Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Expansion Shivering Isles Discussion

SFOSOK · Feb 28, 2007, 07:19 PM

A little surprised I haven't been hearing much from anyone about this online and offline.

From what I've seen it looks great. Like the guys over at Bethesda actually payed attention to what people were sayin gabout Oblivion dungeons being too linear. This game looks awesome, like Morrowind (minus bugs) + Oblivion (minus linear dungeon and town design) + LSD.

Also this brings to my attention (in light of more expansion and episodic content being released for games lately) how many other expansions there will be. Maybe one for every realm of the daedric princes?

Anyway, this game looks awesome and if you haven't seen it here you go

http://www.elderscrolls.com/games/sh...s_overview.htm

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/765/765377p1.html

What do you guys think of the game so far?

Dyre Straits · Feb 28, 2007, 07:38 PM

I, for one, simply am excited about this. It does, indeed, look great.

topbob · Mar 1, 2007, 01:40 AM

25 days, im ready, im excited, im glad bethesda is making a lot of quality content in a short period of time.

OmegaRED · Mar 1, 2007, 07:32 AM

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From what I've seen it looks great. Like the guys over at Bethesda actually payed attention to what people were sayin gabout Oblivion dungeons being too linear. This game looks awesome, like Morrowind (minus bugs) + Oblivion (minus linear dungeon and town design) + LSD.

From what I read it's just an expansion nothing major, what specifically are the kinds of things that you heard were gonna be included that would make it more like Morrowind and overall an improved version of Oblivion?

I'm looking forward to it (still haven't play Knights of the Nine) but am not expecting it to offer any radical changes to the way the game plays or new animations in combat etc.

SFOSOK · Mar 1, 2007, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by OmegaRED

From what I read it's just an expansion nothing major, what specifically are the kinds of things that you heard were gonna be included that would make it more like Morrowind and overall an improved version of Oblivion?

I'm looking forward to it (still haven't play Knights of the Nine) but am not expecting it to offer any radical changes to the way the game plays or new animations in combat etc.

Its mostly the images, level design, and artistic style that reminds me of morrowind.

Markius · Mar 5, 2007, 03:55 AM

this expansion pack is going to be awesome, its almost painful waiting for it

Tinkerhell · Mar 6, 2007, 05:39 PM

I still have not finished Oblivion.

I love the look of the game and the size & the freedom of the game but I hated the combat & I hated the level/progression system they used. I much prefer a class type system rather than something that ends up where no matter what you do you end up pretty much the same by 50th level. If the changed that then I would say they'd have the best game ever created in the Action RPG genre. Till they do I doubt I'll be buying any expansions. Once I finish everything else I'm playing I'll go back to Oblivion & finish it up.

topbob · Mar 7, 2007, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Tinkerhell

I still have not finished Oblivion.

I love the look of the game and the size & the freedom of the game but I hated the combat & I hated the level/progression system they used. I much prefer a class type system rather than something that ends up where no matter what you do you end up pretty much the same by 50th level. If the changed that then I would say they'd have the best game ever created in the Action RPG genre. Till they do I doubt I'll be buying any expansions. Once I finish everything else I'm playing I'll go back to Oblivion & finish it up.

I think Oblivion's leveling system is ingenius, I love the fact you dont have to sit around purposefully leveling just so you can finish any part of the game. Its what distinguishes it from all other RPG's out there, and they do have classes, a lot of them, and you can make your own class as well, what exactly do you mean "something that ends up where no matter what you do you end up pretty much the same by 50th level" I can only assume you are no where near level 50 since you havent beat the main quest line it sounds like, which I did at level 18.

BattleAxe · Mar 18, 2007, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by OmegaRED

From what I read it's just an expansion nothing major, what specifically are the kinds of things that you heard were gonna be included that would make it more like Morrowind and overall an improved version of Oblivion?

I'm looking forward to it (still haven't play Knights of the Nine) but am not expecting it to offer any radical changes to the way the game plays or new animations in combat etc.

KOTN was great - as a single mission- and also some funky armor etc. but I would have treated it as a mini-addon.
It takes a while to finish it, and probably as good as, or even exceeds the best missions in the original game (definetely better than the main mission). I could only wish, that every mission would have the same detail to it.

..About the Shivering Isles...well, I'm not that excited, I mean, I'm sure it adds a new small island to explore, and the madness- stuff sounds fun, but I wish they would have rather tweaked the AI even further in the original game, so I would not have to listen to the characters to talk about mud crabs or the ' hero of Kvatch".
If they would actually come up with more dialog, more voice actors, more in-house made weapons and replace/expand the original dungeons/ add more monsters and NPCs and tweak the graphics etc...I would be more happier.

Lelisevis · Mar 18, 2007, 12:50 AM

I don't want to rain on anyones parade as Oblivion is without a doubt my favourite game of all time but if you read the chats and interviews with the big guys at bethesda this is the final official expansion pack for oblivion. Maybe a month after shivering isles they are going to release the fighters guild mini-expansion just to tie it up then thats it. No more.

Kind of sad but it makes you wonder whether everyone has been pulled to start developing the next elder scrolls. Well at least thats what im hoping.

topbob · Mar 18, 2007, 01:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Lelisevis

I don't want to rain on anyones parade as Oblivion is without a doubt my favourite game of all time but if you read the chats and interviews with the big guys at bethesda this is the final official expansion pack for oblivion. Maybe a month after shivering isles they are going to release the fighters guild mini-expansion just to tie it up then thats it. No more.

Kind of sad but it makes you wonder whether everyone has been pulled to start developing the next elder scrolls. Well at least thats what im hoping.

agh say what? I have to look into this further, the engine is so insanely fun to play content on, how could this be it?

Lelisevis · Mar 18, 2007, 01:38 AM

Speaking to 360 Gamer Magazine, Bethesda's Peter Hines stated; "Work pretty much started on Shivering Isles once Oblivion was done. We started looking at what we wanted to do, where we wanted to set it, all that stuff. It pretty much started last March. Shivering Isles is our last big thing: it’s our first and last expansion for Oblivion."

Markius · Mar 18, 2007, 02:41 AM

well im hoping, like yourself, that they are working on the next elderscrolls

.AMD.ALPHA. · Mar 22, 2007, 02:13 AM

I played through Oblivion, at first I was excited about the graphics, then when I focused on other things like the main storyline I found it less then amazing, I found the side quests were better. I am not much of a RPG'er but I have played enough to know what to expect out of such things. Wonder around kill things, level up, travel more kill things, level up again, get amazing powers, destroy the worlds or save it. Oblivion was fun for about 15 days, then I had to throw it away. The expansions arent much better. I for one hope bethesda can come out with a better series.

OmegaRED · Mar 22, 2007, 02:26 AM

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Originally Posted by .AMD.ALPHA.

Oblivion was fun for about 15 days

Most games are only fun for 15 hours so I would say that's pretty good.

Dyre Straits · Mar 22, 2007, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by .AMD.ALPHA.

I played through Oblivion, at first I was excited about the graphics, then when I focused on other things like the main storyline I found it less then amazing, I found the side quests were better. I am not much of a RPG'er but I have played enough to know what to expect out of such things. Wonder around kill things, level up, travel more kill things, level up again, get amazing powers, destroy the worlds or save it. Oblivion was fun for about 15 days, then I had to throw it away. The expansions arent much better. I for one hope bethesda can come out with a better series.

You need to do on purpose what I just did last night by mistake:

Drink a Poisoned Apple Potion.

Have any of you done that? If not, DON'T!!! LORL

topbob · Mar 22, 2007, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Dyre Straits

You need to do on purpose what I just did last night by mistake:

Drink a Poisoned Apple Potion.

Have any of you done that? If not, DON'T!!! LORL

When I got that pot, I looked at it and thought, "I assume this will kill me instantly, and my body will fall to the floor"
I never did it, so I can only assume

Lelisevis · Mar 22, 2007, 10:56 PM

It's out in the next 5-12 hours I believe. I've been checking live all day.....just in case

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I want shivering isles and I want it now.

topbob · Mar 22, 2007, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Lelisevis

It's out in the next 5-12 hours I believe. I've been checking live all day.....just in case

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I want shivering isles and I want it now.

I comes out on the 26th in North America as far as I know

Dyre Straits · Mar 22, 2007, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by topbob

When I got that pot, I looked at it and thought, "I assume this will kill me instantly, and my body will fall to the floor"
I never did it, so I can only assume

Well, it was in the heat of battle that I accidentally hit the wrong potion bottle. After defeating the opponent I entered the next room and, after about 5 seconds, dropped dead!

At first I thought there was some poison in the room that killed me. So, I tried several antidotes and still noticed my health dropping fast. Cure Poison, Cure Disease didn't stop it, either.

After some more puzzlement, I decided to check my status and it was then I discovered I'd been poisoned with the Poison Apple potion.

So, I spent the next THIRTY MINUTES countering its affects by casting Restore Magicka, Restore Health, and casting Restore Health spells. It took that long for the Spell Indicator (that arced bar across the top of each spell) to disappear. BUT, lo! and behold! the spell itself DID NOT go away. Nor did it diminish!

Eventually, I had to resort to loading a saved game prior to the accidental poisoning and repeat some activities.

Soooo.....now you're warned! DO NOT drink the poisoned apple potion.

Necrosis · Mar 23, 2007, 06:59 AM

This just a warning.

Between the dates of March 26th thru April 1 Dyre will be unavailable.

Dyre Straits · Mar 23, 2007, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Necrosis

This just a warning.

Between the dates of March 26th thru April 1 Dyre will be unavailable.

Ummm....did you mean this as a joke?

Or, do you think it will take me that long to play through it?

Necrosis · Mar 23, 2007, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Dyre Straits

Ummm....did you mean this as a joke?

Or, do you think it will take me that long to play through it?

Of course it's a joke you love this game. Everyone here knows this.

Lelisevis · Mar 27, 2007, 12:45 AM

SHIVERING ISLES is available on XBox live now.

2400 Microsoft points and 1GB of downloads. I had to go into game downloads by genre then RPG to get it to show.

Grab it quick before the scheduled live downtime.

I feel that a large amount of my time is about to be dwindled away again. I can't wait

.

Dyre Straits · Mar 27, 2007, 06:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Necrosis

Of course it's a joke you love this game. Everyone here knows this.

No, no, no. You misunderstand. It's not a joke if it's true.

topbob · Mar 27, 2007, 08:51 AM

Looks like I'm getting it at Fry's in the morning too Dyre, I have a feeling Best Buy wont get their act togeather by the time they open.

Necrosis · Mar 28, 2007, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Dyre Straits

No, no, no. You misunderstand. It's not a joke if it's true.

True...but where the joke is can you NOT play it for 72 HRS after buying it? What if I gave you $500.00 for each day?

Dyre Straits · Mar 28, 2007, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Necrosis

True...but where the joke is can you NOT play it for 72 HRS after buying it? What if I gave you $500.00 for each day?

Too late! And you don't have $1500, either.

Necrosis · Mar 28, 2007, 01:03 AM

Oh really.....

Dyre Straits · Mar 28, 2007, 02:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Necrosis

Oh really.....

Well, they don't use U.S. currency where you live, do they?

Feb 28, 2007, 07:19 PM	#1
SFOSOK 939 Goin Strong Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 7,033 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Expansion Shivering Isles Discussion A little surprised I haven't been hearing much from anyone about this online and offline. From what I've seen it looks great. Like the guys over at Bethesda actually payed attention to what people were sayin gabout Oblivion dungeons being too linear. This game looks awesome, like Morrowind (minus bugs) + Oblivion (minus linear dungeon and town design) + LSD. Also this brings to my attention (in light of more expansion and episodic content being released for games lately) how many other expansions there will be. Maybe one for every realm of the daedric princes? Anyway, this game looks awesome and if you haven't seen it here you go http://www.elderscrolls.com/games/sh...s_overview.htm http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/765/765377p1.html What do you guys think of the game so far? __________________ Warning - Explicit Content Preceeding METAL!!

Mar 1, 2007, 01:40 AM	#3
topbob HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: SFBA, CA, USA Posts: 463 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	25 days, im ready, im excited, im glad bethesda is making a lot of quality content in a short period of time. __________________ 12090 in 3DMarks06 on current system, 5001 on old system, 4164 on older, 1587 on oldest

Mar 5, 2007, 03:55 AM	#6
Markius DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 2,350 Rep Power: 0	this expansion pack is going to be awesome, its almost painful waiting for it __________________ DriverHeavens Aussie... "Lifes tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late"

Mar 6, 2007, 05:39 PM	#7
Tinkerhell Not all fairies are nice. Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 989 Rep Power: 44	I still have not finished Oblivion. I love the look of the game and the size & the freedom of the game but I hated the combat & I hated the level/progression system they used. I much prefer a class type system rather than something that ends up where no matter what you do you end up pretty much the same by 50th level. If the changed that then I would say they'd have the best game ever created in the Action RPG genre. Till they do I doubt I'll be buying any expansions. Once I finish everything else I'm playing I'll go back to Oblivion & finish it up. __________________ Stupidity should be painful if not terminal. Darwin for Sainthood!!

Mar 18, 2007, 02:41 AM	#13
Markius DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 2,350 Rep Power: 0	well im hoping, like yourself, that they are working on the next elderscrolls __________________ DriverHeavens Aussie... "Lifes tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late"

Mar 18, 2007, 12:50 AM	#10
Lelisevis Howlin at the moon Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,663 Rep Power: 0	I don't want to rain on anyones parade as Oblivion is without a doubt my favourite game of all time but if you read the chats and interviews with the big guys at bethesda this is the final official expansion pack for oblivion. Maybe a month after shivering isles they are going to release the fighters guild mini-expansion just to tie it up then thats it. No more. Kind of sad but it makes you wonder whether everyone has been pulled to start developing the next elder scrolls. Well at least thats what im hoping.

Mar 18, 2007, 01:38 AM	#12
Lelisevis Howlin at the moon Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,663 Rep Power: 0	Speaking to 360 Gamer Magazine, Bethesda's Peter Hines stated; "Work pretty much started on Shivering Isles once Oblivion was done. We started looking at what we wanted to do, where we wanted to set it, all that stuff. It pretty much started last March. Shivering Isles is our last big thing: it’s our first and last expansion for Oblivion."

Mar 22, 2007, 02:13 AM	#14
.AMD.ALPHA. DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	I played through Oblivion, at first I was excited about the graphics, then when I focused on other things like the main storyline I found it less then amazing, I found the side quests were better. I am not much of a RPG'er but I have played enough to know what to expect out of such things. Wonder around kill things, level up, travel more kill things, level up again, get amazing powers, destroy the worlds or save it. Oblivion was fun for about 15 days, then I had to throw it away. The expansions arent much better. I for one hope bethesda can come out with a better series.

Mar 22, 2007, 10:56 PM	#18
Lelisevis Howlin at the moon Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,663 Rep Power: 0	It's out in the next 5-12 hours I believe. I've been checking live all day.....just in case . I want shivering isles and I want it now.

Mar 23, 2007, 06:59 AM	#21
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	This just a warning. Between the dates of March 26th thru April 1 Dyre will be unavailable.

Mar 27, 2007, 12:45 AM	#24
Lelisevis Howlin at the moon Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,663 Rep Power: 0	SHIVERING ISLES is available on XBox live now. 2400 Microsoft points and 1GB of downloads. I had to go into game downloads by genre then RPG to get it to show. Grab it quick before the scheduled live downtime. I feel that a large amount of my time is about to be dwindled away again. I can't wait .

Mar 27, 2007, 08:51 AM	#26
topbob HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: SFBA, CA, USA Posts: 463 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Looks like I'm getting it at Fry's in the morning too Dyre, I have a feeling Best Buy wont get their act togeather by the time they open. __________________ 12090 in 3DMarks06 on current system, 5001 on old system, 4164 on older, 1587 on oldest

Mar 28, 2007, 01:03 AM	#29
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	Oh really.....