Saeltari

I am eagerly awaiting my copy!!! I really enjoyed TESIII and all the mods. I reserved a copy and am just waiting now. . . timing was perfect as this week I finish finals and will have some time to play .
And for me PC is the only way to go.

polymath

I'm very much looking forward to this one - been a fan of the series since Daggerfall. Top of my 360 list.

cornelius

the game is out today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

polymath

Must go to HMV at lunchtime....this will be top banana!

polymath

I just bought this....only came out at HMV today...I can't wait to get home and get 360ing, I've been looking forward to this.
But I'm stuck at work for the next 2 1/2 hours. Bah!

Brys

I just got Oblivion yesterday, and I've played it for a couple of hours. My first impressions are that it's going to be one of the best games I've ever played. There are huge improvements in almost every area of the game (eg, the combat, magic and stealth systems have all been overhauled), the graphics are undoubtedly next-gen, and this time, well-optimised (Oblivion has a faster framerate for me than Morrowind). And there's radiant AI. In the short time I've been in the Imperial city, I've seen loads of people engage in conversations in a realistic manner. Excellent stuff.

There are flaws - but so far, there hasn't been a flaw I haven't known about for more than 6 months, and usually they're just very irritating little things rather than a significant detraction from the game.
- the lack of mounted combat (haven't got to this yet, but I'm planning on not using horses until I get a mod for mounted combat)
- the compass - really irritated me when I first saw it, now I can ignore it easily. I still stand by my position that it should be optional.
- the controls and user interface - they might be straightforward, but I think they went a bit too far. Adding a couple more, eg letting you have separate controls for map, inventory, spells etc would just make it more efficient and enjoyable. The interface as well looks nice, but is less practical than Morrowind's. Dropping something can sometimes be a much harder task than it sounds. It's not a disaster by any means, but these are just little things that could have been done slightly better - it looks to me like a compromise for the consoles, but I don't know why that would be the case as Morrowind was for Xbox as well as PC, and didn't have these compromises.

Nonetheless, all the evidence so far is that it's absolutely brilliant. And I can see that having the Thief developer's really paid off - I'm playing an assassin, and the stealth side of the game works amazingly well - almost as good as Thief's. Unlike Morrowind's incompetent stealth system, they've now got a game that would be worth playing for any one aspect of it.

polymath

I'd go along with the above...but since I'm on the 360, I'll add that the menu system is initially quite fiddly - navigating through it requires pressing the B button to open it, then the L and R buttons to navigate broad categories (Maps, Spells, Inventory etc), then when you've highlighted a broad category e.g. Maps, flick the D-pad left and right to switch from e.g. big map, to small map, to active quest, to 'change active quest' and so on. Takes a while to properly get the hang of it, a while longer to get fluid with it.

So far that's my only criticism - well, that and the no horse combat thing as mentioned above.

I'm playing as a Spellsword, my favourite type. But the Thieve's Guild has approached me. Hmmmm. This game is solid class.

Winters_Sorrow

I haven't got an XBox360 or a high enough spec PC

Consequently.....LA LA LA, I'm not listening, LA LA LA

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bendoran

bought a 360 the other day and got this with it bloody great game.

i had been doing a whole robin hood thing, galloping around the forests and righting wrongs, stealing gold and sneaking about the show. I killed a bunch of people though and no i am an assassin also have a sideline as a detective and a marriage counsellor

The graphics rock even though i have to play in standard def for the mo. have to visit the missus family for next few days thoughs o next chance i get to play will be sunday and im chewing my guts out having to wait that long.(i took yesterday off work to play!)

favourite part, sneaking around a dark mage fort and quietly sniping their heads off when their mate turns around.

"stealthly does it, mr MANNERING!!"

Jason_Taverner

I think I going to have to save for a 360

Trimac20

I got it a few days ago...and...it's ok, the models, physics and movement.etc is a bit clunky. On my system (P4 2.4GHz, 256MB Radeon 8500, 512MB) I have to really put down the settings for it to play at a decent frame rate - as a result, the graphics are circa 2001 instead of circa 2006 like they should be. It would be good it it had multiplayer. :-(

YOSSARIAN

I really want to play this game but I cannot get an XBOX 360. Trimac20:from your post it seems Oblivion is available on PC even though it seems to be far inferior on PC than 360. My questions : What does it cost for PC? And in spite of your aforementioned complaints do you still feel better for at least being able to play Oblivion now, albiet in a less slick version, rather than waiting to play it on 360? I generally dislike playing games on my PC, but am willing to go after Oblivion on PC unless you convince me it is not a good idea.

isoneri

I have so much faith in this series i will be buying Obilivion even though i won't have a computer powerful enough to play on for a few more months, this game will rock!!!

Jason_Taverner

well looks like I getting my hands on a new pc and my question is will it be powerful enough to handle the game these are the specs

pentium4 3.4ghz
2048 ram ddr2 ram
256mb pci express nvida ge fore 6800
250gb hard drive

this means nothing to me by the way the last time I played games on my PC was in DOS (monkey island). I've been on their web site and couldn't really understand the spec so will I be ok or should i keep saving for a 360. There was a minum spec and a recommended spec thats why I got baffled.

bendoran

yeah definitely will mate!!!