There's no "I don't think all races looked the same in Oblivion" option.

Because I didn't. I occasionally confused Bretons and Imperials but otherwise I could always tell pretty easily.

That's just your personal opinion based off of fact. You can have your opinion, just like I can say blue is red, that doesn't make it true.
For the most part, NPC's in Oblivion were pretty random and looked almost exactly the same. Even Todd Howard said this in an interview.

This whole thread is nothing but opinion. Just because his is different from yours, it doesn't count?

I think Todd confirmed that each race will be more unique and have more meaning. Take that for what you will.

I honestly don't really care but of course todd howard stated that the races diversity was actually diverse, so yeah

I personally believe that people of the same race look the same but the all the races, with the exception of the breton and the imperial, all looked different

Fact doesn't equal opinion.
Fact is, NPC's in Oblivion looked alike for the most part. I guess that's just Todd Howards opinion too haha. Because he stated that himself in an interview. No, I'm not linking it for you, go find it.
It's your opinion that NPC's didn't look alike. Fact is, they did. Even the creator of the game says so.
See the difference?

Wow, you're an ass and you're ignorant. Todd Howards statement is opinion too. Making the game doesn't make your opinion fact. Similarity is subjective. It is NOT fact that they look too similar.

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Do you expect me to say something to you? Some witty retort? Stop trolling threads if you don't want people to act like asses.

Sweet [censored] why can't everyone leave each other alone and just share opinions? It's not that big of a deal.

All the elven races looked very different, Bosmer has larger ears, and I have never confused a Dummer and Altmer.
The human races was more like but still difrent Redguards had darker skin so they was pretty easy to see, you could usually see who was a Nord, only Imperials and Bretons looked pretty much the same to me.

I just want you to stop flaming everyone who disagrees with you or points out a flaw in your logic and stating that your opinion is fact. I'm not trolling.

Do they look the same too you

http://guides.gamepressure.com/theelderscrolls4oblivion/gfx/word/84480781.jpg http://media.photobucket.com/image/imperial%20oblivion/ShinigamiWing/Oblivion/01.jpg http://pcmedia.ign.com/pc/image/article/693/693483/the-elder-scrolls-iv-oblivion-20060303043211634.jpg

but of course this is only a opinion which doesn't hold any water to your "facts"

Considering I've asked you to stop with your pointless off topic remarks, and you wont, yeah. I bet. Even Varus had enough sense to take it to PM's.

OP doesn't seem to be able to handle any opinion unless it matches his own.

I never thought the races in Oblivion were that similar either. But that clearly doesn't matter because that's not what the OP thinks.

And I've already said that more variation would be nice. But that doesn't matter either because the OP prefers to talk about things he doesn't agree with.

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Wow. Point made?
I think we need to be done with this thread. Tis rubbish.

It's a shame this thread had to quickly go to hell. I was going to refer to this when more news on the races came out.

Yeah. Leave that too the trolls, though. Always fun. :wink_smile:
It's funny how you can ask someone to stop posting irrelevant things in a thread, and then they just keep doing it until the thread dies. Listening is hard.
inb4 the sharks attack again.

I can't tell, is http://i53.tinypic.com/152i97d.png two nords?

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Bosmer
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Breton
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Imperial
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Nord

They look alike. They look alike in the game sometimes, yes, but I think that's mostly because they actually do look similar. They're all "white" more or less, and the only ones without dark hair are the nords. Also, Bosmer/Breton and Nord/Imperial have very similar facial features.

I dunno. I kinda like that they look like they could be crossovers. It's more in line with the lore of where they come from and what their stock is.

The races that should really stand out in my opinion are the Khajiit, Argonians, Orcs, and Dunmer. The dunmer seem to have a different shade of dark than the Redguards (redguards in the orange family and dunmerr in the blues it seems).

But even the redguards seem like they should look like dark-skinned imperials if you ask me. I don't feel like there should be any difference there.

And even in reality, races do have converging appearances in some instances, be it from convergent evolution or just a similar origin (like with Imperials and Nords). It's not too unusual for a fairer skinned Italian to be mistaken for an English person or for a Hispanic to be mistaken as Asian. There is almost always going to be some people that look similar to other races, but even in Oblivion, I didn't think it was that noticeable or prevalent. I could almost always tell what someone's race was from appearance (With the exception, as I said, being Imperials and Bretons, which shared more similar features).

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