Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Interview

HC.Gamer has conducted an interview with Bethesda’s Pete Hines, in which the community rep answers several questions about the fourth installment in the Elder Scrolls series, Oblivion. Here’s a taste:

Q: Are there going to be any combos during combat? If yes, how effective are they going to be? Could you make an example?

A: This time we’ve realized how much combat people really do in a game like this and made it more of a priority for us to get right. We did three whole new combat systems before settling on the one that’s in the game now. We really are striving to get the kinetic energy of guys bashing each other with swords down, and do it right, because no one has yet. So it plays better, and it looks better. You’re in control of it more. There are special moves you can perform and the blocking is active. So the timing of it becomes a key strategy in fighting. It’s also bloody. Not from a standpoint of we want lots of gore, but I think when you really smack someone with a sword you expect a certain level of blood to come spewing out.