SKYRIM-Not that better than Oblivion in graphics?

From what I've seen from the early screens of Skyrim I can say that it will be an awesome game no doubt,but the visuals though significantly better than Oblivion are nowhere near that giant leap from Morrowind to Oblivion.it seems that Skyrim has visuals that are effectively Oblivion's with a helluva lot of polish and improvements,but not something waaayyyy better as some expected! What do you guys think?

I know I'm nitpicking though,as I care not about visuals and will get Skyrim the day it releases! :P

Sadly they didn't pull a DICE and only seem to be trying to max out the old xbox360 hardware.

Then again we've only seen xbox360 shots.

Not amazing graphs?? ok, now I know this game will be a crapfest.

From what I've seen from the early screens of Skyrim I can say that it will be an awesome game no doubt,but the visuals though significantly better than Oblivion are nowhere near that giant leap from Morrowind to Oblivion.it seems that Skyrim has visuals that are effectively Oblivion's with a helluva lot of polish and improvements,but not something waaayyyy better as some expected! What do you guys think?

I know I'm nitpicking though,as I care not about visuals and will get Skyrim the day it releases! :P

Serioussamik

of course it isn't..the hardware hasn't change

The improvement of the character models alone make it look a generation ahead of Oblivion.

Id rather see a more exspansive intensive world with more to do and refined gameplay then omega graphics.

Id rather see a more exspansive intensive world with more to do and refined gameplay then omega graphics.

WilliamRLBaker

I want both.

Both games are made for the same hardware. They had time to polish and understand the consoles more with skyrim but still do not expect miracles. As for the PC version, they will leave it at the hands of the modders as always.

I think some people may have misinterpreted the criticisms toward Skyrim's tech.

Of course the graphics are going to look better than Oblivion, Oblivion was a launch period game. But the tech behind the game is a disappointment, in regard to the track record of the series.

Every TES game, every single one, received a massive technological leap over its predecessors. TES4 was designed for current generation consoles, and so is TES5. It is the first time in the series history that the game wasn't designed for modern technology.

So I can understand people criticising the games visuals, the hardware it was designed for is the same as its predecessor.

[QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"]

Id rather see a more exspansive intensive world with more to do and refined gameplaythen omega graphics.

Jankarcop

I want both.

sure, but this is much more important than that.

[QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"]

Id rather see a more exspansive intensive world with more to do and refined gameplay then omega graphics.

Jankarcop

I want both.

Both games are made for the same hardware. They had time to polish and understand the consoles more with skyrim but still do not expect miracles. As for the PC version, they will leave it at the hands of the modders as always.

edidili

[QUOTE="Jankarcop"]

[QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"]

Id rather see a more exspansive intensive world with more to do and refined gameplay then omega graphics.

WilliamRLBaker

I want both.

I can and will. Skyrim will have amazing gfx mods like Morrowind/Oblivion.

Tho its sad that we're gonna have to use mods instead of Bethesda making it awesome from the get go.

[QUOTE="edidili"]

Both games are made for the same hardware. They had time to polish and understand the consoles more with skyrim but still do not expect miracles. As for the PC version, they will leave it at the hands of the modders as always.

lawlessx

I'll never understand why peoples loved Oblivion on consoles, I always found the vanilla version kinda average.The major selling point for elder scrolls games were always the big modding community. It's like Bethesda creating this sandbox world where pc gamers can play with their toys.

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[QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"]

Id rather see a more exspansive intensive world with more to do and refined gameplay then omega graphics.

WilliamRLBaker

I want both.

You obviously have not tried any of the amazing mods for MOrrowind and Oblivion, from much better graphics to new campaigns, areas/missions :)

I have oBlivion on xbox and on PC and the difference is mindblowing.

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[QUOTE="Jankarcop"] [QUOTE="edidili"]

[QUOTE="lawlessx"][QUOTE="edidili"]

Both games are made for the same hardware. They had time to polish and understand the consoles more with skyrim but still do not expect miracles. As for the PC version, they will leave it at the hands of the modders as always.

Jankarcop

I'll never understand why peoples loved Oblivion on consoles, I always found the vanilla version kinda average.The major selling point for elder scrolls games were always the big modding community. It's like Bethesda creating this sandbox world where pc gamers can play with their toys.

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[QUOTE="Jankarcop"]

I want both.

kozzy1234

You obviously have not tried any of the amazing mods for MOrrowind and Oblivion, from much better graphics to new campaigns, areas/missions :)

I have oBlivion on xbox and on PC and the difference is mindblowing.

Sorry to interrupt but this was needed..

Kozzy, your dealing with a member who has stated:

No reason to argue with him on mods.

Pic sourceRandy thread

Even on pc you can't have both.

WilliamRLBaker

Why not? Costs are the only real limitation, there is no technical reason why you couldn't have both on PC.

Hell, TES games were more open before consoles got involved. People remember when we could walk into a city without a loading screen? It's only when Oblivion was made with consoles in mind, that cities were cut off from the exterior world. It's probably because of the bad loading times on Xbox in Morrowind.

Of course, they fixed that with mods.

The improvement of the character models alone make it look a generation ahead of Oblivion.

caseystryker

I looks alot better than Oblivion. Sure its not The Witcher 2 when it comes to graphics, but it still looks great.

Here are some of my old pics of modded Oblivion for reference:

Skyrim looks much better so far

Yes Oblivion for PC simply blew X360 out of the water.But when the game first came out ironically some claimed the X360 version to be better looking! Actually few had a rig to max out Oblivion at that time and when the did they understood what they have missed.But that PC superiority might not be there this time around as Oblivion relesed in early days of next-gen systems which are fully current-gen now!

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[QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"] Even on pc you can't have both.

jedikevin2

You obviously have not tried any of the amazing mods for MOrrowind and Oblivion, from much better graphics to new campaigns, areas/missions :)

I have oBlivion on xbox and on PC and the difference is mindblowing.

Wow if he said that im sure he hates DLC even more

Sorry to interrupt but this was needed..

Kozzy, your dealing with a member who has stated:

No reason to argue with him on mods.

Pic sourceRandy thread

[QUOTE="caseystryker"]

The improvement of the character models alone make it look a generation ahead of Oblivion.

KHAndAnime

More than a slight difference IMO. At least people looks somewhat human now.

Yes Oblivion for PC simply blew X360 out of the water.But when the game first came out ironically some claimed the X360 version to be better looking! Actually few had a rig to max out Oblivion at that time and when the did they understood what they have missed.But that PC superiority might not be there this time around as Oblivion relesed in early days of next-gen systems which are fully current-gen now!

Serioussamik

1.Not on this message board

and 2. You must not have seen what mods did to the PC version of morrowind/oblivon.

Looks great to me.

It is an open-world RPG, afterall. Improved character lighting and animation is much more important. Hopefully they addressed that.

I can't call this 'day and night' difference by any stretch though the former is signficantly better!

So long as Skyrim has better animations and a better character builder, I couldn't care less about the graphics. Sure, I would expect them to be SLIGHTLY better in comparison, but Oblivion had much worst problems to deal with on the gameplay side of things than not having great looking visuals.

Smooth Animations > Insane graphics any day of the week.

Maybe they're putting that focus on making the world more immersive? Improving the AI, physics, and actually making every part of the world seem different than every other?

I just hope they fix the god-awful animations that have plagued all of Bethesda's games of recent times. Graphics, they look improved to a point I'm okay with.

I can't call this 'day and night' difference by any stretch though the former is signficantly better!

Serioussamik

Standing still there are only a few differences.

But thats one character model. Every character in Oblivion had the same body structure as every other, bad voice acting, terrible animations, and this is ignoring the bad AI and physics.

If Skyrim improves on those first over the graphics it'll just make the game a LOT better.

Closest I could get! Sure more detail and smoothening and apparantly HDR-AA together (at last! ) in Skyrim!

I think it looks amazing but could look alot better if it was a next gen launch title.

Also, while we may only have a few screenshots to go by, I can already tell I like the art style of the armor MUCH more in Skyrim that the crappy looking armor in Oblivion.

how can you expect a BIG change from oblivion to skyrim? The consoles hardware is 5years old. You can only do so much.

i don't care, if it's a big open world i don't even expect that much tbo.

they could have made a glorified oblivion map pack and i would have played it.

i'm a pretty big fan of just having a big playground to goof about in.

[QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"]

Id rather see a more exspansive intensive world with more to do and refined gameplay then omega graphics.

Jankarcop

I want both.

[QUOTE="Jankarcop"]

[QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"]

Id rather see a more exspansive intensive world with more to do and refined gameplay then omega graphics.

WilliamRLBaker

I want both.

[QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"]

[QUOTE="Jankarcop"]

I want both.

Diviniuz

dude talking about oblivion for his console: "hey did you see my cool horse armor and my fighters stronghold?"

dude talking about oblivion for his pc: hey did you see my army of 50 nude supermodels flying dragons attack that undead horde after i put in the 2048x1152 texture pack?"

oblivion mods are insane.

just want better animation... and ofcourse better graphics are a +. but if you are looking at purchasing this for its graphics.. you are doing it wrong.

To me it looks fine. It doesn't matter that it isn't a next gen upgrade, it looks great in my eyes.