Oblivions Have/have not list

I would like to hear what you all have to say about this.

Thanks to Sothis over at the elder scrolls forums
http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/i...owtopic=162105

* = Notes available at the bottom of the list.Yes List


( Things that WILL be in the game )

1st and 3rd person views
1200+ Unique NPCs*
121 Plant Types
150+ Quests
16 Square Miles ( Excluding dungeons and oblivion )
2 Mini-Games ( the persuasion mini-game and the lockpicking mini-game. )
200+ Dungeons*
200+ Hours of Gameplay
21 Skills
400+ Books
6 Factions/Guilds ( The Arena*, The Blades, Dark Brotherhood, Fighters' Guild, Mages' Guild, Thieves' Guild. )
7 'Big' Battles
9 Major Cities*
9,000 Objects ( All of which are movable, and react accordingly with the environment. )
Ability to Purchase Houses ( Every major city will have one. )
A Quiver ( Container for arrows you wear on your back. Arrows also get removed from the quiver when you use them, as expected. )
Birds/Butterflies*
Borders*
Cast On Strike Enchantments
Compass ( Will only show places 'close' to the player )
Decoration ( For Your House(s) )
Dynamic Weather and Time
Essential NPC Indicator
Events/Festivals ( Official mod said to be downloadable for the X-Box 360 and PC )
Evidence Chest ( When you're arrested all of your belongings end up here in jail )
Fast Travel Map
Forced Reload*
Full Character Voice Acting
Hooded Robes
Hoods
Horse Armor ( Official mod said to be downloadable for the X-Box 360 and PC )
Horses and Dogs ( Pets. 5 different types of horses. )
Improved Combat*
Interactive Jail* ( You'll actually serve time and will also be able to escape a number of different ways )
Light-and-Shadow Based Sneaking
Poisonous Weapons ( Ability to use ingredients to make poisons you can apply to bladed weaponry and arrows. )
Races from MW ( Imperial, Nord, Breton, Redguard, Altmer (High Elf), Bosmer (Wood Elf), Dunmer (Dark Elf), Orc, Khajiit and Argonian )
Radiant AI*
ReAnimate ( Possibly an Item or Spell that allows you to revive defeated monsters and have them as followers. )
Red Hand ( a hand will turn red if an item you're looking at belongs to someone )
Respawning of Some NPCs ( Guards and Bandits )
Sitting/Lying down
SpeedTreeRT Technology ( Realistic trees and vegetation )
TES Construction Set ( PC Only )
Traps ( Physic based booby-traps )
Traveling NPCs
Vampires*
YieldingNo List

( Things that will NOT be in the game )


Aging ( in-game aging of the player character or NPC's )
Banks
Capes/Cloaks
Cast-On-Use Enchantments ( Except for staves )
Children
Cliff Racers ( I'm quite pleased that they won't be in )
Climbing
Combat Staves
Crafting ( Forging Weapons/Armor )
Crossbows
Dismemberment ( Hacking apart limbs of NPC's )
Dual Wielding
Experience Point Leveling System ( This is a good thing )
Imperial Legion or Nine Divines ( Able to join them )
Jobs ( Non-Quest Employment through an NPC )
Locational Damage
Locking of Doors ( With a key )
Making Traps
Mercenaries ( NPCs you can hire for assistance in combat )
Mounted Combat
Multiplayer
Thieving of Your Possessions* ( NPC's stealing from you )
Throwing Weapons ( shurikens, darts, throwing knives. )
Terrain Destruction or Deformation
WerewolvesMaybe List
( Things that are unknown )

A Giant Flying Apple ( that shoots puppies with twizzlers for tails and exploding eyeballs. )
An Appearance Of MW NPCs ( Such as Fargoth or Caius Cosades )
Breaking Down Doors ( Smashing through a door with a melee weapon )
Clocks ( In-game item clocks that indicate what time it is in the game world )
Dragons ( I don't 'think' so. )
Mark and Recall ( Said to 'not' be in )
Naming of Pets
Sinking In Water ( Of Objects and/or Yourself when overweight )
Sleeping Anywhere You Want ( Sleeping will be restricted to taverns and camp sights )
Spears ( Just for the sake of argument )
Whips, Flails, and Chains

Notes List

( Some side information about the various facts listed )
1200+ Unique NPCs: By unique I mean that any number of bandits/guards/etc. that are the 'same' will equal 1 NPC, if you can disprove this statement please do, but that's how it is with most games.

200+ Dungeons: The dungeons will be darker this time around, and have more diverse and ambient lighting.

9 Major Cities: Fully Identified Cities ( Imperial City, Chorol, Anvil, Ceyindal, Kvatch. ) The rest are educated guesses.

Anvil - West (Port city, Italian style (OXM))
Bravil - ??? (Suspected South) (run down buildings (interview))
Bruma - ??? (Suspected Northern Skall Village) (blue church)
Chorrol – North West (Classic Imperial style, church with green window (full map in OWM))
Cleydinhal - ??? (Suspected South) (paradise pond & wooden building (OXM))
Imperial City - Central (Capital, 2.5 x Vivec, ~100 NPC’s, stone roman style building with green cooper domes)
Kvatch - West (destroyed city in video (trailer))
Skingrad - West (suspected tall stone buildings (PC Gamer))
Sutch - West (suspected yellow fort from video)

The Arena ( guild ): You'll be able bet on and participate in fights.

Birds/Butterflies: Seen in the demo. ( The scene in the demo showed a Blue Butterfly? There could possibly be birds if they're paying enough attantion to detail to include butterflies. )

Borders: Borders are invisible walls that prevent you from going into nothingness these borders will be comprised of Rivers, Mountains, etc. and other times will just be noticeable invisible barriers blocking your path with a message telling you to "go back" Additional Note: You'll be able to see landscape 'beyond' them so you don't feel awkward.

Forced Reload: If you happen to kill an essential NPC, Oblivion will force you to reload a previous save or start a new game. Additional Note: there will be an essential NPC indicator so you don't make a mistake.

Interactive Jail ( Escaping ): Picking the lock, stealing the key from the guard when he walks by, starting a fight with the other prisoner so the guard investigates, bribing the guard ( possibly ), waiting until the other prisoner is to be released and then run out of the cell, using telekinesis to get the key, etc.

Improved Combat: With the new combat system implemented you'll be able to manually block, attack quickly, or use one of the five 'special' or 'super' attacks all of which have their own benefits when fighting. Additional Note: Also this time a hit is a 'hit' there is no dice roll for hitting or missing, it only does 'rolls' on your stats and skills to determine what damage is done to your enemy.

Radiant AI: NPC's will be more lively, with 24/7 schedules, and other various aspects such as reacting to the PC's race, clothes, choice of words, etc.

Thieving of Your Possessions: You may not understand quite what I mean here so let me explain.

NPCs CAN Pick up items around them ( Including items you leave for them to potentially pick up, even horses. )
NPCs CANNOT Pickpocket you ( Because the developers thought the player may confuse losing an item as being a bug )
NPCs CAN Possibly take items from your house(s) ( BUT, NPCs will not enter your house unless told to do so. )
NOTE ( PC users ): All of it can be changed in the CS.
Vampires: If you should become a vampire you'll still be able to continue the main quest, possibly everything, except that you'll be required to stay out of the sun and get your daily helping of blood.

Me want Oblivion Now! Must...get...back...sense of....rationality!!

This will definatly be the second game I get, after I buy PDZ.

ahhhhhhhhhhh i cant wait any longer. just one more month.
in regards to the list of the things not in. i would have liked to see banks, crafting maybe, and dismemberment. also i hope that there are some people with more than 10,000 gold to trade with. not every trader but some rich merchants scattered around

third game i get after pdz, king kong and ffxi

Originally Posted by blackhawk ahhhhhhhhhhh i cant wait any longer. just one more month. in regards to the list of the things not in. i would have liked to see banks, crafting maybe, and dismemberment. also i hope that there are some people with more than 10,000 gold to trade with. not every trader but some rich merchants scattered around

Banks yes, but having too many people around with large sums of gold is bad. i think a couple well hidden buy/sellers is better. (ie creeper and mudcrab)

thats what i ment by a few scattered rich merchants in the game

you come around one forest bend and in a glade you find this ogrim titan by a campfire, he laughs as you approach, then welcomes you to his shop of trinkets!

And for only 550 gold you can buy his nipple ring!

YES!! A NIPPLE RING!!
uhmmmm... im sorry

Make sure you preorder from 360monster.com

sorry man, already got my limited edition/collectors edition preordered and paid for at gamestop

Originally Posted by 360Monster Make sure you preorder from 360monster.com

Is it possible to preorder on this site?

Where do you guys get the money to spend $600+ games?! I love this game and wished it would come out at release...wait...im not getting on e at release...oh know, here comes the desicion making time. Should i get NBA Live06 and "American Wasteland" or NBA LIVE 06 and "Oblivon"?!?!?!

Get a job paying $600/week and you'll have no troubles. although for me, i just bought a home $79,000 so my money is a lil tight.

Originally Posted by Niccio Dartsmouth Get a job paying $600/week and you'll have no troubles. although for me, i just bought a home $79,000 so my money is a lil tight.

i wish houses were as cheap over here....

i'm never going to afford a house at the rate prices are going over here.

move away from the cities, i got a 4 bedroom, 1 bath, kitchen, livingroom, full basement, and the detached 3 car garage all for $79,000. nearest thing to a city for me is an hour away


Anyways, back on track,

They have updated the have/not list over at Elder Scrolls. should i repost the new list?

Let me know.

My brother bought a 900sq foot 2 bedroom apartment 1 hour travel time from the nearest major city (in relitive irish terms...) and it cost €293,000.00. and that is considered a good price now (a year later).

Back on topic - yes, yes you should!

has an official release date been announced?

i will create a new heading for it, and as for the release date, some time in Feb of 06.