The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim announced

PsychoPigeon said:
Something I notice in some of these previews is that they almost all experience some random event differing from each other.
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I would guess that it has gone down the route of Fallout3's random encounters. Lord knows it already seems to be Fallout 3 with Swords. I trust that I'm not the first person to say that.


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I dearly hope my 275GTX will run this... I don't have the cash to upgrade! :(

Looks absolutely fantastic, and the world seems to have much more 'depth', especially in terms of what the NPCs do now.
 
LateX'Dog said:
So there basically using the exact same engine as Oblivion?

With its terrible pathing, buggy physics, shocking voice acting, appalling NPC AI behaviour and awful distance graphics.

And we are meant to get excited about this?

I used to love the thought of Elder Scrolls, but now it just seems like a cash cow.
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erm, no and yes. it's not exactly the same engine as you put it there. Oblivion and fallout 3/nv were closer to being the exact same engine. if you didnt know, morrowind also used the gamebroyo engine and look how different oblivion was.
 
Meridian said:
I would guess that it has gone down the route of Fallout3's random encounters. Lord knows it already seems to be Fallout 3 with Swords. I trust that I'm not the first person to say that.


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Well Fallout 3 was just Oblivion with guns, so really Skyrim is just following on from Oblivion.
 
Seanadamson said:
Voice acting isn't really anything to do with the engine, more to do with the fact that Oblivion had 12/13 voice actors in total. (Unless you mean the voices changing mid dialogue tree, which was horrible indeed, but not necessarily an engine constraint.)

Example - Jonathan Bryce: Argonian, Khajiit, Nord, and Orc males, Molag Bal, Hircine, Malacath

Last I heard - Skyrims voice cast is 70+ strong, so it should be noticeably improved in that regard.

I didn't have any issues with the physics in Oblivion so unsure what you mean by that. The pathing & ai in general will be a mixed bag undoubtedly.

None of that is especially a big deal to me though, I can easily look past it, my only concerns are PC related, or horrible game breaking bugs.

And cash cow? The last Elder Scrolls game released almost 6 years ago.
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If you replay Oblivion, enter a house or a building with items on the table and then if you look at the items there slightly floating, as soon as you interact with them, the pshyics is applied and things "fall" into place.

Then you have the bodies that slide down hills like there on ice.



I could list a lot more, but i don't wish to derail this thread.

I love Elder Scrolls and there games, but the Oblivion engine is terrible and then they lie to us claiming its a new engine.
 
nands said:
They are certainly spending some money in promoting this game, wonder how many of this statues they ordered?
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an army!
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Some new footage (spread thinly over a half hour programme) in the latest Game Trailers TV.

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Includes info on some new shouts you can learn, including a nice ice one to freeze enemies and one to make you invulnerable for a short time. Looking good.
 
I can't wait for skyrim, but I won't be purchasing it from Overclockers @ their extortionate pricing :o
 
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