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Oblivion Confirmed for PS3 Launch

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the way-to-catch-up dept.

1up reports that Elder Scroll IV: Oblivion will be a PlayStation 3 launch title. From the article: "Yes, the rumors are true: Oblivion is heading to PlayStation 3, and an upcoming cover story in Official PlayStation Magazine has the exclusive first look. Here's what we know so far. The game will introduce a new faction to the Oblivion world, one that's available right at the beginning called Knights of the Nine and described by the developers as 'the good Dark Brotherhood.' The goal here is to become the Divine Crusader (think part warrior, part priest), and the quest features new locations, characters, armor and weapons."

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  1. unplayable on xbox 360 by thnmnt · · Score: 5, Informative

    i lasted about 45 minutes with this game on the xbox 360. load times and frame rates were excrutiating. it got the point where i didn't open doors due to the loads. an adventure game that discourages exploring..that's rich. maybe the 'feature' that the ps3 port will add will be...wait for it...playability!

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  2. You might have a dvd problem... by AmazingRuss · · Score: 2, Informative

    ...I had the same thing happening...constant slowdowns outdoors, horrific load times. Most other titles worked great execept for King Kong, which locked up a lot. Got the dvd drive replaced and it works much much better. I'm guessing Oblivion is constantly trying to prefetch assets while your're outside....and when it has to do mulitple retries to the dvd, it looks like low framerate. I WISH they would just let you dump the whole mess to the hd while you were playing it...

    1. Re:You might have a dvd problem... by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 3, Informative

      Also, it doesn't say so on the box, but Oblivion really does require the HD to play smoothly. Running Oblivion on a 360 with no HD attached is just asking for trouble.

      If the console does have a HD, and you're still experiencing troubles, you can restart the game with A held down (I believe; you can look it up) and it'll reset the cache it keeps. This means the initial load will take much longer, or as long as the HD-less 360s, but from then on it should behave much better. At least until the cache gets full again.

      From my experience playing it for extended periods with the HD, you should reset the cache every 15-20 hours of play for best performance.

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  3. Re:It's called 'easy money' by Kazzahdrane · · Score: 2, Informative

    Not on the PS2.