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The Elder Scrolls IV Formally Announced

Posted by Zonk on from the single-player-mmog dept.

war3rd writes "Bethesda Softworks recently announced the development of the next game in The Elder Scrolls Series, (and follow-up to the game Morrowind) Oblivion. The next issue of Game Informer will have a 12 page spread with all the details and tons of screenshots."

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  1. Re:Elder scrolls. A great series by Mathness · · Score: 2, Informative

    Of course the one rather annoying thing is that bethesda seems to have problems ironing out bugs before a release

    Not mention after. A friend and I bought Battlespire because it had multiplayer, boy was that fun sometimes. For instance someone would find a good weapon and give it the other, who would now be in possesion of a pair of boots.
    Bethesda have become much better at fixing bugs though.

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  2. Scans of the screenshots by wan-fu · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here's a Coral Cache link to some guy who scanned a bunch of the screenshots.

    1. Re:Scans of the screenshots by Will2k_is_here · · Score: 2, Informative

      Not that there is anything wrong with running around. It just gets boring after a while.

      By the way, in Morrowind, all you need is the boots of blinding speed and a bit of magic resistance and you can sometimes run from one side of the island to the other in a matter of minutes.
      Mix that with some long-lasting levitation and you don't have to worry about obstacles either.

  3. Console only by obeythefist · · Score: 2, Informative

    The worst part is, it looks like this will be a console exclusive release (of course). Presumably only for XBox-2, as it doesn't seem to be in Sony's arena.

    We might be lucky and get a console port however (the PC's of the time will undoubtedly be at least as powerful as XBox2). Hopefully PC gamers won't need to buy a gamepad to play the game.

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    1. Re:Console only by Grave · · Score: 3, Informative

      According to the Game Informer article, it will be for PS3, XBOX 2, and PC.

    2. Re:Console only by Ayaress · · Score: 2, Informative

      Morrowind wasn't a straight console port. It was out for the PC a very long time before it was on the Xbox. As for assignable shortcut keys: press F1 (I think, might be F2 or 3, I'd have to check), then you can put any useable or equippable item on the number keys FPS-style.

  4. Re:Already played it.... by Ayaress · · Score: 2, Informative

    The fall-through-floors bug in Morrowind is insanely bad if you have a low-end graphics card for some reason. I get it constantly. However, they put a fix in for it originally. If it happens, and you get stuck somepalce (or getting stuck in a table, which also happens a good deal for me), open the console and type "fixme". It can take a couple times if you're stuck really good (like if you try to jump between the tops of the giant tree mushrooms and get stuck inside the trunk of one), but it'll get you back to a safe spot.