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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion |OT|
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Diseased Yak
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Just came off of a 4h30m play session, but had to post really quick to say:
THANKS Oblivion team!! Steve, you and Vark and the rest of the crew deserve a HUGE pat on the back!
Since everyone's impressions are all basically the same (OMG WOW!), I'll just say that the ruins you are facing when you first see daylight in the game, go there and find a book at the bandit camp, it's entitled "Immortal Blood". It's long, but worth the read 1000x over! If this is any indication of the types of books... I'm going to have to build a fort out of books I have to say.
Other than a 2 hour dungeon crawl, I managed to gain the 2nd rank in the Arena and that's about it.
Back to the game...
THANKS Oblivion team!! Steve, you and Vark and the rest of the crew deserve a HUGE pat on the back!
Since everyone's impressions are all basically the same (OMG WOW!), I'll just say that the ruins you are facing when you first see daylight in the game, go there and find a book at the bandit camp, it's entitled "Immortal Blood". It's long, but worth the read 1000x over! If this is any indication of the types of books... I'm going to have to build a fort out of books I have to say.
Other than a 2 hour dungeon crawl, I managed to gain the 2nd rank in the Arena and that's about it.
Back to the game...
I'm a newbie to the series, but the production values are so high on this, I think that it is going to suck a lot of people away from Xbox live for a while.... I have not played the whole thing through obviously and am just starting but with all the small details... I would be shocked if this isn't in the running for game of the year at some point this year. The freaking guide is so nice, and is almost 400 pages long. (DAMMMN)
It is that good. I have not come away from any xbox game with the impression of system seller like the impression this game has given me in the first 3 hours I've played. X360 sure has a lot of really good games, and some truly great ones like GRAW, Oblivion, etc..
I am eagerly waiting for the review scores to start popping up soon....
It is that good. I have not come away from any xbox game with the impression of system seller like the impression this game has given me in the first 3 hours I've played. X360 sure has a lot of really good games, and some truly great ones like GRAW, Oblivion, etc..
I am eagerly waiting for the review scores to start popping up soon....
Xdrive05
Member
Robobandit said:Well, I've been playing for a while.. performance is a bit lower than I expected, but maybe nvidia's new drivers will help out.
Think I finally got things where I want them (I'm trying to keep the framerate at 30 or higher mostly, I could crank the res but it would be a bit too choppy for my liking)
my final settings, I think. In normal circumstances, it stays in the 40s or so, unless I look out over a big vista like the one in the pic, almost never below 30.. indoor, the framerate is several times higher.
Resolution: 1280x780
Settings:
All at or near Max (1 click away) except for the following -
Object and Item fade in are approximately half way (no need to look half way across a cell and see if a Goblin has barrels at his camp, imho)
Interior and Exterior (Int and Ext) shadows are a little less than half, with exterior being a little lower.
Grass shadows = on
Shadow filtering = high
Tree Canopy shadows = on
Water = high
v-sync disabled
Result? playable to high framerate on my rig, and it still looks pretty.
Now, on to the gameplay and overall package impressions... one word sums it up very nicely.. "WOW"
The combat is fluid, I absolutely love the way physics affect everything in the environment, the dungeon designs that I've seen so far are nothing short of incredible. Load times are a split second on my rig for outdoor cells, still quite short for internal ones.
Voice acting is amazing, some of the best I've heard.. I haven't even gotten very far.. I got out of the sewers and then decided I'd go hunting, so I've been killing deer and wolves outside of the Imperial City.
My character was pinned as an Agent, which I decided to go along with. Basing the class suggestion based on how you played the game thus far as an ingenious idea, seamlessly integrated into the game.
My only complaint really is somewhat lower than expected performance, but I can't really find a reason to complain about anything else
Excellent Job, Steve, Vark and the rest of the crew, I'm sure it only gets better from here
(I'm in love with the packaging of the Collector's Edition, also)
My rig:
Athlon 64 X2 4400+
2048mb pc3200 ddr
eVGA 7800 GTX 256mb @490/1300
HP F2105 21" lcd monitor
I'm running at the same settings as you except I turned off the grass. With the grass on it can get down into the teens on my system, and with it off It stays mostly near 30fps for me. I think we'll get those optimized drivers sometime tomorrow. Maybe then I'll try the grass.
By contrast my indoor framerates are a lot better, and even my city framerates. So about half of the time I play it's running over 40fps.
I just wanted to chime in and say the packaging on the CE is very nice. In fact, this is probably the nicest box any US console game has ever come in. Lot's of props there.
Also flipped through the strategy guide a bit at the store. Was surprised at how well done it looked. I've never bought a strategy guide before besides the FF/FFT/FFTA Ultimanias, but if I end up liking Oblivion I can definitely see myself picking it up. Seemed like the US version of an Ultimania except without the glossy paper
Can't wait to give it a spin, though I don't like multi-tasking rpgs so I'm gonna wait another week or two until I fully complete FFXII first. I haven't played a first person Western rpg since I was like ten years old...this will be interesting.
Also flipped through the strategy guide a bit at the store. Was surprised at how well done it looked. I've never bought a strategy guide before besides the FF/FFT/FFTA Ultimanias, but if I end up liking Oblivion I can definitely see myself picking it up. Seemed like the US version of an Ultimania except without the glossy paper
Can't wait to give it a spin, though I don't like multi-tasking rpgs so I'm gonna wait another week or two until I fully complete FFXII first. I haven't played a first person Western rpg since I was like ten years old...this will be interesting.
For anyone thinking about importing the game unfortunately its been confirmed as not region free.
The Shadow
Member
Steve, I got the regular copy earlier today and to my disappointment, I did not see a coupon for a new graphics card.
WTF dude?
WTF dude?
DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
Price Matching Victory!!! So, I went to Best Buy with the printout of CompUSA's ad. Strolled to the back and picked up a Collector's Edition of Oblivion for X360. Took it to the checkout counter. They price-matched the Collector's Edition to $44.99!
SiegfriedFM
Member
Speed: Just wait until you find the training dummies held down by weights, and try to wrap them around the upper bar
Has anyone tried the scales yet?
Did anyone try to replicate Galileo's experiment off the imperial tower?
Did anyone try to find out the density of objects by dropping them in water?
This game rocks.
Has anyone tried the scales yet?
Did anyone try to replicate Galileo's experiment off the imperial tower?
Did anyone try to find out the density of objects by dropping them in water?
This game rocks.
Went into EB and they had 1 copy left of the PC version. It was the limited edition that I didn't plan on buying but shit it was only 60 bucks and I want to play today so I bought it. Unfortunately my laptop can't run this but I will try it out on my desktop at home. I only have a Radeon 9600 so I hope it runs alright.
They had like a billion copies for Xbox360. I wonder if the PC version sold a lot or they just got way more xbox360 versions?
They had like a billion copies for Xbox360. I wonder if the PC version sold a lot or they just got way more xbox360 versions?
Definition of Painful:
First off, I'm stuck at work for over an hour and a half, while EB has had my copy of the CE 360 version sitting there since 10:30. Secondly, when I get home, I have to devote at least 3 hours to my wife and kids. Then, if I still have some energy(stayed up finishing GRAW last night), I am gonna try and take a serious dent out of this game. Hell, I might even pull an all nighter.
Who am I kidding I'm not 15 anymore.....*sighs*
First off, I'm stuck at work for over an hour and a half, while EB has had my copy of the CE 360 version sitting there since 10:30. Secondly, when I get home, I have to devote at least 3 hours to my wife and kids. Then, if I still have some energy(stayed up finishing GRAW last night), I am gonna try and take a serious dent out of this game. Hell, I might even pull an all nighter.
Who am I kidding I'm not 15 anymore.....*sighs*
Wow, the official boards are quite...painful. I'm suprised at how immature many of the posters seem to be. When you take a step into such places it really puts into perspective just how GOOD the GAF really is.
Anyways, perhaps Steve can comment on this...
I had mentioned my disappointment in the sound transitions previously and was wondering, perhaps, if this was to be considered for any sort of future patch. The lack of transitions between combat and exploration music is jarring, but the fact that the game does not continue with the song that was playing prior to battle is even more so. It really does have quite an impact on the audio experience of the game, which I do feel is very important (especially with music of this quality).
I would really love to see this addressed, though I won't hold my breath.
Anyways, perhaps Steve can comment on this...
I had mentioned my disappointment in the sound transitions previously and was wondering, perhaps, if this was to be considered for any sort of future patch. The lack of transitions between combat and exploration music is jarring, but the fact that the game does not continue with the song that was playing prior to battle is even more so. It really does have quite an impact on the audio experience of the game, which I do feel is very important (especially with music of this quality).
I would really love to see this addressed, though I won't hold my breath.
Teknopathetic
Member
"oh my god
did you have to make it so ridiculously hard to get rid of this vampirism crap?
grrrrr 5 grand soul cubes wtf"
:lol
did you have to make it so ridiculously hard to get rid of this vampirism crap?
grrrrr 5 grand soul cubes wtf"
:lol
V
Vennt
Unconfirmed Member
Dopeyfish is going to find himself forcibly silenced unless he gets into the habit of using spoiler tags, hint hint....
.hacked
Member
Anyone encountering any freezing in the X360 Collectors edition?
Put in about 2hrs into it and it just keeps getting worse. it started out with some long pauses while opening boxes or changes menus in you inventory. Now it freezes when I inspect a corpse, box or even open a door.
WTF is going on?
All my other X360 games still work fine.
Put in about 2hrs into it and it just keeps getting worse. it started out with some long pauses while opening boxes or changes menus in you inventory. Now it freezes when I inspect a corpse, box or even open a door.
WTF is going on?
All my other X360 games still work fine.
Played about an hour, this game is damn near perfect. Only hinderances I've encountered have to do with the music switching like dark10x mentioned and gooey blobby backgrounds. They're minor faults in my opinion, and hardly hinder the greater experience of the game (so far).
Can't wait until I have more time to play.
Can't wait until I have more time to play.
Teknopathetic
Member
Dopey:
The thing is in Morrowind and I'm assuming Oblivion (based on Steve's posts), you could cure the disease before you turned into a full-fledged vampire with a simple cure disease potion or something similar.
.hacked
Member
Speevy said:
No not DDEs, I am talking about opening a box and taking a good 2 mins to flip over to the next screen.
Funny it was running fine until my brother made his own character. I am going to delete all my save and start over, if that does not work I'll get the PC version.
Mrbob said:
thanks I'll try that!
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Vennt
Unconfirmed Member
Speevy said:
Talking about your created chars is fine, talking about specifics such as solving particular problems such as Dopeys vampirism etc. without using the spoiler tags is not. Some people like to explore and discover such actions for themselves. Thanks.
FUCKING UPS!!!
Meridian, ID's Oblivion shipment is stuck somewhere in Kentucky. Probably a bunch of redneck geeks hijacked the van. The manager was going to check the Boise store to see if they had any, but I had to get to work. My wife, bless her heart, is hopefully going to score it for me. If she can't get it, I will have to go to EB and choke a bitch (the clerk, not my wife you freaks!).
Nathan
Meridian, ID's Oblivion shipment is stuck somewhere in Kentucky. Probably a bunch of redneck geeks hijacked the van. The manager was going to check the Boise store to see if they had any, but I had to get to work. My wife, bless her heart, is hopefully going to score it for me. If she can't get it, I will have to go to EB and choke a bitch (the clerk, not my wife you freaks!).
Nathan
Stuggernaut
Grandma's Chippy
woo hoo....installing now!
My wife picked it up on her way home. She told me that there were A LOT of angry people at my local EB (Everett, WA) that are angry because due to a shipping error, the "CE" editions did not arrive...thankfully I didn't get one of those so I got my regular edition copy in hand
Sucks to be those guys
My wife picked it up on her way home. She told me that there were A LOT of angry people at my local EB (Everett, WA) that are angry because due to a shipping error, the "CE" editions did not arrive...thankfully I didn't get one of those so I got my regular edition copy in hand
Sucks to be those guys
:lol Mr. DHL kindly delivered my copy this morning, and I've literally been glued to my 360 the entire day.
You want a testament as to how ridiculously huge this game world is? I've been playing for well over 10 hours, and haven't even had a chance to leave the damn Imperial city yet! Just poking around the markets, watching a few sunsets, sniping a couple of bandits near some local ruins, flirting with all the ladies, hanging around the Inns and chatting with off-duty guards... just kicking back and relaxing. What an amazing game. This truly is a living, breathing fantasy world, and you can spend all of your time doing as much or as little as you'd like.
The best way I can describe Oblivion, is that it's a MMORPG, minus the multiplayer aspect. Awesome.
You want a testament as to how ridiculously huge this game world is? I've been playing for well over 10 hours, and haven't even had a chance to leave the damn Imperial city yet! Just poking around the markets, watching a few sunsets, sniping a couple of bandits near some local ruins, flirting with all the ladies, hanging around the Inns and chatting with off-duty guards... just kicking back and relaxing. What an amazing game. This truly is a living, breathing fantasy world, and you can spend all of your time doing as much or as little as you'd like.
The best way I can describe Oblivion, is that it's a MMORPG, minus the multiplayer aspect. Awesome.
if anybody with a basic 360 without a HDD bought this game, i would love to hear how it's running... i may buy a 360 later this week, but it will probably have to be a non HDD version, so i would love to hear about the loading times on a system without a hard drive. The impressions here are making me impatient... i just have to play this...
Agent Dormer
Dirty Drinking Smoker
I hate choosing a class. Stuck between Bard and Knight at the moment.
Kabuki Waq
Member
considering how much the game loads with HDD it think it would be next to unplayable without it.
Kabuki Waq said:
I'm thinking about detaching the hdd just to see how the game plays without it. Someone should be a guinea pig and do this for GAF. It would be interesting to see the comparison. I watched some oblivion videos and I notice it loads slightly when you walk around outside at various points. I wonder how long this loading would be w/o the hdd.
MrToughPants
Brian Burke punched my mom
My ATI drivers weren't updated properly :lol just got done playing for an hour or so and the game kicks ass.
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