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Dhruin
Stranger In A Strange Land
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| Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion - Preview @ Wired |
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Wired has today's first <a href="http://blog.wired.com/games/index.blog?entry_id=1422030" target="_blank">preview</a> of Oblivion on one of their hosted blogs. The style is casual and somewhat disorganised, so take this one as you will. It's also been fairly controversial:<blockquote><em>When I got outside, things got hairy. I could see across to the other side of a lake, but it was completely undetailed. Just big, formless blobs of blues and greens. I turned around and looked at my more immediate surroundings and realized that the draw distance was awful. As you walk around, the ground teems with individually rendered blades of grass, bushes, mushrooms, all sorts of stuff. But only a small radius around your character is fully realized -- the rest of it is drawn in, quite visibly, as you move around.</em></blockquote>Some will see this as "honest" but it's probably worth noting few - if any - other previews made similar observations. |
Mon Feb 27, 2006 9:28 am |
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r3dshift
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The moron should get a PC, where he can adjust the draw distance. Problem solved, simple as that. IMO RPGs - and especially one of such magnitude as Oblivion - were never meant to be played on consoles.
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Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:39 am |
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hiciacit
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quote:
Originally posted by r3dshift
The moron should get a PC, where he can adjust the draw distance. Problem solved, simple as that. IMO RPGs - and especially one of such magnitude as Oblivion - were never meant to be played on consoles.
I guess your opinion is not held in high regard by Bethesda then. |
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Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:49 pm |
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r3dshift
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Truth be told, I'm not too happy about Bethesda also developing the game for the 'box (which prolly accounts for the delay of the game, too), but as long as it does not affect the overall experience on the PC, I don't give a darn.
I have an inherent loathing toward consoles, as they seem to have thrown PC game development into a disarray.
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Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:42 pm |
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Rendelius
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Location: Austria |
quote:
Originally posted by r3dshift
Truth be told, I'm not too happy about Bethesda also developing the game for the 'box (which prolly accounts for the delay of the game, too), but as long as it does not affect the overall experience on the PC, I don't give a darn.
I have an inherent loathing toward consoles, as they seem to have thrown PC game development into a disarray.
I can assure you that the reason for the delay wasn't the Xbox 360. Not at all.
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Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:18 pm |
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Acleacius
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"I can assure you that the reason for the delay wasn't the Xbox 360. Not at all."
Really, can you elaborate?
If you are under some NDA (most of which I think were lifted friday) could you try to speak in generalisations?
Accurate information seems more inportant to the PC crowd, afaik.
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Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:46 am |
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lilithn
Eager Tradesman
Joined: 29 Aug 2005
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Location: Budapest, Hungary |
quote:
Originally posted by Rendelius
I can assure you that the reason for the delay wasn't the Xbox 360. Not at all.
Yeah, I'm pretty curious about your comment too.
As for me, I wouldn't touch an XBox with a 10 feet pole. Consoles mean pretty much dumbing down games. Both in graphics and in intellectual value, in my opinion. But that's just my opinion, please don't hit me.  |
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Tue Feb 28, 2006 7:50 am |
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corwin
On the Razorblade of Life
Joined: 10 Jun 2002
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We won't hit you, most of us here agree with you. Check out the previous poll we ran!! 
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