Oblivion Graphics, From my view... Options

[Fuzzy Knight]

Hi everyone..

I remember when I first saw the Oblivion screenshots, the first time they came out and I was totally stunned and all this talk about how friggin' good the graphic was. But I have to say that over the months as new games have released their screens that Oblivion's graphic doesn't look so unique as it once was...

I'm not saying its all about the graphic, because Oblivion still have so much other games dont have like the new AI etc. But does anyone agree that maybe when Oblivion comes out in the Holidays of 2005/2006 that the graphic might not be so unique as it once was?

But of course... I dont want to say this for sure yet until I've gotten the game and played it on my new computer when it comes out

[Fuzzy Knight]

Fur as you said have always been a problem, when I first saw the screen of the Troll. Well I wasn't that much impressed by the fur, but you know when you think how much detail you need to fit into the fur with the kind of graphics, lights and texture Oblivion have its alot of extra work...

Expressions, well I most say that a long time ago on the TES Forums when someone posted a place where you could download this test version for the FaceModeller they seem to have used on Oblivion (only a better version) - the expressions on a normal humanbeeing didn't look that bad at all. But on Argonians and Khajiit's I'm really hoping expressions will look well thought it cant be easy at all. So I most say, I have my doubts the face expressions on Argonians and Khajiits will look as good as the other face expressions on Imperials etc. but in a avarage I'm pretty sure it will go over most other games. Hope that the Argonians and Khajiits (as beast-races) would also have alot of body expressions to show their aggression etc.

[Argo]

Fur as you said have always been a problem, when I first saw the screen of the Troll. Well I wasn't that much impressed by the fur, but you know when you think how much detail you need to fit into the fur with the kind of graphics, lights and texture Oblivion have its alot of extra work...

as far as i know theres only one game so far with acceptable and realistic moving hair, and thats not even out yet. i cant remember the name but its developed somewhere in the ucraine.

realistic hair must be the biggest problem of modern games - look at hl2 (im referring to it since its the best game engine around to date - ue3 is still to come out), they have made some fancy tricks to avoid showing to much hair. the characters are bald, have short hair or wear their hair bundled up - no long and falling hair.