Since there wasn't really a topic for this incredible-looking game (there was one for screenshots about it but hey) I decided to create an expectation thread.
I've been reading up on this game a lot lately (pretty much coordinating my upgrading around a potential release during the holidays even), and it just seems to look/sound better and better with every interview I read.
The graphics, the gameplay, new features, the Radiant AI, physics...it looks like the whole package. If it proves to be half as good as it looks a lot of people will disappear from the face of the earth for a few months, methinks.
Here are some good, long interviews
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Some excerpts on their Radiant AI (ie largely non-scripted AI)
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| Quote: While in town, you can store your horse in the stables, and pick it up when you’re ready to go. NPCs can use horses as well. If you’re not careful, they may even steal yours! | |
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| Quote: We have a lot of control over the system through the use of NPC stats and AI packages. Packages are basically bundles of instructions that the NPC executes under conditions we specify. The dynamic nature of the system allows us to be as specific or generic with those instructions as we want. So we can tell a guy to go shopping at a specific hour and leave it at that. So he will set off toward the shop, and any number of things could happen – he might have a conversation with a passer-by. He might browse the shop items for a while. In rare cases, he might see a friend of his under attack from a monster, and run to help. We can override any of these behaviours whenever we see fit, so it allows for a great deal of variety in their behaviours. | |
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| Quote: GS: Considering that the game is being developed to have a huge world and characters that act more or less independently, have there been any surprising moments for you so far in the game? TH: Oh jeez, too many. Just yesterday I saw some skeletons pick up leftover weapons that were lying around so they could kill me easier. It was one of those, "Where's he going? Oh crap," moments. | |
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I could quote pretty much everything in the interviews, but I'll leave it at this. hehe. I also love that they implemented a lot of Daggerfall stuff in the game, like mounts and buying houses and even fast travel. Feel free to ask me any questions as I've read just about all the info there is on the game so far...spares you the effort to go look up stuff yourself.
Check out the screens, it's hard to confuse it with Morrowind anymore tbh.
You weren't kidding when you said you were too busy lately, hehehe. Anyway, just glad that I could bring you the news of Oblivion in time. 
Bethesda should make a deal with some hardware manufacturers, don't think I'm the only one who needs some massive upgrades. It's better than getting a new console every 3 year I suppose 
Broke bastards on this board. heheh.