The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

[Urban3300]

The reason I put NSFW as the post icon is because you're most likely going to ejaculate and mess up your pants while viewing this at work.
I stumbled upon some scanned pictures of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion here: Elder Scrolls IV scans (http://www.jucaushii.ro/imgcateg_844.html), and I have to say the game looks astonishing. The pictures you see are actually in-game graphics and not renders, I can already hear the wind in the grass and between the trees.

I've found out that this game is going to be released on PC, Suxbox 2 and GayStation 3. That is all for now.

Edit: Original link has stopped working but I found another one with the same pictures: Link 2 (http://deftonage.onestop.net/Screens/TES4/index.html)

[Urban3300]

I managed to find out this piece of information which is probably from the Game Informer magazine:

Horses and "other" mounts are in.

-The game is set in Cryodill. You are a prisoner and the Emperor is escaping the Imperial Palace after an escape attempt. The escape tunnel runs through your cell. You witness the death of the Emperor and as he dies he hands you an amulet and tells you to find the one who can close the gates. With the death of the Emperor and no apparent heir, the gates to Oblivion open throughout the world of Tamriel.

-Each NPC is completely different with unique and involved dialogue. NPC's follow schedules, go to work, to bed, have romances, families, lives, do chores, go for walks, go for adventures, visit family in other towns, Etc. For instance, a Farmer will go to his fields during the day to plow his grain, may take a lunch break, and go home at night to his wife where they go to sleep.

-The game will be smaller than Morrowind due to time constraints and because players like "a shorter game". It will be more expansive in terms of things to do however.

[BlueBoy]

So pretty. I must have this game. :D

[Urban3300]

I found these higher quality pics with articles included: http://bonusweb.idnes.cz/download/screenshoty/tesivoblivionscr.html
The guy in the third picture looks a lot like Sauron to me...

[BlueBoy]

Another 5 page article on this beauty:
http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/the-elder-scrolls-iv-oblivion/558955p1.html

[Urban3300]

Awesome. I wonder if you can eat and kick and slice those mushrooms that are in the picture. Kicking and slicing mushrooms brings great satisfaction.

[Thyrd]

I need this game! This is not a want. It is a physical need. I am a huge fan of this series.

[The Avatar]

Morrowwind annoyed me, it took way too long to get an awesome character going and the mages really sucked.

But I will probably try this one out.

[Keefa]

OOOOOO! Pretty! I full on need this game!

although i have one thing that i have to say.


make them add whores! :) :p

[Urban3300]

New screenshots http://www.elderscrolls.com/art/obliv_screenshots_01.htm (Thanks BB).

[iaidoka]

Nice. If and when I actually finish Morrowind, must have this game =)

[Urban3300]

The official E3 trailer for Oblivion can be downloaded from here:

(84.3MB - High Definition DivX AVI Movie) (http://www.bethsoft.com/downloads/video/OblivionTrailerDIVXHD.avi)
(77.4MB - Hi-res Quicktime Movie) (http://www.bethsoft.com/downloads/video/OblivionTrailerLarge.mov)
(15.3MB - Low-res Windows Media Movie) (http://www.bethsoft.com/downloads/video/OblivionTrailerSmall.wmv)
http://www.elderscrolls.com/downloads/media_movies.htm

It looks good but for some reason not as impressive as the screenshots. It looks like they have got impressions from the Lord of The Rings movies. First of all the big oak picture on a door in one of the screenshots (FireHart noticed this), and secondly the huge tower in the trailer that looks a lot like the tower in Isengard and on top of the tower there is some zany king that looks like Saruman when he looks down at the burning city.

New screenshots can be found from the screenshots (http://www.elderscrolls.com/art/obliv_screenshots_01.htm) section again, and if you have not noticed, there are Oblivion wallpapers available in the wallpapers (http://www.elderscrolls.com/downloads/media_wallpapers.htm) section.

[Thyrd]

Man, I want it so bad!

[Urban3300]

http://forum.zgeek.com/showthread.php?t=42033

[fastandbulbous]

http://gametrailers.com/gamepage.php?id=1688

Im not sure if these are the same clips posted before - 5 vids showing off AI, fight mechanics and phyiscs amongst other things.

[Urban3300]

These are different videos and what an excellent find they are!

[SpyderHunter]

The direction the game has taken frightens me. The art and building style reminds me more of medival times rather than a new created world. It just doesn't look like it will feel like Morrowind. I realize that it won't, it isn't in morrowind, it's in some other land, but WHERE ARE MY DARK ELVES?! Also horses sound uber gay too. :fag:

[FireHart]

wtflol haven't you played earlier parts? This is fucking awesome.

[SpyderHunter]

Ok, upon watching one of the demo videos, I have to say that the game looks KICKASS! Horses still sound uber gay though.
Do you think that if I gave myself up sexually to Bill Gates and Bethesda I could get it a month early?
And, no, I haven't played TES 1 and 2.

[FireHart]

I'm happy that they brought back the random generated wilderness. It'll make the game much cooler when you can actually get lost in there.

[d3kst3r]

Is it just me or is Morrowind shit house? The first time I played it I stopped after 10 minutes cause I got so piss bored. I don't care how big the world is or how much freedom you get, the fact that the gameplay feels shit makes the game shit.

[Urban3300]

If the forest is generated randomly when you explore it I wonder if the same trees and hills will be there if you go back? It would kinda suck if the forest was new all the time. That would mean the dungeon you found somewhere would be in a different place everytime.
I quit Morrowind when I could not kill a pathetic little worm with a longsword because in my character stats it said I'm proficient with the shortsword. I mean come on, the worm was right infront of me lying still and I can't kill him with a bloody sword? It should atleast make some damage. System Shock 2 was pretty good in this matter because even if you did not have very high stats for a weapon you could still kill someone with it.

[d3kst3r]

Deus Ex owns Morrowind. End of story.

[BlueBoy]

This has been pushed back to Q2 2006.
D'oh.

[RedMaN]

Saw this link at Take-Two Interactive's financial update (http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/051031/316016.html), it backs up the reports of Q2 release.

[Thyrd]

One thing that worries me about oblivion is that bethesda keeps saying they are developing it for next gen consoles. So would that mean that PCs will have a crappy port version?

[simon_marklar]

Is it just me or is Morrowind shit house? The first time I played it I stopped after 10 minutes cause I got so piss bored. I don't care how big the world is or how much freedom you get, the fact that the gameplay feels shit makes the game shit.

yeah i hate those games that make you think rather than just blast the crap out of something.

[Blue Midget]

From the sounds of things, Bethedsa's trying to figure out how to get mods to work on the 360 version.

So help me if I actually win the 19 40 40 competition and get a 360...umm, is it bigger or smaller than the original XBox?

[imp]

Fuck this I'm getting Morrowind tomorrow at work (It's going to cost me like $5 ;)). :D Looking at an early next year release for Oblivion. Bummer!

[Blue Midget]

For fuck's sake, there's a pack of Morrowind + all its expansion packs. Get that instead.

I wish I did.

[108]

They've been out for a week or two, but the requirements for the game have been released.

Recommended:

3 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
1 GB System RAM
ATI X800 series, NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series, or higher video card


Minimum System Requirements:

Windows XP
512MB System RAM
2 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
128MB Direct3D compatible video card
and DirectX 9.0 compatible driver;
8x DVD-ROM drive
4.6 GB free hard disk space
DirectX 9.0c (included)
DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card
Keyboard, Mouse


Supported Video Card Chipsets:

ATI X1900 series
ATI X1800 series
ATI X1600 series
ATI X1300 series
ATI X850 series
ATI x800 series
ATI x700 series
ATI x600 series
ATI Radeon 9800 series
ATI Radeon 9700 series
ATI Radeon 9600 series
ATI Radeon 9500 series
NVIDIA GeForce 7800 series
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 series
NVIDIA GeForce 6200 series
NVIDIA GeForce FX series

[Thyrd]

damn, I need to upgrade...a lot.

[Serpent_Girl]

I want this game...might even get me off WoW..(for a little while)

Good thing I'm getting a new sys before then. :)

[durus]

Yay. my Sys meets the minimum requirements (not by much). But... It's being released so close to DDO.... I think i'll play DDO first and this later. They seem to be marketing the shit out of this game. The collectors box set even contains a "coin from the game world". Weirdness...

[Thyrd]

I only just have the min reqs too. But I'd prefer my game not to be a slideshow called 'My trip to tamriel'. I have some upgrading to do.

[Diva]

my d&d gm was having a bitch, apparently the release was put back so that it was brought out on all platforms simultaneously (once xbox 360 is released). the pc and playstation versions are ready to go now.

I got morrowind game of the year edition a few months ago (all the expansions included) for xbox. it is ok, but I kind of got bored with it because it was taking so long to do the stupid main quest. boring. having to traipse all over the countryside is tedious, especially as you are only allowed to mark one location. unlike, say, neverwinter nights when you can mark up to 5 I think. and I HATE that stupid canton city - Vivec I think?

anyway, I hope the oblivion interface for 360 is better than morrowind was for xbox. which was so fucking clunky it sucked majorly. and I hope that they allow you to sort quests by alphabetically and by location etc - like in KoTOR II for example - instead of that stupid journal mechanism. half the quests can't be looked up in the glossary, and having to flip through hundreds of journal pages to find what you only half remember is a bitch.

[daonoir]

the torrents are out you just need to look some iso's and other typs if you just cant wait its time to look

(if your having trubble finding one with seeds ill message you with where to look)

[Zomgie]

mmmm. 4 more days *twitches*

my ATI Radeon 9600 is starting to really feel a bit dated now, I fear I will miss
out on a lot of the special features

[108]

Here's something you can use as a rough estimate to see if your rig can handle Oblivion. Look under "The Elder Scrolls" in the drop down menu.

http://www.srtest.com/referrer/srtest

I've got a 9600 XT as well, and my overall stats come up as just a shade under the recommended bar, but I'm well over the minimum. I probably need a faster CPU to bump it over recommended. Note that that test will penalise you if you dont have the 4.6GB hard drive space free.

[EvilMuppet]

"Congratulations, your system will Rock this product! Wish we had a system that hot you lucky dog" :D maxed out recommended heheh.

[Thyrd]

I was only 2 bars shy of recommended. I need more RAM and a small GPU upgrade.

[Iceman]

It hates my gf4 4200 :P

[Thyrd]

Suprisingly it will run with my Geforce 5700 LE...or so it says.

[Diva]

does anyone know if it is the same kind of game as Morrowind, or will there be more roleplaying opportunities? I got kinda bored with the never ending fantasy adventure, it wasn't like there was any real choices or characterisation possible.

[Enos]

does anyone know if it is the same kind of game as Morrowind, or will there be more roleplaying opportunities? I got kinda bored with the never ending fantasy adventure, it wasn't like there was any real choices or characterisation possible.

Realistically it's going to be Morrowind++ with the +'s being the AI and graphics. Mind you, I thought there was ample RPG elements in Morrowind and open ended enough you could just romp around doing your own thing too.

My 2c

[Thyrd]

Same deal as morrowind. More Customisable. There are now perks for maxing out skills. New physics engine. Terain is completely randomly generated outside of towns. 10 square miles to explore, compared to Morrowinds 2 square miles. Much more roleplaying opportunity.

[Diva]

Realistically it's going to be Morrowind++ with the +'s being the AI and graphics. Mind you, I thought there was ample RPG elements in Morrowind and open ended enough you could just romp around doing your own thing too.

My 2c

oh, Morrowind was ok. but there were very few decisions you could make in game that had an impact on the ending. For a game heavy on characterisation, see Planescape: Torment. Everything was changable based entirely on your actions. Not quite to the same extent but similar were Knights of the Old Republic, ever more so in Knights of the Old Republic II, and also Jade Empire.

Although there are definitely flaws in the way alignment / philosophy / morality can be presented in games, I definitely prefer the ones where the actions you take have consequences, and small decisions have have large ramifications. That makes, for me, a game more replayable than just taking a different class.

and I got tired of wandering around the wilderness with only one Recall spot. Even in Hordes of the Underdark you could have 5 memorised spots. It was the open endedness that ultimately let to boredom. I'll finish it at some point, but for now I really want to play a game with characterisations and consequences. I prefer to talk than to immediately go into combat.

[Thyrd]

In the game before Morrowind, Daggerfall, there were about 7 endings to the game. All depended on who you gave a special artifact to, and only royal blood could control it. The artifact controlled the numidium (the first akulakhan). Depending on who you gave it to, you would get a different ending, for instance if you gave it to the king of the orcs (Gortwog), he used it to rebuild Orsinium, the Orcs country.

[Diva]

ah ok. maybe I should try to find an old copy of that. my puter won't be able to run Oblivion for a while, which is why I'm interested in finding out if it is worth upgrading before NWN2 comes out.

also I played Morrowind on xbox, and the interface sucked dogs balls

[Thyrd]

Daggerfall was just fucking awesome. Literally thousands of towns, cities, temples and dungeons to visit. If I could get it working again, I'd so be playing it right now.

[Zomgie]

3 sleeps 'till Oblivion

[Zomgie]

... 2 sleeps..

[AntZ]

Yeah, Daggerfall was great. One of the buggiest damned games straight out of the box that I ever played.

[108]

... 2 sleeps..
Happy days! Oblivion comes out on Thursday, and whatdoyouknow, I start 4 consecutive 12 hour shifts on Thursday :cry:

[AntZ]

Happy days, I either have to wait two weeks, or "get" a copy off of someone (probably Thyrd - will go "visit" his place and burn myself off a copy) before I can play it.

[Thyrd]

....I don't like the way you said "visit" there....

[Zomgie]

EB Southland is releasing Oblivion at 10pm tonight.

Elderscrolls and Xbox360 fans crawling all over each other to get their booty. Wouldnt want to work in a games store tonight.

[108]

EB Southland is releasing Oblivion at 10pm tonight.

Elderscrolls and Xbox360 fans crawling all over each other to get their booty. Wouldnt want to work in a games store tonight.
yeah, i just got a call from eb parkmore that they're gonna be open at 11.30 and selling the pc version of oblivion as well.

[simon_marklar]

Daggerfall was just fucking awesome. Literally thousands of towns, cities, temples and dungeons to visit. If I could get it working again, I'd so be playing it right now.

DOSBox (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1) doesnt run it?

[Salted_Chipmunk]

Its awesome:)

[Zomgie]

Its godly. I dont want to rush anything, savouring every moment. I am really loving sneaking around and shooting unsuspecting creatures in the back.

*Glinn the elven thief*

[Thyrd]

DOSBox (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1) doesnt run it?

Actually I just got it running again on a small win 98 box I keep in my room.

[AntZ]

I need someone to burn me a copy off and send it to me in promises of ecash/rep/boobies/real cash, cos I am going through major withdrawl and I can't afford to fork out for it for like a month.

[Thyrd]

I tried to buy Oblivion today. All 3 stores that would stock it are out after 24 hours. More copies arriving tuesday.

[AntZ]

GameTraders down near the Salisbury train station still has a copy. The bastard behind the counter was bragging to me about how he had his limited edition copy of it on its way too.

Edit: it was the only fucking copy I saw all day too.

[Zomgie]

awww man. I finally started walking across bushlands, and my graphics card shits itself. i cant even play oblivion on 800 x 600.. i need to go down to 640 x 480 ?

this may be the end of my oblivion days , unless I can reach some compramise that doesnt mean completely shitty grahpics / laggy gameplay

[Blue Midget]

Here's something else: The audio on the cutscenes skip.

On the 360.

Mildly pissed, but then the game starts and I'm happy again.

[Zomgie]

Sigh, on every graphics settings the game sucks for me. I tried updating all my drivers to no avail.

My rig: 3.2 gig cpu, 2 gig ram, radeon 9600 256 mb 3d card.

trouble is, I am using an AGP slot.. I really need PCI express card, and a beefier 3d card.

new computer or no oblivion. Now I have to decide whether to return the game or not :(

[d3kst3r]

awww man. I finally started walking across bushlands, and my graphics card shits itself. i cant even play oblivion on 800 x 600.. i need to go down to 640 x 480 ?

this may be the end of my oblivion days , unless I can reach some compramise that doesnt mean completely shitty grahpics / laggy gameplay

What sort of graphics card u got?

[Salted_Chipmunk]

Sigh, on every graphics settings the game sucks for me. I tried updating all my drivers to no avail.

My rig: 3.2 gig cpu, 2 gig ram, radeon 9600 256 mb 3d card.

trouble is, I am using an AGP slot.. I really need PCI express card, and a beefier 3d card.

new computer or no oblivion. Now I have to decide whether to return the game or not :(

You shouldnt need that much beefier.

I have a 2.4 Athlon, 6800GT 1gig ram, and it runs 800x600 with everything turned up. HDR lighting and looks superb.

[Fat Cat]

Oblivion often crashes after running for about 2 hours and then my CPU usage jumps up and down like mad, thus my computer performs nowhere nearly as well as usual for a while. Could anybody think of why this happens?

I'm running an AMD 3800+ San Diego, GeForce 6600 GT, and 1 GB ram.

[MyPetMonkey]

HEHEHEHE.... 3.5gig cpu, 1GB ram, nVidia 7800GTX 256 MB card....

It's running very purdy at 1280 x 1024.... HDR is very purdy....

[durus]

i've been playing since thursday. good game. no bugs on my system.
very pretty on high graphics setting. Just closed my first gate to oblivion...
how's everyone else going?

[d3kst3r]

Oblivion often crashes after running for about 2 hours and then my CPU usage jumps up and down like mad, thus my computer performs nowhere nearly as well as usual for a while. Could anybody think of why this happens?

I'm running an AMD 3800+ San Diego, GeForce 6600 GT, and 1 GB ram.

What resolution you run at?

[Fat Cat]

I'm running it at 1024x768. I suppose that might be a little high for the card?

[Salted_Chipmunk]

Anybody else notice if you alt+tab after a few hours that there are about 30 FFDshow icons in your taskbar?

Just got the 4 Daedrich books and about to whoop all kinds of ass.

Horsies!!!!

[108]

Anybody else notice if you alt+tab after a few hours that there are about 30 FFDshow icons in your taskbar?
Yeah I see that shit on my taskbar after I exit the application. They all seem to dissapear when I mouseover them though.

I haven't had the chance to play much though. I've only just got out of the sewers and am starting to explore the nearby city.

[d3kst3r]

I'm worried about how this will run on my 6600GT. Does anyone have any experiences with that card and this game?

[Zomgie]

ok my current problem is solved - by turning down all the graphic settings I can play Oblivion on 800 x 600 resolution.

Of course , trees look like cardboard cutouts.. but a small price to pay.

I still cant believe how much this thing slogs my system.

Thufar I am but level 3, and only just arived at the first town destroyed by the oblivion gates.

Oh - I need to find a place that removes curses. My nominal luck is 60, at the moment its 15 ?! >_<

[Urban3300]

I bought the game today and it is very playable on 1280x1024 with everything, except anti-alias, turned up. On 1024x768 it is smoother but theres no major differences in performance. I have a gig of RAM, Athlon XP 2400+ and Radeon 9800 Pro. Too bad I can't turn on the HDR in the game.

[MyPetMonkey]

Oh - I need to find a place that removes curses. My nominal luck is 60, at the moment its 15 ?! >_< Hit up any chapel.... no doubt you got banged up luck wise on the invisible village quest.... Got it back at Skingrad chapel....

[108]

Running this game on my 2.4Ghz Radeon9600XT 1gig RAM machine just makes me want to upgrade. But there's so many other things I want to buy first :cry:

If I were to upgrade only one thing, what would give me the biggest boost to performance? A new video card?

[AntZ]

I'd say so - something comparable to the 6800GT is on the recommended stats list for it...

[Salted_Chipmunk]

Yeah I see that shit on my taskbar after I exit the application. They all seem to dissapear when I mouseover them though.

I haven't had the chance to play much though. I've only just got out of the sewers and am starting to explore the nearby city.

Found out how to stop this.

This "ffdshow" thing keeps fucking up the game
One of the most common problems is that a program called "ffdshow" will show up and make many copies of itself while playing Oblivion, slowing down performance by a lot. This is caused by DefilerPak. To fix this, either uninstall DefilerPak, or go into Start -> DefilerPak -> Audio Options and disable Oblivion.exe. You need the latest edition of DefilerPak to do this, you can get that here.

http://hellninjacommando.com/defilerpak/

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/1844/ffdshow7dm2qo.jpg

[kré]

Running this game on my 2.4Ghz Radeon9600XT 1gig RAM machine just makes me want to upgrade. But there's so many other things I want to buy first :cry:

If I were to upgrade only one thing, what would give me the biggest boost to performance? A new video card?
Yes. the 9600XT is a POS, i used to have one. I now have a Leadtek 6800GT TDH and it blows the shit out of the water. I haven't played Oblivion (yet) but it (along with my athlon 3200 venice core and 1Gb of RAM) runs BF2 on the highest settings at around 45-50fps.

[Salted_Chipmunk]

Dude oblivion will play great on your PC, you have a better cpu than me and mine runs fine, and it will look awesome as well.

[Salted_Chipmunk]

Some more info for getting some better frame rates :

Read this if you have a Nvidia card
You probably want to install Coolbits (http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=815) which is an enhancer for Nvidia's Forceware drivers. Some people have reported that using this nearly doubled their framerates with absolutely no hit in performance. After it's installed, to unleash the awesome power of Coolbits, go into Display Properties (right-click your desktop and click Properties) -> Settings tab -> Advanced -> GeForce * tab -> Performance and Quality Settings -> Additional Direct3D Settings. Set "Max frames to render ahead" to 0 (default is 3).

Where is Oblivion.ini?
My Documents\My Games\Oblivion

1. Go into Oblivion.ini and look for [OPENMP] and change the values to what you see here:

[OPENMP]
iThreads=20
iOpenMPLevel=20
iPreloadSizeLimit=1000000000

This has been reported to give a small FPS boost. It might be a bad idea to do this if you don't have a lot of memory.

2. This probably only works for cards with Shader 3.0. Anyway, go into Oblivion.ini and find bAllow30Shaders=0 and change it to bAllow30Shaders=1. This means it wasn't using 3.0 before but now is and has been reported to give a major FPS increase.

Does defragmenting help?
Yes, run a defragment before you play, preferably right after installation. I like Raxco PerfectDisk (http://www.raxco.com), it has a 30 day free trial, but normal ol Windows defragment should be okay. Some people have reported that defragmenting got rid of a ton of stuttering, some people say it does nothing. It can't hurt.

I'm retarded and I can't find the new Nvidia drivers
Click here (http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_downloads_winxp_2k_32bit_84.25.html). Don't worry if Windows says they're not supported, that's just Microsoft being dumb. <------ recommended as Nvidia released new drivers just for Oblivion :)

Also, make sure that you backup Oblivion.ini before you go making changes.

[Moga2]

I have my copy on the 360, tis sweet in HD and 5.1 Dolby Dig. Glad i dont have to fuck arroud with shit on the pc. I have the PC to run it but couldnt be assed with the headaches associated with setting up games on the PC.
Now my friend bought her copy for the PC, so if i need/want to get into some mods i can just ahhhh borrow her copy... yes that will do.

[Zomgie]

i love the game, but a cynical part of me cant help but think of oblivion as just a beefed up morrowind.

... a beefed up morrowind im thinking about spending $1300 on upgrading my computer so it *looks* beefy, mind you..

[gaLdaB]

i love the game, but a cynical part of me cant help but think of oblivion as just a beefed up morrowind.

... a beefed up morrowind im thinking about spending $1300 on upgrading my computer so it *looks* beefy, mind you..

You could get a 360 and 6 games for that money and then when you upgrade your PC in 3 months time, the $1300 you were going to spend will only be $250.

[MyPetMonkey]

i love the game, but a cynical part of me cant help but think of oblivion as just a beefed up morrowind.

... a beefed up morrowind im thinking about spending $1300 on upgrading my computer so it *looks* beefy, mind you..To be honest morrowind was far too disjointed for me... I'd stop as soon as i got a mission to vivec for 3 years.....

It all looked the same... so i'm supposed to find so and so, who looks like every one else in what sector am i in now???

EDIT: How's this for bad though.... i'm an assasin and still haven't found the thieves guild...

[Zomgie]

You could get a 360 and 6 games for that money and then when you upgrade your PC in 3 months time, the $1300 you were going to spend will only be $250.

the thought occurs, however I have no HD tv.. :boohoo:

[gaLdaB]

the thought occurs, however I have no HD tv.. :boohoo:

You could steal a car and sell it to buy a big TV.

I'm better than Dr. Phil

[biomechanic]

http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2006/20060324.jpg

[durus]

Just got the 4 daedric books also. Even have 3 of the first copy. Got an invite to thieves guild and assasins guild. on the verge of challening for grand champion in the arena and have ranked up a few times in the fighters guild
the ffd show thing doesn't affect me on short play sessions, but yesterday i racked up over 12 hours and by the end my machine was dying pretty badly. Will try disabling/removing it as someone else suggested.
To get in to thieves guild, go to jail for theft. That's how i got my invite.
Been to jail for theft once, don't even know/remember what i stole.
Got accused of stealing from a fellow fighters guild member once, have NFI how that happened. I'm guessing he got KO'd and dropped his weapon in a fight and i picked it up by accident, so watch out for that. Have to find 20 bloody bear pelts to make up for the damned accident.

[Buffalo]

Got this a coupla days ago on the XBox 360! (Sexy Missus bought me the console + oblivion "just as a surprise"!!!)...

I suffered badly from "option paralysis" at first but now that I'm getting my head around the game mechanics I'm getting addicted fast.

I'm playing a Dark Elf Rogue and loving every second.... Best game for the xbox to-date IMHO... :)

BTW: My Xbox handle is "BinaryFart" - Add me to your friends list :D

[Thyrd]

I'm in oblivion through the gate at Kvach. I need to find some kind of sigil key, but I've hit a dead end. I'm on a ledge with 2 heart things called punishments or something, I can't figure out how to get to the ledges above me.

[VangaloRR]

I am running a 3500+ 1G ram 6600GT and it runs fine at 1280x1024 with HDR on, to achieve this I did the coolbits fix and played with the grass settings. Looks teh sex

[durus]

Thyrd you went through the wrong door in the prev. room. or perhaps there's a sigil thingo on the ground to use.
Make sure you use the heart things as they contain items.
don't forget to check your auto map.

[AntZ]

VangaloRR, thank you. Now that I know that the 6600GT is more than capable of playing the game I can just spend 250 odd bucks on that instead of spending 400 odd bucks to upgrade to a pci express mobo and a video card.

[Hughie]

Meh, the game seemed kinda boring to me. Felt like playing an mmo with only npcs. Flame on:(

[muppet]

is this like WoW?

[VangaloRR]

VangaloRR, thank you. Now that I know that the 6600GT is more than capable of playing the game I can just spend 250 odd bucks on that instead of spending 400 odd bucks to upgrade to a pci express mobo and a video card.

no probs, just tweak it as much as you can, the forums are a great source of tweaks that will ensure you can get it to a playable state. Hopefully they patch it soon so that these tweaks dont have to occur manually in the ini file and you can just adjust sliders.....

[VangaloRR]

no unlike wow it has interesting quest lines and no 12 year olds.

[MyPetMonkey]

no unlike wow it has interesting quest lines and no 12 year olds.

WERD!! The best thing about Morrowind & Oblivion is that it's like playing MMORPG but with the "Wow Pwned" factor....

It's what gaming used to be all about, fuck the world, i'm going into my own.

[d3kst3r]

Just curious, but do the people who like Oblivion also like Morrowind? Because I thought Morrowind was piss boring and I'm considering buying Oblivion. And also I don't fall into the "ZOMG the grass is so real my computer can't handle it therefore this game is teh best!" bandwagon.

[MyPetMonkey]

Just curious, but do the people who like Oblivion also like Morrowind? Because I thought Morrowind was piss boring and I'm considering buying Oblivion. And also I don't fall into the "ZOMG the grass is so real my computer can't handle it therefore this game is teh best!" bandwagon.

I liked Morrowind but i dare say i never got further than 10% into the game. But Oblivion is different.... you know the main quests so you never lose focus on how to get to the end, but it still gives you a lot to do inbetween.

It's like Ocarina of Time but grown up... Is the closest i can get to a comparison... Sexy 7800GTX graphics or not....

[durus]

I didn't like morrowind but i'm kind of enjoying oblivion. Apparently there's some "Scaling Difficulty" thing that means you never get in over your head...
Don't know if I believe it and it kind of ruins the sense of achievement you can get as well as preventing you from training up skills you're crap in on monsters that can no longer touch you.
I'm not running a shit hot amazing system. My current system is in the area of 9 months old, but was excellent when i got it and is runnign oblivion on high res settings.
There's some issues with AI flaws and ffdshow application in the game, but it seems to be pretty good otherwise.

[Thyrd]

Archery is hard. Just like in a recent Ctrlaltdel comic, my companions keep running into the path of flying arrows. But it sure does feel good to get a x3 damage stealth kill with a bow.

[d3kst3r]

Wow I just realized Patrick Stewart and Sean Bean and doing the voices in this game. That blew my mind!

[Salted_Chipmunk]

Just curious, but do the people who like Oblivion also like Morrowind? Because I thought Morrowind was piss boring and I'm considering buying Oblivion. And also I don't fall into the "ZOMG the grass is so real my computer can't handle it therefore this game is teh best!" bandwagon.

I hated Morrowind but love Oblivion.

[Zomgie]

I finally caved and upgraded my PC just so oblivion would be sexier.

im poor now.. but I can run oblivion at ultra high settings so thats worth it? lol.

[Buffalo]

I think there might be something wrong in my gamer - it seems to damn easy. I'm not just talking about having turned the dfifficulty down - the champion battle in the Arena was a piece of piss - so easy in fact that I killed the two secondary fighters with a single hit each....

Has anyone else got to be grand champion yet? If so how easy was it?

[Pirate]

I'm setting up my pc to run a 3ghx p4, 1gig o'ram and two 6600GT's in SLI.. will this game rung alright you recon?

[MyPetMonkey]

I'm setting up my pc to run a 3ghx p4, 1gig o'ram and two 6600GT's in SLI.. will this game rung alright you recon?I think you'll shit it in...

[durus]

I'm grand champ. The Grey Prince is piss easy if you do his quest first. He also gives you a permanent buff for doing his quest, so i strongly advise it.
After you have the grand champ title the fights get a LOT harder. I usually do 3 on 1 fights and it's mostly big mean monsters.

[Buffalo]

Cool - so it's not just me then... :)

I felt really bad about killing the Grand CHamp - everyone's guilt tripping me... :(

[durus]

tell me about it
i tried to talk him into fighting seriously and he wouldn't.
so i gave up and wiped the floor with him.

[MyPetMonkey]

What's everyone playing as???

i couldn't help but go a wood elf assassin..... i have this thing about backs and stabbing...

[Thyrd]

Redguard Agent. I have this thing about making things into pin cushions with arrows. I've completed all of the dark brotherhood quests already, which were all very fucking cool, with awesome rewards. I'm now their leader. Note to other dark brotherhood memebers: KEEP THE BLADE OF WOE.
I'm now doing the thieves guild quests.

I really need a house badly now though to stash my stuff. Every time I go into a dungeon I end up being over-encumbered from all my phat lewt hoarding.

[durus]

Ork Knight. Although I think I should have gone a custom class or battle mage.
Ideal Prime skills setup imho is:
Blade
Blunt
Heavy Armour
Restoration
Destruction.
Atts.
Str
End
Int

[MyPetMonkey]

I don't think I could get through the game without the security skill

[Thyrd]

Primarily I use Marksman and stealth as an agent, but I'm starting to use security more and more recently.

[MyPetMonkey]

I mean wtf would do you with all the locked doors and chests etc.... Just go on and ignore em?

[Thyrd]

I mean wtf would do you with all the locked doors and chests etc.... Just go on and ignore em?
Use alteration to open locks? Kill someone for the keys?

[Zomgie]

Well I was originally an elven thief, but after installing my new hardware I had to reinstall oblivion, now im an imperial crusader. (aka paladin)

[Thyrd]

EVERYONE should do the daedric quest for Nocturnal. The shrine is north of Leyawin on the east side of the river. Follow the road. The reward is the skeleton key. An unbreakable lock pick with unlimited uses that has a constant effect of +40 security.
I'm also up to the bit in the main story where you need to let the Mythic Dawn open a great gate at Bruma to get a great sigil stone. Still using the shroud armour from the dark brotherhood quests. The black hand robe and hood give more bonuses, but have no armour rating. Cruising through the arena. Nice money to be had there. Bought a house in Bravil. Currently Closing oblivion gates at other cities to bolster Brumas defense. Martin Looks badass in Tiber Septims armour.

[Zomgie]

I enjoyed the arena, got the grand champion and parked my adoring fan outside my house at the imperial waterfront. He is living decore.

Im a little slow on the main story, only closed 3 gates so far. Its all good however.. 9 more skill until I have 100 skill in Heavy armor.. Im looking forward
to the 0 weight bonus.. mmmmmmm

[Thyrd]

I've also maxed out my agility.

[Salted_Chipmunk]

EVERYONE should do the daedric quest for Nocturnal. The shrine is north of Leyawin on the east side of the river. Follow the road. The reward is the skeleton key. An unbreakable lock pick with unlimited uses that has a constant effect of +40 security.
I'm also up to the bit in the main story where you need to let the Mythic Dawn open a great gate at Bruma to get a great sigil stone. Still using the shroud armour from the dark brotherhood quests. The black hand robe and hood give more bonuses, but have no armour rating. Cruising through the arena. Nice money to be had there. Bought a house in Bravil. Currently Closing oblivion gates at other cities to bolster Brumas defense. Martin Looks badass in Tiber Septims armour.

Where do you start this quest?

[Thyrd]

It starts at the shrine north east of leyawin, just off the road.

[Zomgie]

I've also maxed out my agility.

heh my agility is like 35, now that I have maxed out stamina I really need
to work on it. Same with my speed, which is 38. I move like a pregnant truck.

[pnkru`]

Got it on Xbox 360. I dont know why I bought this stupid game. I dont like these types, but I thought I'd give them one more chance.. And how I regret spending $130 on it... Shame, shame, shame..

[AntZ]

Thyrd, you still haven't said thanks to me for telling you about that kickass lockpick. And one thing everyone should do, is download many mods for it. I have found the game so much more enjoyable since I installed a bunch of tweaks and bugfix mods.

One mod I suggest for EVERYONE is the one that makes your quest reward items level up with you (they level up to 25). This means that the boots of bloody bounding that you got during the dark brotherhood don't quickly become crap that you pawn off for spare cash.

[Thyrd]

You didn't tell me about it until AFTER I had found the quest and done it myself, bitch. But thankyou anyway...for nothing :p

[Movius]

I've been playing oblivion for a while now. The game has one big plus going for it as there is indeed (either plot-based, many side-quests or just pissing around the countryside,) a lot to do, and because of this it is quite a bit of fun.

But other than that it's hardly spectacular, In fact in some areas i'd go as far as calling it one of the most half-arsed and amateur efforts i've ever seen in a game of this scope (The voice-acting alone provides me with countless unintentional laughs due to it being fucking awful.) Even many of the supposed 'amazing features' would have been better if they'd been removed completely from the game as they only serve to cunt up the game even more.

Many people dismiss the flaws as being consistent with the genre of the game... Which is complete shit. There is absolutely no reason these parts of the game had to be so bad.

[Zomgie]

I must admit , Oblivoin is losing its charm.

The combat system bores me to tears now.. to the point I was considering rolling a mage just so I didnt have to endure it anymore.

I really dont know if I will complete the game.. Im giving it a break for a few days and reinstalling Fallout 2 =)

[Urban3300]

I don't want to kill the depressed orc in the arena to become the new grand champion. The guy just stands there and wants me to kill him :emo:. Maybe I shouldn't have completed his quest. Does anyone know if killing him in that state affects on anything? I got a message saying "Your killing has been observed by higher forces" or something like that when I killed him.

I must admit , Oblivoin is losing its charm. Time to start waiting for Bioshock, NwN 2 and Dragon Age then eh?

[Zomgie]

Time to start waiting for Bioshock, NwN 2 and Dragon Age then eh?

Yep, and in the meanwhile Iv reinstalled Fallout 2 and am playing a thief type ^_^

[AntZ]

Yeah, it means you are gonna get an invitation to join the assassins guild next time you sleep in a bed. The rest of the quest to join them is pretty easy - your mark sleeps 20 hours a day.

[Jimma]

One of my mates has been playing this a lot and I'm going to get it. It's mad fun.

[Thyrd]

I'm up to Mankar Camarons paradise, which I can only assume is very close to end game. I have to get the Amulet of Kings back and kill Mankar Camaron.

I have just arrived here after closing the great oblivion gate outside Bruma. Once it's open you have about 13 minutes to close it before you lose the game. Meaning once I got into the tower with the sigil stone, I didn't bother killing anything. I ran for my damn life past everything to the top of the tower and grabbed the stone.

[Thyrd]

(Buffalo) Edited to remove Spoiler. Sorry Thyrd, please don't stop posting. :)

Start another thread marked spoilers so everyone knows what's what.

[Zomgie]

spoilers arnt cool :(

[Jimma]

I started a new character yesterday. Currently level 15, and I just got this awesome skeleton key that opens every lock. I've been paying little attention to the main storyline - I'm up to the bit where you get him the grand sigil stone. I currently have 200k gold, and that's after I've bought a heap of shit.

[AntZ]

Yep, that skeleton key is the single most useful daedra artifact you can get.

[Thyrd]

My computer got fried last night just as I competed the last thieves guild mission.

[Jimma]

Someone told me there's a reusable soul gem. Now does that mean I can use it to soul trap repeatedly, or that I never have to trap anything in it and I can always recharge weapons? I suck at magic but stick want to recharge shits.

Oh and you know how you can enchant items at the arcane university? What are the limits on it? I cbf with the mages guild and so haven't become a full member, but am wondering if it's worth it to enchant my own stuff. So far I rely on sigil stones for that. Also if you save it right before you grab them, the one you get is random and you can reload till you get an awesome one you want.

[Thyrd]

The soulgem is azuras star. It's reusable as in, you can capture souls in it. Then use it to enchant/recharge and capture more souls in it. All other soulgems disappear after using them to enchant/recharge.

[Thyrd]

Yep, that skeleton key is the single most useful daedra artifact you can get.
The one that provides the greatest amount of fun has to be the skull of corruption. Makes an evil clone of your target that is allied with you and attacks the target.

[AntZ]

Yeah, but it lacks the awesomeness of the Skeleton Key. Azura's Star with the Umbra Sword (awesome sword with Soul Trap on it) is probably the second most awesome combination though.

[Thyrd]

You have to give up the umbra sword if you want to get the masque of clavicus vile. You also need to be 20 to do his quest. I found Umbra in an elven ruin, I'm 16. I killed her after a while. Hard fight. Found the shrine of clavicus vile soon after. Said I couldn't do the quest. but since i had the sword it said I completed the quest and I was able to activate the shrine to get the masque, without having recieved the quest in the first place.

[Thyrd]

I was just fighting 3 minotaur lords in the arena. I could have sworn that I heard the crowd shouting "JERRY! JERRY! JERRY!"

[AntZ]

Yeah, but I only tend to give up the Umbra sword to Clavicus when I have customed up my own weapons to what I want. And I am going for all of the Daedric quests.

[Thyrd]

I just got the staff of corruption. Here comes the evil twins!

[durus]

I also declare that I am bored with Oblivion.
Just repetative and not that satisfying.
Also some of the quests are just plain stupid time wasters and should have never made it in.

[rusky85]

I just "acquired" this game and have never played the series before.

I seem to have a problem that i am over-encombered :P How does one empty his inventory in this game?

Thanks.

EDIT: I think i found the solution on the net, is it shift and click on an Item? - Thanks.

[Salted_Chipmunk]

That would be the answer to the problem :)

Oh and the two most used cheats in the game are when in the console

player.additem 0000000f 10000
and
player.additem 0000000a 10000

10000 lockpicks and 10000 gold.

[Glompbot]

I just started playing and I love this game.
Just downloading the manual now cause i'm getting a bit confused.

[AntZ]

That would be the answer to the problem :)

Oh and the two most used cheats in the game are when in the console

player.additem 0000000f 10000
and
player.additem 0000000a 10000

10000 lockpicks and 10000 gold.

Heh, agree with that 100%. Do you reckon the designers knew they would be the two most used cheats so they purposely made them both that simple?