View Full Version : Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion screens and cover
Ventura_DK
08-27-2005, 11:17 AM
Although new Elder Scrolls 4 screenshots (http://xbox.boomtown.net/en_uk/articles/art.view.php?id=9112) are always worth looking at, they are not quite as interesting as the other photo released by Bethesda this time: The game's Xbox 360 and PC covers. It's probably the first finished Xbox 360 game box, we've seen...
http://i.boomtown.net/pics/3/0/6/81603/120x90.jpg (http://xbox.boomtown.net/en_uk/articles/art.view.php?id=9112)
I've always liked the green plastic, makes the game boxes stand out on the shelves. Good to see that Microsoft is keeping it.
Heretic Machine
08-27-2005, 11:34 AM
STOP TEASING ME!
*twitches*
...I really, really want this game. Like more than I've wanted any game since Morrowind...
Xaerin
08-27-2005, 11:35 AM
It's probably the first finished Xbox 360 game box, we've seen...
Apart from PD0, Kameo, Quake 4 etc etc and all those other games claiming to come out release day...
Ventura_DK
08-27-2005, 11:36 AM
Real low res.
Yeah, dunno why they weren't the usual size. Sure aint HDTV gaming :D
RevGored
08-27-2005, 11:47 AM
Ever since Arena, I've been fully prepared to fellate the staff base of Bethesda, and this game doesn't look like it's going to put me off of eating major amounts of stranger cock anytime in the forseeable future
frederec
08-27-2005, 12:06 PM
I've always liked the green plastic, makes the game boxes stand out on the shelves. Good to see that Microsoft is keeping it.
That's funny. The green boxes were always one of the things that turned me off of Xbox. Different strokes, I guess. Personally, I'm curious which will happen first. Either I upgrade my computer so it can play Oblivion, or enough 360 games come out that I actually want to buy one. I figure it'll be a year before either becomes likely. During that time, though, I will be quite jealous of everyone else playing Oblivion.
PixelSamurai
08-27-2005, 12:18 PM
This game will be utterly fantastic as long as one thing remains true; an open-ended enviroment. Any invisible barriers al la Fable would be a real letdown.
Buddha Lotus
08-27-2005, 12:36 PM
I can almost guarantee you that this will slip to next year. Probably Mid 2006 even.
This game will be utterly fantastic as long as one thing remains true; an open-ended enviroment. Any invisible barriers al la Fable would be a real letdown.
That's part of what made Elder Scrolls III so great. It would be insane of them to change it.
Ailer
08-27-2005, 01:13 PM
it won't slip. It will however, be buggy as shit, like morrowind was initialy(sp?).
Oh yeah: Here! Screenshoty goodness! (http://elderscrolls.com/art/obliv_xbox360_screens_01.htm)
mister_slim
08-27-2005, 01:33 PM
BTW, the latest issue of RetroGaming comes with a covermount of Arena.
I wish the magazine wasn't so expensive though.
Ventura_DK
08-27-2005, 02:08 PM
I can almost guarantee you that this will slip to next year. Probably Mid 2006 even.
What makes you think so? After all the statements that this will be a launch title? Is it just your hunch or do you know something we dont? ;)
thFOOL
08-27-2005, 02:10 PM
I can almost guarantee you that this will slip to next year. Probably Mid 2006 even.
What you don't realize is that they have been working on this for a lot longer than we've known about it. It'll be there at launch, I can almost guarantee it.
Ventura_DK
08-27-2005, 02:10 PM
BTW, the latest issue of RetroGaming comes with a covermount of Arena.
I wish the magazine wasn't so expensive though.
You can download Arena from the net - it's released as freeware. For example my own mirror: http://download.boomtown.net/en_uk/articles/art.view.php?id=4950
Deathbane27
08-27-2005, 02:14 PM
High-resolution pic of cover:
http://media.teamxbox.com/games/ss/1041/full-res/1122479510.jpg
Translation of Daedric lettering around the border of the box:
For Lord Dagon forever reborn in blood and fire from the waters of Oblivion.
(Note: Copied from Bethesda's forums, as translated by other fans. I didn't translate that myself. :p)
Kelegacy
08-27-2005, 03:31 PM
it won't slip. It will however, be buggy as shit, like morrowind was initialy(sp?).
Oh yeah: Here! Screenshoty goodness! (http://elderscrolls.com/art/obliv_xbox360_screens_01.htm)
Sweet. I made that guy coming out of the red portal my desktop background. Purdy colors.
bapenguin
08-27-2005, 03:50 PM
man...can't wait for this!!! I can't wait to see the game in motion.
kathode
08-27-2005, 05:24 PM
http://www.elderscrolls.com/home/obliv_boxcvrs.htm
Spigot
08-27-2005, 05:32 PM
I've always liked the green plastic, makes the game boxes stand out on the shelves. Good to see that Microsoft is keeping it.
I like the green plastic too.
That said, who wants to lay bets on people coming into the store, seeing the word XBOX and the green case, taking the game home and then wondering why it won't run on their kid's normal Xbox.
Stupider things have happened.
Kelegacy
08-27-2005, 05:36 PM
I like the green plastic too.
That said, who wants to lay bets on people coming into the store, seeing the word XBOX and the green case, taking the game home and then wondering why it won't run on their kid's normal Xbox.
Stupider things have happened.
They DO look awfully similar, the box themes that is.
fitbabits
08-27-2005, 05:54 PM
Wait a minute - I thought Microsoft had stipulated the every X360 game had to be at least Xbox Live-aware? If that's the case, then it's interesting that there's no mention of Xbox Live on the X360 cover.
I dunno, maybe I'm reading too much into this, but it's nonetheless interesting.
Spigot
08-27-2005, 07:08 PM
Wait a minute - I thought Microsoft had stipulated the every X360 game had to be at least Xbox Live-aware? If that's the case, then it's interesting that there's no mention of Xbox Live on the X360 cover.
I dunno, maybe I'm reading too much into this, but it's nonetheless interesting.
Maybe since EVERY game is Live Aware it doesn't have to be mentioned on the box. If the game was NOT Live Aware, then they have to put that disclaimer on. Otherwise, assume it is LA.
Or maybe it's just not a final mock-up of the packaging.
Meshyf
08-27-2005, 08:30 PM
I really want an xbox 360 now :( Damn you november
Buddha Lotus
08-27-2005, 11:16 PM
What you don't realize is that they have been working on this for a lot longer than we've known about it. It'll be there at launch, I can almost guarantee it.
I really really hope so.. This will be the ultimate Christmas present.. but I just have a feeling it wont be ready.
What makes you think so? After all the statements that this will be a launch title? Is it just your hunch or do you know something we dont? ;)
Its a hunch
Pumped'Up
08-28-2005, 01:11 AM
Sweet. I made that guy coming out of the red portal my desktop background. Purdy colors.
Indeed it is very nice. I've had that particular one set as my desktop background for a few months now.
edit: Oops, wrong pic - i have a different one.
Anyways this game will be the reason for me to own a 360 - cant wait!
fitbabits
08-28-2005, 05:54 PM
Maybe since EVERY game is Live Aware it doesn't have to be mentioned on the box. If the game was NOT Live Aware, then they have to put that disclaimer on. Otherwise, assume it is LA.
Or maybe it's just not a final mock-up of the packaging.
But if you look at the rest of the so-called finalized box art for Call of Duty 2 or whatever, you'll see that the Xbox Live logo is prominent in the upper right of the box art.
So I'm guessing this this is not the final box art...
Murmillo
08-28-2005, 05:57 PM
But isn't Call of Duty 2 a game that you can play over Live and against/with people?
If it is, make sense why CoD2 has that logo, and Oblivion doesn't.
Deathbane27
08-28-2005, 06:14 PM
Right, so we're probably only going to see the Live logo if the game actually makes use of Live beyond the minimum, such as playing online, which requires a Gold membership.
Everything Oblivion will be doing on Live (possible content downloads and... uh... I think that's it, the box software itself does the rest) can be done with a Silver membership, so there's no point in putting the Live logo on there: it's assumed.
Babbster
08-29-2005, 12:55 AM
Right, so we're probably only going to see the Live logo if the game actually makes use of Live beyond the minimum, such as playing online, which requires a Gold membership.
Everything Oblivion will be doing on Live (possible content downloads and... uh... I think that's it, the box software itself does the rest) can be done with a Silver membership, so there's no point in putting the Live logo on there: it's assumed.
That sounds about right. It's not so much that every game is Live aware, as in individual games containing code to support Live. It's more that the 360 itself is running its own Live code in the background at all times. Think of it like running an IM program on your PC while you play a single-player game; while the game isn't doing anything with your Internet connection, your IM program is still running and in contact with its server(s).
megaman
08-29-2005, 08:46 AM
The fire effects are crappy in this game
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