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

[Lucidarius]

The two interviews revealed something new (e.g. vampires are in), and expanded on other things (e.g. we will be able to buy/receive houses in the 9 major cities). You have really done a lot of work - and good. :goodjob:

IMO it is reasonable that the majority of weapons and monsters will be leveled, although a few of them will be totally über/strong so we can never be too sure when we walk into a dungeon. Good for the suspense that there can be surprises.

I'm relieved that we don't need to drink/eat/sleep. That will only be optional. I've tried two mods for MW (AND changed the time so that 1 real hour = 1 hour in game), but I always end up disabling the mods because it is too much of a hassle to administrate those basic needs and also take care of quests/exploring. I find the above-mentioned needs annoying in real life too, like when I want to play for hours on end, I do have to take those needs into consideration or risk falling asleep in school or be in a nasty mood until I've slept enough. Sigh. Nice not to worry about them in games, too.

Mages will have weaker spells when wearing armor: Ok. I just hope they balance the magic system and the unarmored skill so that both are viable as sole choices as opposed to MW where I always need to use weapons too and use e.g. the dodge mod in combination with unarmored.

Bethesda has stated earlier that they want the three major "career" paths (magic, stealth, warrior) to stand on their own. Hopefully, it will be well implemented.

Now, I look forward to hearing more about the magics, the elven crystals, and the cons and pros of the races and birthsigns. I hope Bethesda will release those soon.