I just realised that I don't think this has been posted here yet, so here you go http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/753/753076p1....mp;RSSid=753076
My favourite daedric prince in his very own expansion, I haven't seen the screenshots personally because they've yet to be officially released online but I've hear that Golden saints are back.

Ah! You beat me to it! I just read about iShivering Isles myself and can hardly wait. The KotN has been a lot of fun, but to actually get to go to Sheogorath's realm?? Mega-cool!!
Not sure if the info is the same for the links, but here's another spot to look. http://www.elderscrolls.com/games/shiverin...es_overview.htm

Chiglet

Hurray, official announcement atlast, so I can look a the screenshots without buying a magazine or trying to find illegal copies.

Wow, the expansion looks really nice. I better beat the main storyline in Oblivion, and play around with the expansions before it comes out. I was wondering what they would do for an expansion, and the only possible themes could be another Daedric Lord or going to some sort of distant land like Morrowind to see whats going on around there. I'm glad they choose the Daedric Lord theme because I want Oblvion to veer away from Morrowind. >_> That region had it's chapter, time for the rest of the world to get it's 15 minutes of fame.

If the Shivering Isles expansion is anything like the ones from Morrowind, you won't necessarily HAVE to complete the main quest first before playing in Sheogorath's realm. Right now, it's release is sometime in the second quarter of '07, but of course we all know that can be pushed back. Personally, I hope that won't happen, but I want to be prepared for it. I've already checked with the local gaming stores around here, and they have no definite release date yet, and said to recheck in a month or 2. So, I'll let you know what I hear then.

Chiglet

I can't wait for Shivering Isles to come out, all that was old is new again! **Long pause** I'm not sure if that is an accurate analogy for the expansion, but whatever.

And once again those of us on Xbox 360 who don't have Xbox live get left out in the cold again. Thanks a bunch Bethseda.

Just came from GameStop at my local mall with a receipt for prepayment of Shivering Isles. Yep, they've got a release date. TENTATIVELY, Shivering Isles will be released on March 26, 2007. As with all things gamey, the date is subject to change. Cost was around $33 before taxes. They also had a recent mag with pics in it from the expansion. Don't remember the name of the mag though. Sorry. Brain is 1/2 fried from work.

Chiglet

I would reccomend asking for a refund. Reserving games from Gamestop will only lead to trouble for you, no joke at all. I reserved the Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and the morons didn't keep it in stock. We reserved it months ahead of time, and never did they once show up on our caller ID to inform us that we can pick up our pre-paid hamster cave game.

hamster Gamestop.

I've never had a problem with the company myself. In fact, they pretty much know me by sight, and some by name. Though wiht all businesses, one should be cautious as they all may have some idiot to do the calling who can't dial a phone number correctly. To help prevent this, when it comes close to the release time, I start checking with the store every so often to see if there are any release date uppdates. Helps keep me, and the game I've ordered, in their minds.

Chiglet

Yes, I think that as well.

Over the years Gamestop has "lost" three games that I reserved.

I only deal with GameCrazy now.

They have a lower selection, but at least they're (somewhat) honest .

These forums don't see a lot of action do they...

It's been three days and nothing new has happened.

This is still the most recent thread.

Maybe I'll stick with the TES Forums only...

Well in Oblivion news itself, it's been sorta slow. Our General Forum is constantly busy though (most of the time), and most of the users that stick around use that forum the most.

As for shivering isles. I'll be getting it, the concept of seeing Golden Saints again has me sold. Sheogorath is one of the more interesting Daedric Lords and this concept of your choices actually affecting the outcome of the expanion's world has my interest pique. Hopefully they don't disappoint me.

Must have Shivering isles!!!
wow it looks really great, is it gonna be a global release or is it released later in europe?

from the elderscolls.com forums, "Supossidly 30 march for Europe and 26 march for US." So hopefully those of us in the US will keep from giving spoilers out until those in Europe get their hands (claws, talons, paws,...) on it too. I'll probably check with the game shop again a week into March to see if anything has changed. Hey, checking with them is what got me the special edition of the game. (game isn't different, just got some neat doodads)

Chiglet

Shivering Isles just shipped yesterday, unfortunately my wireless connection was acting skittish due to the downpour down here in the South. Well, I started downloading today at 4:30ish and now at 9:46 it should be about 59% downloaded!

Looks like I'll have to wait until after school tommorow to finally find the heart of madness.......

I had it worse then you Revan, since I only have an Xbox 360, I had to download it off Xbox Live. Normally it would not be a problem, I would just have to deal with the lag of 803,625 trying to download it all at once. Well it turns out that matinence was scheldued for that day, and Xbox Live would be disabled for 14 hours. So I figure, okay, I can deal with it, it will be back up by five o'clock...

No, it takes them 18 hours, not 14. So I am stuck with out Shivering Isles unwil about nine o'clock.
And heres the kicker, it was availible one day early for Xbox users, they just didn't tell anybody, and didn't put it in the "New Releases" section.

And you thought you had it bad...

But hey, at least I got to play it in the end! (Infact, I beat it last night )

YOU!!!! *Grabs shotty and going house to house kicking down doors on a destructive rampage!*

On more serious note, I know you're joking about beating the whole thing.

I only had about an hour and a half to play........ Curse homework, curse it!

Edit: Lord Revan has gone on a random antics spree, due be patient while rationality regains control. :beep: :beep: :beep: ok, I'm back again.

No seriously, you can beat SI in like three hours dude. Provided your focusing only on the MQ, and fast traveling. And your character has:

Rainment of the Crimson Scar (Fortify Speed 15)

Acrobats Amulet: (Fortify Speed 20)

I've already beat it with two of my characters...

^ And if you skip all the dialogue, run constantly, never check out any dungeons, and never look at anything. But then again... You could beat the main quest of Oblivion in about 7-10 if you did that as well. Less if you skip "Allies for Bruma".

Took me a couple days to finish the MQ, but I was also piddling around a bit on side-quests. Personally, I was rather disapopinted with the short duration and ease of finishing the MQ. My character was at level 7 and I found defeating Jygalag waaaaaaay to easy. Only used one health potion during that entire battle. I was also disappointed in the final ending of it as well. It rather reminded me of the de-helmeting of DarthVader, and felt rather like a ham-handed attempt tochange Daedric lore. sigh.

Chiglet

Can you guys point out where the fun is in all that?

Well, the exploring of the Isles is fun at least. New books to read too, which I enjoy. Yes, I actually read the in-game books. Somebody spent the tiime and wrote them, and many of them are rather entertaining.

I was talking about just skimming through the Main Quest. But yes, I also read books, well, some books, and they are entertaining.

Well. I personally wasn't 'rushing' through the main quest. And I leave exploration for after MQ's, its just that I understood the very simple plot of SI. I'm sorry, I just dont see anything overly interesting about it. Even the ending 'reward' is just.....yeah, I'll stop it there.

shivering isles are fun

I like the gameplay, but I personally have a problem with the lore aspect, but still, it was fun.

I really enjoyed playing it! Although it was a bit easy..

Shivering Isles was very disappointing. There were only a few things I enjoyed. The story was fun for a little while, but then it got long and boring, and all I wanted to do was get it over with. You were continuously sent into boring dungeons, going into the very core to activate/get something, then do it all over again about five times so you can fight the incredibly easy boss. In my opinion, they could have done alot better.


BTW, has anyone looked at Sheogorath's realm from a tall mountain? It looks sloppy and disgusting, especially his city.

Of course it does in the Dementia part. duh?

What?

Well of course the city in the Dementia part is disgusting. The Mania part is like an upgrade to Morrowind.

The Shivering Isles is a nice addition although I quickly got tired of it after a couple of visits. Out of Bliss and Crucible I enjoyed Crucible the most simply because its gloom appealed to me. I´m the kind of person who feels in a good mood when it´s raining (or snowing if it´s winter) and the overcast thing that Crucible has suited me fine

The caves were nice I think. They had a different feel to it than the cyrodilic ones and I liked the things that was going on in there and I especially liked the cave where you could release a gnarl and watch him squash the grummites!

I lOVED the cave with the crazy dunmer woman lol

Which one was that?

Where you have to craft a new gate guardian.

Ah. No wonder I didn´t remember the cave. Never did that MQ either!

Oh, pfft XD

I never do any MQ. I just wander around, exploring and taking stuff wherever I go with no thought whatsoever at the ones in desperate need of help

Then again, several years later and still no sign of danger anywhere. So why bother?

Bahahahahaha!!

You mean the one with Relmyna Venerim in? That's a fun quest.

I personally found the Shivering Isles to be my favourite thing to come out of the Elder Scrolls series at any point ever; it was just so damn wierd, it's great, and the Isles had a wonderful aesthetic to them; even the Greymarch bits looked unique and interesting, and I remember going to Passwall when it was attacked by Jygallag's forces to be a very memorable moment.

I loved it too. When you first get there, and Haskill finishes questioning you, the room bursts into buttering flutterbies, it's so pretty!

And so unexpected!

The clock ticking in the room was so ominous too. You didn´t know what was gonna happen, I loved it!

The Shivering Isles were more interesting than Oblivion itself ever was. The expansion was simply a less generic experience all around and gave many more hours of gameplay.

I miss the days of expansions rather than DLC. You get charged double the money now for half of the content. While I've enjoyed Skyrim's DLC and have paid for all of it so far, I still miss the days when the content added was massive in comparison.

At first I loved it too since it was so different compared to Cyrodiil. But now I´ve tried to go back twice and it just doesn´t work for me anymore.

Give me generic any day