The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

I preordered this game a while ago and I'm so excited about it! I didn't like Morrowind that much to be honest, but Daggerfall is one of my all time favourite games, and by far my favourite RPG. And this just looks incredible and... yeah! I'm just excited, haha.

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Originally Posted by David Deluxe

Geez, my monitor sucks so hard, even if I'd have my new PC already, I wouldn't be able to play it. For example, take this screen. I can't see anything besides the interface. ;_;

That screenshot is really dark, and my computer screen is on "Doom 3" brightness settings. The game should generally be quite a bit brighter than that, I hope.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

So, Oblivion is obviously the best game.

But it could be better: click here for speed and graphics optimisations, and some awesome mods. I really recommend the slow level one if you want to get more out of your game. Also the "remove annoying text" one is a must.

EDIT: Personally, I find the quality-speed tradeoff for the "soup" one to be not worth it. The loading times almost double, and one of the things I love about this game is the fact that loading times are so minimal. Besides, on long distance the "detailed" textures make this grid pattern that I personally find more annoying than soup.

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Originally Posted by Mucknuggle

I'll take a little longer loading times and increased performance over quick loading times any day.

Well, the soup fix is only a slight performance hit (and is easily counteracted by the precache fix below it), so I definitely recommend it for those who were annoyed with it. It's just that to me it actually doesn't really look much better since you get that ugly gridding instead (plus longer load times makes it really not worth it to me).

But I'm kind of hoping they'll come out with a mod that randomises the textures over distance to fix this! I think that might work really well.

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Originally Posted by wtran168

Best game ever??? I don't know about that. I am fully enjoying Oblivion but there are plenty of things that could be improved.

One thing that bugs me is the time scale of the game. If you go off of the main quest and start doing other stuff, and only do other stuff then there should be consequences, but instead it doesn't really matter as you can always go back to it months (possibly years) down the track and all will be the same as you left it.

LOL that's true! There are definitely flaws which is probably why I said it could be even better. I can't really think of any game that's better though. I really love Shadow of the Colossus but it's more art than game.

Now that you said this, I want to look at the time passing mod. I wonder if that fixes this issue... EDIT: It's not, it just slows the passing of time, which does kind of make stuff more real since you wouldn't be gone for years and years at least. It works well with the slow levelling patch, too.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Heh, you people are pretty oversensitive. Maybe a flaw is a bit too big a word, but it's definitely not a positive thing. Anyway, the time slowdown mod really improves the gameplay, especially on 10:1 (10 minutes gametime takes 1 minute). I find 1:1 to be a bit too much of a good thing, although if it would use the CPU clock I might start making use of that too, since I'm already used to it from Animal Crossing. The original setting (30:1) is just too fast for me, it feels rushed.

Of course, it depends on your gaming style--I tend to play the game for an hour or two, and this way there aren't months (or even years) passed all of a sudden just from exploring various sections on the map.

But yeah, the time slowdown mod combined with the slower levelling mod makes the game a lot more enjoyable for me. Gotta love 'em. =D

Originally Posted by Forsety

I happen to agree with you anyway, which is why I suggested taking breaks at points where the game seems to slow down. When Martin needs you to collect items for him, for example, seems a decent time to break into some sidequests.

That's what I did, although with new characters I most likely won't do the main quest again for obvious reasons. Although I do enjoy being called the hero of Kvatch when the whole city is in ruins. =D

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Originally Posted by Mucknuggle

They probably have a few expansion packs planned out for the surrounding areas. Heck, maybe they'll even release a Morrowind pack.

There's a mod team working on a Morrowind addition already, I don't know how far they are but they are certainly taking it seriously from what I've seen on their website. There are quest writers and everything. I for one certainly welcome (quality) additions to the landmass, not that the game is too small for me or anything.

Anyway! No more soup--forget the "no soup for you" hack, this is vastly superior. No water reflection bugs, no fps drop, no "bouncing bug". And best of all, no ugly gridding, and no blurry crap either. <3

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Originally Posted by KnowsNothing

Finally got to play this over the weekend at my dad's house. I had to put the setting fairly low, but holy shit it's awesome. So far I still like the Morrowind area a bit better, though I can't put my finger on WHY exactly...

Anywho, I've got a question about game saves for Oblivion (and Morrowind too, but I figure it's the same for both so whatever.) I started my game on one computer, but I want to continue my quest on another computer. Is there any way I could possibly do this? Is there any way I could switch back and forth between two computers and continue the same quest on both?

Yeah, saves are under My Documents/My Games/Oblivion/Saves, you can copy them back and forth (just make sure you remember to always bring the latest version). I'm pretty sure that works, though I haven't tried it myself. Perhaps it's a good idea to make a backup of the whole Oblivion directory just in case.

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