Bethesda Says No to Oblivion Expansion 60
Heartless Gamer writes to mention a GamersReport article clarifying things for the many Oblivion fans looking forward to more content. Despite reports to the contrary, there is no expansion coming for the game any time soon. From the article: "'There's no expansion in development called Knights of the White Stallion. That's the name of a quest in Oblivion. Right now we have no announced plans for any new content, add-ons, or expansions. If that changes, we'll let folks know.' So there you have it folks, it seems that the listing was an honest mistake. While we have no doubt there will eventually be an expansion, Bethesda is far from ready to announce it."
There are several expansions/add-ons already (Score:4, Informative)
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Before you complain about it, try actually finding out how it works.
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What is worst about this, is that if the model is successful (and it probably will be), we will see far less actual game releases (eventually it would be a case of why would the game company release the "main"
'There's no expansion in development called (Score:4, Insightful)
That's cool, but what are you calling it?
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Good catch, and, if they do announce, then by definition, they will 'let folks know'.
Shame (Score:1)
~nate
never played it (Score:3, Funny)
i'm not afraid that it'll suck, i'm afraid i'll like it too much.
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I flunked a course in discrete mathematics in part due to Oblivion, which was released in the week before the final.
Can't even say I feel bad about it :-)
Oblivion should help with your discrete maths (Score:2)
Possibly confused by a mod? (Score:1)
No expansion is fine (Score:5, Funny)
All the villagers are like "Oh, wow! Is that an armored horse. That is simply amazing. You are the coolest person ever."
My ego is so big now that I had to mod Oblivion to get more bag space so I could hold it all.
Honestly, it was the best 5 bucks I ever spent.
Enjoy it while it lasts... (Score:2)
(See Penny Arcade 12/09/06 if you have no idea what I'm on about)
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Yet another misleading /. article... (Score:5, Insightful)
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So what? (Score:3, Interesting)
However, that doesn't change the fact that Zenimax trademarked the names "Shivering Isles" and "Knights of the Nine" in August. Both of those names could easily be names for expansion packs for Oblivion. (note: none of the official mod's names were trademarked from my research).
Interesting... trademark research (Score:2)
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Highly unlikely. The trademarks for "Shivering Isles" and "Knights of the Nine" are for the field of "providing downloadable computer game programs offered via handheld computers, wireless telephones and mobile and wireless devices; providing online computer game programs offered via handheld computers, wireless telephones and mobile and wireless de
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regarding it eating up the hard drive: sure. thats why you don't keep it installed forever. just like on pc. maybe there's an option from the menu to remove the
Sure they can! (Score:1)
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I expect the expansion to come, but a bit later.
When Morrowind finished, they took half the Morrowind team and immediately placed them at work on Oblivion. The o
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As far as if the expansion is coming... we'll see. They may ride the downloadable content gravy train.
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They should fire the half that worked on Oblivion gameplay.
The only Oblivion expansion I'd like to see (and on the PC at that) is one that works like Morrowind.
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Have you seen Sea of Destiny?
What about Tamriel Rebuilt?
http://www.tamriel-rebuilt.org/ [tamriel-rebuilt.org]
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Graphics aren't that important, and either way, there are tons of texture and model improvements for Morrowind if you look that will make the game look better.
I'm curious. What specifically about Oblivion's gameplay did you not like?
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I've done RPG mods and such and I'm quite familiar with the challenges of open-ended design.
Morrowind used level-lists, just like Oblivion, but Oblivion used it to a far greater extent. I haven't looked, but I wouldn't be shocked if someone releases a mod pretty soon that alters the leveled-lists, and uses far less of them in Oblivion.
In a game like Ultima VII, the entire world is open to you from the get-go. What they do, is make combat a minor aspect
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Perhaps you should look. The major ones have been out almost since Oblivion was released ...
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In short, you're wrong. Consoles can have expansions.
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Pointless mods in Oblivion? (Score:2)
unkillable, yet, despite that fact people pay to put armor on her.
Uh-huh.
Not only that, but darned if something goes wrong on pc or xbox, you are screwed
either way, because you can not "summon" the armored version (IIRC) and the xbox
user just winds up being screwed all over due to lack of console.
Simply put: the oblivion community is doing more to make Oblivion a better game than
Bethesda could ever dream, like Obscuro
Pardon me.. (Score:1)
RPG Waiting Game. (Score:1)
Oblivion sucked (Score:2)
This isn't a troll, its just an opinion.
Morrowind was gorgeous. It had giant mushrooms, floating squid, organic plant-buildings, insect mines, mongolian yurts, cantons, dust storms,
propylon indexes, etc.
Now we have deer, butterflies, tudor houses and "map travel" and a relatively uniform forest created with SpeedTree.
Yawn.
Not to mention the fact that after a relatively short amount of gameplay I decided to craft a helm of 100% invisibility... and then my character was invincible.
End of game.
Nice play testi
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Rats! (Score:2)