Judging on my tastes, my characters' races will be in order<
1st playthrough : Nord
2nd Playthrough : Orc
3rd Playthrough : Khajiit
4th playthrough : Argonian
5th playthrough : Dunno yet

I wonder what http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Bugak_gro-Bol will look like.

Todd said higher res for PC. He didn't say how higher res. He said he couldn't speak of that. So for all what we know, it might only be slightly higher res, and not that much of a difference.
I hope not, but it could.

Definitely the coolest looking Orc I've ever seen in a TES game, looks awesome. That black mark below his eye looks like either a tattoo or face paint, it'd be awesome if there was some level of customization with regards to those kind of things, perhaps maybe being able to have some woad on a Nord's face or something. I remember how we all used to pour over every detail of the screenshots that were released before Oblivion came out, discussing the possibility of what was shown and what possible customization or features it might be; kind of interesting to do that again with this game.

I kind of agree with you with you but if you're on a console you won't notice, if you're on a PC just use a texture pack. I'm assuming you have a good PC since you seem to care about the DX11 features and the graphics (like me ) so you'll be able to handle mods :shrug:

@Sleign: Problem, though, is that two games in a row (Oblivion and Fallout 3), Bethesda hasn't really shown any extra consideration for PC, in giving it noticeably better graphics for higher end machines. The visual flaws were mitigated on maximum settings, yes, but still visible. And I honestly don't expect them to be given a much better treatment.

Not to mention a big problem with the branches and tree I mentioned is that they're exactly that: textures. They look flat and papery, and no higher resolution is going to improve them.

Actually, months ago I was planning on making an orc character for skyrim. Mostly because I hadn't done that yet in any elder scrolls game, and I wanted to play an orc character somewhere down the line since they are my favorite Elven race.

And I am WAY more impressed by the orc pic than I am by the Khajiit one. Don't get me wrong. The latter left me with a big smile on my face. I love how that Khajiit actually looks like he could survive in the tundra wastes rather than basking in his desert sun.

But the orc... Damn he looks awesome. Way better than the puffy orcs in Oblivion. Although I am equally impressed by the scenery behind the Orc.

Better?

I am not really a fun of orks but i dare say that this one i like

Orcs finally getting a makeover - now if I could get one as a mercenary companion...

http://pc.ign.com/articles/116/1162158p1.html
New IGN coverage- check it out, its got some cool stuff

Yeah there will surely be texture packs for Skyrim. I'm going to use them most likely. Hopefully my PC will be up for it. But I might buy a new one for Skyrim...
The only "problem" will be that big texture packs will take some time before they are released. Maybe a year or two or so.

I'm just hoping textures will be so high res that we really won't need a texture mod. We'll just have to wait and see though. No one knows exactly how hi res.

What makes me think though is if the "hi-res" textures are already made. I mean, it's much easier to make a good hi-res texture from the start, and then downgrade it to lower-res, than to make a low-res texture and upgrade it to look good as hi-res as well. The quality of a texture is always lowered when you upgrade it from low-res, and it will take more work to make it truly good quality than it otherwise would.

:lmao:

[img]http://img835.imageshack.us/i/71470041.png/][IMG]http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/4806/71470041.png[/img]

sidenote: why can't we ever post pics on the forum?

I suppose its so that people don't have to download a ton of pictures when they look at a thread.

That's an unfair pic
Texture size is low on the Oblivion one! (but then again the Skyrim one is xbox 360)

To be honest I've always thought Oblivion's characters to look OK and not horrible, even today.

I was thinking something along these lines when I saw the pic of the new orcs, initially. :goodjob:

What i mainly found funny in that picture is that Skyrim orc represents what we would think a orc would, savage, brutal. While the Oblivion pic shows a orc with a huge smile and a silly hair and dressed in a noble suit

Im surprised i havent seen this mentioned, but one of the coolest parts for me was the elfish ears. Imagine that on an ELF!!!

just looking at the comparisons or w/e how u spell it makes me think that elder scrolls came a long way

Orcs are elves in the elder scrolls universe.

Could be because the Skyrim orc is some bandit guy and the Oblivion orc is some nice business guy...
But yeah, Oblivion characters showed expressions pretty badly. I have a feeling Skyrim's NPCs will have a much more unique personality, and not everyone will have a huge smile just because their disposition is a certain number.

i like the new look of the orc, but i just cant picture these types of orcs making a grunt sounds with a deep voice, but more of a lizard sound, the artstyle is different and the new graphics look awesome.

The only problem is that his hair looks like someone sh*t on this head a few times.

Secret ingredient in Orc shampoo.