Elder Scrolls The Elder Scrolls VI - officially announced but you'll have to wait

[The Nameless One]

Yeah, I think the reversal of the casualisation/simplification trend is here to stay; the late 2000s/early 2010s are gonna look like a weird abberation to people in the future.

What I am worried about is the average technical literacy of future developers.

In the 2000/early 2010s developers decided to simplify games by a deliberate choice, not for technical limitations or because they just weren't good enough to design complex games.

Also, consoles. That also applied to graphical downgrades (most blatant examples would be FNV and skyrim).

 

[Harthwain]

I think that in the future games will be still simple and linear, but this time not for a conscious choice, but just because they are simpler to develop in this way. We see this trend even now, when modern games, usually made with third party pre-existing engines, are technically less advanced than games made 10 or even 20 years ago.

Having a simple game doesn't have to be bad in and of itself. In fact, I'd argue that a simple game can often be more satisfying, provided it's done well.

 

[Thalstarion]

An easy pass.

Skyrim didn't do anything interesting with the Thalmor and stupidly didn't allow for the player character to actively side with them if they saw fit. So I expect an obnoxious amount of focus on helping Redguards slaughter Elves and likely Bretons, too.

I like Bretons - there's a lot of potential for intrigue within their society but I don't expect to see a modern game handle that very well, either. The Elder Scrolls Online certainly failed and that explored a significant chunk of High Rock.

Sadly it's likely too big to fail due to modding.

 

[scytheavatar]

Yeah, I think the reversal of the casualisation/simplification trend is here to stay; the late 2000s/early 2010s are gonna look like a weird abberation to people in the future.

What I am worried about is the average technical literacy of future developers.

In the 2000/early 2010s developers decided to simplify games by a deliberate choice, not for technical limitations or because they just weren't good enough to design complex games.

I think that in the future games will be still simple and linear, but this time not for a conscious choice, but just because they are simpler to develop in this way. We see this trend even now, when modern games, usually made with third party pre-existing engines, are technically less advanced than games made 10 or even 20 years ago.

The linear narrative game is on its deathbed, people say there is open world fatigue but truth is nowadays you need to make your game an open world to sell. In the 2000/early 2010s developers decided to simplify games because the most popular games in that era were either movie games or shit from Blizzard/Bioware/Bethesda/etc that were constantly streamlining their games to appeal to a larger audience. Those days are over cause the failure of Final Fantasy Mystic Quest already showed years ago there's a limit to how much simplification you can do before audiences lose interest.

 

[DJOGamer PT]

Some "leaks" from a /v/ thread yesterday:

https://boards.4chan.org/v/thread/704201541/the-elder-scrolls-vi-leaks#p704201541


> not an insider, this is all second hand knowledge
> tesvi is set 20 years after skyrim. stormcloaks won, so high rock and hammerfell are the focus, with a few new islands added for naval gameplay.
> main story centers on the adamantine tower. thalmor are using its zero stone in a ritual to warp reality to their benefit.
> talos even shows up as a sort of force ghost, quietly helping you out throughout the game, pretty cool stuff.
> high rock is in deep trouble, nearly crippled by a plague caused by peryite.
> you are the hoonding.
> dwemer ruins are significantly overhauled, they are the highlight of dungeoning, the ruins are a big part of the main quest
> sword singing is in the game but kinda retconned, you can manifest shehai of all weapon types, there's even a magic based shehai, because you're the hoonding and the main character.
> you can more abilities in dojos, eventually you fight like a kung fu master
> companions much like starfield, you can get a whole crew and each with their own questlines. calling it now, the orc companion will be the fan favorite.
>settlement building, naval mechanics, weapon and armor customization (duh)
> the final showdown inside the tower is next level, reality warps, time distorts, and archmagister quorian shifts through insane transformation phases powered by ancient magic dwemer shit. trust me, you guys will think this final battle is the coolest thing ever.

first time i have leaked
actually, the gameplay has been going around journalist spheres for some time, i hope the
kilometers of landscape and
even the camera movement should totally confirm that this is real

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video from last year (is the same as the webm but you hear the music and sounds):

https://limewire.com/d/388e4909-8d4...7#cMtuLJ2rFPsFxFziUs8FY1VucGScxtJEwn-YXL9rzcw

Webm in question:


EDIT - Youtube upload of the webm.

 

[DJOGamer PT]

Honestly, if this is fake then it's very well made
The music even sounds like something produced by Inon Zur

 

[Zibniyat]

Inon Zur is inferior to Jeremy Soule. And it shows. The music is "sleepy", banal.​

 

[Caim]

Ah yes, Hoonding, the god of moving bitches out of the way.

 

[DJOGamer PT]

Ah yes, Hoonding, the god of moving bitches out of the way.

Jokes aside, it's actually a lore concept introduced in Morrowind:

• https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:HoonDing
• https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Varieties_of_Faith...#HoonDing

My personal headcanon is that it's just the Yokudan interpretation of the Prisoner Entity

 

[Talby]

Honestly, if this is fake then it's very well made
The music even sounds like something produced by Inon Zur

Because it is, the music is from ES: Blades. https://youtu.be/uuT-SatxM6E?si=u6fVtLvLyZUQs689

 

[Lemming42]

I hope you can help the Thalmor destroy the world so there's no more of these fucking games.

 

[Dark Souls II]

Some "leaks" from a /v/ thread yesterday:

https://boards.4chan.org/v/thread/704201541/the-elder-scrolls-vi-leaks#p704201541


> not an insider, this is all second hand knowledge
> tesvi is set 20 years after skyrim. stormcloaks won, so high rock and hammerfell are the focus, with a few new islands added for naval gameplay.
> main story centers on the adamantine tower. thalmor are using its zero stone in a ritual to warp reality to their benefit.
> talos even shows up as a sort of force ghost, quietly helping you out throughout the game, pretty cool stuff.
> high rock is in deep trouble, nearly crippled by a plague caused by peryite.
> you are the hoonding.
> dwemer ruins are significantly overhauled, they are the highlight of dungeoning, the ruins are a big part of the main quest
> sword singing is in the game but kinda retconned, you can manifest shehai of all weapon types, there's even a magic based shehai, because you're the hoonding and the main character.
> you can more abilities in dojos, eventually you fight like a kung fu master
> companions much like starfield, you can get a whole crew and each with their own questlines. calling it now, the orc companion will be the fan favorite.
>settlement building, naval mechanics, weapon and armor customization (duh)
> the final showdown inside the tower is next level, reality warps, time distorts, and archmagister quorian shifts through insane transformation phases powered by ancient magic dwemer shit. trust me, you guys will think this final battle is the coolest thing ever.

first time i have leaked
actually, the gameplay has been going around journalist spheres for some time, i hope the
kilometers of landscape and
even the camera movement should totally confirm that this is real

---

video from last year (is the same as the webm but you hear the music and sounds):

https://limewire.com/d/388e4909-8d4...7#cMtuLJ2rFPsFxFziUs8FY1VucGScxtJEwn-YXL9rzcw

Webm in question:


EDIT - Youtube upload of the webm.

Niggers do be really livin' like htis?

 

[false Kalin]

I hope you can help the Thalmor destroy the world so there's no more of these fucking games.

Looks like they already did

 

[luj1]

Webm in question:


EDIT - Youtube upload of the webm.

Wakanda the RPG

 

[PlayerEmers]

Some "leaks" from a /v/ thread yesterday:

https://boards.4chan.org/v/thread/704201541/the-elder-scrolls-vi-leaks#p704201541


> not an insider, this is all second hand knowledge
> tesvi is set 20 years after skyrim. stormcloaks won, so high rock and hammerfell are the focus, with a few new islands added for naval gameplay.
> main story centers on the adamantine tower. thalmor are using its zero stone in a ritual to warp reality to their benefit.
> talos even shows up as a sort of force ghost, quietly helping you out throughout the game, pretty cool stuff.
> high rock is in deep trouble, nearly crippled by a plague caused by peryite.
> you are the hoonding.
> dwemer ruins are significantly overhauled, they are the highlight of dungeoning, the ruins are a big part of the main quest
> sword singing is in the game but kinda retconned, you can manifest shehai of all weapon types, there's even a magic based shehai, because you're the hoonding and the main character.
> you can more abilities in dojos, eventually you fight like a kung fu master
> companions much like starfield, you can get a whole crew and each with their own questlines. calling it now, the orc companion will be the fan favorite.
>settlement building, naval mechanics, weapon and armor customization (duh)
> the final showdown inside the tower is next level, reality warps, time distorts, and archmagister quorian shifts through insane transformation phases powered by ancient magic dwemer shit. trust me, you guys will think this final battle is the coolest thing ever.

first time i have leaked
actually, the gameplay has been going around journalist spheres for some time, i hope the
kilometers of landscape and
even the camera movement should totally confirm that this is real

---

video from last year (is the same as the webm but you hear the music and sounds):

https://limewire.com/d/388e4909-8d4...7#cMtuLJ2rFPsFxFziUs8FY1VucGScxtJEwn-YXL9rzcw

Webm in question:


EDIT - Youtube upload of the webm.

I dont doubt this leak. There has been a couple of bethesda leaks in the past on 4chan.
That skybox looks too good to be a fake. The artists responsible for skyboxes did an amazing work with starfield, one of a few good things in that piece of shit game. The skybox on the footage feels on par with their work in starfield. The loading screen its obivously from skyrim used as placeholder.

 

[Butter]

I don't believe they have a playable build.

 

[PlayerEmers]

I don't believe they have a playable build.

not a playable build, but definitely a test build