Which feature of Oblivion are you most looking forward to?

JUMPURS · 20 Mar 2006 at 19:33

i am looking forward to getting lost and confused and the 30 page official oblivion post on here

McDaniel · 20 Mar 2006 at 19:46

for those who haven;t seen

http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/...entDetails.aspx?compareTo=Vark&tid= ]:cn*i7

hes a developer for the game i think

Spit · 20 Mar 2006 at 19:50

Just got this email from GAME...

I am delighted to let you know that your Preorder for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Collectors Edition will be with you shortly. The order will be despatched by your chosen delivery method in time to reach you for the morning of release.

By using the GAME 1st To Play Preorder Service you have ensured that you will be among the first people to receive The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Collectors Edition, and we are confident that you will be happy with the order, our service and our speedy delivery!

Im sooooooo excited!!!!! :eek:

Emlyn_Dewar · 20 Mar 2006 at 20:14

Ultra_Extreme said:
make sure you continually jump tho, to get you acrobatics skill up, morrowinders will get it.

Haha, it felt wrong not to jump EVERYWHERE, almost made the game seem a tad ridiculous...

movingtables · 20 Mar 2006 at 20:19

i've read this thread but im still not sure what you actualy do in the game.
is it like a simulated life and you just play a role in the fictional world ?
i have not played these type of games before but i'd hate to think im missing out on something special here.

Davey_Pitch · 20 Mar 2006 at 20:22

You're simply a character in the world. You've given a main quest, which you can choose to follow completely, or you can just wander around from place to place, meeting people, exploring and looking for dungeons and treasure, taking side quests from people, guilds and other places. You can almost do whatever you want to do, it's the open-endedness of the game that's so appealing for many people.

Edit: You might want to look on IGN.com at some of the ingame movies, it should give you some more ideas about the game.

movingtables · 20 Mar 2006 at 20:27

Davey_Pitch said:
You're simply a character in the world. You've given a main quest, which you can choose to follow completely, or you can just wander around from place to place, meeting people, exploring and looking for dungeons and treasure, taking side quests from people, guilds and other places. You can almost do whatever you want to do, it's the open-endedness of the game that's so appealing for many people.

Edit: You might want to look on IGN.com at some of the ingame movies, it should give you some more ideas about the game.

thanks for the tips davey.
i think i played the genre once on the old xbox. some well over hyped game that i cant even remember the name of.

Davey_Pitch · 20 Mar 2006 at 20:28

movingtables said:
thanks for the tips davey.
i think i played the genre once on the old xbox. some well over hyped game that i cant even remember the name of.

Morrowind? If so, this is the sequel to that game, but it looks like it's been improved on in every way (and if you've never really played the genre before, it's worth giving it some time before you dismiss it)

IceBus · 20 Mar 2006 at 20:31

I'm most looking forward to my copy not turning up on release day courtesy of Royal Fail.

movingtables · 20 Mar 2006 at 21:03

Davey_Pitch said:
Morrowind? If so, this is the sequel to that game, but it looks like it's been improved on in every way (and if you've never really played the genre before, it's worth giving it some time before you dismiss it)

ah got my memory back lol. the game i ment was "fable". geez that game was pants. my opinion of course.

Psyk · 20 Mar 2006 at 21:09

movingtables said:
ah got my memory back lol. the game i ment was "fable". geez that game was pants. my opinion of course.

Never played fable but I heard it was quite short and small. I can assure you Oblivion is much bigger and will have more going on in the game.

Davey_Pitch · 20 Mar 2006 at 21:36

movingtables said:
ah got my memory back lol. the game i ment was "fable". geez that game was pants. my opinion of course.

Fable was great, how dare you!

Kipp3r · 20 Mar 2006 at 21:53

never actually sat down and really played an RPG ever before but after reading a few reviews in a couple of magazines i cant wait, it all sounds so good that i just ordered it from the tinternet, the whole open-endedness of what u can do sounds like a lot of fun to me

i feel a sick day coming on *cough cough* lol

CHokKA · 20 Mar 2006 at 22:17

Fable is a great game, although nowhere near as open-ended as Oblivion will be. Buy it from GAME, rent it from somewhere, but seriously, just play the game and give it a fair chance. Then you'll see what all the fuss is about

movingtables · 20 Mar 2006 at 22:46

ok its on me rental list

THC_SsSsSnake · 21 Mar 2006 at 07:10

is there likely to be a lot of text or is there speech?

Reektan · 21 Mar 2006 at 08:33

Gamespot are currently playing Oblivion and its all available to watch.. they're doing some 12 hour marathon.. been watching little bits now and then so as not to get any spoilers.

link

CHokKA · 21 Mar 2006 at 08:42

There is a mixture of text and speech. Can't say how much there will be until it's played, but apparently there are thousands and thousands of different lines of dialog, not sure whether that's written or spoken though.

Reektan · 21 Mar 2006 at 08:46

this looks absolutely stunning so far .. he just went into a cave and equipped his flaming torch to see.. the lighting effects look so engrossing. I cant wait!!

Davey_Pitch · 21 Mar 2006 at 09:18

CHokKA said:
There is a mixture of text and speech. Can't say how much there will be until it's played, but apparently there are thousands and thousands of different lines of dialog, not sure whether that's written or spoken though.

There's over 50 hours of voice recorded dialogue