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New Oblivion mod turns heads at the office

 

Thought I’d share this YouTube video for DUNE, an Oblivion mod project started by Stefano Tonello (aka Prometheus). For those wondering, upon reading about the mod in the project’s official forums, it’s made clear that this DUNE is in no way related to Frank Herbert’s Dune universe — it’s a completely new and unique storyline. Here’s a brief introduction to the world of DUNE:

“The DUNE World, known as Dusaar, is a huge desert world where the brutality of people and nature is an everyday part of life. Water has long since ceased to flow on the surface and can only be found in the last sea, some oases, and tiny lakes and streams are the only source of life for the Ancient Forest, a Tropical Jungle surrounded by Canyons and covered from the everpresent winds of the open Desert, protecting this small Last Paradise.

The desert covers the majority of the land, almost 90% of it is surrounded by the Great Wall Cliffs of the east and the Sea of Silt to the west. Some of the mountains are nearly impassable, but ancient canyons throughout them hide the last spots where life can still continue….There are many diverse cultures living in the few safe places on this world.”

From what I’ve seen, it looks mighty impressive. Having shared this video with a few folks at the office, the response has been a resounding “WOW!” For more information on Dune, and to learn how you can work on the project, check out the forums Prometheus put up for the project.

Posted by gstaff on Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 at 9:13 am.

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23 Responses to “New Oblivion mod turns heads at the office”

Reminds me of Dune, Stargate and Diablo 2 - Act 2 all mixed into one :)

Left by Robin "Dark" Scott on March 12th, 2008

What a fantastic mod…. Would anyone at bethesda like to hire him for new installment of game for Bethseda? I wouldn’t wait around. :-) Good on him

Left by John on March 12th, 2008

Oh my god! that looks so awesome! Wish I had more time to work on the mod im already on.

Left by Tobias on March 12th, 2008

I said WOW.

Left by MSFD on March 12th, 2008

Prom is a visionary, thats for sure. The mod itself doesn’t seem to be making any progress anymore though ;(

Left by Lady Nerevar on March 12th, 2008

A great mod, but it is kinda dead.

Left by OblivionMon on March 12th, 2008

Actually I think it looks great, there is still not much to the world. im more interested in the detail work of some thing he has created. The blade staff, looks good and it flows with the movements of his char, and his creatures look good to. I hope he is able to make something big out of it. good luck

Left by ashersystems on March 12th, 2008

What a fantastic-looking mod! I want one of those creature-mount thingies :D

Left by Princess Stomper on March 12th, 2008

There weren’t any dinosaurs in Dune…

Left by JKelly on March 12th, 2008

Hello , Im glad you liked it ….

The mod started as the purpouse of beeing a huge modding resource base to allow new modders to come and develope new mods on a different setting , I provided the base and the project was to be a sort of open source work where people could come and take advantage of the already made work of a new world , new sky , new ambience , new creatures , new culture and new lore that still fits and leaves untouched the main storyline…

Its not a dead project neither is an uncomplete one since it was developed with the idea of beeing the biggest and first world resource for future modders infact the principle is that new modders come and add their own mods in this world instead of classical Tamriel , giving this new world a life piece by piece …. there are guidelines to follow in the forums that will help people to understand what’s the idea about ….
preparing the world was my goal , from there new modders can now develope new ideas…..

I always disliked attitude by some big mods made for Oblivion of closed teams and big previews but no releases and keeping “secret resources ” for their mod only ….. now everyone can come and use the mod resources , but in exchange has to leave a small contribution to the mod itself ….
This was done hoping in a more open and friendly modding community where things that are discovered and “made stuff” can help others to make their mods look good as well and so improve all the modding community …..

I hope you will enjoy the World mod Resource of Dune …. :)

Cheers…

Prometheus

Left by Prometheus on March 13th, 2008

Incredible work! I really hope someone will put the finishing touches on Prometheus’ great masterpiece so it can get the release it deserves.

Left by dev_akm on March 13th, 2008

Awesome mod… I bought Oblivion on PS3 and absolutely love it. Bethesda, PLEASE support mods on your next console game! I find UT3 to be absolutely brilliant for that inclusion.

Left by Nigel on March 14th, 2008

From the description it reminds me of the Dark Sun world.

Left by guenthar on March 14th, 2008

This is outstanding work, and no mistake! If any resources are needed to finish it, MERP is glad to lend models and textures, or whatever else you may need. :)

Left by The Grey Wizard on March 14th, 2008

So when can I Order
(The World of Dusaar)?
I’ve played all of the other four and I’ve really been waiting to see what I feel is a new chapter to open and learn even more of Bethesda Softworks…..

Left by Bob Kelly on March 15th, 2008

WOW. I have the PS3 version of Oblivion so this is a bit of a smack in the face for me, I have to say though that is incredible! If my PC could run this game I’d buy another copy for this mod alone. A pity these mods can’t be used on the console versions.

Well done on it amigo ;)

Left by Tom on March 17th, 2008

WOW that was awesome
I bought Oblivion GOTY for Playstation 3. PLEASE put this mod and all future mods onto PS3 it looks so awesome and I would love to play it!

Left by Gharret on March 18th, 2008

Personally I think that they need to build a construction set for all the consoles. That way people who don’t own a pc aren’t left out. Time to finish building my super computer that way I can get back to modding…

Left by ashersystems on March 22nd, 2008

Do you guys hate ps3? I looove your games but sadly everything is for pc. :( I am completely in love with everything oblivion related including this…so will anything like this be comming out for ps3? or did I only get a sip from the enormous oblivion pool?

Left by sarah on March 24th, 2008

I love my PS3. Sorry, but user mods are only available on PC.

Left by gstaff on March 24th, 2008

Hehe, he’s a Nord in the video, a Nord in a desert world, what next.. :D

Left by TwennyP on March 29th, 2008

Reminds me of the desert sorta wasteland in Jak & Daxter 3

Left by Atticus on March 30th, 2008

WOW a fantastic mod , but where is the download instal file ? I need it !!!
Please Prometheus help me !
Im a rpg fan , i have the elder scrolls iv oblivion and the shivering isles complet full original version.

Left by mathas on July 1st, 2008

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