The Oblivion 360 Thread
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RB506 said:So is it worth buying then?
Cant decide if i should buy it or not now
I'm not really a fan of this type of game but I'm loving it. I haven't touched Burnout or GRAW since this went in the 360 yesterday and I don't see that changing for while either.
Cheers for replies 
Looks like i'll need to buy it then, been an expensive month so far!
ps. McDaniel, sorry i couldn't play in that GRAW match a few weeks ago (if you even remember) Live was messed up and kicking me out or some reason and my microphone wasn't working
Will need to play you soon though, if i ever stop playing Oblivion
Looks like i'll need to buy it then, been an expensive month so far!
ps. McDaniel, sorry i couldn't play in that GRAW match a few weeks ago (if you even remember) Live was messed up and kicking me out or some reason and my microphone wasn't working
Will need to play you soon though, if i ever stop playing Oblivion
Went and bought this at lunchtime...having a sneaky read of the manual at work, and can't wait to get home...
Trouble is, I think I'm on the last bit of GRAW (won't now be finished), half-way through COD2 (won't now be finished), doing all-golds on PGR3 (won't now be finished) and downloading the blazing angels demo (won't now be started!)
Do you see a pattern forming!?
Is this gonna be another "life swallower"? Have to try to get the missus involved in this one, or else she'll disown me
Trouble is, I think I'm on the last bit of GRAW (won't now be finished), half-way through COD2 (won't now be finished), doing all-golds on PGR3 (won't now be finished) and downloading the blazing angels demo (won't now be started!)
Do you see a pattern forming!?
Is this gonna be another "life swallower"? Have to try to get the missus involved in this one, or else she'll disown me
Datamonkey said:
No, but it stops me having to reach around the monitor to unplug my PC and plug-in my Xbox360 which was my main reason for not playing the Xbox360. I can just switch whenever I want now
.I went for the £50 D-Link one from Overclockers.
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NokkonWud said:No, but it stops me having to reach around the monitor to unplug my PC and plug-in my Xbox360 which was my main reason for not playing the Xbox360. I can just switch whenever I want now
I went for the £50 D-Link one from Overclockers.
sorry dude, just noticed the reason from another thread you mentioned it in aswell, good idea though
edit 50 notes just to stop having to reach around the back of a monitor lol.
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i dont understand how some people can have framerate issues and others not?
its a console, could understand on the pc,
Have you cleared down your cache and tried it again?
Are you using a hdtv im wondering if its something to with the pal 50/60 bug sort of thing, cause i have noticed since i played the outfit demo where i had to do the switch on the cable, i am able to play the nfs:mw demo at a lot smoother frame rate than it was before hand.
Im using a 26" sammy hd tv.
its a console, could understand on the pc,
Have you cleared down your cache and tried it again?
Are you using a hdtv im wondering if its something to with the pal 50/60 bug sort of thing, cause i have noticed since i played the outfit demo where i had to do the switch on the cable, i am able to play the nfs:mw demo at a lot smoother frame rate than it was before hand.
Im using a 26" sammy hd tv.
Datamonkey said:i dont understand how some people can have framerate issues and others not?
its a console, could understand on the pc,
Have you cleared down your cache and tried it again?
Are you using a hdtv im wondering if its something to with the pal 50/60 bug sort of thing, cause i have noticed since i played the outfit demo where i had to do the switch on the cable, i am able to play the nfs:mw demo at a lot smoother frame rate than it was before hand.
Im using a 26" sammy hd tv.
unfortunately i've had this discussion with many people. .some people are simply just blind to framerates issues..
26" sam here also.
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Reektan said:
Yep, fully agree with that. I'm mega sensitive to framerate issues, I can't play NFS:MW on the 360 at all because of the regular FPS glitches, yet my brother can sit there looking at the same screen and says he can't see anything wrong with it at all.
Lucky for me the framerate drops in this game haven't bothered me at all, it seems less critical in an RPG.
After all the Hype, ive just picked up a copy for the 360
I could have run it on the PC but thought i would give it a go in the comfort of the living room.
I will be running it through VGA on the LG 32lx2r so i will report back if i have any noticable problems
I could have run it on the PC but thought i would give it a go in the comfort of the living room.
I will be running it through VGA on the LG 32lx2r so i will report back if i have any noticable problems
ok just played for a bit this afternoon
generally just walking around experiment, not stole anything though
went through a cave, and did a side quest and a few arena battles, so far its quite good - its so vast tho im not really sure where to start... or if i need to talk to everyone i see to get quests
heres some pics
http://mcdaniel.qc1.net/x360home/
generally just walking around experiment, not stole anything though
went through a cave, and did a side quest and a few arena battles, so far its quite good - its so vast tho im not really sure where to start... or if i need to talk to everyone i see to get quests
heres some pics
http://mcdaniel.qc1.net/x360home/
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Reektan said:
I agree with you fella lol,
i had real bad issues with full auto, need for speed and a couple of other games.
I hated nfs:mw but since i did the outfit trick, it's seem'd to clean nfs up so to speak.
I still refuse to buy the game, full auto was a mickey take i took that back within half hour.
I refuse to play something that stutters when it shouldnt.
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Well i have it, have played for about 5 hours, think its completeley pathetic.......that is to say i think that the wild unhanded rumours about 'unplayable' framerates and 'unbelievable' popup are utterly ridiculous. I would be the first to be dissapointed by faults, and yes there are a few, but this game is utter brilliance! Its uabashed openess and beauty never fails to astound and astonish me. I am a Morrowind veteran, no stranger to Tamriel, even i never believed it could be this good.
As i head off into the world, mind troubled with conspiracy, rusted bow at my hand I feel small. But a prisoner sprung in unlikely fortune, roaming upon a world I thought never again to see, how was i, a meagre halfblood, a convicted killer, to tend the commands of an Emperor? The needs of an empire?
A wolf springs from the bushes. A rusty instict laying dormant within me commands the old and salvaged bow with masterful precision, as the creature leaps its fangs beared with ravenous intent, it is flung back against the tree where it lies blodied and pinned a single crusted shaft protruding from its still heaving chest.
I stare for a second, confused expressions flash across my weathered brow, rejuvinating it. Yes. YES. I am Ilianos master bowman, half elf half man! Rejected by my altmer kin and imprisoned by bearers of my Imperial blood! But by god ill make this story mine! I WILL restore my honour I WILL SAVE TAMRIEL!
This is my story, what will be yours?
Yes that is the sort of tale that i encourage you play out. The game will build the framework for you, you let your imagination do the rest.... However it is still a game, so what about the specifics?
The graphics, simply, are astounding, no they are not magically 10 years ahead of modern technology why would they be? but they are a huge leap for video-games as a whole, ever moreso the oft neglected RPG. Both the exteriors and interiors are way beyond anything ive ever seen, my last gaming PC had SLi 7800GTX's so i know good graphics.
The Gameplay is pure Elder Scrolls, so vast in its possibilities that it leaves even me, a long time veteran, a little bewildered. Yet it is so slick and thoughtful in its execution that it cannot fail to captivate even the most jaded player if he will only let it.
The size of this game is beyond anything i could have imagined or hoped for. Originally it was going to be "smaller than morrowind, but more interesting" then the devs switched around and said "no its now half as big again". So I assumed, in my own anti-overhype way; "smaller then" But by the gods no! In morrowind your average cave/necromancer shrine/daedric ruin usually took in the region of 5-20 minuites to complete, dewmer strongholds maybe an hour. My very first ruin in this game took me nearly 2 hours to explore fully! The average mine or hideout takes over 30minuites on average. Then you look at the map and realise that in a whole day youve only travelled about 3 inches on the map! The scale is truly astonishing. A pilgrimage, at least without a horse, really would be just that, a labour of love. And as i cast my gaze from the tallest peak in all cyrodill, i watch the world roll into darkness and the stars emerge and the beauty of the land like the night envelopes me.
The combat feels very solid, far, far better than any other RPG real-time combat i can recall. I am already a master of the bow, supplementing this with blade and magic skills, my aresenal feels truly rounded, if not specialised. I get the impression that you truly could succeed with just about any carachter you choose to, crafting out your own, very personal, story in the soft clay of Cyrodill. Character creation is probably the best I have seen, every detail is alterable, its quite possible that not only will you never make the same carachter twice, but neither you nor your friends will ever see any character in maybe 5000hours that look anything alike (unless intended). Quite astonishing.
The controls and menu's are very intuitive, some people unfamilliar with the TES series have called it a complex and confusing interface, i disagree, TES itself is complex and confusing, it takes about 10-20 hours to come to terms with much of the universe. Once you do however you will be operating like a pro, bar some button confusion on my part, i have found the menu's very easy to use, and im sure about 10 or so hours down the line ill be a complete menu NINJA, or elf perhaps, still its a 200hour or more game so ive plenty of time to practise!
This game is the art and essence of role-playing embodied, be a stealth assasin, master theif, Warrior hero, Gladiatorial Champion, Elven archer, noble swordsman.It's every fantasy you've ever imagined yourself play out, right there. Lord of the rings comparisons are unavoidable, and why not apt to compare a masterful videogame creation with a masterful literary work? Who of us truly, somewhere below all our macho self-image and real life fear, who i ask wouldnt have wanted to be Arragorn or Legolas? To ride out against improbable odds, to claim victory for honour, to have glory? I doubt one of you hasnt considered it, well this game offers that, in itself fantastic but when put alongside the chance to be the opposite of everything noble as well as everything in between you simply cannot ask more from a role-playing game. The perfect role, your perfect role
Well i have it, have played for about 5 hours, think its completeley pathetic.......that is to say i think that the wild unhanded rumours about 'unplayable' framerates and 'unbelievable' popup are utterly ridiculous. I would be the first to be dissapointed by faults, and yes there are a few, but this game is utter brilliance! Its uabashed openess and beauty never fails to astound and astonish me. I am a Morrowind veteran, no stranger to Tamriel, even i never believed it could be this good.
As i head off into the world, mind troubled with conspiracy, rusted bow at my hand I feel small. But a prisoner sprung in unlikely fortune, roaming upon a world I thought never again to see, how was i, a meagre halfblood, a convicted killer, to tend the commands of an Emperor? The needs of an empire?
A wolf springs from the bushes. A rusty instict laying dormant within me commands the old and salvaged bow with masterful precision, as the creature leaps its fangs beared with ravenous intent, it is flung back against the tree where it lies blodied and pinned a single crusted shaft protruding from its still heaving chest.
I stare for a second, confused expressions flash across my weathered brow, rejuvinating it. Yes. YES. I am Ilianos master bowman, half elf half man! Rejected by my altmer kin and imprisoned by bearers of my Imperial blood! But by god ill make this story mine! I WILL restore my honour I WILL SAVE TAMRIEL!
This is my story, what will be yours?
Yes that is the sort of tale that i encourage you play out. The game will build the framework for you, you let your imagination do the rest.... However it is still a game, so what about the specifics?
The graphics, simply, are astounding, no they are not magically 10 years ahead of modern technology why would they be? but they are a huge leap for video-games as a whole, ever moreso the oft neglected RPG. Both the exteriors and interiors are way beyond anything ive ever seen, my last gaming PC had SLi 7800GTX's so i know good graphics.
The Gameplay is pure Elder Scrolls, so vast in its possibilities that it leaves even me, a long time veteran, a little bewildered. Yet it is so slick and thoughtful in its execution that it cannot fail to captivate even the most jaded player if he will only let it.
The size of this game is beyond anything i could have imagined or hoped for. Originally it was going to be "smaller than morrowind, but more interesting" then the devs switched around and said "no its now half as big again". So I assumed, in my own anti-overhype way; "smaller then" But by the gods no! In morrowind your average cave/necromancer shrine/daedric ruin usually took in the region of 5-20 minuites to complete, dewmer strongholds maybe an hour. My very first ruin in this game took me nearly 2 hours to explore fully! The average mine or hideout takes over 30minuites on average. Then you look at the map and realise that in a whole day youve only travelled about 3 inches on the map! The scale is truly astonishing. A pilgrimage, at least without a horse, really would be just that, a labour of love. And as i cast my gaze from the tallest peak in all cyrodill, i watch the world roll into darkness and the stars emerge and the beauty of the land like the night envelopes me.
The combat feels very solid, far, far better than any other RPG real-time combat i can recall. I am already a master of the bow, supplementing this with blade and magic skills, my aresenal feels truly rounded, if not specialised. I get the impression that you truly could succeed with just about any carachter you choose to, crafting out your own, very personal, story in the soft clay of Cyrodill. Character creation is probably the best I have seen, every detail is alterable, its quite possible that not only will you never make the same carachter twice, but neither you nor your friends will ever see any character in maybe 5000hours that look anything alike (unless intended). Quite astonishing.
The controls and menu's are very intuitive, some people unfamilliar with the TES series have called it a complex and confusing interface, i disagree, TES itself is complex and confusing, it takes about 10-20 hours to come to terms with much of the universe. Once you do however you will be operating like a pro, bar some button confusion on my part, i have found the menu's very easy to use, and im sure about 10 or so hours down the line ill be a complete menu NINJA, or elf perhaps, still its a 200hour or more game so ive plenty of time to practise!
This game is the art and essence of role-playing embodied, be a stealth assasin, master theif, Warrior hero, Gladiatorial Champion, Elven archer, noble swordsman.It's every fantasy you've ever imagined yourself play out, right there. Lord of the rings comparisons are unavoidable, and why not apt to compare a masterful videogame creation with a masterful literary work? Who of us truly, somewhere below all our macho self-image and real life fear, who i ask wouldnt have wanted to be Arragorn or Legolas? To ride out against improbable odds, to claim victory for honour, to have glory? I doubt one of you hasnt considered it, well this game offers that, in itself fantastic but when put alongside the chance to be the opposite of everything noble as well as everything in between you simply cannot ask more from a role-playing game. The perfect role, your perfect role
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Ultra,
What an excellent post dude,
i really canna wait to get started on this game
What an excellent post dude,
i really canna wait to get started on this game