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Well, this game comes out at the end of the month so i thought i would start a thread for it to see who else is interested in it.  For those that do not know, the Elder Scrolls games began back in 1994, and are the creation of Bethseda Softworks. They are Action/RPG's, set in a fictional world of Tamriel, and each game is unique in story, and location, sharing only small things in common plot wise, although they all add to the history of the games. I had not heard of them, until 2002 when they released Elder Scrolls III:Morrowind for the PC, the game was enormous, and gave huge amounts of choice in what the player did, right from the character creation onwards. Needless to say i was impressed. Anyway the game spawned two expansions, and has become hugely popular online among modders, partly due to its unique construction kit released with the game. It has also since been released on the X-Box. The New game is designed for the Next-Gen consoles (360 etc.) and of course is also coming out for the PC, for which the specs are: 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, Windows 2000, Windows XP 64-bit 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 **Notes on requirements** -There is currently no option to disable pixel-shading in the game, so if your graphics card has trouble with this you might have some problems. [Thanks to Masta for this] The game is even bigger than Morrowind, literally huge in size and scope, and still contains all the customisation of the previous game (a lot more in fact), and its free roaming nature. The graphics are amazing. Also the Dev team have made the NPC's a lot smarter, using a new Radient AI program, which the producer refered to as a combination of Ultima 7 and The Sims, this results in some nice moments. Unlock Print Screen (PRTSCN) button There is a setting in the INI file: bAllowScreenShot=0 change to: bAllowScreenShot=1 There are two INIs, one in the game folder called "Oblivion_default.ini", this is the one it uses to generate the REAL one.... My Documents\My Games\Oblivion\Oblivion.ini Edit the first one if you want to default to having screenshots on by default for all users. The settings it uses at runtime are the ones from My Documents folder. After you mod the INI file, you can press PRTSCN button and Oblivion will write a BMP file to your game folder. -To bring up the console press the tilde key (above tab) -Typing TM into the console toggles hiding of all menus (for taking screenshots) Available Factions/Guilds: -Mages Guild [returning] -Fighters Guild [returning] -Theives Guild [returning] -Dark Brotherhood [New](more 'evil' than the honourable Morag tong, shame i liked the MT) -The Blades are back, again as part of the story [returning] -The Arena [new] (lets you fight a variety of NPCs. Even after you have "completed" the Guild there will probably still be fights waiting for you at the Guild. You will also be able to bet on the fights that take place in the Arena.) There are other factions although no others seem playable, they include the Imperial Legion, the Nine Divines (a temple group), The Mythic Dawn (Daedra worshippers), the Warf Rats (think Cammona Tong but smaller perhaps), and the Necromancers. Updated -There are other factions out there you can join, i don't actually know how many, but i recently joined one that was not one of the originals stated. These hidden factions are probably smaller overal than the Mages/Fighters etc. though. Misc info -Werewolves will not be returning initially although you cannot rule out another expansion. -Vampires however are back, and with a new biting animation  -Spears, throwing weapons (e.g stars), and crossbows have been removed. -Each of the 9 major cities has a house you can buy and have for your own. You can go around in town and buy different things to decorate your house with, so you have places to put all the stuff you collect. One of the houses that you can purchase is initially haunted. -go Here to find basic info on the skills in ES:O Sources and links: Gamespy preview Gamespy - Trailer Elder Scrolls main site Wikipedia Oblivion entry Waiting for Oblivion.com Electronic Gaming Monthly Preview Detailed Oblivion FAQ Team Diary entry - from this link you can find various detailed entries about combat, magic etc. FAQ link -Gamespot FAQ's -IGN walkthrough Reviews -PCGamer March/April - 93% -Official X-Box magazine March/April - 9.5/10 So anyone else looking forward to this game? Or are the PC requirements or style putting you off? Discuss Edit: Removed much of the basic info, if you would like to know about something post in the thread, and our dedicated team of Oblivion players (  ) will probably be able to help you out._______________ To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield | Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken | Rhaiko D'kana - SWTOR EU Guild Co-Founder | Is it what the teacher, teaches? Or what the student learns? A Dkana This post was edited by Alex Dkana on Apr 16 2006 02:39pm. |
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Ataris - Milwaukees Finest 
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Quote: im killing those draconis guys now. WHAT?  -Ataris <3 _______________ [ Honorable mentions: aph3x | Milamber | Bail Hope Belouve | Jaiko D'Kana | Rosered | JediEthic | Mike/JJ/TheKing | Kensei | Dane | Gradius | Thomas Skywalker | Pink Floyd | Setementor | Steinin | Odan-Wei ] [ Owner of: MetaDust's 500th comment! | Eica's 700th comment! | Pink Floyd's 666th, 999th, 1200th and 1337th comment! | DarkRyu's 400th comment! | Redeye's 1st comment! | Cow's 1111st comment! | Rufusan's 75th comment! | Wicek's 3300th and 3400th comment! | Dash Starlight's 2000th comment! | Piccolo's 3400th comment! | Takaru's 300th comment! | Senor Hat's 900th comment! | Rytandus' 4160th comment! | The first ever awarded, the original, the one and only, Catphin Award!!1 ] "Music expresses that which can not be put in to words but can not remain silent." |
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Kenyon - Lord of the Dance 
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I just got this game.  |
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Plo Koon - Student 
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Tweaking the graphics I got it not too bad, still laggy in some areas of course though- I don't have the greatest unit. For those that have terrible lag, defrag your computer/free up space on your hard disk ect. That helped alot, Oblivion puts alot of files on your PC. Also, when getting bad lag, quick save and then exit/re-enter the game to flush out the overload. Hope that helps *spoilers I guess* This game is awesome, just the little things too. In the beginning tutorial you can push those logs down on the goblins, and later on in the pit cave part you can pull this stone thats attatched to a rock, and that will release the rats in the cage. They go and attack the goblin witch! And I was using one of the dead emporers guards katanas, and Baures I believe said "Thank's for keeping their swords, we'll take those and put them in the blades hall of honor." The little things my friends, awesome _______________ Free Tibet! Click this link,and learn Here too This comment was edited by Plo Koon on Mar 27 2006 03:40am. |
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Masta - Jedi Council 
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Uhm, took me 3 hits to kill him with my daedric claymore =x Was expected though, thats why i actually woke him up after feeding from him, instead of just killing him in his sleep. I at least wanted to hear him smack-talk before cutting him down <3 _______________ Find out more about the Jedi Academy Aurochs here and more about Masta here! Married to Kain. |
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SaZ - Student 
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lol that dude was tough had to use my best skills - used acrobatics to jump on the house and then rained arrows on him it looks like the missions are getting tough from now... no more easy one hit stealth kills anywayz thanks for help... _______________ playing jk3 since 30th of january (2005), member since 1st of february. [Unofficial Master to Vision and Z�diac ] If you can make a fool of yourself infront of 300 people you can do anything - Jaiko D'kana This comment was edited by SaZ on Mar 26 2006 09:55pm. |
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Kainz00r - Jedi Knight 
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Quote: edit: kain i need your help. i go to kill some hand to hand khajiit named j'gharad in bruma city in his house... but he isnt there  i checked every possible item in that house, asked around the town but nobody knows anything about him i smell a bug... Well since the spoilers tag is in the title of the thread, should be fine to say. Go to the lower part of his house, and look for a trap door to his training room. That's where I found him anyway, and yeah I missed the trap door first time around too. His melee owns though, so I had to kite him with my bow, but from what you said earlier that sounds good to you anyways. _______________ Fervent supporter of duelling - leave a message if you would like to battle! Married to Masta. This comment was edited by Kainz00r on Mar 26 2006 09:17pm. |
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Monteeeeeee - Nugget 
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picked it off the shelf today at Game in scotland and placed it back on the shelf... i love WoW too much to devote anytime to another game .. i brought helen Neverwinter nights with all the addon's instead _______________ If you add me to MSN, tell me who you are
Best Movie Character EVER!! This comment was edited by Monteeeeeee on Mar 26 2006 08:26pm. |
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Emm Son - Student 
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gah...now I've got to listen to Mic and Ris' pointless whingings about jerkiness and random obsessings about the fact that you can pick up almost everything and turn your character blue *glares at Mic* Doesn't look too bad actually, if I could be bothered, I'd probably play it at some point...but like I said, can't be bothered with computer games too much _______________ Girlfriend of Mic!! I love you baby! Kackarot is a good name for a cat! Winner of The Jedi Academy's Uber Oh My Gawd That Story Was Da Shizzle award. |
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SaZ - Student
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i hope i didnt miss it. im killing those draconis guys now. i have blade skill of ~20 and bow skills of ~50 and very often i feel like using a blade instead coz of very fast attack speed of daggers. thats why i need a cool bow... anywayz i dont like the thing which was removed since morrowind. and that is automatic item recharging influenced by misticism ( i think). edit: kain i need your help. i go to kill some hand to hand khajiit named j'gharad in bruma city in his house... but he isnt there i checked every possible item in that house, asked around the town but nobody knows anything about him i smell a bug... _______________ playing jk3 since 30th of january (2005), member since 1st of february. [Unofficial Master to Vision and Z�diac ] If you can make a fool of yourself infront of 300 people you can do anything - Jaiko D'kana This comment was edited by SaZ on Mar 26 2006 07:39pm. |
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Kainz00r - Jedi Knight
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Quote: <3 brotherhood... i pretty hated that quest where u get that shadowmere ...  maybe someone knows where you can get some useful bow? If you keep following the Dark Brotherhood quests, you'll get a nice 'Bow of Scorching' from someone you kill. _______________ Fervent supporter of duelling - leave a message if you would like to battle! Married to Masta. |
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SaZ - Student
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Quote: ps. i have a black horse with red eyes muahahha Shadowmere ftw. <3 <3 brotherhood... i pretty hated that quest where u get that shadowmere ... maybe someone knows where you can get some useful bow? _______________ playing jk3 since 30th of january (2005), member since 1st of february. [Unofficial Master to Vision and Z�diac ] If you can make a fool of yourself infront of 300 people you can do anything - Jaiko D'kana This comment was edited by SaZ on Mar 26 2006 05:30pm. |
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Kainz00r - Jedi Knight
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Quote: ps. i have a black horse with red eyes muahahha Shadowmere ftw. <3 _______________ Fervent supporter of duelling - leave a message if you would like to battle! Married to Masta. |
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Alex Dkana - Staff 
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Quote: Not sure about you guys but i would prefer to keep this thread spoiler-free. <3 Might just add a little "*SPOILER*" tag in the headline at least. Aye of course, i'll add it now. _______________ To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield | Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken | Rhaiko D'kana - SWTOR EU Guild Co-Founder | Is it what the teacher, teaches? Or what the student learns? A Dkana |
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Mindrith Pride - Student 
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haha well i think this is what im gunna do: get elder scrolls 3 for my xbox, while saving up money for a new graphic card. when i get the new graphic card i can get oblivion, by then i should've completed morrowind AND oblivion should have gone down in price =D _______________ [proud owner of talions 200th, 700th,1111th coment AND 1400th , DJK's 3001th coment! , saz's 400th coment! liso's 800th coment! Kitmitsu Aratan's 1200th comment! Cau's 100th comeent, Alexander's (aka CC) 210th, 888th and 2200th comments! Moriarti's 800th comment , Piccolo's 2000th comment! lirael's 505th comment , Quom Farlance's 120th comment, Alexander's 1800th comment , Eica's 1400th comment , Wicek's 3200th comment lady C's 999th comment, Echuu's 1100th comment, Takaru's 325th and 400th comment, Redeye's 200th comment picc's 3600th comment, Ostith's 50th comment, Elmo's 555th comment] |
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Jarhok Belouve - Student 
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w00ps sorry didnt think of that apologies guys _______________ -JARHOK BELOUVE- Unofficial Paddy to the great Squibit Belouve and Solitudes snog machine! |||||||||||||||||||||||PRONOUNCED JARHOK TEH S3X3H by Alexander D'kana||||||||||||||||||||||||| Loves Liso'sia! Uber new Belouve boy! My special people: Squibit Belouve,Roan Belouve,Bail Hope Belouve and of course the lovely Liso'sia! |
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SaZ - Student 
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ye dont spoil the game. the things like 'oblivion gates' arent the spoiler coz you can read about them in official sites and see in screenshots. so yeah... _______________ playing jk3 since 30th of january (2005), member since 1st of february. [Unofficial Master to Vision and Z�diac ] If you can make a fool of yourself infront of 300 people you can do anything - Jaiko D'kana |
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Masta - Jedi Council 
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Not sure about you guys but i would prefer to keep this thread spoiler-free. <3 Might just add a little "*SPOILER*" tag in the headline at least. _______________ Find out more about the Jedi Academy Aurochs here and more about Masta here! Married to Kain. |
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Jarhok Belouve - Student 
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One of the coolest things that has happened so far for me is this : On my way to the imperial city on horse back I had already encountered and closed an oblivion gate. On my way I went past a village called Alesdale (methinks). It seemed to be completely deserted a few houses and no one around. This looked promising to me, although I am a battlemage, I thought I'd have a snoop around. So I walked into the first house and had a rummage, omfg a shimmer behind prompts me to have a conversation with an invisible man, a wizard moved in nearby and one of his experiments has gone wrong making everyone in a certain radius invisible, I go to him, kill some invisi-creatures on the way, get the reversal scroll, cast it in the middle of the village and the first invisible guy I met gives me a free bed anytime I want it in his inn, sweet _______________ -JARHOK BELOUVE- Unofficial Paddy to the great Squibit Belouve and Solitudes snog machine! |||||||||||||||||||||||PRONOUNCED JARHOK TEH S3X3H by Alexander D'kana||||||||||||||||||||||||| Loves Liso'sia! Uber new Belouve boy! My special people: Squibit Belouve,Roan Belouve,Bail Hope Belouve and of course the lovely Liso'sia! |
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Alex Dkana - Staff
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Glad to hear the game is living up to expectations more or less so far, i still havn't had time to really play it, i'm only level 2 just after weynon priory, but still its very enjoyable Oh about my opinion that i need a memory upgrade, you are correct Saz video card is probably the most important that i can see, however my 9800 seems to be coping okay, i could do with a faster processor but no way am i forking out for a new one atm. Seeing as details are coming out now, how about sharing your character and some highlight experiences withg us? I am playing a Bosmer (wood elf) custom class, my specialist are is stealth, with agility and Willpower as the key attributes, my key skills are: Alteration, Acrobatics, Sneak, Light Armor, Marksman, Blade, & Restoration. Most interesting thing i've done so far is clean out some elven ruins and kill a necromancer, zombies are quite tough. If i can work out how to take them i'll upload some screenshots and link to them perhaps. Edit: Another cool thing that happened, was after looting the elven ruins i took some old elven loot and sold it to a merchant. A short while later a guy came upto me saying his boss heard i had sold the artefact and would like to talk to me, i havn't seen him yet, but i liked the way that quest was implemented, took me by surprise. _______________ To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield | Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken | Rhaiko D'kana - SWTOR EU Guild Co-Founder | Is it what the teacher, teaches? Or what the student learns? A Dkana This comment was edited by Alex Dkana on Mar 26 2006 01:49am. |
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SaZ - Student
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Quote: Jeez really can't stop playing it, absolutely amazing . celeron 2.4ghz, 512mb, radeon 9600 pro, I am finding it pretty tough on low sometimes, saving for upgrade now haha thats what i wanted to say - i really cant stop playing this game! hmmm im really enjoying the dark brotherhood... those guys are so evil its sometimes even funny hmmm there are loads of fixes for low end video card owners. try here : http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showforum=23 ps. i have a black horse with red eyes muahahha _______________ playing jk3 since 30th of january (2005), member since 1st of february. [Unofficial Master to Vision and Z�diac ] If you can make a fool of yourself infront of 300 people you can do anything - Jaiko D'kana This comment was edited by SaZ on Mar 26 2006 01:17am. |
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Masta - Jedi Council
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I just really hate the lack of compatibility for low-end pcs in oblivion. They shouldve at least added an option which allows you to choose between pixel-shader versions and/or disables pixel-shader altogether like in TES3. _______________ Find out more about the Jedi Academy Aurochs here and more about Masta here! Married to Kain. |
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Jarhok Belouve - Student
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Jeez really can't stop playing it, absolutely amazing . celeron 2.4ghz, 512mb, radeon 9600 pro, I am finding it pretty tough on low sometimes, saving for upgrade now _______________ -JARHOK BELOUVE- Unofficial Paddy to the great Squibit Belouve and Solitudes snog machine! |||||||||||||||||||||||PRONOUNCED JARHOK TEH S3X3H by Alexander D'kana||||||||||||||||||||||||| Loves Liso'sia! Uber new Belouve boy! My special people: Squibit Belouve,Roan Belouve,Bail Hope Belouve and of course the lovely Liso'sia! |
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Mindrith Pride - Student 
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Quote: although tbh i dont trust my graphic card sometimes or the problems i sometimes used to get may have been cuz of my virtual memory.anyway u guys think i can run oblivion? Don't know about the graphics part, but here's some screens from someone with "p4 1.6 256ram geforce fx5200" Delicious. http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=288337 Slurp. ouchies xD that is bad graphics.. i couldnt play a game that was that bad atleast mine would be better than that <3 _______________ [proud owner of talions 200th, 700th,1111th coment AND 1400th , DJK's 3001th coment! , saz's 400th coment! liso's 800th coment! Kitmitsu Aratan's 1200th comment! Cau's 100th comeent, Alexander's (aka CC) 210th, 888th and 2200th comments! Moriarti's 800th comment , Piccolo's 2000th comment! lirael's 505th comment , Quom Farlance's 120th comment, Alexander's 1800th comment , Eica's 1400th comment , Wicek's 3200th comment lady C's 999th comment, Echuu's 1100th comment, Takaru's 325th and 400th comment, Redeye's 200th comment picc's 3600th comment, Ostith's 50th comment, Elmo's 555th comment] |
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D@RtHM@UL - Student 
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Quote: although tbh i dont trust my graphic card sometimes or the problems i sometimes used to get may have been cuz of my virtual memory.anyway u guys think i can run oblivion? Don't know about the graphics part, but here's some screens from someone with "p4 1.6 256ram geforce fx5200" Delicious. http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=288337 Slurp. Niiice, the first Jedi Knight game had better graphics than that lol. |
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SaZ - Student
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mune ffs stop the crap _______________ playing jk3 since 30th of january (2005), member since 1st of february. [Unofficial Master to Vision and Z�diac ] If you can make a fool of yourself infront of 300 people you can do anything - Jaiko D'kana |
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