I GOT IT, W00T!

stupid work made me work 2 hours later so just about to start installing; mole is currently in char creation on his 360. *pats shiny box*

Well so far I'm loving it. Just got out of the sewers and went into the Imperial City to sell some stuff. Just a sword/shield fighter here, with a little into Mercantile as well I'll get the settings later, it runs nicely, not choppy though not quite as smooth as could be.

I've only taken a couple of screenies, I keep forgetting, but I'll post a few later on.

Well I LOVE this game. So lets get on with it. Excuse the fact that the pics are a bit crappy right now; after format I didn't reinstall Photoshop yet so I was stuck with paint for editing; I'll update tomorrow with nicer pics. Also Mole is downloading stuff atm so i'm gonna leave things uploading in the background; if anything doesn't work, wait til tomorrow and just assume it's still uploading

HAHA I AM THE FIRST TO HAVE A HORSE, TAKE THAT BITCHES it was free too

First of all, screenies of my settings:
http://www.pevilsplace.co.uk/Oblivion/settings.gif
http://www.pevilsplace.co.uk/Oblivion/settings2.gif
http://www.pevilsplace.co.uk/Oblivion/settings3.gif
http://www.pevilsplace.co.uk/Oblivion/settings4.gif
http://www.pevilsplace.co.uk/Oblivion/settings5.gif
Runs mostly ok, though its slightly choppy; not enough to annoy me though.

A few pretty pictures too:
http://www.pevilsplace.co.uk/Oblivion/rain.gif - It was raining. On the water. Looks pretty
http://www.pevilsplace.co.uk/Oblivion/imperial.gif - View of a part of the Imperial City from outside
http://www.pevilsplace.co.uk/Oblivion/clearing.gif - awww, deer grazing on a hill. Bless.
http://www.pevilsplace.co.uk/Oblivion/horse.gif - Nearest I've managed to get to a deer. This one is still there. Guess she likes the grass.
http://www.pevilsplace.co.uk/Oblivion/deer.gif - First glitch I found; the deer was startled by me a long way down the road and I followed it to the stable. The deer continued to bound around near the horses, pushing them out the way. By pushing I mean bounding against them whilst they slowly slid out of the way.

And a few vids:
- Me on a horse. Horse movement is VERY realistic, though obvious they only studied highly trained horses rather than 'normal' horses, as the only time you'll see horses move like this is in top-end Dressage competitions. I prefer the GUN horses. You only walk and canter on these. No jumping, no trotting, no galloping. It literally is just a mode of transport and mild backup for tough fights.

- A contrast to Satis' fight, showing swordplay instead of bows.

And this vid has a story with it, which is what's really made me love this game to be honest.



As you can see at the start of this vid, I was outside Chorral when this random woman rides up on a black horse and says hi, then gallops off. I get suspicious that she robbed me and take chase. Of course, she's on the best horse, I'm on the worst, and she soon gets away. We run past the Pillaged Mine, then I figure oh well, turn round and head back to Chorrel. To see the woman on her horse in the middle of the road. A wolf attacks, she gets off and lets the horse sort it out while she runs off. I follow her and lose her again. I go back to the road and find the horse has gone, and the wolf is dead.

I continue messing around in the general area, when she runs past me! I follow her and she ends up near the Pillaged Mine. I watch her go in and out a few times, always losing track of her and never being able to talk to her. One time, as she came out of the mine she said "Hey, how are you?" before running off. Couple more times, and then she never came back to the mine. Still seeing her run past me occasionally... she seems to be working the mine and not missing her horse at all.

just for the record, I bought my horse last night. So :p It's a brown one. I figured you fools would probably have the game before checking out the forums for new stuff from me, so didnt' see the point of filming any more. Besides, I went into the oblivion gate and didn't want to spoiler anything.

Good stuff, other than the bmps. My paint allows me to save as jpg....I guess yours doesn't?

yeah it lets me... but screws up the prettiness. So I'm gonna reinstall photoshop tomorrow and convert them to gifs without crap

and my horse was free so nyah I wanna black one though... except black should be black, not purpley looking. *sulk* Loving this so far though; the random encounter with the miner woman has totally won me over!

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Hey Pev, my next screenshots are gonna freak you out.