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40 Minute QuakeCon Skyrim Demo
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BlazingDarkness
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It really didn't look it from the combatTeknoman said:
It was the same old swinging aimlessly like in Oblivion, i'm really disappointed in that :/
Elder Scrolls needs to take a few tips from Demon's/Dark Souls in the combat department
Did you even play Oblivion? The different parts of the map all had their own style. Bruma+the North was snowy, pine trees, Nord architecture, higher altitude. Bravil+Leyawin were swampy and had more of a cheap shack architecture with corresponding swampy flora, Cheydinhal+the East were very dense style forests and had Dark Elf architecture and that's not to mention the rest of the areas which looked distinct. You could show me a picture of any landscape in Oblivion and I'd be easily able to tell you in what area you are.Aesius said:
Anyone who says all of Oblivion looked the same either never played the game for more than a few hours or is straight up lying.
Man said:
The engine is still based on Gamebryo. They just call it a new engine because they know how much everyone hated Gamebryro.
http://www.wouldyoukindly.com/bethesda-details-tesv-skyrims-new-creation-engine-and-its-awesome-power/
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Nothing beats water. NOTHINGAesius said:
Betta Lines
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WAT. Morrowind's water was mindblowing at the time. And then it started to rain... zomg.MrBig said:
drhankmccoyphd
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Does anyone have a mirror of the link in the OP? Coming up 404 for me.
I didn't play morrowind when it first came out, but it looks exactly like it did in oblivion and Fallout, a flat plane with moving normals and some terrible particle effects.Pazuzu9 said:
http://amito.freehostia.com/Morrowind/Images/water running.jpg
Yeah, combat is my biggest disappointment from the video. The world looks amazing, magic looks awesome, levelling/skill trees look super interesting...and combat looks completely brainless and awkward.BlazingDarkness said:
Honestly it killed a lot of my hype and cemented the feeling that this is just Oblivion with better graphics. Combat was that game's biggest shortcoming and it hasn't been fixed.
Aesius
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Mr_Brit said:
I played Oblivion for 200+ hours. You're full of shit.
Yes, the architecture varied slightly from town to town (with a few exceptions being sufficiently varied), but apart from the snowy areas in Bruma, the geography/vegetation/climate/natural features across the entire map were way too similar. It was either forest or meadow.
Nehrim (Oblivion total conversion) got it right. TONS of very distinct variety across the landscape.
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Thoraxes said:
I guess this makes the baby
*sun glasses*
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MrBig said:
Morrowind's water was freaking amazing at launch. Best water there was.
Oblivion's water was good but not great, much better with .ini tweaks even on launch day.
Late to seeing this, but I've seen just about all I need to, and all I can bear. The UI is wonderful, and the constellation perk trees gorgeous. The leap over Oblivion in terms art, animation, spell effects and UI is enormous.
All I want more information on is the stealth/crime systems.
All I want more information on is the stealth/crime systems.
Broadbandito
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I love how excited how everyone gets
DanielJr82
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HahahahaRebel Leader said:
As Skyrim is a Bethesda game, it will have it's share of flaws... but regardless, it will be the game of the year for me. It's the atmosphere The Elder Scrolls have, they feel real and... well, maybe magical could be the right word.
The crowd's reactions are a bit annoying but then i'd probably be as impressed (though i wouldn't show it really) as they are. Can't help it.
Good stuff. The music is a tad hard to hear but it sounds magnificent, once again.
Oh and the menus look great. Hopefully the controls are good as well, Oblivion had some minor issues...
EDIT, about the horse: someone shouted "Where's its armor?"
Eh, some sliding issues, the horse is too slow (just like in Oblivion...)oh well, i like running around better anyway. Beatiful world once again.
Fallout 3 is not as real (no farms anywhere?) but it has great atmosphere as well. I think i feared the ruined city a bit, it felt so hopeless and dead.
The crowd's reactions are a bit annoying but then i'd probably be as impressed (though i wouldn't show it really) as they are. Can't help it.
Good stuff. The music is a tad hard to hear but it sounds magnificent, once again.
Oh and the menus look great. Hopefully the controls are good as well, Oblivion had some minor issues...
EDIT, about the horse: someone shouted "Where's its armor?"
Eh, some sliding issues, the horse is too slow (just like in Oblivion...)oh well, i like running around better anyway. Beatiful world once again.
bigboss370
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the ONLY problem that i see from the video that's bugging me alot is the enemies are freaking SLIDING! wtf!?
The_Squirrel_Menace
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Does anyone know if we have any info on the rig's spec used to demo this? single gtx 580?
Kabuki Waq
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man game looks awesome but its going to be hard for me to go back to the low stardards of WRPG combat again after playing so much witcher 2.
ShyGuy0504
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I'm pretty sure it was played on a 360.The_Squirrel_Menace said:
Correct. Hell, he even said it right at the beginning (albeit to a huge amount of BOOOOOs) that it was the 360 version.ShyGuy0504 said:
Can't wait to see it running on PC that's for sure. I'm hoping it'll be well optimized, considering how nice it looks on the 360, that i'm expecting it to achieve an even higher greatness on PC and on mid-high range hardware.
sixteen-bit
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Did the game really crash during the demo or is it just a problem with the off-screen video?
jaundicejuice
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The_Squirrel_Menace said:
Todd Howard mentions it was played on a 360 to a jeering crowd, which was a response he said he expected from a QuakeCon crowd.
Future PhaZe
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It looks like I might be able to stomach the game a bit more as a mage, as the depth there combined with the shouts looked quite a bit better than what was available in Oblivion. Typical combat still remains dreadful however...and despite the fantastic size of the environment and the upgrade in visuals the world is going to continue to feel empty without companions and dialogue ALA Witcher 2/Mass Effect.
CoffeeExpress
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crowd reactions were embarrassing. they must have been loaded.
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_dementia said:
I had that problem too. Video froze at the troll fight and the audio was out of sync.
The_Squirrel_Menace
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jaundicejuice said:
Color me impressed. can't wait to see it running on PC as it looks really great on consoles.
funkystudent
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But the studio they got to do oblivion did a great job!ZeroRay said:
I guess that studio was busy when fallout came around
After watching it, I just dont see how the finishing moves can feel like they have a pretty decent impact (boot to face and so on) yet the normal melee combat when the weapon makes content seem so...light by comparison?
I can deal with exploring a large world solo, as long as there are lots of unique places to explore...and that those places are actually worthwhile.
I can deal with exploring a large world solo, as long as there are lots of unique places to explore...and that those places are actually worthwhile.
herzogzwei1989
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I cannot wait to see the PC version running in 60fps glory. I hope my PC is upto that, even if I have to run it at 720p.
Aesius said:
I don't know about you but I had little problem with Oblivion in the near-400 hours I've spent with it (without mods even). I'm not going to slam a game I enjoyed so much because someone managed to make it look better years later irrespective of system resources. It's fucking sad that so many PC gamers love shitting on things in hindsight.