ARRGH!!! OBLIVION POSTPONED TIL 2006!!!

[semillama]

they just posted on the Elder Scrolls forum, and my order with Amazon for the game got delayed til LATE MARCH.

DAMN YOU BETHESDA!!!! now the game has to really exceed expectations.

[jayfish]

1. You Didn't Think It Would...

make it's first release date did ya? Try being a Duke Nukem fan.

Jay

[Occulus]

6. Ah, airware

Duke Nukem Forever (or whatever it's called- I FORGOT, it's been so long) will never be released.

End of story.

[enki23]

2. microsoft says "ouch"

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[NewHampshireDem]

3. Although, launching without a real RPG didn't much hurt the PSP

But I can see your point. I'm sure Oblivion was the 'killer app' for a segment of potential 360 players who will now wait to plunk down another chunk of dough.

Poor Bill :sarcasm:

[semillama]

4. It was definitely the killer app for me and my girlfriend

my girlfriend especially. She loves the role playing games. I may intro her to Neverwinter Nights on my mac, but I think she likes the XBOX more.

Now, I have an XBOX 360 coming and the game I intended to play on it is delayed, so trying to figure out a game to get for it instead...perhaps King Kong...

[TroubleMan]

5. Gives me more time to upgrade my comp

I don't think it will run Oblivion right now, but that's one game I'm getting no matter what.

[Occulus]

7. It uses the Source engine

If you can play Half-Life2, you very likely will be able to play Oblivion without upgrading.

I would do so anyway, especially since Oblivion looks as though it uses HDR imaging, and that will take a whomping amount out of your framerate if you try to use it.

I have an AMD Athlon XP 2000 CPU (I know, I'm upgrading when my tax retun comes in next year), an ATI Radeon 9600 Pro vid card (ditto above), and 512M of RAM; I could play the "Lost Coast" map Valve released to showcase their HDR capability.

So I'd say if you can play HL2, you'll be able to run Oblivion. Maybe not at 1024x768, and maybe not screamingly fast, but you should be able to playably run it.