Skyrim and Oblivion : V - Skyrim

» Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:00 am

The plants and dirt textures look a lot less stretched in Skyrim

Agreed there's not even a single cloud in Oblivion to its shame :sadvaultboy:

» Mon Jul 04, 2011 11:53 am

Agreed there's not even a single cloud in Oblivion to its shame :sadvaultboy:

It is half a decade old

I remember when it came out, it was very good looking!

» Mon Jul 04, 2011 1:03 pm

Maxed Out Oblivion PC vs Skyrim Xbox360:
http://i.imgur.com/xjUv8.jpg

Some faces:
http://i.imgur.com/0Nqpy.jpg

A Dungeon:
http://i.imgur.com/PCUox.jpg

Troll:
http://i.imgur.com/yesUe.jpg

Khajiit:
http://i.imgur.com/zHfca.png

The Khajitt one is the only one that doesn't look all that better to me

These should be put in the OP

» Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:27 pm

I found Some new ones that are FAIR

http://gamingbolt.com/wp-content/gallery/elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-comparison/elder-scrolls-skyrim-3.jpg

http://gamingbolt.com/wp-content/gallery/elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-comparison/elder-scrolls-skyrim-4.jpg

http://gamingbolt.com/wp-content/gallery/elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-comparison/elder-scrolls-skyrim-2.jpg

This one
http://gamingbolt.com/wp-content/gallery/elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-comparison/elder-scrolls-skyrim-4.jpg

does not appear to be a screen from the 1280x720 console version of Oblivion. Look at how defined the texture of the log is. It seems to be a higher res screen from PC.

All of the Skyrim screens are 1280x720 Xbox screens with quite low res textures, low quality shadows, very low AA, if any, and no AF at all

This one
http://gamingbolt.com/wp-content/gallery/elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-comparison/elder-scrolls-skyrim-2.jpg

Also seems very unlikely. Look at the detail on the knight's armor. the dimensions of that pic are native 1536x864. As you can see in the pic of the Giant above it, when you stretch a 1280x720 image to that resolution, you lose a great deal of image quality. By contrast, the armor of the knight shows very high resolution textures, in excess of what you see on the console version of Oblivion.

It seems that these pics were taken from 1600x900 PC Oblivion with high detail settings, high res textures, etc., perhaps even some graphics mods installed. Attempting to compare them with the 1280x720 screens of Skyrim with low res textures, low quality shadows, no AF, perhaps 2xAA, is not a fair comparison

» Mon Jul 04, 2011 6:43 am

Theres a video comparing some character models, Oblivion- Skyrim
Here ya gooo :thumbsup:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIde2NGjZrQ

Wow that orc is the shizzz

» Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:02 am

It is half a decade old

I remember when it came out, it was very good looking!

I still think it is.
And it still has one of the best looking skies in any game Ive played.
Hopefully Skyrim will be even better.

» Mon Jul 04, 2011 6:56 am

This one
http://gamingbolt.com/wp-content/gallery/elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-comparison/elder-scrolls-skyrim-4.jpg

does not appear to be a screen from the 1280x720 console version of Oblivion. Look at how defined the texture of the log is. It seems to be a higher res screen from PC.

All of the Skyrim screens are 1280x720 Xbox screens with quite low res textures, low quality shadows, very low AA, if any, and no AF at all

You reckon?

It looks like higher res with everything turned down to compensate. It looks better then that on my 360 on 1360x680.

» Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:07 pm

This one
http://gamingbolt.com/wp-content/gallery/elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-comparison/elder-scrolls-skyrim-4.jpg

does not appear to be a screen from the 1280x720 console version of Oblivion. Look at how defined the texture of the log is. It seems to be a higher res screen from PC.

All of the Skyrim screens are 1280x720 Xbox screens with quite low res textures, low quality shadows, very low AA, if any, and no AF at all

It's actually quite astounding I mean the Art Style for The Elder Scrolls Series has taken a turn for a better. Xbox Skyrim with no AA on Medium settings with a medium resolution looks better than pc Vanilla Oblivion with high settings.

» Mon Jul 04, 2011 7:03 pm

The Khajitt one is the only one that doesn't look all that better to me

These should be put in the OP

What? How could you say that the Skyrim Kahjiit doesn't look much better than Oblivion's? I know it's your opinion, but really? It's clearly graphically and artistically superior.

» Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:10 am

I think we really should be comparing Skyrim to Morrowind.

/Sarcasm; please don't flame.

» Mon Jul 04, 2011 6:12 pm

What? How could you say that the Skyrim Kahjiit doesn't look much better than Oblivion's? I know it's your opinion, but really? It's clearly graphically and artistically superior.

But it's neck, It looks like a thin wookie. And the textures don't look as good as the Skyrim orc, but they will almost certainly be more polished when it is released. I just don't like thet picture

I think we really should be comparing Skyrim to Morrowind.

/Sarcasm; please don't flame.

Someone should compare Morrowind to Skyrim and Oblivion (for artistic influence comparison, obviously not graphical capabilities)

» Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:23 am

The Khajitt one is the only one that doesn't look all that better to me

These should be put in the OP

You're joking, right? The Khajit looks leagues better in Skyrim, you can actually see fur on him! xD It's actually hilarious how bad Oblivion looks compared to Skyrim, it just goes to show how much this generation's consoles haven't been tapped into yet. :tops:

» Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:28 am

You reckon?

It looks like higher res with everything turned down to compensate. It looks better then that on my 360 on 1360x680.

Those screens are roughly 1600x900. The Oblivion pics were clearly taken from PC, as they appear to not have too much degradation from being blown up to 1600x900.

The Skyrim screens on the other hand, are obviously not native 1600x900. The only screens that have been released by Bethesda are 1280x720. When you blow up a console screengrab from 1280x720 resolution and compare it to 1600x900 native resolution PC screen (with high res textures, etc.,), this comparison serves no purpose.

» Mon Jul 04, 2011 11:25 am

I think we really should be comparing Skyrim to Morrowind.

/Sarcasm; please don't flame.

Well why not compare Morrowind with Oblivion and Skyrim?

Would be a cool look back in time. I remember seeing Morrowind for the first time and being blown away by the graphics.

» Mon Jul 04, 2011 7:23 am

Well why not compare Morrowind with Oblivion and Skyrim?

Would be a cool look back in time. I remember seeing Morrowind for the first time and being blown away by the graphics.

On a Side Note Morrowind with the Graphic extender on max settings looks just as good as Vanilla Oblivion on High settings at least in my opinon.

» Mon Jul 04, 2011 7:59 am

Those screens are roughly 1600x900. The Oblivion pics were clearly taken from PC, as they appear to not have too much degradation from being blown up to 1600x900.

The Skyrim screens on the other hand, are obviously not native 1600x900. The only screens that have been released by Bethesda are 1280x720. When you blow up a console screengrab from 1280x720 resolution and compare it to 1600x900 native resolution PC screen (with high res textures, etc.,), this comparison serves no purpose.

Yeah i'm not arguing that it isn't off a PC.
But it looks weird. As if allot of the options are turned off to handle the high res. Which isn't a good indicator of anything as you say.

On a Side Note Morrowind with the Graphic extender on max settings looks just as good as Vanilla Oblivion on High settings at least in my opinon.

Yeah it looks great in screenshots, but it still has the bunky Morrowind animations that ruin it

» Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:52 pm

The Khajitt one is the only one that doesn't look all that better to me

These should be put in the OP

I dont know i like the khajitt to the hair texture on the arms/chest is better .But those are great pics so a maxed out pc pic of oblivian gets beat by xbox skyrim but gotta say the pc version maxed out deffinately looks better than the 360 version .Skyrim will probably look very good on the pc.

» Mon Jul 04, 2011 12:48 pm

Those screens are roughly 1600x900. The Oblivion pics were clearly taken from PC, as they appear to not have too much degradation from being blown up to 1600x900.

The Skyrim screens on the other hand, are obviously not native 1600x900. The only screens that have been released by Bethesda are 1280x720. When you blow up a console screengrab from 1280x720 resolution and compare it to 1600x900 native resolution PC screen (with high res textures, etc.,), this comparison serves no purpose.

Even so, it is fun to see the differences in art design.

» Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:27 pm

I find that Oblivion looks beautiful on my new computer and it still looks great on my PS3. When I look at the screenshots, and the demo, that we've been given for Skyrim, I can see those are even better than Oblivion so it's going to be so awesome to play. They've talked about how the graphics are better and you could tell how proud they are....just can't wait.

:tes:

» Mon Jul 04, 2011 6:51 am

I think we really should be comparing Skyrim to Morrowind.

/Sarcasm; please don't flame.

no actually that's a good idea.
We should get some shots of all 3 games to see the progression, I love it when they do that for any game, like this assault rifle comparison for halo.

http://terminalgamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Halo-Assault-Rifle-Comparisons.jpg
http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/3923/comparison.png

» Mon Jul 04, 2011 7:34 pm

NEW comparison shots XD

http://www.gamedynamo.com/images/galleries/photo/1140/the-elder-scrolls-iv-v-oblivion-skyrim-image-comparison-6.jpg

http://www.gamedynamo.com/images/galleries/photo/1140/the-elder-scrolls-iv-v-oblivion-skyrim-image-comparison-4.jpg

http://www.gamedynamo.com/images/galleries/photo/1140/the-elder-scrolls-iv-v-oblivion-skyrim-image-comparison-3.jpg

http://www.gamedynamo.com/images/galleries/photo/1140/the-elder-scrolls-iv-v-oblivion-skyrim-image-comparison-5.jpg

http://www.gamedynamo.com/images/galleries/photo/1140/the-elder-scrolls-iv-v-oblivion-skyrim-image-comparison-1.jpg

» Mon Jul 04, 2011 12:55 pm

Why does everyone have the brightness turned right up on Oblivion?

It does NO justice to the lighting in the game. Also washes out what textures there are.

» Mon Jul 04, 2011 6:03 pm

NEW comparison shots XD

http://www.gamedynamo.com/images/galleries/photo/1140/the-elder-scrolls-iv-v-oblivion-skyrim-image-comparison-1.jpg

The fog on those mountains is awesome

Here is one of the Skyrim Blog for
MORROWIND SKYRIM AND OBLIVION
Orcs:
http://theskyrimblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/orc2.jpg

» Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:17 pm

Skyrim almost looks like real pictures..

» Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:38 am

I found these.

http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/2183/humancomp.jpg
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/2852/khajiitcomp.jpg
http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/4273/orccomp.jpg
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/912/watercomp.jpg
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/3549/snowcomp.jpg
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/3755/bowcomp.jpg