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Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion - Retail First Impressions @ PC.IG
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Dhruin
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Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion - Retail First Impressions @ PC.IG
   

IGN is the first site we've seen to get some Oblivion retail <a href="http://pc.ign.com/articles/697/697213p1.html" target="_blank">first impressions</a> up. The article opens with some PC thoughts and moves on to the Xbox 360. Here's the opening:<blockquote><em>It was with great fervor that I picked up the collector's edition of Daggerfall some ten years ago now, and the seductive appeal of the Elder Scrolls series hasn't dissipated since, despite the bugs and long development times. It's surreal sometimes to look back upon those days before I became an editor, and now here I am looking at a cherished franchise as both an RPG gamer and an industry observer. I've been looking forward to ES4 more than any game since Half-Life 2 -- and that's a lot of games to wade through in the mean time. But it's finally on our desks, in our computers, and inside our heads, and we're here to give you a taste before Bethesda and 2K Games unleash Oblivion on the retail channel for both the PC and the 360. I'm the PC jerk today.</em></blockquote>
Post Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:19 am
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So it begins :]. It will be long day reading all those previews, first impressions and probably even reviews? Some are really fast in giving their final conclussions (reviews and scores) mainly when they expect it will bring them some significant traffic boost :].
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Let me just echo IGN's comments on the interface. Must we endure console interfaces forever more?
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quote:
Originally posted by Dhruin
Must we endure console interfaces forever more?


Yes. And it will get worse :].
Post Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:35 am
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My secret birthday wish: a hack that would allow a third person perspective.

Then I would be all over this game.
Post Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:37 pm
 
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quote:
Originally posted by screeg
My secret birthday wish: a hack that would allow a third person perspective.

Then I would be all over this game.


its already in the game
Post Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:31 pm
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quote:
Originally posted by wahwah
quote:
Originally posted by screeg
My secret birthday wish: a hack that would allow a third person perspective.

Then I would be all over this game.


its already in the game


Yes thank god. I saw a brief clip of a melee character in armour fighting 3rd person somewhere. It looked great, the camera was at a 10ft level or thereabouts. I played Morrowind 3rd person too. I just can't swing a sword in first person for some reason - the depth perception gets muddled up close I think, making my expectation of hit detection too ambiguous.

Plus the peripheral vision restriction in first person always bothered me.

On the other hand, in Morrowind if I was using a bow or ranged spells I switched to first person.
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I'm sure the entire gaming press industry is tripping over each other to get their reviews out.

Too bad early reviews of games as large as Oblivion are fairly worthless.
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quote:
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quote:
Originally posted by screeg
My secret birthday wish: a hack that would allow a third person perspective.

Then I would be all over this game.


its already in the game


Then Happy Birthday to me!
Actually, I'm expecting my first child any time now. Hope it doesn't cut into my game time...
Post Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:25 pm
 
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HA HA all they do is sleep. You'll be playing Oblivion like crazy. Congrats on your soon to be!
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quote:
Originally posted by Anonymous


Then Happy Birthday to me!
Actually, I'm expecting my first child any time now. Hope it doesn't cut into my game time...


*laughs uproariously wiping eyes with a tissue* Oh boy are YOU in for a surprise!
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quote:
Originally posted by ToddMcF2002
HA HA all they do is sleep. You'll be playing Oblivion like crazy. Congrats on your soon to be!


Problem is...when THEY sleep, YOU sleep. It's a tiring exercise, trust me.
Post Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:39 pm
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Listen listen. I'm a xpert!!! LOL

Newborns sleep like 21-22 hours a day.
You only sleep when they sleep at NIGHT. During the day they sleep all day and you game with coffee.

I've got 2, that's the way it was for me at least.
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quote:
Originally posted by ToddMcF2002

Newborns sleep like 21-22 hours a day.
You only sleep when they sleep at NIGHT. During the day they sleep all day and you game with coffee.


I have two as well. The thing is, after getting only 3 hours sleep at night, one loses one's edge during twitchy games. (He types, circles under his eyes, an empty, toppled coffee cup trickling brown drops off his desk.)

EDIT: On second thought, considering how slow Oblivion is likely to run on my computer, perhaps my sleep deprivation won't be much of a handicap after all.
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quote:
Originally posted by ToddMcF2002
Listen listen. I'm a xpert!!! LOL

Newborns sleep like 21-22 hours a day.
You only sleep when they sleep at NIGHT. During the day they sleep all day and you game with coffee.

I've got 2, that's the way it was for me at least.


You're a guy, right? That explains it.

quote:
I have two as well. The thing is, after getting only 3 hours sleep at night, one loses one's edge during twitchy games. (He types, circles under his eyes, an empty, toppled coffee cup trickling brown drops off his desk.)


Quoted for truth.
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