Oblivion pics

[inefficient]

I suggest we wait for the game to actually come out before writing it off. Even the most beautifull game in the world will take bad screenshots in certain situations. And those shots aren't even that bad!

MW was gorgeous at times but some aspects of it were ugly. The character faces for example were really really low texture and ugly. But for an elderscrolls game, 1000 unique faces is much more valuable than 10 really good ones.

Also, Oblivion has been getting a lot of mainstream attention simply because it looks so good - especially in early screenshots. But the Elderscoll games have never ever really been mainstream games. I'd be much more concerned if the gameplay was degraded to make it more mainstream than I am about the odd way light reflects off a characters face in this situation.

I'm am afraid that the people who have never played the previous games, and just buy Oblivion just for the eye candy alone are going to be sorely dissapointed.

 

[c0_re]

I suggest we wait for the game to actually come out before writing it off. Even the most beautifull game in the world will take bad screenshots in certain situations. And those shots aren't even that bad!

MW was gorgeous at times but some aspects of it were ugly. The character faces for example were really really low texture and ugly. But for an elderscrolls game, 1000 unique faces is much more valuable than 10 really good ones.

Also, Oblivion has been getting a lot of mainstream attention simply because it looks so good - especially in early screenshots. But the Elderscoll games have never ever really been mainstream games. I'd be much more concerned if the gameplay was degraded to make it more mainstream than I am about the odd way light reflects off a characters face in this situation.

I'm am afraid that the people who have never played the previous games, and just buy Oblivion just for the eye candy alone are going to be sorely dissapointed.

Exactly the ES series has never been about graphics

 

[Lysander]

new

 

[dukmahsik]

Those first 3 pics are from the PC version, official website said so themselves, they put it in the wrong section (360)

 

[conan60]

Well sure it'll be a very good and nice looking game, but those screens are from PC, not 360...

As above stated, the first 3 pics are from the PC version, not the 360 version, so there goes your theory. They were mistakenly put in the 360 picture section as stated on the official site, should be fixed today. Asshat.

 

[scooby_dooby]

i love mix-ups like this, really exposes the trolls.

 

[Moonblade]

I'm really looking forward to play this game on my upgraded PC. Although the story didn't interest me much (morrowind), I liked the free roaming gameplay and exploration. It kept me busy for 3 weeks.

 

[weaksauce]

As above stated, the first 3 pics are from the PC version, not the 360 version, so there goes your theory. They were mistakenly put in the 360 picture section as stated on the official site, should be fixed today. Asshat.

Fawk!

 

[expletive]

IGN Put up a HUGE 6 page preview yesterday. I havent read it yet but hopefully they didnt take up 6 pages just to talk about how much it sucked:

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/691/691449p1.html

 

[Lysander]

gamespot preview

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/rpg/theelderscrollsivoblivion/news.html?sid=6144925&page=1&q=&q=

 

[Kanyamagufa]

Just wanted to point out that IGN has both a PC and X360 preview up.

X360 preview.

PC preview.

Edit - This post was just to show links to the separate articles.

 

[scooby_dooby]

Looks good:
http://img.gamespot.com/gamespot/images/2006/054/reviews/927345_20060224_screen001.jpg

 

[Lysander]

low-def in-game footage
http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/702/702493/vids_1.html

about pc/x360 versions

Graphics look like they're still being optimized. The rig they set me up on was a powerhouse--a Dell 3.4GHz packed with an ATI X1900 512MB card. The video settings were set at a modest 1280x768 and anti-aliasing was turned off. There were some occasional stutters, and I could (albeit on rare occasions) see some stitching lines between textures. Performance seemed pretty similar for this machine as it was for the Xbox 360s running Oblivion on the other side of the room.

http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/691/691326p1.html

 

[ihamoitc2005]

Best

low-def in-game footage
http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/702/702493/vids_1.html

about pc/x360 versions

http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/691/691326p1.html

Thank you for links my friend. I think this is maybe my favorite next-gen game.

http://www.1up.com/media?id=2716739&type=lg
http://www.1up.com/media?id=2426614&type=lg
http://www.1up.com/media?id=2716740&type=lg
http://www.1up.com/media?id=2717093&type=lg
http://www.1up.com/media?id=2426609&type=lg
http://www.1up.com/media?id=2147929&type=lg

Only problem is little bit too much bit-map trees.
http://www.1up.com/media?id=2426611&type=lg

 

[Type_Raver]

I cant help to imagine a Zelda game in this style of detailed environment...

This game looks pretty good, RPG is it? (Dont know much about it at all)

 

[RavenFox]

Wow the latest pics look very nice.

 

[chroniceyestrain]

its gold http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=249750

 

[ban25]

Preview: http://wiredblogs.tripod.com/games/index.blog?entry_id=1422030

Character creation looks good, but the graphics are left wanting.

 

[scooby_dooby]

Preview: http://wiredblogs.tripod.com/games/index.blog?entry_id=1422030

Character creation looks good, but the graphics are left wanting.

Having a hard time taking this preview seriously:
"Sadly it's a first-person game. So you very rarely actually see yourself. "

I haven't even played it, and I know you can click right-stick to move to 3rd person view. This guy seems to have no clue what he's talking about.

 

[czekon]

Preview: http://wiredblogs.tripod.com/games/index.blog?entry_id=1422030

Character creation looks good, but the graphics are left wanting.

wtf is he talking about the same game??