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[Steve Swink]

Cancellation rumors? Err... The three year old ones from back when Interplay was falling like an airplane?
Bethesda has stated pretty explicitly that they have guys working on Fallout 3.

Hot.  Fallout via Bethesda = delicous mind candy.

[Inane]

Fallout via Bethesda = delicous mind candy.

I have to disagree with you there. Did you see the manfaces in Oblivion? How about the dialogue engine where everyone would say the same thing. Oh, and there were those beggars that would always sound like delusional drunks at first, but the moment you ask them something, they switch to the voice EVERYONE else of their race and gender has.

[Anthony Flack]

back when Interplay was falling like an airplane?

You might want to stop flying with the cheaper airlines.

[Steve Swink]

Fallout via Bethesda = delicous mind candy.

I have to disagree with you there. Did you see the manfaces in Oblivion? How about the dialogue engine where everyone would say the same thing. Oh, and there were those beggars that would always sound like delusional drunks at first, but the moment you ask them something, they switch to the voice EVERYONE else of their race and gender has.

Well, there are mods that improve the things you're griping about. Seriously, though, did those small problems ruin the entire game for you?  I won't doubt you - I can see it happening - but, man, that would suck.  There's a lot of mighty nice fun to be had in Obvlivion if you can overcome its faults.  Or, you know, mod them away .

[BMcC]

There's a lot of mighty nice fun to be had in Obvlivion if you can overcome its faults.  Or, you know, mod them away .

Or have a computer that can run Oblivion. 

[Keops]

This is beautiful! Not only contains a wealth of useful insight about the preferences and opinions of the author, the illustrations are beautiful and dead-on! As some of the people said in this thread, I might come with one of these myself when I have some more time! I can do my own illustrations too for eye-candy. Thanks for sharing!

~K

[FARTRON]

Or have a computer that can run Oblivion. 

Oh, that's no problem, just install Morrowind.  It's the same game but uglier.

[Inane]

Bah. It's also worse. People are just as ugly, and they all say -the exact same thing-.

"Spare some coins for a poor old beggar?"
"Spare some coins for a poor old beggar?"
"Spare some coins for a poor old beggar?"
"Spare some coins for a poor old beggar?"

[FARTRON]

They all said the exact same thing in Morrowind too.  How can you say Oblivion is worse?  Did you fail to notice the HDR?

The trick to enjoying The Elders Scrolls (3 or 4) is to go in expecting a 3D roguelike, because you will be pleased with what is there.  If you expect the kind of ground breaking RPG elements that the lavish reviews promise, you will be disappointed.

[Evil-Ville]

Oblivion looks horrible with all its HDR and bump-map whoring. It makes everything look shiny and plasticy. The level scaled monsters and dungeons are what really kills the game though. (You can beat the main quest easily on level 3 but on level 20 it's almost impossible!)