Hi,

I have 2 major issues that make me really disappointed.

1) I have "the same?" texture issues that others report on the Xbox 360. Textures get downscaled in the middle of the game (really bad resolution) e.g. in the inventory all of the sudden.
So this is not only limited to the Xbox, the same happens at the PS3.

2) Shadows are flickering badly in the game and the pixels look like 10 years ago...

Great game, but this is really really bad.

Sebastian

The shadows do the same for me, EVERYTHING flickers in Riverwood. The textures are so bad I can't even get into the game like I did Oblivion. I'm going to record a short video of these glitches so people can confirm/deny this happens in their copy of the game - no beating around the bush.

Please do so .. it's really bad to play like this..

Ok let me try to see if I get this straight.
So, if I'm holding a torch so I can see my hand and the textures look good and I go to the menu with the circle button and then I press it again to exit, I should have blant texture on my hand or elsewhere? Is this the issue?

I am experiencing the exact same issues. It's great to see that I am not the only one. The biggest issue for me is with lighting and shadows flickering. Its really difficult to look at. the textures downscaling is annoying but not as jarring. I really hope they patch this up. I almost feel like I'm running a game on a PC that does not meet the requirements. Of course that is not possible because it's PS3 with a PS3 game. I hope they fix this because without a fix I'm sorry this game does not deserve game of the year.

I don't mind the shadows as much as the lag and textures.

Same issues here. I took some pictures of the texture bug, from the ps3 version.

http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/5950/img0208oi.jpg
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/9702/img0222hg.jpg
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/1907/img0201el.jpg
http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/4640/img0177zz.jpg
http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/7823/img0204vg.jpg

I hope the pixelated and flickering shadow issue gets fixed up too. It looks really bad while playing the game.

http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/9694/img0192sz.jpg
http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/9025/img0197kk.jpg

Also, the xbox360 version generally seems to have much sharper textures, while ps3 textures seem a bit blurred out.

yes i did a comparison at my friends house and the 360 version textures do seem alot more defined than the ps3 when the texture bug is not causing problems. what gives?

Im playing now and can't recall coming across this stuff. Weird. What install size was your game?

Never saw any of that!

Well, on my PS3 and on the PS3 of my friend we do have exactly these issues as described in my initial post.
And since others start to report this, I am pretty sure its a general issue.

Seriously, the game just looks BAD for 2011.

Even Oblivion looks better from the texture point of view.
I am really disappointed cause the videos looked so promising ...
Aaarg, how can they bring in such bad textures and shadows in the game..

Take a look at this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l84dst75nhk&feature=youtube_gdata_player
It's recorded with a phone (not the best quality) but I think it doesn't look that bad.
Shadows flickering are the only problem I experience but I'm used to it!

The shadows on interiors aren't too bad in general but outdoors they can be absolutely awful, you can see this effect at it's worst when it's sunny.

Stand in a town when the sun is out and just look at a building or wall where you have some shadow, as the sun moves the shadow positions update and the textures will shimmy it looks horrible.

The shadows on a lot of objects look like 8 bit blobs, safe to say the game needs some support in the patching department, unless that was the look intended.