Object Shadows - Not Included Options

[Neela]

Well the main forums were all ablaze tonight over object shadows apparently are not included. For my part I think the game looks great. I played Morrowind for years before I even realized that I had the shadow option turned off. Most games that have shadows I usually turn off the option anyway.

I think shadows do add to what I call "atmosphere" games, like Thief games. Characters cast nice soft shadows.. that is enough for me. For every object to cast a shadow would have been really tough for any GPU to handle in real time. This I know from the rendered pictures I create what a big difference in processing time for pictures with shadows vs. without.

After reading many of the threads in the main forums, I guess I never really even expected object shadows in the first place. Which is why I don't feel too upset with this news.

Can anyone tell me why this is such a big deal for alot of people? Or is it simply that we are to that point where anything and everything we hear about Oblivion will sound negative compared to our hype and expectation for it?

[Sir Radont]

All you really have to do is look at how bland F.E.A.R. looks compared to Oblivion. F.E.A.R. has an excellent lighting/shadowing system but at the cost of a lot of other things (performance is one of them). DOn't get me wrong, F.E.A.R. is a GREAT game and it realistically depicts office buildings, but it is a bland looking game from an artistic standpoint.

In other words, Oblivion would not look nearly as good with everythign shadowed, as many of the devs have already said yet it seems to fall on deaf ears.

This post has been edited by Sir Radont: Feb 25 2006, 11:21 AM