Oblivion Countdown Movie

presumably as it's a countdown, there will be more...
 
Beautiful scenery. You could never see something like that in morrowind, at least I couldnt.
 
Iwantthisgameiwanthisgameiwanthisgameiwanthisgameiwantthisgame AND I WANT IT NOW!!!!!!!!*breathes in then breathes out*

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Ah, beautiful stuff. It just makes the wait that much more difficult!!!

I hope they release a great little vid everyday for the next week to keep me somewhat sated...*drools*
 
so EXTREME

the draw distance is indeed rather short but I'll live with it D:
 
boy that little movie was beautiful, can't wait for this
 
also some new screenies on the site too.

Comparing that movie to the map, and going on what Bethesda said about view distance being infinite, you should be able to see the entire game area from a high vantage point, with the tower always visible in the centre...

VictimOfScience said:
I hope they release a great little vid everyday for the next week to keep me somewhat sated...*drools*
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I'm also hoping that's the plan
 
I think I will join Greenpeace, and protect the beutiful land of Tamriel from Pirates
 
CR0M said:
also some new screenies on the site too.

Comparing that movie to the map, and going on what Bethesda said about view distance being infinite, you should be able to see the entire game area from a high vantage point, with the tower always visible in the centre...



I'm also hoping that's the plan
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in some hands on previews they mentioned that view distances were as far as the eye could see but that a short distance from your pov the textures and detail gets all muddy and low rez ..this isnt a deal breaker for me, not by a long stretch, but I can see some gamers jumping on the "oblivion sucks cuz it looks crappy 5 feet from you" bandwagon ...sometimes gamers are turds :)
 
It all looks damn fine to me too. The pic of the wench on the horse shows the low res hills in the background to the left, but my long-sight isn't that great in real life and that's how hills look to me anyway :LOL:


Oh, being a total nerd i've calculated the viewpoint of the movie based on the maps of cyrodiil.

viewpoint.gif
 
wow that was an impressive display of nerd power ;)


I'm far sighted so everything close up looks blurry ..so the entire game will look like I have bloom maxed out ..yay for imperfect vision!

it'll probably look something like this

 
CptStern said:
I can see some gamers jumping on the "oblivion sucks cuz it looks crappy 5 feet from you" bandwagon ...sometimes gamers are turds :)
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QFMFT.

Draw distances are overrated anyway IMHO. If any of you are runners, you'll understand when I say that I much prefer running through forests and canyons and such as opposed to huge open plains or even rolling hills because it feels like you are actually getting somewhere. With such a vast distance ahead of you, like on the plains or a long open road, it always seems like you have such a long way to go and no matter how long you run, it doesn't look like you've run all that far.

The same goes for games. I don't mind that you can't see for 16 miles. There aren't that many days when clear visibility is 16 or more miles in RL anyway, so not being able to see all of Oblivion's world doesn't bother me in the least.

Its still better than virtually all other games out thee now, so everyone just releax and enjoy. :)
 
If any of you are runners, you'll understand when I say that I much prefer running through forests and canyons and such as opposed to huge open plains or even rolling hills because it feels like you are actually getting somewhere. With such a vast distance ahead of you, like on the plains or a long open road, it always seems like you have such a long way to go and no matter how long you run, it doesn't look like you've run all that far.
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Roger that!

And well, even though it looked a little blurry, I still thinks It gives the feeling and the looks of a enormus place!
 
CR0M said:
It all looks damn fine to me too. The pic of the wench on the horse shows the low res hills in the background to the left, but my long-sight isn't that great in real life and that's how hills look to me anyway :LOL:


Oh, being a total nerd i've calculated the viewpoint of the movie based on the maps of cyrodiil.

viewpoint.gif
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If thats accurate.... well done sir.
 
CptStern said:
I'm far sighted so everything close up looks blurry ..so the entire game will look like I have bloom maxed out ..yay for imperfect vision!
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look at it this way - blurry vision = natural anti-aliasing. Think of the extra fps you will get as you don't need AA enabled :eek:
plus you can enable HDR (a pointless effect i can't be arsed with) if you're so inclined.

on a sidenote, visit the elderscrolls forum for some laughs:
No reigns???? omfg im gonna buy super mario instead.
grass??? omfg its too grasslike.
mountains??? omfg they're too blue, im gonna stick red Quality Street wrappers all over my screen.
 
CR0M said:
on a sidenote, visit the elderscrolls forum for some laughs:
No reigns???? omfg im gonna buy super mario instead.
grass??? omfg its too grasslike.
mountains??? omfg they're too blue, im gonna stick red Quality Street wrappers all over my screen.
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Yeah, those forums are almost as bad as the Steam forums.
But I think they'll get better after release.
 
hahahaha

I was looking at some of the new screens that I hadn't seen before and I was thinking to myself: "wow, the draw distance is a bit worse than I though" then I relized I was looking at the xbox 360 shots LOL

the pc's screens are superior in almost ever way lawl.
 
CR0M said:
look at it this way - blurry vision = natural anti-aliasing. Think of the extra fps you will get as you don't need AA enabled :eek:
plus you can enable HDR (a pointless effect i can't be arsed with) if you're so inclined.
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but I bought a 7800gt just for oblivion ..I want all the eye candy even though I wont see most of it ;)


CR0M said:
on a sidenote, visit the elderscrolls forum for some laughs:
No reigns???? omfg im gonna buy super mario instead.
grass??? omfg its too grasslike.
mountains??? omfg they're too blue, im gonna stick red Quality Street wrappers all over my screen.
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I avoid those forums for those exact reasons ...still havent found an oblivion forum that doesnt sound like that
 
BTW: The draw distance in that video will probably only be possible on a top of the line machine... like the one my buddy just ordered.
AMD FX-60
2 gigs of RAM
GeForce 7900GTX
2x 150gig Raptors in RAID 0
@_@

...the bastard. lol
 
Basically, to run the game maxed, you'll need a
3 GHz processor+, 2 gigs of low-latency RAM and an X1800XT+ or equalivent.:)
Not sure if a 7800GT will run it maxed, sorta doubt it, but it will run it on very high settings none the less.
I don't have that kind of computer(Yet) so I'm getting the 360 vers for now, PC later.
On a side note, there is ONE way the PC vers is graphically inferior to the 360 one..
The PC can NOT no matter what GPU, run with both HDR and AA, so you'll have to choose between the two.:)

Also, does anyone know how much percantage of Cyrodiil is in the game?
I mean, with Morrowind, I think maybe it was like what? 40-50%?
Afterall, Morrowind didn't play out alot on the Morrowind mainland if at all, it mainly played out at Vvardenfell.
 
Gargantou said:
On a side note, there is ONE way the PC vers is graphically inferior to the 360 one..
The PC can NOT no matter what GPU, run with both HDR and AA, so you'll have to choose between the two.:)
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From grahf1942 on elder scrolls forum (which seems down atm).

"Oblivion will do both AA and HDR because it uses a special simulated HDR technique which is compatible with AA on all DX9 video cards, including Nvidias"
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From what I understand, Oblivion didn't utilize the Far Cry method of HDR (OpenEXR?) but instead created their own when they started in 2002. Previously, only ATi x1800 / 1900 could run both HDR and AA on OpenEXR but since Oblivion utilizes it's own HDR program none of this matters.
 
AiM, I know, but recently Bethesda stated otherwise, that no matter what GPU, ATI or nVidia, won't be able to run it with both HDR and AA..
So perhaps it didn't work out as they wished..
This was said just a few days before or was it after it went Gold, so I doubt it has changed.. We'll have to wait and see tho.
Also, I hope someone hasn't posted all these, here are some new screens for you.
http://photobucket.com/albums/b134/Irwanday01/Oblivion Pics/?
 
The funny thing is that none of the links on the site works...either the files are currupted, doesnt download, or membershit requirement...
 
CptStern said:
wow that was an impressive display of nerd power ;)


I'm far sighted so everything close up looks blurry ..so the entire game will look like I have bloom maxed out ..yay for imperfect vision!

it'll probably look something like this
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Glasses buddy. I been wearing em for years now.
 
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