This is how tes v SHOULD look like :'( : V

» Fri Sep 10, 2010 1:46 am

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/609/elderscrollsvshadowsofsfx1.jpg

I mean, it's just a real world photo processed by photoshop, but wouldn't you wish that's how tes v should look like? the grass don't look like just green patches, they have texture. the mountains aren't height maps, they are actually large pieces of rocks. the bottom of the water isn't just flat, but with bumps and prints. rocks are small and scattered, random shaped rather than huge boulders like in oblivion. And the clouds! the clouds hanging at the side of the mountain.

sigh.

» Thu Sep 09, 2010 5:37 pm

maybe in 2 gens

» Fri Sep 10, 2010 12:46 am

No. Gameplay is way more important. if you want something pretty to look at, go outside.

» Thu Sep 09, 2010 5:37 pm

That bloody pic again?

» Fri Sep 10, 2010 12:45 am

no I don't no one in the world would be able to run that

except the computer used to render avatar it had like 9,000GB of ram

» Thu Sep 09, 2010 4:33 pm

Man, there's not even actual technology that allows such graphics...don't be a 13 year old whiner.

Skyrim is already OK for a game that gives you total freedom.

» Thu Sep 09, 2010 9:36 pm

The rocks and stuff look very realistic already. Jesus if you want to see the real life rocks, then go outside.. It's still a game remember! :whistling:

» Thu Sep 09, 2010 10:13 am

i was expecting witcher2-like graphics

» Thu Sep 09, 2010 11:00 am

No. Gameplay is way more important. if you want something pretty to look at, go outside.

Like this?

http://www.khairul-syahir.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/crysis-real-life-comparison.jpg

Or like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Re377ol0g

And that's a 4 year old game...

» Thu Sep 09, 2010 10:56 am

I dream of the day i can play a TES game with graphics like that. But then again I am the kind of guy who can play a game just because of it's graphics. Eyecandy is always good. Infact the reason why i discovered TES was because oblivion looked so damn i good. At the time it was awsome, and to some extent it still is.

Oblivion with mods still look awsome. And Oblivion doesnt look bad at all concidering the size.

» Thu Sep 09, 2010 10:04 pm

It still looks good...just more oblivion 2.5 than anything else though.

» Thu Sep 09, 2010 2:38 pm

No. Gameplay is way more important. if you want something pretty to look at, go outside.

nice... but there are no dungeons to raid in birmingham UK.

» Thu Sep 09, 2010 5:19 pm

Like this?

http://www.khairul-syahir.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/crysis-real-life-comparison.jpg

Or like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Re377ol0g

And that's a 4 year old game...

If you like crysis so much, why aren't you playing it?

» Thu Sep 09, 2010 5:06 pm

If you like crysis so much, why aren't you playing it?

Because Crysis and TES is far from the same (it's not even an RPG).

I love the TES lore and atmosphere. Especially the atmosphere actually. I love their view of gameplay and I love their view of how an RPG should be like.

Bringing in awesome graphics like in Crysis would be like a full completion of awesomeness. With "pretty nice graphics", it's not a complete circle

To be honest though, I'd be happy if the game looks like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEMxSUGZ6TU

or this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIRwCOB-cw0

» Fri Sep 10, 2010 1:59 am

It still looks good...just more oblivion 2.5 than anything else though.

Wait, what?

» Thu Sep 09, 2010 2:15 pm

nice... but there are no dungeons to raid in birmingham UK.

Imagination.Suddenly, all those houses become dungeons.

» Thu Sep 09, 2010 10:34 am

Because Crysis and TES is far from the same (it's not even an RPG).

I love the TES lore and atmosphere. Especially the atmosphere actually. I love their view of gameplay and I love their view of how an RPG should be like.

Bringing in awesome graphics like in Crysis would be like a full completion of awesomeness. With "pretty nice graphics", it's not a complete circle

You shouldn't compare an open-world RPG's graphics to an FPS's graphics, especially not Crysis which is still considered to be the most visually appealing game currently despite being released in 2007.

» Thu Sep 09, 2010 6:33 pm

If you like crysis so much, why aren't you playing it?

Woman A says: men have much better opportunities! they get paid more and they enjoy higher social status.
Woman B says: why don't you change your six and become a man?

» Thu Sep 09, 2010 4:52 pm

You shouldn't compare an open-world RPG's graphics to an FPS's graphics, especially not Crysis which is still considered to be the most visually appealing game currently despite being released in 2007.

That's why I posted that I would be happy if graphics looked like the game "The Hunter" and "Red Dead Redemption".
Red Dead Redemption is fully comparable. It's a console game, huge world, lots of quest, lots of stuff to do, very nice graphics, etc.

I'm not 100% sure yet about the graphics though. What I've looked at have been rather blurry photos...

» Fri Sep 10, 2010 1:51 am

Woman A says: men have much better opportunities! they get paid more and they enjoy higher social status.
Woman B says: why don't you change your six and become a man?

Woman A: i don't want to be a man, i just wish i had the graphics of a man (the [censored] <------pencil?)

That's why I posted that I would be happy if graphics looked like the game "The Hunter" and "Red Dead Redemption".
Red Dead Redemption is fully comparable. It's a console game, huge world, lots of quest, lots of stuff to do, very nice graphics, etc.

I'm not 100% sure yet about the graphics though. What I've looked at have been rather blurry photos...

RDR uses premade and proven engines (RAGE + Euphoria) while Skyrim will use a new inhouse engine, one that Bethesda built specifically for Skyrim. Why wouldn't bethesda use a current engine instead of making a new one from scratch (supposedly), they must have a reason...

» Fri Sep 10, 2010 12:07 am

wow. there is just no pleasing some people. this is more than i had hoped for.

» Thu Sep 09, 2010 3:19 pm

wow. there is just no pleasing some people. this is more than i had hoped for.

I've read some more and I think perhaps it was overreacting. The images I've seen so far though have been really low-res. Hard to see...
I wanna see a real in-game high res picture

» Thu Sep 09, 2010 11:26 am

well it's not the resolution... its the fact that it still looks like oblivion.

remember the release date of skyrim is 5 and half years since oblivion, and bethesda hasn't shown any improvement in their graphics ability (through FO series) in the mean time. Back when OB came out the graphics was top in the industry. I'm not sure about skyrim.

» Thu Sep 09, 2010 4:06 pm

Oh yea.

Let's piss away all the money on Graphics instead of making a game with fun gameplay.

Makes sense.

» Fri Sep 10, 2010 12:39 am

Oh yea.

Let's piss away all the money on Graphics instead of making a game with fun gameplay.

Makes sense.

of course it does make sense.

what doesn't make sense is that the graphics didn't improve over 5 years. does it?