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[MirageDwarf]

Cool new environment...

Waiting for this expansion is killing me....

 

[MMaRsu]

I want to take her armor

 

[Confidence Man]

Looks great.

 

[Geoff9920]

Nice! It looks like the art has taken on a bit of a morrowind flavor.

 

[Kung Fu Jedi]

Awesome! A beautiful female character? They have optimized the graphics engine!

 

[Lonesome_Raod]

As always Bethesda deliver. Now please let Morrowind set the trend for all Elder Scrolls game and have at least 2 expansions. Stoked for this.

 

[Diseased Yak]

Oh man! Frothing demand rising to new heights.... must control self....

For those that haven't gotten it, the latest Official Xbox Magazine has a nice cover story feature on the Shivering Isles.

 

[MirageDwarf]

As always Bethesda deliver. Now please let Morrowind set the trend for all Elder Scrolls game and have at least 2 expansions. Stoked for this.

Why stop at two? Bethesda takes ages to create each Elder Scrolls game. And I don't want to wait 3-4 yrs for the next one. So we need more than two expansions.

 

[MMaRsu]

Why stop at two? Bethesda takes ages to create each Elder Scrolls game. And I don't want to wait 3-4 yrs for the next one. So we need more than two expansions.

Well they could make a whole new story with this engine..

 

[Lonesome_Raod]

I want at least 2. But more would be very very welcome. Keep the Oblivion content rolling I say.

 

[mattiewheels]

since this is going to be downloadable for 360, is there a chance that it could improve the performance of the original? like, could they tweak the code and make things smoother throughout the entire package?

 

[GhaleonEB]

since this is going to be downloadable for 360, is there a chance that it could improve the performance of the original? like, could they tweak the code and make things smoother throughout the entire package?

The first patch made some improvements to loading while outdoors, and some of the streaming LOD popping. I'm sure it could be optimised further, but I suspect Bethesda is focusing on other things.

Hey Steve - is there much optional content in the expansion? Meaning, can I ignore the quest for a while and go find some random caves/ruins to raid, or is it more like the Knights of the Nine - a straight questline?

 

[SteveMeister]

Hey Steve - is there much optional content in the expansion? Meaning, can I ignore the quest for a while and go find some random caves/ruins to raid, or is it more like the Knights of the Nine - a straight questline?

To be honest I don't know a whole lot about SI -- like I said, I've been 100% on Fallout since Oblivion shipped. I'm looking forward to playing it when it's released, though I do know that it's pretty damned big.

 

[Lonesome_Raod]

Well make sure to pass on to the other guys to keep this stuff coming. I never want it to end

 

[Kung Fu Jedi]

To be honest I don't know a whole lot about SI -- like I said, I've been 100% on Fallout since Oblivion shipped. I'm looking forward to playing it when it's released, though I do know that it's pretty damned big.

Get back to work on Fallout Mister! We'd like to see something on that game too. Please! Can you at least tell us if Fallout will be an open ended game in the vain of the Elder Scrolls? That would have me drooling!

Shivering Isles is going to be bad ass. DLC I'm in for. Any anyone who's been in this thread for very long can tell you what that means!

 

[GhaleonEB]

Shivering Isles is going to be bad ass. DLC I'm in for. Any anyone who's been in this thread for very long can tell you what that means!

20000 posts under the sea, matey.

Spoiler

Just watched Pirates of the Carribian.

 

[sprocket]

I wonder of they will up the engine for the 360 game to new one used in the pc and ps3 versions.

 

[platypotamus]

Get back to work on Fallout Mister! We'd like to see something on that game too. Please! Can you at least tell us if Fallout will be an open ended game in the vain of the Elder Scrolls? That would have me drooling!

I think if Fallout isn't open ended there's going to be some serious nerd rioting.

 

[MirageDwarf]

20000 posts under the sea, matey.

Only next Elder Scroll game shall conquer that number.

 

[Kung Fu Jedi]

I wonder of they will up the engine for the 360 game to new one used in the pc and ps3 versions.

There is no new one for PS3, let alone the PC.

20000 posts under the sea, matey.

Spoiler

Just watched Pirates of the Carribian.

Hell, there are four or five us in this thread that will carry it to 20k! Besides, those PS3 players are going to need some help when they finally get to play, and I'm console agnostic.

And we'll have a whole new group of people to debate the whole "Creature Levelling" issue with again.

*Begins beating dead horse*

 

[MirageDwarf]

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=22319

Sales of full game reach 3 million.

 

[platypotamus]

Hell, there are four or five us in this thread that will carry it to 20k! Besides, those PS3 players are going to need some help when they finally get to play, and I'm console agnostic.

And we'll have a whole new group of people to debate the whole "Creature Levelling" issue with again.

*Begins beating dead horse*

Not to mention all the guys like me who haven't finished anything in the game (Ok, I'm Arena Champ) and occasionally come back for a few quests now and again, or get rehooked randomly for a few weeks here and there.

 

[GhaleonEB]

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=22319

Sales of full game reach 3 million.

Wow. Anyone know how this compares to the other ES games?

 

[SteveMeister]

Wow. Anyone know how this compares to the other ES games?

Significantly more.

 

[raYne]

No actual date? Booo..

Significantly more.

<3 Oblivion.

 

[GreekWolf]

That's fantastic. It's like an update to Morrowind, using the Oblivion engine.

Really excited about this expansion pack. Steve, you keep cranking em out and I'll continue to put money in your pocket.

 

[nubbe]

So... Will you be able to play with your current character on the 360?
A DLC or a new disc with Shivering Isles and Oblivion on the same disc... Like Morrowind:GOTY edition?

 

[GreekWolf]

Just noticed something. In that second pic, could we be getting our first glimpse at a

Spoiler

golden saint?

I seem to remember a book from Morrowind that suggested they were Daedra servants under Sheogorath. Or maybe it was Azura.

 

[SteveMeister]

nubbe: yes, you'll be able to play with your current character on 360.
GreekWolf:

Spoiler

yes, that's a Golden Saint.

 

[GreekWolf]

Huzzah! I missed their inclusion in Oblivion. It's good to see them return.

 

[Foil]

I'd love to see an Oblivion GOTY edition for the 360.

Pack in the original game, all the dlc, Knights of the Nine, and Shivering Isles. Then maybe fix up a few technical things. I'd buy it.

 

[Confidence Man]

PC version only available in stores? :/

 

[Mau ®]

Congrats to Bethesda and devs on the 3 million mark! I wonder how much will it be once it hits GH status.

Sucks that it'll be DLC though...

 

[Kung Fu Jedi]

Huzzah! I missed their inclusion in Oblivion. It's good to see them return.

Good catch! The Golden Saint looks awesome!

 

[GhaleonEB]

Not sure how I missed this paragraph of the announcement PR, but some more information on the new content:

The Shivering Isles features a bizarre landscape split between the two sides – Mania and Dementia –filled with vast, twisting dungeons mirroring the roots of the trees they are buried within. You’ll encounter more than a dozen new creatures including hideous insects, Flesh Atronachs, skeletal Shambles, amphibious Grummites. Throughout your adventure, you will discover all new items, ingredients, spells, and more, and have the talented craftsmen of Crucible and Bliss forge new armor and weapons just for you.

Good stuff.

 

[Lonesome_Raod]

More Oblivion content can only be a good thing. Keep 'em coming.

 

[FlyinJ]

Something kinda bothers me about using my original character. He has two skills that are at 100... and almost all the other primaries in their early 90s. Will the expansion allow characters to go above 100? What happens in the original game when all the primaries are at 100?

 

[AndyMoogle]

Awesome! A beautiful female character? They have optimized the graphics engine!

I think she looks like a man...

 

[Chichikov]

Something kinda bothers me about using my original character. He has two skills that are at 100... and almost all the other primaries in their early 90s. Will the expansion allow characters to go above 100? What happens in the original game when all the primaries are at 100?

Nothing happens, you just cannot level anymore.

 

[AndyMoogle]

This looks awesome. I recently started over in Oblivion after a horrible glitch which makes it impossible to open gates in ruins. A character I had put 125 hours into . Anyway, this is going to be sweet. I just hope a patch comes with it that fixes some of the glitches still present in Oblivion.

 

[GhaleonEB]

A good interview with Bethesda PR guy about Shivering Isles. Among the information is this one, just for panajev:

There is no specific date in spring for the launch of Shivering Isles, although Hines reveals that it’s important to Bethesda to have all territories’ versions ready for simultaneous release. “We feel that it’s much easier when it’s in stores or available to download no matter where you are,” he says. “That’s our goal.”

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4562&Itemid=2

 

[SnakeXs]

Hey guys what's goin' on in here.

 

[bengraven]

Forgot about the Golden Saints in Oblivion! There were none! nice.

 

[regs]

I finally beat the game tonight. Sort of sad to admit it was the first time beating it though. I don't get to play too many games anymore, mostly because of time. I picked up the game after 4 months, and played through a few hours and beat the main quest.

 

[FlyinJ]

Nothing happens, you just cannot level anymore.

So at that point it just becomes a static world, where all the monsters stay the same difficulty and your skills stay the same? Sounds pretty lame.

 

[Panajev2001a]

A good interview with Bethesda PR guy about Shivering Isles. Among the information is this one, just for panajev:


http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4562&Itemid=2

I'll believe it when it is on the Marketplace for download, but probably by that time the PLAYSTATION 3 version should be out and I will have to decide where to download the expansion pack on.

They still have one DLC to release on the Italian Xbox LIVE Marketplace IIRC (it should be Mehrunes' Razor or whichever it is spelled). The other ones arrived even though it took AGES!

The biggest problem keeping me away from Oblivion currently is the localization of the Italian version... really not done well at all .

 

[Chichikov]

So at that point it just becomes a static world, where all the monsters stay the same difficulty and your skills stay the same? Sounds pretty lame.

You can still increase your secondary skills.
And the monsters stop changing (at least in a meaningful way) way before you hit that mark.

And while I certainly have issues with the leveling system in Oblivion, this part is completely understandable.
RPGs tend to have level cap, and when you hit it, well, you’re done.

 

[Confidence Man]

I found this kind of weird, from the offical ES forums regarding the lack of a 360 retail disc:

If we could, we would. Believe me. We don't have the ability to do it...it's a console issue. We're hopeful Microsoft can sort out the issue and allow us to release the expansion on a disc, but we have no ability to change this other than to continue to ask.

We covered this same ground with Knights and the DLC. Same thing issue prevented us from doing a disc for that at retail. Being at retail is always better than not being at retail.

About having DLC on the OXM discs:

Because they were giving something away for free and Shivering Isles is not free.

Trust me, we brought that up to them as well.

What is this "console issue"? Sounds like MS isn't allowing them to do it for some reason, which is pretty shitty if you don't have broadband.

 

[GhaleonEB]

I found this kind of weird, from the offical ES forums regarding the lack of a 360 retail disc:

About having DLC on the OXM discs:

What is this "console issue"? Sounds like MS isn't allowing them to do it for some reason, which is pretty shitty if you don't have broadband.

That's bizzare, especially considering Microsoft allowed an expansion last gen, the Halo 2 Map Pack, to install to the HDD off of the disc. I can't imagine it's a technical issue; sounds like they changed the rules this time around, which doesn't make any sense. Oblivion sold a LOT of copies and not everyone is hooked up to Live. This decision just shafts the developer, and the users.

 

[Xenon]

I have some questions on the difficulty slider.

1. Does increasing difficulty prevent you from getting achievments?

2. What are you guys playing at? If not default, have you remained at a constant level or have adusted as you played? Why?


I am trying again to make a new character and want to stick to a single setting. I have no plans on doing the main quest so Oblivion gates will be a non-factor.