PC images of Oblivion

snoopers
Tuesday, March 14, 2006 | 9:13 PM
31 comments

PC Xbox 360

Because I can't get tired of seeing this game, here are five new images of Oblivion, probably taken from one of the many preview version owned by the luckier of the luckiest game journalists of the planet. In other words, don't come weeping because characters don't cast shadows and the filtering is oh-so poor or whatever else, these images don't have any referential value at all. They're only here for the show, so cut me the babbling and just please yourself.

5 images PC

mattsy

Commented on 2006-03-14 21:44:07

badass this game is gonna be sweet yo

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Myro

Commented on 2006-03-14 21:46:22

That should shut them up. ¬_¬

But should this really have a 360 symbol next to the name?

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Sheps

Commented on 2006-03-14 21:47:22

sweet, but in the second picture, isnt that woman suppose to be black?

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Snoopers

Commented on 2006-03-14 21:58:10 In reply to Myro

Posted by Myro

That should shut them up. ¬_¬

But should this really have a 360 symbol next to the name?

Well, it's still a 360 game.

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chilpepper

Commented on 2006-03-14 21:59:34

This message is in "Boulet Time" (TM), If you still *really* want to see it, click here

They're a week old.

McErono

Commented on 2006-03-14 22:05:42

my msg will be bullet timed but I have to be honest... it's damn ugly. what on earth have they done to that beautiful game? sad, very sad... and we all know that the game wont look much better, preview version or not.

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Snoopers

Commented on 2006-03-14 22:18:28 In reply to McErono

Oh yeah, look at how ugly this game is.

Seriously man, quit gaming.

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Slabs

Commented on 2006-03-14 22:23:12

Not only is this game gorgeous, it's HUGE. I really think some people are setting themselves up for a horrible generation of gaming based on ridiculously high expectations placed in their minds by companies.

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QuezcatoL

Commented on 2006-03-14 22:26:32 In reply to Slabs

Posted by Slabs

People seem to forget its 16 squaremiles,its not a doom3 with tight corridors,this is a HUGE world.
The graphic looks 9/10 for me.

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Acert93

Commented on 2006-03-14 22:35:23 In reply to Snoopers

Posted by snoopers

Oh yeah, look at how ugly this game is.

Seriously man, quit gaming.

To be fair not every picture looks that good. In the forum I PERSONALLY linked the 2nd shot and said I thought it looked good, so I agree some parts look excellent. But the quality is uneven & if you were excited due to the a) E3 footage and b) E3 hype where they were bragging on their 3D Rendering engine, then yes, you could be a little disappointed.

For a non-RPG gamer I can understand the graphics and the real-time elements interesting someone. The relaxing in graphics would be akin to them moving away from real-time combat for a workable, but lesser real-time / turn based system. Would it still be a great game? Yeah, but it may have just turned off say, a Zelda fan who hates traditional RPGs. For those excited about a nice graphic engine to compete against the UE3 RPGs, well...

So I don't believe it is an either-or situation, but a both. Some stuff looks breathtaking, other stuff is a letdown compared to previous footage.

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[quote=snoopers]Oh yeah, look at [url=http://www.elderscrolls.com/images/art/ob_xbox360/obx19B.jpg]how[/url] [url=http://www.elderscrolls.com/images/art/ob_xbox360/obx24B.jpg]ugly[/url] this game [url=http://www.elderscrolls.com/images/art/ob_xbox360/obx26B.jpg]is[/url].

Seriously man, quit gaming.[/quote]

To be fair not every picture looks that good. In the forum I PERSONALLY linked the 2nd shot and said I thought it looked good, so I agree [b]some parts look excellent[/b]. But the quality is uneven & if you were excited due to the a) E3 footage and b) E3 hype where they were bragging on their 3D Rendering engine, then yes, you could be a little disappointed.

For a non-RPG gamer I can understand the graphics and the real-time elements interesting someone. The relaxing in graphics would be akin to them moving away from real-time combat for a workable, but lesser real-time / turn based system. Would it still be a great game? Yeah, but it may have just turned off say, a Zelda fan who hates traditional RPGs. For those excited about a nice graphic engine to compete against the UE3 RPGs, well...

So I don't believe it is an either-or situation, but a both. Some stuff [b]looks breathtaking[/b], other stuff is a letdown compared to previous footage.

MrFujisawa

Commented on 2006-03-14 22:35:39

I dont know about anyone else, but im gonna find a nice patch of grass in the forest and live out the rest of my days there. If i sit close enough to the screen and put headphones on, i wont know the difference. right men!?!?!

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cadavra

Commented on 2006-03-14 22:38:09 In reply to Slabs

Posted by Slabs

I totally agree with you - was everyone this whiny at the dawn of the last generation, or is it just that the further proliferation of the internet has allowed more people to discover the pure unadultered joy of haunting forums to bitch about whatever happens to be on topic? And TBH, I think I'm going to stay away from the internet for a little while, because if I hear the term 'next-gen' (whatever that even means) one more fucking time, I'm going to puke.

Oh, and nice screenies. This game looks tight, yo.

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CockKnocker

Commented on 2006-03-14 22:49:53

I like how everything looks except for the character models. The dont look that much better than those in Morrowind. The horses looks awesome tho.

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Optimusv2

Commented on 2006-03-14 22:54:51

My favorite saying comes into play bigtime here. Screenshots or videos cannot do this game justice when we have this game in our 360s playing it on our computer monitors or hdtvs it will look much better than any screenshot we've seen.

The ONLY graphical complaint i've seen in regards to this game (and its a constant on both the pc and 360 version) They say there is some hill really far away that looks rather low res, but everything around you looks so damn great you don't see that far off distance looking funny as an imperfection.

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dborgill

Commented on 2006-03-14 23:18:27

I know what's happened with the "next-gen" generation, they have gotten too spoiled and base everything on a stinking screenshot. Seriously, the game looks GREAT on some shots and just OK on others.

But even if this game had the best graphics ever, it wouldn't matter if the gameplay, story, sound or presentation all sucked. Gameplay rules all, even though graphics and sound just help immerse you more.

Load up Morrowind on the normal Xbox and THEN complain about these shots...

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school

Commented on 2006-03-14 23:23:37

these screen looks the same as the 360 version in term of graphics. i just want to see the final build of the game.

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dborgill

Commented on 2006-03-14 23:26:42

Yeah, I wanna sit down and play this thing. I have so many different versions/builds/PC/360 screens and movies that it's hard to tell WHAT it is gonna look like.

All I know, is that I was at the 360 Zero Hour Launch and one of the main Bethesda dudes played about 20 mins of Oblivion and it looked AWESOME. That was an old build..

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indigo0086

Commented on 2006-03-14 23:30:04

There's a new video up on the Elder Scrolls website.

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Slabs

Commented on 2006-03-14 23:35:55 In reply to Optimusv2

Posted by Optimusv2

They say there is some hill really far away that looks rather low res, but everything around you looks so damn great you don't see that far off distance looking funny as an imperfection.

The difference between that hill and a hill in pretty much any other game is that you can actually walk, run, levitate or ride a unicorn to it and stand at the top and look down at where you came from! ;)

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Acert93

Commented on 2006-03-14 23:49:05

E3 trailer
http://www.xboxyde.com/leech_1336_en.html

20 minute promo from October; first ~6 minutes are on the engine
http://www.xboxyde.com/leech_1719_en.html

The second video has some great gameplay demos. But it will also explain where some of us are coming from on the engine. The 93% from PC Gamers (and they said if the bugs were worked out it would have easily been a 96%) indicate this game plays GREAT.

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dborgill

Commented on 2006-03-15 00:02:42

Whoa... go download that new video.

*DROOL*

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roxwell

Commented on 2006-03-15 00:06:15 In reply to Optimusv2

Optimus you crack me up!

And if you people wanna see ugly? Just go check out one of Myro's girlfriend....
Then come back and give this game some love.

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Acert93

Commented on 2006-03-15 00:09:15

The new video looks REALLY nice. The world is HUGE.

www.elderscrolls.com

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MyManD

Commented on 2006-03-15 00:14:49

My one and only complaint about the games is this - where are my hot digital vixens?

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MrFujisawa

Commented on 2006-03-15 00:18:18

yeh the woman are really ugly, but my god that new video, it really impressed me

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