View Full Version : PSP: Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Kaervek
03-28-2007, 12:19 AM
/gasp
http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=190345
Release date set for December 3, 2007. Anyone happen to have any other info?
Kaervek
03-28-2007, 6:58 PM
3 words: Load time HELL!
I can only imagine! I remember when PSP came out, I had it on day 1 along with Untold Legends and some other games. Anyway, that game was almost unplayable on a mobile platform due to the loading times alone! They supposedly fixed that in the game's sequel, but they lost a customer with their first shitty product. Besides, I got bored with Diablo years ago.
Pisces
03-29-2007, 4:42 AM
Is it the PC/Xbox 360 version of oblivion or a simplified version? They released a cellphone game under the name oblivion but since this game is $45 I'd hope it was the actaul game, even if it had toned down graphics.
Kaervek
03-29-2007, 4:50 PM
Is it the PC/Xbox 360 version of oblivion or a simplified version? They released a cellphone game under the name oblivion but since this game is $45 I'd hope it was the actaul game, even if it had toned down graphics.
http://www.mobilegamefaqs.com/index.php
I hear the cell phone game was absolutely horrendous.
ZeroDarkStar
03-29-2007, 7:06 PM
The PSP can easily handle relatively complex 3D graphics. It's basically a miniture version of the Xbox/PS3/PC version, except maybe shorter and with a smaller world (the UMDs they come on, after all, can only hold 1.8 GBs).
There is only so much you can run with 32 meg ram.
ZeroDarkStar
03-29-2007, 8:13 PM
There is only so much you can run with 32 meg ram.
I don't think you understand how small the textures can be on PSP and still look good. the screen is absolutely tiny. textures that fill the entire screen can only take maybe 9 or 10k at most. Geometry isn't exactly RAM intensive and there's no advanced lighting or particle effects going on here...
but this is an elderscrolls game. They have to load an area that decent or it will load every 30 secounds. But meh your right. Phsyics can be intensive though.
ZeroDarkStar
03-29-2007, 8:35 PM
but this is an elderscrolls game. They have to load an area that decent or it will load every 30 secounds. But meh your right. Phsyics can be intensive though.
have you seen actual physics in ANY PSP game?
SilverCrusader
03-29-2007, 8:39 PM
I'd like to correct the game title you put here.
It is Elder Scrolls IV Travels: Oblivion.
It is a whole different game than the Oblivion we all know and love, and is more dungeon based, the graphics have been given a massive downgrade as well. Face it, the PSP can't handle the XBox 360's speed, and the PS3's video card awesomeness, nor the 1 gig of ram required to play oblivion on the computer.
Honestly, it is more like:
This:
http://pcmedia.gamespy.com/pc/image/article/698/698423/the-elder-scrolls-iv-oblivion-20060324072847369-000.jpg
Compared to this:
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Arena/8461/arena.jpg
Ok, ok, jk. the second one was from elder scroll arena.. the first elderscrolls (which actually kicks some serious ass).
Still, the graphical detail isn't very great, go get an EGM magazine and look for youself
If this really is a Oblivion port which it can't be it would have some sort of physics. My point is it would be very hard to fit and run the game even if you toned down the graphics alot.
ZeroDarkStar
03-29-2007, 8:46 PM
If this really is a Oblivion port which it can't be it would have some sort of physics. My point is it would be very hard to fit and run the game even if you toned down the graphics alot.
i don't think you're understanding what it is. It's a completely new game, new story, new weapons, new landscape etc.
Pisces
03-30-2007, 1:51 AM
I'd like to correct the game title you put here.
It is Elder Scrolls IV Travels: Oblivion.
It is a whole different game than the Oblivion we all know and love, and is more dungeon based, the graphics have been given a massive downgrade as well. Face it, the PSP can't handle the XBox 360's speed, and the PS3's video card awesomeness, nor the 1 gig of ram required to play oblivion on the computer.
Aha, you answered my question. Isn't travels the cellphone games? In which case isn't it not worth $45?
Kaervek
03-31-2007, 3:58 AM
my brain hurts, now.
SilverCrusader
03-31-2007, 6:43 AM
Yes, it is on the cell phone, did you honestly think your 350 MHz processor could take Oblivion? The PSP was meant mostly for gaming, so the graphics won't be AS bad, and the phisics/AI will be toned down as well.
i don't think you're understanding what it is. It's a completely new game, new story, new weapons, new landscape etc.
He's right ^
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