Live in VA now sorry.Does anyone actually know any place in Central Florida area that is getting the game IN on the 20th? Everyone I talked to says the 21st.
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Live in VA now sorry.Does anyone actually know any place in Central Florida area that is getting the game IN on the 20th? Everyone I talked to says the 21st.
Narius said:http://www.hardocp.com/news.html?news=MTc2OTcsLCwsLCwx
NVIDIA has has informed us they will be releasing a new driver on Wednesday March 22nd at NZone. This new version ForceWare 84.25 will contain specific performance enhances to Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion ...
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Frosteh said:I've seen all the videos for this now, and all I can say is "WOW"
I like the stealth elements and the fact that you can sort of create your own class, depending on how well the system works I might very well become a Thief character crossed with an assassin, two characters you can play very little in todays games.
Could it be possible to be so good as a thief/assassin that you only emerge at night, travel the streets in the shadows and the world will never know you're there?
It would be very cool to be a more "unknown" character of which all the people around you are very unaware you're there, more of a rumour or an unseen ghost, saving the world from peril but never to be seen.
After seeing the AI video I was very impressed, i like the way people have feelings towards you and that effects the conversation etc. One thing i definatly hope they've added into this system is a "fear" system where NPC's and even standard enemies might have a fear level based on how renound you are for being merciless or unforgiving.
Most games with some form of NPC's and combat lack this trait, I remember loving fallout 2 soooo much and playing it for months at a time, but being serverly dissapointed with no fear system, you and a possy of others should be known for tearing apart whole towns or groups like the slave traders, yet no one ever fears you, they just run at you with their crappy weapons and dont stand a chance, only fleeing when they're low on health which is to be expected, but not the same thing.
Blakestr said:Where in North Florida? Like Jacksonville...cuz I have friends up there I suppose I could visit...for 15 minutes lol
Narius said:wow just wow.... at first i was like hmm dont no y ever1 is so hyped about this game.... and now after watching bout 10 videos of it, including all the countdown and E3 videos, and reading this extensive 7 page review
http://forums.planetxbox360.com/elder-scrolls-iv-oblivion/6024-oblivion-7-page-review-high-rez.html
really great review btw, i am just stunned by this game.. and i cant wait until tomorrow when i go and pick it up at best buy (cuase i have 3 gift cards to bb)...
im already hooked on this game and its not even realesed yet...
Stiler said:"Our performance testing shows no two benchmark runs are identical in exterior scenes, due to Oblivion randomly placing grass and rocks, changing the amount of grass, and varying other aspects of the terrain."
Umm, say what? The terrain generation doesn't actually randomly generate terrain, they merely used it in-development and then went in area's and fleshed them out by hand, etc.
The actual game world is the same for everyone, it's not like daggerfall or anything.
dirtypop said:How exactly will you get a standardized benchmark from this game? There are no "levels" and there are a LOT of gameplay variables. I don't understand how you can derive a standardized test from it...?
Brent_Justice said:Just play the game, it is that simple
That is how I do it with every game, play the game like a gamer.
amenBrent_Justice said:Just play the game, it is that simple
That is how I do it with every game, play the game like a gamer.
Frosteh said:Im in the UK and the best place (or at least cheapest) to get games is play.com unfortunatly they're not in stock for 5 days, according to them the release date is the 24th
Better check in town tomorrow during lunch to see if they have it in stock, this is one of the few games im definatly going to buy
Brent_Justice said:Just play the game, it is that simple
That is how I do it with every game, play the game like a gamer.
Stiler said:"Our performance testing shows no two benchmark runs are identical in exterior scenes, due to Oblivion randomly placing grass and rocks, changing the amount of grass, and varying other aspects of the terrain."
Umm, say what? The terrain generation doesn't actually randomly generate terrain, they merely used it in-development and then went in area's and fleshed them out by hand, etc.
The actual game world is the same for everyone, it's not like daggerfall or anything.
Does that mean that when you're exploring/wandering through the woods, you won't be able to rely on natural landmarks to find your way back? Cuz when you leave an area it will be regenerated next time you come back to it?Frosteh said:As I understand it from the videos the terrain (or rather the objects on the terrain) are proceduraly generated in real time, each users layout will be different.
Obviously landmarks such as dungeons and other large uncommon objects/areas will be static, and the ACTUAL terrain, the heightmapped ground, will be static as well.
I think as far as tools for building it, i expect they specify where they want light, medium or heavy forest or something to that effect and based on these preset variables the engine will create the world arround you, based on probably how steep the terrain is, what height you're at, how shadowed it is etc.
Musampha said:Will an ATI RADEON 9250 run Oblivion?
Musampha said:Will an ATI RADEON 9250 run Oblivion?
Frosteh said:The problem being of course, is that each run can be different and different loads maybe placed on the cards at different times, AI may decide to do something decidedly more complex one time and not others.
But what's "all the way through" in an Elder Scrolls game?Brent_Justice said:Well that is exactly what would happen when a gamer plays the game right, so it is a real world scenerio. We don't base our evaluation off of one run-through graphed. We play the game and get a feel for that game on a certain video card, which means we basically play the game all the way through. That is why our evaluation takes so long.
sculelos said:No it won't, the radeon 9250 doesn't have support dx9, the lowest radeon that you can play Oblivion on is the 9550, lowest Geforce is the 5200, but you better prepair for a slideshow with eather as thier very slow cards nowadays.
dirtypop said:But what's "all the way through" in an Elder Scrolls game?
Coldtronius said:I believe its called "Beating the game"
How do you "beat the game?"Coldtronius said:I believe its called "Beating the game"
dirtypop said:But what's "all the way through" in an Elder Scrolls game?
Brent_Justice said:That will be interesting to find out! I look forward to seeing how I'm going to evaluate it
Awesome. Can't wait.Brent_Justice said:That will be interesting to find out! I look forward to seeing how I'm going to evaluate it
That's pretty cool. I wish Bethesda would release some damn widescreen desktops though! Ow well. SoaP.ar1550 said:Can you tell I'm excited for this game?
Seems like an MMORPG, but without the MMO part heh. Im hoping to pick this up today or tomorrow and get to work..Brent_Justice said:That will be interesting to find out! I look forward to seeing how I'm going to evaluate it
jtzako said:Seems like an MMORPG, but without the MMO part heh. Im hoping to pick this up today or tomorrow and get to work..