Elder Scrolls Oblivion: Shivering Isle

Author: Ryan Garside
Published: 5th January 2007
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Oblivion was one of the biggest hits ever on the PC - we're really excited about Shivering Isle.

Oblivion was one of the biggest hits ever on the PC - we're really excited about Shivering Isle.

News has been slowly dribbling out onto the web recently that Elder Scrolls Oblivion is going to be receiving a full blown expansion pack. This comes shortly after Bethesda released the omnibus version of their additional content, Knights of the Nine. The game, which is said to have some very interesting new features, will be named ‘Oblivion – Shivering Isle’.

The news, which is being marked as an exclusive in this month’s PC Zone magazine, is being reported over on the Elder Scrolls File Front page. Remember that all these early reports are still very un-confirmed and everything is subject to change.

With that disclaimer out of the way, what can we expect from Shivering Isle? Well to start with the add-on will provide around 30 hours of new gameplay. This will take place on a completely new continent; pleasingly they decided not to re-draw the map of Tamriel which would have been a bit of a cheap trick. Players will get to the Shivering Isle through a portal, and, once there, madness awaits.

The guys at Bethesda are hoping to give the expansion a bit more of a humorous feel, comparing the comedy in style to the early Lucasarts games. ‘The realm of Madness’, as the Shivering Isle is known, sounds like it will be quite removed from what we have come to expect from Elder Scrolls Oblivion. In terms of gameplay mechanics however, the game will still function in a very similar way.

The plan is to allow users to move between the two continents at will, which means that the expansion will not be exclusive to anyone who has actually completed Oblivion. With Oblivion being such a smash hit on both the 360 and the PC, expect this to be a big release in 2007. When official confirmation arrives from Bethesda and we get some screenshots you’ll see them at bit-tech.

Excited about Shivering Isle – or are you still working your way through the original? Let us know your thoughts in the forums.
Quote dragontail 5th January 2007, 12:17
Yeah, that's an easy buy for me. More Oblivion? Yes please!
Quote DougEdey 5th January 2007, 12:17
Original was a huge dissapointment to me, after you'd completed most of the quests it blocked off others, I haven't picked it up since.
Quote BioSniper 5th January 2007, 12:59
The thing that stopped me playing the original was the "easy mobs get harder as you level" thing. It was seriously lame. I know that there are now mods to remove that but I can't be bothered playing through it again now.
Quote specofdust 5th January 2007, 13:50
I actually wish they'd just stop working on ES4 and get started on ES5.
Quote speedfreek 5th January 2007, 23:19
Woo, more time to play with my pimped out dark elf. :D
Quote Evenge 5th January 2007, 23:27
More Oblivion? Damn I haven't played the first part yet! Must go and by it :D
Quote Bladestorm 6th January 2007, 00:21
Needs Dwemer! they were definetely my favourite locales and backstory from morrowind, seemingly almost completely absent in oblivion, which was a shame.
Quote Aankhen 6th January 2007, 03:01
Meh, don't care about Oblivion any more. Gimme Mass Effect on the 360. :D Or... uh... any major RPG releases on the PC in 2007? I'm drawing a blank. (Hellgate: London doesn't count.)
Quote thEcat 6th January 2007, 13:20
I'm with specofdust on this one.

Ob was a big disappointment for me. Soon after the March release I remember scouring the official site for an announcement along the lines of 'April fool. Click here to download the real game'.

Now the money has been made, I hope Beth. has the courage to wrest the TESV design plans from the accountants with the next gen FPS check list placing them into the hands of those with talent, vision and the understanding that RPG does not equate exclusively to combat.
Quote Rich_13 9th January 2007, 15:30
I really enjoyed it, got over 80 hours out of it which is more than most games.. Looking forward to this.
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