Waiting4Oblivion Proudly Presents: The E3 Thread Options

[Rane]

-----Waiting4Oblivion Proudly Presents: The E3 Thread-----


Ok people. It's time to buckle up. We're living in some pretty interesting times right now and by the looks of it, the end is nowhere near.

As most of you already know, Bethesda is showing Oblivion at E3 this year. With all the info pouring out from there and other sources we've decided to gather a bunch of the info right here, on your very own Waiting4Oblivion forums.

We will have two places where the info will show up. This thread is one of them. The other one is the Special Features page. Look below for direct link.

Waiting4Oblivion Special Features

---Update---

E3 Demo Summary

2nd day at E3 diary

3rd day at E3 diary

The goal of this thread is as follows:
Anything from previews to reports, Developer statements to possible trailers will be posted here, with links and source locations.

Remember to check back for updates. Who knows what tomorrow will bring to us.


We'll be starting off with links to some of the first previews of the game, some screenshots that were published recently and of course, an early version of the very anticipated trailer.

Bethesda E3 Team Diary

Gamespot preview

Gamespot screen shots

Gamespot Q&A with Todd Howard

Gamespot early E3 report


Update 19.5.05, 11:42 PM GMT
Actiontrip's preview

Update 20.5.05, 10:45 AM GMT
Interview with Gavin Carter

The Interview in text, by Steerpike lsn

Direct download link

Update 20.5.05, 00:21 PM GMT
IGN Preview on Oblivion

Update 20.5.05, 9:47 PM GMT
CNN preview on a few games, including Oblivion

Update 21.5 1:12 AM GMT
Alexander's and Stargelman's E3 report and update post on the offical forums

Update 21.5.05, 3:01 PM GMT
Gamespy report on Oblivion demo

Another Gamespy report

Update 21.5.05, 10:13 PM GMT
Happypuppy.com demo report

Another Happypuppy.com report

Update 21.5.05, 9:25 PM GMT
A really good E3 demo report by Boomtown.net

Update 23.5.05, 8:51 PM GMT
GamesMainFrame preview

-----Oblivion trailers-----
http://xboxmovies.teamxbox.com/xbox-360/19...3-2005-Trailer/
http://www.gamespot.com/x360/rpg/theelders...vion/media.html


Direct download link

Microsoft briefing, Oblivion footage at 5:40 in the file

---THE OFFICIAL TRAILER---

84.3MB - High Definition DivX AVI Movie
http://www.bethsoft.com/downloads/video/Ob...ailerDIVXHD.avi

77.4MB - Hi-res Quicktime Movie
http://www.bethsoft.com/downloads/video/Ob...railerLarge.mov

15.3MB - Low-res Windows Media Movie
http://www.bethsoft.com/downloads/video/Ob...railerSmall.wmv

Update 20.5.05, 2:27 PM GMT

More E3 footage of Oblivion, by IGN

[Rane]

Quotes about Bethesda at E3 and the trailer.

http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.p...6&#entry1658146

I wish that our own website was the first to drop the trailer. Big thanks goes out to Steve Green who spent countless hours making this a double, super, high quality trailer. There are also many many others who worked on the content shown in the trailer, but Steve did mucho last minute work on making it polished and clean.

It's rather unfortunate that the website that has our trailer doesn't show it in it's absolute highest quality that Steve made it (though their intentions are completely in the right place). Stay tuned. I'm sure that when we post it on elderscrolls.com that you will weep at its full majesty.

http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.p...9&#entry1658529

I know that the clips were really short. Our game isn't just a fighter, a magic RPG, or a stealth game and we try to show as much as possible in a short amount of time. It's like giving all 500 of you a sampler platter where no one gets full of what they want, lol.

Concerning the trailer representing either the 360 or the PC. What was shown represents both sets of hardware.

Um....rats, that's all I have for this post I guess.

EDIT: AH! another good one to answer. Future trailers/media: I have no idea. But when I speak about us hopefully having a better quality one at our site, I am speaking of the exact same trailer that you see on the teamxbox site, but in higher quality. And while I'm mentioning the folks over at teamxbox, I want to be clear that I'm not saying that they're doing us wrong by not posting what I see on our network, but rather a lower rez version. That may be the version that they received from Pete and the PR folks. Or it may be that that's all the bandwidth they can afford during this week of weeks, E3. Thanks for posting our info teamxbox!

http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.p...4&#entry1658284

Yes. The demo is being shown in a comfy 15 set theatre. Cool, quiet, comfy, AND BY INVITATION ONLY!

The internet eventually has everything on it....but, no, no video or pics are allowed to be captured. I would hope that we would be able to keep such things from happening with such small, select audiances.

http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.p...9&#entry1655359

The trailer is 90 seconds. And all but three shots (not counting logos) are pulled from the game engine directly. I believe the last time I counted there were 39 shots in the trailer, but I don't have my notes in front of me.

I'd bet the whole press conference will be available for download from someone online in a matter of hours, if that. They usually are, though this one was particularly hammered.

http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.p...8&#entry1650378

The demo isn't a video, it's actually segments of the game itself played live for people who make appointments to see it at E3.

The trailer is like a movie trailer, and doesn't really have anything specifically to do with the demo.

http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.p...6&#entry1659986

The scenes with the emperor on the tower, the sword flying through the air, and the Emperor's heir catching the sword and then plunging into the ground and kneeling are pre-rendered and animated by the folks who made the trailer. The rest, aside from the text, is all in-game.

http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.p...7&#entry1655477

That is Patrick Stewart as the Emperor. And the dude clutching the sword and plunging it into the ground is NOT the player. Note that the last thing the Emperor says is "Find HIM, and close shut the jaws of Oblivion"