Oblivion - Who is buying it at release

mofish · Post by **mofish** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 10:45 pm

Games are sooo much more fun when I can just blast everything in my way instantly, and I have unlimited ammo, and can play with one hand, and Im done in 4 hours.....

Why even bother to play if its not a challenge?

If a game isnt occasionally/constantly kicking my ass with hard encounters and challenging enemies, then its not a game worth my time. Never use cheats. Ever.

DESX · Post by **DESX** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 11:03 pm

mofish wrote:Are people really beating this game already? Im reading people are beating it in 10 hours or so. If you just follow the main quest line. If so, that is very very Q_Q

That sounds about right I have already beat it on the main quest line. It isnt big but all of the other quests combined is a good 100+ hours.

Harrison · Post by **Harrison** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 5:46 am

Downloading this beast now

1550 seeds in this torrent :wiggle:

kaharthemad · Post by **kaharthemad** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 7:40 am

mofish wrote:
Never use cheats. Ever.

Once I manage thru the game I go back in cheat mode. There are some games however that I play for the storyline in and of itself. Cheating does not diminish this for me in anyway shape or form. It is just how I enjoy playing the game at that given time.

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 5:34 pm

kaharthemad wrote:
mofish wrote:
Never use cheats. Ever.

Once I manage thru the game I go back in cheat mode. There are some games however that I play for the storyline in and of itself. Cheating does not diminish this for me in anyway shape or form. It is just how I enjoy playing the game at that given time.

so what you're saying is that you'd rather just watch an interactive cartoon

Post by **Tossica** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 5:47 pm

Playing this now. So far it's great and surprisingly, it runs well on my laptop.

mofish · Post by **mofish** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 6:00 pm

Is it me or is the levelling system in this game back-asswards? I dinged to 2nd level in a crypt (vilverin) and it became impossible. Bleh. Gonna have to figure this out.

mofish · Post by **mofish** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 6:09 pm

Stolen from a thread at FOHguild.org :boots:

Lionking · Post by **Lionking** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 10:18 am

Tossica wrote:Playing this now. So far it's great and surprisingly, it runs well on my laptop.

What are your laptops specs, particularly your video? I thought I had it made on my laptop too, until I went outside.... then it went slideshow on me. That is thanks to my Thinkpad's X300 w/64mb vid RAM. I hear I need at least 128mb....

-Out

:vonk:

Post by **Tossica** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 10:33 am

P4 3.0GHZ w/HT
1GB 400MHZ DDR ram
ATI Radeon Mobility 9700 128MB

I don't have the settings cranked up or anything but it's completely playable. I'd guess I get around 20FPS in the outdoors and 30 in dungeons.

Durothil Skyreaver · Post by **Durothil Skyreaver** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 1:28 pm

I thought I was doing ok until I saw my FPS in combat.

It was 8.

10sun · Post by **10sun** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 1:50 pm

Smooth as silk in the dungeon and when first leaving them...

and then I stole a horse and started running around and my frame rate dropped to like 5.

High settings.

A64-3000+
2gb ram
x850 pro 256

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:12 pm

dumb question

how do i find out my fps?

mofish · Post by **mofish** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:44 pm

probably use Fraps is easiest way.

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:42 pm

eh, i'm betting there's probably a simple ingame hotkey to toggle it on or off

Reynaldo · Post by **Reynaldo** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:01 pm

What resolution are you running on?

The game set everything to Medium on install after its system test on mine and the only thing I moved up was the reso and it ate my machine =( (3.0 pent, 1gb RAM, 6600GT)

Runs really smooth on the lowest res. Do you really miss anything playing on lower?

Post by **Lueyen** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:08 pm

Just picked it up last Friday, so far I'm very impressed with the game. I bumped up the settings above it's recomended, only time I notice anything annoying is with npc's when you talk to them, and when selling items, the mouse seems less responsive. Other then that beautiful graphics... and the AI seems to be very very well done.

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:17 pm

Reynaldo wrote:What resolution are you running on?

The game set everything to Medium on install after its system test on mine and the only thing I moved up was the reso and it ate my machine =( (3.0 pent, 1gb RAM, 6600GT)

Runs really smooth on the lowest res. Do you really miss anything playing on lower?

I bumped it up to 1280x1024, but turned off the detail on distant objects

DESX · Post by **DESX** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:30 pm

Ran it on the 360 and it is playing at 60 fps =P

Lionking · Post by **Lionking** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 6:24 pm

DESX wrote:Ran it on the 360 and it is playing at 60 fps =P

If I already had an HDTV, I think the 360 would be a good answer, but damn, just to play Oblivion on the 360 I would have to fork out $400-500 for the console, $60 for the game and then, what, $2k+ for the freaking HDTV? LOL, that's a lot for the love of one game. LOL.

-Out

:vonk:

Harrison · Post by **Harrison** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 6:27 pm

Not to mention you'd then have to play with a controller like a noob.

Jazendar · Post by **Jazendar** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:31 pm

I'm having a blast with Eq again but I might have to try this game out. I think i'll pick it up this weekend.

DESX · Post by **DESX** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:49 pm

Already beat all faction quests and main story line need just a few misc quests and thieves guild quests and im pretty much done. Just picked up Ghost recon advanced warfighter to make up for this =P.

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 10:24 pm

Harrison wrote:Not to mention you'd then have to play with a controller like a noob.

this would actually translate ok to a controller

Bigrozz · Post by **Bigrozz** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:20 am

So far the only real limitation of the controller is having to use the d-pad for hotkeys, the numpad on a keyboard is much more convenient. Playing it on the 360 and loving it. My buddy is playing it on his dual core, 2 gig ram, 6800 machine at just over mid level settings and I think it looks much better on the 360.

Playing a nightblade at the moment, itâ€™s kind of easy. I just sneak up and crit strike a mob then frost shock them and they are dead. Not sure how I will fare in the arena though, can you sneak successfully in there or are the mobs aware of you as soon as the match starts?

Des how many hours did it take you to beat the main quest? Did you race through it or take your time doing side quests?