100% PSP Go, I can try to record footage with my phone if you need proof hah
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The Cancelled Oblivion: PSP Revealed
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100% PSP Go, I can try to record footage with my phone if you need proof hah
Adam_Roman
Member
I've been saying from day one, the Vita needs a full port of Morrowind. This just further cements my mighty need for a portable Elder Scrolls.
NormalFish
Banned
So THIS is what that guy gave you. Fantastic 
I always wanted to play this and was pretty disappointed it never got anywhere. ROM dumped, I assume?
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"stay tuned". got it.
I always wanted to play this and was pretty disappointed it never got anywhere. ROM dumped, I assume?**
"stay tuned". got it.
Part of me wish they had finished this and released the game, the other part of me got sick and bored by the 8th minute of this last video.
I also just remembered that the PSP had no right analog stick, so... maybe it wouldn't have been great having yet another first person action game with shitty camera controls.
I also just remembered that the PSP had no right analog stick, so... maybe it wouldn't have been great having yet another first person action game with shitty camera controls.
CertifiedFP
Member
Game would need a serious re-work, and I'm not talking about the UI. The UI could work on a Vita screen with proper scaling (dat touch screen)
Morrowind runs like trash on even the best hardware to this day.
This looks really good.
I would have played the hell out of it
Yeah, what the hell? This looks A LOT better than a bunch of the console-port garbage that came out on PSP originally.
SmiteOfHand
Member
Looking at the build timeline and when it was cancelled this was mid to late Fallout 3 development. So I'd suspect hard shift into finishing that could be why.
Nevermind, double checked and it was a different studio, so probably budget.
NormalFish
Banned
RIP Videos. Zenimax piss offfffffff
socksfelloff
Member
I'm sure they had big plans for elder scrolls on vita and this spoiled them.
When the iso is up I'll run it on my vita!
the-pi-guy
Member
Looks really good!
Yeah, and it was so fantastic it got a meta of 33.
I think a good GTA and a good CoD could have done really good for the system.
Yeah, and it was so fantastic it got a meta of 33.
I think a good GTA and a good CoD could have done really good for the system.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
A shame the TV Out on the PSP Go is so knackered, I would have loved to been able to play this on a PSP on the go (heh) and then on a big TV at home.
GloriousBagel
Banned
Doing gods work bro <3
platina
Member
Borman never fails
Streaming regular old Oblivion so I talk about stuff I guess. I swear.
https://www.twitch.tv/ptoponline
https://www.twitch.tv/ptoponline
zephervack
Member
You need to update your rig, oblivion looks awful....
Thanks for the stream, its actually really impressive.
DangerStepp
Member
There's something so fascinating about cancelled games such as this one.
It's like finding pyrate's treasure.
It's like finding pyrate's treasure.
CamHostage
Member
Well, there's little in it for them other than bad press and ill will from fans, so I get it ... but it's still a cowardly and ass-hatted move to pull it. And this is lose-lose for them to act, because now we all see Zenimax as lawyer-ed-up cowards who cannot allow history to be history and for the efforts of hard-working designers to not just be mothballed and forgotten.
All props to Volition and Insomniac BTW for being brave enough to engage with their fans regarding their lost projects rather than just shutting up the vaults and throwing away the keys. I'm personally more apt to buy one of these company's products next time because they have engaged me to become personally connected to the people who run studios like this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8O2cLAiWIE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzM3FdoBIMc
Releasing content to YT is very different from posting it on your own servers. Youtube just says, "Oh, you say this is illegal? Well, we won't ask any questions, we've got tons of other things to worry about, so down it goes." A private site would have different concerns as well as different abilities. That said, a private website posting this for fun would be wise to be wary of dropping the content on their own servers even if they have no concerns about Zenimax not being their friend. Likely nothing would really come of it, but if a company wanted to make your life hell for posting content they feel is in their rights to keep private, the law as I understand it would in most every way be on their side.
flaviusconstantius
Member
Probably why we have never seen any mobile ports of their older library.
CamHostage
Member
Always hoped that video of this would get out there, so happy that it's finally here to see and that so much of the game actually ran!
I never put it together before, but now that I see it I'm making the connection between Climax Studios' Silent Hill PSP games being a serviceable engine for an RPG like Elder Scrolls. (That, or Climax had the Elder Scrolls PSP model engine in some sort of shape when Konami came calling, not sure the timeline as there's overlap there; I wonder if the Climax/Konami US development issue on SH Origins also were a problem?) They had a lot of strong elements in the SH engine as I remember it (including lots of effects, good texture handling, robust lighting simulation, and suitable indoor/outdoor presentation. Some of the simple combat might have even worked into making the prototype easier to produce. This Elder Scrolls PSP build looks really nice and smooth, so it seems like Climax got a lot out of the system and their engine.
Would like to see some outdoor stages if they're in the build, curious to see if they had that cool bloom lighting in this build and how open the not-open-world outside areas would have been?
EDIT - Oh duh, the OP has a snapshot of an outdoor section on this engine. Looks like it's a similar area, but I'm not seeing the bloom seen in some of the Unseen64 shots, so I wonder where that places this build in the development timeline.
BTW, talking of Climax reminds me that I have to dig into the Vita version of their Assassin's Creed Chronicles. Climax also did Resogun Vita, Dead Nation Vita, Smart As, the two Silent Hills games on PSP, and more for Sony's portables. Then and now, Climax helps keep my portables fed...
I never put it together before, but now that I see it I'm making the connection between Climax Studios' Silent Hill PSP games being a serviceable engine for an RPG like Elder Scrolls. (That, or Climax had the Elder Scrolls PSP model engine in some sort of shape when Konami came calling, not sure the timeline as there's overlap there; I wonder if the Climax/Konami US development issue on SH Origins also were a problem?) They had a lot of strong elements in the SH engine as I remember it (including lots of effects, good texture handling, robust lighting simulation, and suitable indoor/outdoor presentation. Some of the simple combat might have even worked into making the prototype easier to produce. This Elder Scrolls PSP build looks really nice and smooth, so it seems like Climax got a lot out of the system and their engine.
Would like to see some outdoor stages if they're in the build, curious to see if they had that cool bloom lighting in this build and how open the not-open-world outside areas would have been?
EDIT - Oh duh, the OP has a snapshot of an outdoor section on this engine. Looks like it's a similar area, but I'm not seeing the bloom seen in some of the Unseen64 shots, so I wonder where that places this build in the development timeline.
BTW, talking of Climax reminds me that I have to dig into the Vita version of their Assassin's Creed Chronicles. Climax also did Resogun Vita, Dead Nation Vita, Smart As, the two Silent Hills games on PSP, and more for Sony's portables. Then and now, Climax helps keep my portables fed...
BibiMaghoo
Member
OP, this is now trending on Facebook. I guess that means Bethesda are now furiously trying to figure out how they can release it.
On Iphone
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Is it bad I find this more visually pleasing than the pc release
xXCrazyCostaXX
Member
I laid on my tum tum and watched spiderman 2. Played some need for speed, soccer, and dynasty warriors. Great day
Papasmurf531
Member
Shame I did not make it in time to see the videos! I forgot this was a thing.
High tier PS2 quality? That's a bit of an exaggeration.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Made a few real quick just in case gifs
And do this..
Makes me really wish we would see more Vita support.
Mercinary showed us how amazingly capable the device is, for both gameplay and graphics.
So much untapped potential.