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Morrowind-like amounts of content and attention to detail is again present. Fixed: everything else.
The combat is robust and even strangely satisfying (!!!). Traps are logical and make smart use of the game's engine. Lockpicking doesn't suck (!!!).
AI is stunning. There's a very real sense of the world existing without you. Example: I'm running down a road and see a lone horse standing to the side of a trail off the main road, I walk up the trail and see two wounded bandits standing over the corpse of a dead guard. I kill the bandits, loot the corpses, take the horse. Probably wouldn't be able to get a horse or kill those two bandits if they didn't scrap before I got there. I approve.
The classes accomodate more playstyles than previous traditional RPGs. You want to be a paladin in heavy armor with a two handed sword that can heal, but also launch fireballs? Go. Want to be a thief with heals that can conjure imps? No problem. Want to be a mage/archer? Fine. Brilliant. Best money spent on a game since BF2.
With everything turned on* the game is just fucking beautiful, from spell effects to some of the best weather/enviromental rendering I've yet seen. There are rare (but sometimes glaring) rendering glitches when viewing distances, forgivable. Nothing as ugly as the horrid screens people were getting on lower end cards. Other than that I have yet to hit a bug, amazing.
*I just wish I didn't have to choose between HDR or AA. Gay. Like to see that patched.
Some hardware shit:
It looks better on my single XT1900XTX box with a n FX-55 than it does on a dual 7800GTX/FX-60. though it plays a bit smoother on the later. ATI did really good with the 1900s, I am hoping they will release a DX-10 part (2000XT/XTX?) around the same time as the Conroe intel boards/procs ship. I'm ready to eat my words regarding the stupidity of Crossfire. (though Crossfire support for Oblivion isn't in this driver rev.) Seriously, the new ATI cards render just beautifully. Recommended. |
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Initial reaction by Entropy Stew 03/24/2006, 5:01pm PST 
Re: Initial reaction by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/24/2006, 7:31pm PST
Correction by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/24/2006, 7:33pm PST
So... by Lizard_King 03/24/2006, 8:13pm PST
Re: So... by Mr. Kool 03/24/2006, 9:16pm PST
Re: So... by Lizard_King 03/24/2006, 9:29pm PST
It's as easy as scrolling the mousewheel. NT by Bodybag 03/25/2006, 5:28am PST
I played this game all night. #^( NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/25/2006, 5:54am PST
Played uninterrupted from 5pm until 2am by Entropy Stew 03/25/2006, 11:37am PST
Oblivion impressions & screens by Bodybag 03/24/2006, 8:23pm PST
Hey I took a single good screen shot. by Worm 03/24/2006, 9:58pm PST
thanks wrom NT by Tid Ganner 03/25/2006, 3:07am PST
DUR DUR DUR DUR DUUUUUUUURRRRRRRR ADUUUURRRRR NT by Worm 03/25/2006, 1:10pm PST
Speaking of reading, watch me eat this Bible sandwich! by Raphael Tarbob 03/25/2006, 9:11pm PST
Other recipies by Emeril 03/27/2006, 10:41pm PST
Re: Hey I took a single good screen shot. by Fussbett 03/27/2006, 5:14pm PST
Ah shit. by Worm 03/27/2006, 9:25pm PST
Re: Ah shit. by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/27/2006, 9:49pm PST
As you should. by Worm 03/27/2006, 10:57pm PST
Re: Ah shit. by E. L. Koba 03/27/2006, 11:32pm PST
Re: Ah shit. by Entropy Stew 03/28/2006, 4:32pm PST
Mod Hookups for Jonsey (and the rest of you fags) by Bill Dungsroman 03/28/2006, 7:08pm PST
I have become reliant on the Edit Function. NT by Bill Dungsroman 03/28/2006, 7:08pm PST
Re: Mod Hookups for Jonsey (and the rest of you fags) by Ice Cream Jonsey 04/01/2006, 1:36pm PST
Re: Ah shit. by up with pod people 03/30/2006, 11:48am PST
Fast first impressions by Motherhead 03/25/2006, 9:23pm PST
Loving Oblivion (first time listener, first time caller) by Fussbett 03/27/2006, 5:46pm PST
*psst!* look around the waterfront at midnight. NT by Bodybag 03/27/2006, 7:06pm PST
Thieves Guild by Mysterio 03/27/2006, 8:58pm PST
Thanks, dudes. More questions. by Fussbett 03/27/2006, 9:28pm PST
Soul gems are used for enchanting stuff. Have to get rank in the MG for that. NT by Druids (MAGE GUILD) 03/27/2006, 10:22pm PST
"Aquire recommendations from leaders of all local guild halls" = fuck that shit. NT by Fussbett 03/27/2006, 11:06pm PST
Most of the recommendations are pretty simple to get. by Mysterio 03/28/2006, 11:34am PST
I suck. by Fussbett 03/28/2006, 4:09pm PST
Re: I suck. (KVATCH SPOILERS) by Entropy Stew 03/28/2006, 5:22pm PST
After Kvatch + Oblivion Gate closing + Martin return, I'm now powerful. NT by Fussbett 03/28/2006, 6:17pm PST
Re: After Kvatch + Oblivion Gate closing + Martin return, I'm now powerful. by up with pod people 03/30/2006, 11:51am PST
Re: After Kvatch + Oblivion Gate closing + Martin return, I'm now powerful. by E. L. Koba 03/31/2006, 8:13pm PST
"Aquire recommendations from leaders of all local guild halls" = fuck that shit. by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/28/2006, 4:07pm PST
Seriously. Try not to level. by Worm 03/28/2006, 4:55pm PST
Turn the difficulty slider down? NT by Entropy Stew 03/28/2006, 5:22pm PST
:( NT by Worm 03/28/2006, 6:00pm PST
I did totally forget about this. Thanks. NT by Worm 03/28/2006, 7:34pm PST
Don't even bother trying to spell thief correctly either. NT by Creexul :( 03/28/2006, 5:28pm PST
:( NT by Worm 03/28/2006, 5:59pm PST
Re: "Aquire recommendations from leaders of all local guild halls" by Mysterio 03/28/2006, 7:09pm PST
Just like Morrowind, stacking enchants turns you into Digital Jesus. (Positive!) NT by Druids (MAGE GUILD OG) 03/28/2006, 11:14pm PST
dagger with absorb strength or speed should be fun too NT by Mysterio 03/29/2006, 4:00am PST
Drop it like it's hot by up with pod people 03/30/2006, 1:38am PST
WHERE WERE YOU ON 3/27?! by Fussbett 03/30/2006, 2:25pm PST
PROTIP: Get Mage Guild Apprentice ASAP, use Fortify Skill 95 by Druids 03/30/2006, 3:57am PST
fortify don't give you ranks NT by Mysterio 03/30/2006, 7:05am PST
DURRR??? Well, whatever it's doing, I can pick Very Hard locks with 5 Security NT by Druids 03/30/2006, 8:10am PST
Re: Initial reaction by Zsenicorpse 04/08/2006, 10:55am PDT
Morrowind, a game I consider superior to Oblivion in almost every possible area! by Druids 04/08/2006, 11:55am PDT
Re: Initial reaction by Ice Cream Jonsey 04/08/2006, 3:11pm PDT
Re: Initial reaction by Zsenicorpse 04/12/2006, 11:33pm PDT
Never mind that by up with pod people 04/09/2006, 12:27am PDT
Re: Never mind that by Zsenicorpse 04/10/2006, 8:28am PDT
Re: Never mind that by Oom Shnibble 04/10/2006, 9:08am PDT
Headphones: illegal in Utah?! NT by Ray of Light 04/10/2006, 11:48am PDT
Not if she's on the phone with people. NT by Fullofkittens 04/10/2006, 5:19pm PDT
Then they are or aren't? Illegal I mean. by NWS 04/10/2006, 7:02pm PDT
I don't read your posts until I get home by Fussbett 04/11/2006, 9:58am PDT
haha NT by I need clarification 04/10/2006, 2:54pm PDT
Re: Never mind that by Casual bystander 04/10/2006, 5:04pm PDT
Re: Never mind that by Entropy Stew 04/10/2006, 11:13pm PDT
Deal with your frustrations by posting angry messages on Caltrops. by Fussbett 04/11/2006, 9:59am PDT
No Mouselook? What? NT by Mysterio 04/10/2006, 7:29am PDT
No 'no mouselook' option maybe? NT by Worm 04/10/2006, 11:55am PDT
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