Oblivion First Impressions Thread #1

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Played it for several hours, it's absolutely stunning. I've been a long time fan of RPG's including the FF series and I honestly have to say this is the best RPG I have ever played, possibly even the best game (too early to tell).

You guys getting it the 21st are in for a real treat, this game deserves a near perfect score...
Anyway post your first impressions as you get the game, provided you can pry yourself away from the keyboard for that long.
 
Damn, now you got me more excited then I should be. How am I supposed to work tomorrow with this damn game on my mind ?? ;)
 
It's the best starting game ever.

I've played for serveral hours too, and its absolutely stunning.
 
Great to hear that. I was kinda sad to hear from IGN that the 360 version has a couple long loads and has a few more jitters than the PC version. They were running a pretty beastly computer, we'll see though. Can you post your system specs and what quality settings you are running at?
 
It auto loaded ultra settings for me with a FX53, 1Gb ram, X1800XT.

Some of the load times are so fast on my system I can't read the text thats there with the load bar, and I'm talking one short phrase.

I turn up a few more settings, some shadow options. 1280x1024.

25-35 in some heavy heavy fog. 40-75 everywhere. Its never been unplayable and looks great.
 
it would appear that everyone stares at the game glassy eyed with mouth open and can't remember to hit print screen once in a while.. which is a good sign, actually.. must be awesome. :)
 
Screenshots please :)

Also, all those who have the game, please post system specs and tell us how it runs.
 
The game is amazing! I've been playing it on the 360, I can't compare or complain much about the load tiems as I haven't seen it for PC, but in reality, it's not game breaking in anyway, it seems to load VERY fast.

As of yet (a few hours in) I have yet to get a stutter or slow down of the 360 either (running 1080i). So... All in all please. Glad my 360 finally has something worthwhile to do.... besides play DVDs....
 
Damn! Wheres the bloody "This thread is useless with pics" smiley? ;)

Picking my copy up @ 10am EDT (as soon as Gamestop opens). Can't wait to play it, should run like glass on my rig (specs in sig).
 
cc2096 said:
Damn! Wheres the bloody "This thread is useless with pics" smiley? ;)

Picking my copy up @ 10am EDT (as soon as Gamestop opens). Can't wait to play it, should run like glass on my rig (specs in sig).
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Ugh I wish I was in the states now. My order shipped yesterday but I probably won\\\'t get my copy until Saturday at the earliest.

So, how about some pics? :D
 
Whats with all the hype with this game? Only because it's one of the VERY few that came out recently? :confused:
 
2400+ @ 2ghz
1gig o ram PC3200
X800XT AIW
running at game at 1024x768 high detail 4x AA

The character creation, as far as how you look goes, is insainely indepth. you can change every physical aspect of your face up to and including the length of your hair (slider makes it longer or shorter). I spent a good half hour just making a face.

The reports of how your starting skills are determined by what you do at the begining are true... to a point. At the point where its determined what you are, you have the choice to pick what the person guesses you are (after seeing you in action for a bit) or customize your abilities. The beginning is LONG. took me 1.5 hours just to get to the point where my class is defined. And Patric Stewart is > *

Out doors is excellent. It does have a lot of loading screens, but its seemless. As in no pause and wait. The only time you have to wait for something to load is when you go indoors to a shop or other inside locals.

The inventory screen took a bit to get use to and seems non intuitive at first, but it gets better as you go. Still frustrating sometimes. I ended up remapping a few keys since the controlls for me were awkward.

Lockpicking minigame is fun. Makes you feel like you have controll rather than a behind the scenes dice roll.

Towns are great because people are walking around doing things and you can listen to many different conversations as you stroll along.

And Mana. OMG Mana. It actually regenerates at a good rate (pretty damn quick), making Mages VERY usefull.

Its an excellent game so far and has lived up to my expectations

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revenant said:
it would appear that everyone stares at the game glassy eyed with mouth open and can't remember to hit print screen once in a while.. which is a good sign, actually.. must be awesome. :)
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you want screens?

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How is the combat in this one? One of my biggest complaints about Morrowind was the terrible combat system. I know the the devs said that they were completely revamping it, but the combat in the preview movies still looked pretty lame.


If nothing else, that game sure is beautiful.
 
Akuma said:
How is the combat in this one? One of my biggest complaints about Morrowind was the terrible combat system. I know the the devs said that they were completely revamping it, but the combat in the preview movies still looked pretty lame.


If nothing else, that game sure is beautiful.
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combat is definetly built around console controlls. In fact, im debating if i should get a 360 controller for my PC.
 
Good to see some fans of the series. I loved Morrowind and played it for hours -- even finished it! I can't wait to get my hands on this game, but I have so many deadlines (work) this month that I don't think I'll be able to sit down with it until early next month. :(
 
For anyone who has the game: is anyone playing it with a similar computer to a A64 3200+, X800XL, 1GB RAM? I'm getting it later this week (hopefully) and want to know how it runs. Thanks.
 
ZOMGWTFBBQ said:
You overclocking your rig at all? if not, wtf? lol
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Not yet. Actually not that big into OCing, but I am going to bump up the X2 to FX60 speeds i think. And I have 2 step-up 7900GT CO Superclocked coming from eVGA next week, so im sure they will OC nicely too.
 
I'm curious to see the difference between 360 v PC in terms of image quality and such.
It anybody running this game at 1920x1200 and able to move?!

Just curious.
 
Akuma said:
How is the combat in this one? One of my biggest complaints about Morrowind was the terrible combat system. I know the the devs said that they were completely revamping it, but the combat in the preview movies still looked pretty lame.


If nothing else, that game sure is beautiful.
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After about 6 hours of play, the combat feels pretty solid. The enemies hits feel like they have power behind them, even when you block with the shield you feel like you've stopped a dump truck. And your own attacks feel pretty strong as well, there is only a slight feeling of being disconnected.

As for the graphics, on my setup the game runs like a dream in dungeons, the only real slowdown I notice is when you get into some heavily wooded and grassy areas. Then the frames drop. And the land texture in the distance are extremely low res, but they have still managed to make it look amazing in its grandeur.
 
nice, id like to get it, but i dont think my 9200SE can hadle it............... waaaaa :( but please post some more pics soon too..............
 
I'll be picking up this afternoon. I just finished school for the quarter and I can't freakin wait!!!
 
Well hell, I couldn't find a copy last night but I did manage to install some more ram :) Tonight I will pickup the game at Frys on my way home, and sit naked at my computer twiddling my fingers across my keyboard in utter delight!!
 
theNoid said:
Well hell, I couldn't find a copy last night but I did manage to install some more ram :) Tonight I will pickup the game at Frys on my way home, and sit naked at my computer twiddling my fingers across my keyboard in utter delight!!
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You have nearly the same computer setup as I do (AXP 2500+ that can run at 3200+, BFG 6800gt, 1 gig mushkin ram). Please report back on how well it runs on your system. In particular, my LCD's native is 1600x1200 and I hate the vaseline-smeared look of lower resolutions. If you could, tell me what options you have to turn down to play it at 16x12 and if it runs even semi-smoothly. I'd greatly appreciate it. :)

I also have an Xbox 360 and HDTV for the living room setup, but don't want to have to deal with the wife/kids sharing the TV when I'm going to be devoting so much time to this game.
 
You guys want pics? This is the best I can do until I get home.



From my lunchtime shopping trip.
 
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