oblivion
POSTED BY: j6ngo1977
UPDATED: Saturday, April 22, 2006 13:50
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Not a Sci/Fi series , but a game. I bought an XBox 360 for this game. I must say absolutely stunning. If you wanna be in your own Lord of the Rings, this is the game. I cannot say where this game goes because what it does is stick you in a totally believable RPG universe and says 'ok you get on with it'. The graphics are second to none and the world you are in is so believeable. . I definately dont wanna pay 50 quid (75 dollars) for this game or like all games they ask for the 360 but its the only game i want for the machine :). Yes ok I could get it for my PC, however my PC would just cough and die at just looking at it. I need a PC the size of Kent (Kansas for the americans) to get it moving at a reasonable rate of FPS. Fanatstic game
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Yep, just got it the other day, myself. (Big-time gamer here, and of course Elder Scrolls has always been the holy grail of RPG's.)
Actually, I was suprised that it ran so well on my computer. It's getting to the point that I can't play any of the new FPS's with a survivable framerate. Had to tone down the resolution to 800 x 600, and bring the draw distance down a bit, but I get a pretty decent framerate (at a guess, maybe around 25-30 so not great but not so slow as to spoil the effect either.)
Yeah, it rocks. So much. :)
How sick is it, though, that I can only play for maybe two hours at a time before I starting wondering what's going on the Firefly 'verse? ;p
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You can take my hope when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers.
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Good stuff my man/woman. It has some good actors at the begining as well. Patrick Stewart as the King and he dies! (is that a game spoiler?). Nooooooo. I was shouting 'dont die Jean Luc! ' LOL. My friend has it on the PC and said it doesnt run so bad. I just know my PC wouldn't run it :( The only game I play on my PC is Eve online and I chat on FFN .lol. Thats about it. Glad you like it. its one of the best games ive played for along while. Ive been waiting for it for 3 years and wasnt dissapointed. As you said now all we need is it to be in the Firefly verse :)
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lol, I spent most of last year capsuleering 'round EVE Online :) Great game, but I had to pry myself away from the whole MMO thing. Was sucking too much of my time, and I needed a game that I could play for just an hour or two instead of all day long ;p (And I spent so much time getting my Domi fitted just right, too... 
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Yeah I got it for PC.
I mean when someone's got an AMD 64 x2 4400+, Nvidia 7800 GTX and 2 gigs of RAM why would they use anything else??
Besides, PC versions always last longer than the console versions... By that I mean mods and such.
I get 60 FPS, though it has trouble outside in the forest because of all the grass particles. But I've seen the Suxbox 360 run it, and it's framerate drops worse tham my PC when it's in the forest. It's just that there's too much Grass.
AND! I even have all my details cranked up (Further than the 360 can do), and my view distance is scaled much further than any suxbox could ever see. I wish I could play at a resolution of 1600x1200 (I'm pretty sure I remember as 1200), which is higher resolution than HDTV (720p or the rare 1080p), but unfortuently Oblivion doesn't let me play that high up, so I'm forced to play at 1280x1024 (which is the highest available, that's HDTV Quality).
The only disadvantage that I know of when playing Oblivion as opposed to the 360 version is that SUPPOSEDLY, as in so I read this on the Elder Scrolls forums a while back, is that on the Xbox you can get HDR+AA. But on the PC if you have HDR enabled, you can't use AA..... Which doesn't make any sense. But doesn't really matter because A) At my resolution, I barely notice any Jaggies, or even at 1280x1024 and B) I never use AA in any game. Because it's just bad performance for not that much more of a plus. I'm not too paranoid about Jaggies.
And as for Oblivion the game being good, not just the technology. Oblivion is better than Morrowind... No doubt about it. Reason being: Fast Travel, and Horses. I'm so glad that I don't have to LITEREALLY WALK EVERYWHERE.
Back in Morrowind you're fatigue would drain JUST FOR RUNNING!!! And you had to run everywhere pretty much. And of course if you're fatigue was 0 you had to walk. That's the only reason why I stopped playing Morrowind.
"Th3re !s n0 spo0Ne." -The Matricks
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I have it for PC, and I love it. I have downloaded several mods for it that have made changes to what I consider design flaws, and it is a fantastic experience.
There is so much to do, I love this game!
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Clearly Oblivion caught my eye back before 360 was even out. While still happy w/ my old 'Box, I'm still weighing the options as to get the 360 or not. Price isn't such the issue, but stories of glitches and such keep me from pullin' the trigger. But hell, if folks can assure me that 360 has eliminated modders, cheaters, hackers, bridgers, etc.... i'm in!
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I am not a gamer but I am the girlfriend of a gamer. So this is my opinion. Oblivion sucks. The Xbox 360 is awfull. I hate this stupid system and this stupid game. Beautiful graphics and flawless play be damned back to the hell from which they came.
An I carried such a torch
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Originally posted by copilot:
I am not a gamer but I am the girlfriend of a gamer. So this is my opinion. Oblivion sucks. The Xbox 360 is awfull. I hate this stupid system and this stupid game. Beautiful graphics and flawless play be damned back to the hell from which they came.
ROFL!
That has got to be the best review of the game and system I have seen yet! I've been waiting to buy one but you've really convinced me to just buy it now.
I was thinking that I would have my GF start the game, so that I'm only helping her with her game if I play...do you think that would have worked for you if you would have been able to design and play your own character from the get go?
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I've tried to play a few times but it's hard to play with people who've been gamers since pong was the hot new thing. Also I have terrible hand eye cordination. Maybe if my significant other was willing to just help me play I might consider it again. Plus designing my own charchter sounds kinda neat.
An I carried such a torch
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