Oblivion's inventory management system only shows a handful of items on a single page, which borders somewhere between atrocious and annoying depending on how deep you have to scroll down a list to find the item you want. Oblivion could also use some help outside of graphics. Roll over the image to load the comparison image.ĭefault Oblivion vs.
Then another revelation hit us, the water didn't bother to reflect our character, or other objects on screen either. Furthermore, we noticed that water reflections of nearby terrain looked fine, but reflections of distant terrain appeared blocky. The Oblivion forum goers already had a term for the blocky, indistinct grass textures: pea soup. The close up lush environments looked fantastic, but degraded down to a murky pile of green mush from afar. However, after a few days something about the game's textures irked us.
We could stare for hours at the shiny armor, the beautiful sunsets, and the frolicking deer. When we first fired up Oblivion, the graphical beauty of the game held considerable sway over our eyes.
