Verno wrote on Jul 14, 2011, 13:56:
Being able to choose when and where to watch what you want is priceless

AusGamers: Now let’s step it back a bit, I want to talk a bit about Creation Engine. You guys have been demoing the game on Xbox 360, is there any particular reason why you haven’t shown the PC version? Because clearly that would be the higher end.

Todd: Yeah it does, obviously the PC version looks better. It has higher textures, it can run much higher resolution and a lot more graphic features. We tend to show it on 360 so that it’s a good baseline for people to look at. So when they then see the PC version it’s going to go up. We’d rather do that than have people see the 360 later and it takes a step down.

We’re really excited with how it looks on the 360 and the PS3. So we do author the art the same for all the platforms, it’s just that they render it differently. Also for things like this [tradeshows] -- I don’t know if people realise -- but as a game developer, the 360 is just much easier to show it on, from getting it started, to showing it, to controlling it, it’s just much easier to demo on logistically.

Creston wrote on Jul 6, 2011, 15:26:
1) I don't care so much about the enchanting slots, because you can always just boost the enchantment powers through a mod, but it still kinda sucks. It's fun to mix and match armor, and Greaves and Cuirass being one part makes no sense.

2) They weren't in Oblivion either. It took modders a LONG time before they were able to do true levitation and finally even flight. Typically I find that Oblivion is better without flight anyway. A ruin that's high on top of a mountain is a far cooler journey if you have to walk/climb there, fighting some cool monsters, than if you just levitated there, grabbed the book, and fled.

4) Wheeee. Though I'll take the controls and fonts issue with a hint of salt.

5) I think they said they were going back to the system of Morrowind, where you need souls in order to enchant. Of course, even in Morrowind you could easily abuse it, since you'd have the highest soul stone available, and would just summon the highest level monster over and over until you got his soul, but it's better than the boring stuf it was in Oblivion.

6) The Elder Scrolls series have always done that, haven't they?

Blue wrote on Jul 6, 2011, 11:09:

Blackhawk wrote on Jul 6, 2011, 10:47:
Morrowind? I do believe you mean Oblivion.

Ack, sorry about that.

Jerykk wrote on Jul 2, 2011, 03:43:
You don't have to use the cover system.

Overon wrote on Jun 30, 2011, 14:56:
Wow all this speculation from one screenshot. They aren't blizzard or valve. Hold back your imaginations.

Kajetan wrote on Jun 28, 2011, 06:18:

Jerykk wrote on Jun 28, 2011, 02:33:
Smaller levels? Checkpoints instead of quicksave?

At least these two

And the movement felt clunky and slowish. Especially this led many people to the conclusion that SS2 was made for consoles in mind.

Xirgu wrote on Jun 27, 2011, 19:13:
That said it doesnt seem unreasonable to ban violent games from being sold to *minors*?

Update: Had plenty of questions about the map. The map is a high-grade material that has a feel similar to burlap, and will be available in North America and Europe. There will be a regular paper map included in all copies of the game, but if you want to get the premium map, we recommend pre-ordering the game.

Prez wrote on Jun 22, 2011, 10:00:
To be fair, he was pointing out the "thousands of irreplaceable hours" to illustrate why games deserve to have reviews that are thorough, truthful, professional, and fair; not how most are today.