Oblivion confirmed for PS3 and PSP

[Loke]

Source.

The game will introduce a new faction to the Oblivion world, one that's available right at the beginning called Knights of the Nine and described by the developers as "the good Dark Brotherhood." The goal here is to become the Divine Crusader (think part warrior, part priest), and the quest features new locations, characters, armor and weapons.

"Oblivion has these really good character archetypes for evil," says executive producer Todd Howard. "It has the Dark Brotherhood: You get your outfit, you feel like an assassin, you feel like an evil guy, [and] you role-play like an evil guy. We [didn't] have the opposite end of that. There [was] very little reward for being a goody two-shoes."

"As opposed to adding content that allowed your character to just experience new quests, we wanted to create something that allowed your character to become something new," he continues.

Fans may also be excited to hear that the series is heading to PSP in Elder Scrolls Travels: Oblivion, a game that plays very similarly to its big brother but takes place in a completely different setting.

PS3 screens can be viewed here, unfortunately no PSP screens yet.

 

[Combine Hybrid]

LMFAO, PSP you say? PSP?!

 

[Shamrock]

TBH, I checked the screens for the PS3, and let me tell you, those look horrible compared to PC and the 360. The objects in the water in the third picture look like they are floating. And the very first picture looks like something I'd see two years ago, no idea why though, it just looks that way.

 

[Gorgon]

psp??? how ?......

 

[Shodan]

I want to play that knights of the nine bit, sounds similar to a knights templar kind of thing.

I hope they bring that to PC.

 

[Loke]

psp??? how ?......

Obviously it's going to be different from the original Oblivion as "…takes place in a completely different setting."

I guess we'll have to wait and see until some screens and more info about the game turn up. It's hard to tell now with this scarce info.

 

[Vegeta897]

PS3 and PSP... The near complete opposites of graphical power... I hate multi-platform releases.

 

[CyberPitz]

PS3 and PSP... The near complete opposites of graphical power... I hate multi-platform releases.

Heh, I'm just trying to imagine Oblivion on the PSP... Slightly blowing my mind \=

 

[smwScott]

PS3 and PSP... The near complete opposites of graphical power... I hate multi-platform releases.

They're different games. The PS3 version is probably just a port of the 360 version with that new faction added in. The PSP version is a new game.

 

[Unfocused]

"Completely different setting"

Umm Oblivion in 2D? Satellite-like view, like the commander mode in BF2?

 

[VictimOfScience]

Ha! I have been saying this for a long time--that a PS3 release was in the works...because I know Todd Howard's mother. :E

 

[Cole]

It is not The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion that has to do with the PSP. It is Elder Scrolls Travels: Oblivion that deals with the PSP. It has a lot more to do with Bethesda's Cell Phone games.

 

[Iced_Eagle]

Wow, this was that uber-secret PS3 launch title that we supposedly never herad of, eh?

Bummer, I thought it was going to be something really cool. Not something I've already played on my Xbox360 (to give them credit though, they got that horse armor probably as default!!111)

 

[smwScott]

It is not The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion that has to do with the PSP. It is Elder Scrolls Travels: Oblivion that deals with the PSP. It has a lot more to do with Bethesda's Cell Phone games.

Realistically it'll probably be more like slightly worse than Morrowind graphics mixed with Oblivion features in a new environment. Think Liberty City Stories to GTA3.

It'll definitely be closer to the PC/console games than cell phone games, the PSP is about as powerful as a PS2. Anyway it will be interesting to see how they do with the PSP version, I'm kinda interested in it. Hopefully they'll fix some of what was broken with Oblivion, such as the awful decision to have everyone level with you.

 

[63]

Oblivion? Isn't that the game that was hyped to the max + nobody plays it anymore?

 

[madog]

lol i still play it now and then because im prefecting everything which takes forever and im going to eventually kill everyone in the world. Even though that's not possible because guards respawn.

 

[Unfocused]

Oblivion? Isn't that the game that was hyped to the max + nobody plays it anymore?

Yes, it's the game I spent a few hundred hours on and don't play it anymore.

Similar to HL2 actually. But I didn't spent a few hundred hours on HL2.

 

[Tyguy]

Oblivion? Isn't that the game that was hyped to the max + nobody plays it anymore?

I think so, if your talking about that game I bought, played for 20 minutes, and have not touched since.

 

[VictimOfScience]

I think so, if your talking about that game I bought, played for 20 minutes, and have not touched since.

20 min?? On a game you probably spent upwards of $60 on?? Man, where's your attention span?? You owe it to yourself (and your wallet) to get back in there and start delving into some side quests at least!

Oh, and those first two screenshots look much better than the PC or 360 version, so I am not sure what you folks are talking about. The third does look weird with the architecture in the water or something.

 

[Shodan]

I recently started playing again, its pretty fun.

 

[AiM]

I recently started playing again, its pretty boring, repetitive, generic action game.

Fixed

 

[Shodan]

Thank you, please do not change my words in future.

 

[smwScott]

Haha, he's the idiot? Playing Oblivion is the most mind numbing experience ever. In addition to being so incredibly flawed (the game can be completed at Level 1, and in many ways is even easier that way), the actual gameplay is nothing more than repetitive, derivitive, and shallow combat.

This game isn't even a real RPG, it's a bland action game with an RPG facade. Nothing you do to improve your character actually matters, it's purely masturbatory. The better you get, the better everyone else gets. If you don't get any better, you'll be playing the final levels and they'll be just as weak. In many ways San Andreas is more of an RPG than Oblivion, as the improvements made to your character actually make a difference IN RELATION to everything else.

If you like the game then fine, but saying someone is an idiot for not liking a game like Oblivion just shows your own intelligence.

 

[-Psy-]

The graphics look crap tbh.

Nothing outstanding or "OMFG!".

 

[Shodan]

Mabye playing games isn't about completing them?

I don't need to have some kind of reward or pissing contest in a game to have fun with it.

 

[Unfocused]

I think so, if your talking about that game I bought, played for 20 minutes, and have not touched since.

...wow.

Did it look like a game for you, though, judging by the screenshots, videos and reviews?

 

[Steven]

I imagine that the PS3 pics we saw weren't of the finished game.

 

[AiM]

Fine, go back to Halo and Splinter Cell, idiot.

...

I'm curious, did you ever think for a second what you just assumed (incorrectly I might add) or did you just blurt it out like a ****ing idiot?

smwScott covered up my thoughts about the game exactly, so I won't repeat that.

edit: Let me give you an idea (since your mind seems incapable of anything besides quick insults and assumptions), if I could use these words to describe Oblivion:

"boring, repetitive, generic action game"

Why the hell would I enjoy Halo?

 

[VictimOfScience]

I imagine that the PS3 pics we saw weren't of the finished game.

I actually think the first two shots looked pretty darn good, but we will likely just have to wait for the reviews to see if they have pulled off anything better than the PC or 360. Like I have said before, if it can run smoothly with HDR and everything maxed out (which I assume everything will be) even while a major fight is going on, then I will have to get it for this platform one day too because seeing it on an HDTV 20" bigger than my PC monitor will be just priceless!!