overly simplistic for a RPG as complicated as this. Oh well. I can't wait for the mod community to start pumping out stuff.

PrinzMegaherz · #9 March 24th, 2006, 07:41 PM

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OG_Gleep said:
Heres what I don't like, and its going to be a very common problem from now on I fear. Its consolized. Theres many concessions they obviously made for the 360. It just seems overly simplistic for a RPG as complicated as this. Oh well. I can't wait for the mod community to start pumping out stuff.

One big concession are the very small areas. You will often see the loading screen in dungeons or cities.

Ironhawk · #10 March 25th, 2006, 12:39 AM

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OG_Gleep said:
A lot of people complained about Morrowinds static world. They came up with a new AI system (the name escapes me). Each NPC will have a set of priorities, which will determine what he does in his day. Some see themselves as warriors, so spend a lot of time training. Some are people ..er people, so they travel around looking for their friends (thats what PC Gamer said). I don't know how they could tell, but I have noticed people striking up conversations that you can ease drop on.

I believe its called Radiant AI.