Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Xbox 360 RPG Preview

XBS-NewsAgent · 10-17-2005, 09:01 AM

News from the main site at Xbox Solution:

Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Xbox 360 RPG Preview

Game developer Bethesda is taking players back to the fantasy world with their upcoming Xbox 360 title Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. As the name implies this is going to be the fourth game in a well respected RPG series. The storyline in Oblivion revolves around the fate of the central city in this realm. The King has been assassinated by unknown individuals and because of his death the gates to Oblivion have been opened. The opening of these gates has allowed demons and other monsters to invade the kingdom. From this point players will begin their quest throughout the mystical kingdom.

How gamers complete this journey is their own decision entirely. Rather than be forced through an endless line of quests to complete the story you can explore the entire realm anyway you please. To pass time and gain experience players can embark on a challenge quest given to them by characters in the game. Some of these challenges will have you hunting down thieves and bandits in the kingdom. If sorcery is more your style you can practice your magic and create potions as well. Players need to meet new characters in the game and make friends with them in order to be given more challenges to complete.

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Illidan · 10-17-2005, 09:14 AM

Bought without a shadow of a doubt.

Black Eagle · 10-17-2005, 03:58 PM

My personal opinion is that it is going to suck. A lot of people from X05 said how horrible it was (animations and stuff). I don't have much confidence in it.

roughneck0101 · 10-17-2005, 04:02 PM

I pre-ordered it a while back. great article PureEgo!

*Gronar* · 10-17-2005, 05:45 PM

I'm waiting on rough's unadulterated opinion of it before I pick it up. I loved Morrowind, even with the crappy animations and combat.

Noxicity · 10-18-2005, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Black Eagle

My personal opinion is that it is going to suck. A lot of people from X05 said how horrible it was (animations and stuff). I don't have much confidence in it.

Yes, 'animations and stuff' being bad truly makes a game unworthy of our cash *note the sarcasm there...

Elder Scrolls games have never traditionally looked good anyway, so even if Oblivion has graphics that aren't up to scratch regarding the expected Xbox 360 standards, the game is still most likely to rock...

The preview confirms this, and the history of Elder Scrolls games also indicates that awesome gameplay, variation, and longetivity are components that form the key core of the games, at the expense of graphics...

***XBS Jason*** · 10-18-2005, 03:13 PM

B.E. allot of people at X05 where wearing really bad color combinations when they were there as well, so why take their opinion on it if they can't even make a decent outfit selection in the morning.

Anyhow, I'll be getting this!

Rockk · 10-19-2005, 12:16 AM

Got my copy paid off now.

I just hope it makes it at launch (or a few weeks after at the latest. As long as it's been tested. I know past Elder Scrolls games have been often plagued by bugs).

But yeah, in a game like Oblivion, graphics and animations don't mean crap. It's all about the gameplay. Like what has already been mentioned, Morrowind had horrible graphics and animation (compared to other games) yet honestly that is the game that I have probably played the most out of all my Xbox games. It was just that addicting!

setite · 10-19-2005, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Black Eagle

My personal opinion is that it is going to suck. A lot of people from X05 said how horrible it was (animations and stuff). I don't have much confidence in it.

have you seen the 20minute ingame video? its on torrentspy... in dvd (over a gig) and avi (120megs).. it is not crappy... the game will be FULLY OPEN and realistic... the ai are given goals, and a logic, but not a set path... if there is more than one logical way to go about something.. and you watch the same thing enough times... i think 2-4 times.. it will be different... also you get good at what you do.. not what you choose like other rpgs... the ai is realistic, the leveling is realistic, the graphics are realistic, the whole game is. what more can you ask for, online play is its only flaw as there is none.. but a game like this... wont be seen as an mmorpg for a while

Noxicity · 10-19-2005, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by setite

the game will be FULLY OPEN and realistic... the ai are given goals, and a logic, but not a set path... if there is more than one logical way to go about something.. and you watch the same thing enough times... i think 2-4 times.. it will be different... also you get good at what you do.. not what you choose like other rpgs... the ai is realistic, the leveling is realistic, the graphics are realistic, the whole game is

^Yeah, this one (setite) speaks the truth. And to be honest, I'd much rather Oblivion have those above-mentioned things than superb graphics...
Sacrifice graphics in the name of gameplay?... Damn straight!