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

[DJOGamer PT]

High Rock? What a disappointment. I was expecting something more exotic. Even Hammerfell would be more interesting.

Then again isn't Orsinium in High Rock?

Men they already fucked Cyrodiil and Skyrim, do really believe they can do world that isn't boring generic trash? If they got to set it in Black Marsh they would cut all the trees and give a bullshit in-game explanation like this: "After his many adventures in Skyrim the Dragonborn traveled to Black Marsh. There he got really annoyed with the mosquitoes so he proceeded to burn down the entire country. The Argonians tried to bravely defend their homeland but unfortunately were no match to Dovahkiin's 'Fus Ro Da'."

 

[Citizen]

TES VI: ObliVIon 2

Screenshot this

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

High Rock consists of several Kingdoms, they can make it as big as they want. In fact, it would probably be a better idea to limit themselves to a small part of High Rock, as trying to fit multiple Kingdoms into the world map is going to make it even more obvious how small the world is. Skyrim could barely present a diverse, infighting province, and that was a single, until recently unified Kingdom.

Including multiple kingdoms in a greatly scaled-down version of High Rock wouldn't be any different from including multiple thanedoms in TES V: Skyrim, which encompassed the entire province, or multiple counties in TES IV: Oblivion, which encompassed the entirety of what should have been a vast, densely-populated Imperial Province. These would have been better games if they had covered a smaller geographical area while being less scaled-down, but I doubt Bethesda has learned any lessons in this regard.

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

Why would they change winning formula? I'm sure it's gonna have ground-breaking graphics, because TES always excelled at that, but otherwise it's gonna be generic Bethesda game filled with low-effort content.

 

[AW8]

High Rock consists of several Kingdoms, they can make it as big as they want. In fact, it would probably be a better idea to limit themselves to a small part of High Rock, as trying to fit multiple Kingdoms into the world map is going to make it even more obvious how small the world is. Skyrim could barely present a diverse, infighting province, and that was a single, until recently unified Kingdom.

Including multiple kingdoms in a greatly scaled-down version of High Rock wouldn't be any different from including multiple thanedoms in TES V: Skyrim, which encompassed the entire province, or multiple counties in TES IV: Oblivion, which encompassed the entirety of what should have been a vast, densely-populated Imperial Province. These would have been better games if they had covered a smaller geographical area while being less scaled-down, but I doubt Bethesda has learned any lessons in this regard.

Well, the Thanedoms (Jarldoms?) of Skyrim would have more in common than the fully independent Kingdoms of High Rock, is what I'm saying.

The Rift and Eastmarch should pretty much be separate countries with clear differences in culture but they aren't, but the game somewhat gets away with it by not focusing on that fact, instead choosing to present the world as "the land of Skyrim".

If they're working on the same map scale as in Skyrim and divide the world into 5 Kingdoms, they aren't gonna pull it off. The different Kingdoms will feel samey and indistinguishable (ask a normie to describe the culture, colors and history of the Pale vs. Falkreath for example), and the fact that the game world is presented as 5 Kingdoms is going to make it even more obvious how small the world is when you walk through Kingdom after Kingdom within minutes. Normies don't raise an eyebrow over the fact that Solitude consists of 20 buildings, but even they would joke about the pint-sized Kingdoms of The Elder Scrolls VI.

PS. I'm not using "normie" in a pejorative sense, just as a term for non-nerds who couldn't give a shit about stuff like Tamrielic population metrics.

 

[Wunderbar]

I'm still waiting for mainland postapocalyptic Morrowind

 

[unfairlight]

As with any game I hope it's good but if it comes out after Starfield we should expect launch by 2024 or so. Bethesda typically follows a tick-tock 2-4 year release schedule and if Starfield is out by 2020-2022 then TES VI will be out by 2024 or so. There is also rumors it will be a next gen game, and with Microsoft rumored to announce a new console by 2020 that will not be far off.

 

[Turjan]

These would have been better games if they had covered a smaller geographical area while being less scaled-down, but I doubt Bethesda has learned any lessons in this regard.

I'm pretty sure that Bethesda learned that most people don't give a fuck about questions like that. As long as more people buy their games, including those that consider a question like this, there is objectively no lesson to learn for Bethesda. Also, remember that one of the major criticisms of Oblivion was that it looked too samey.

 

[Makabb]

Thanks to announcement of TES VI, Codex existence is guaranteed untill atleast 2025

 

[RNGsus]

Bethesda announced bethesda.net 4 years ago now? Its still in beta.:D Like all their games.

Take however long it takes to release, then add 8 years for the fans to patch it.

 

[the_1990]

I get the feeling it will be set in High Rock simply because they don't want a setting that is too aesthetically different from Skyrim.

 

[Cross]

Why would they change winning formula? I'm sure it's gonna have ground-breaking graphics, because TES always excelled at that, but otherwise it's gonna be generic Bethesda game filled with low-effort content.

'Ground-breaking graphics' is a very weird way to describe Bethesda's Elder Scrolls (or their Fallout games, for that matter), when their graphics and animations have always looked like a joke compared to contemporary triple-A games. Ditto for their art direction post-Morrowind. Bethesda's genius has always been in marketing something that's just barely above shovelware in terms of production values as a premiere triple-A experience.

 

[Deathsquid]

Why would they change winning formula? I'm sure it's gonna have ground-breaking graphics, because TES always excelled at that, but otherwise it's gonna be generic Bethesda game filled with low-effort content.

'Ground-breaking graphics' is a very weird way to describe Bethesda's Elder Scrolls (or their Fallout games, for that matter), when their graphics and animations have always looked like a joke compared to contemporary triple-A games. Ditto for their art direction post-Morrowind. Bethesda's genius has always been in marketing something that's just a grade above shovelware in terms of production values in a premiere triple-A experience.

It's ground-breaking in the sense that when you think it hit the ground and can't get lower, it breaks that limit and keeps going down.

 

[Curious_Tongue]

Someone did a good analysis of the trailer.

They concluded that the screenshot was near the border of Hammerfell and High Rock.

So two provinces in one game maybe?

 

[Taxnomore]

Daggerfall remake confirmed.

 

[RNGsus]

The scaling would be even worse than Oblivion.

 

[PorkyThePaladin]

For Elder Scrolls VI, I am willing to wait forever.

 

[Agame]

Bethesda have one single thing of interest they can provide us with, interesting lore and location to derp around in, eg. Morrowind. So instead what do we get, more generic high fantasy, I really hoped after Oblivion and Skyrim they might try something a bit different but looks like nope...

How did Morrowind even get created by this studio?

 

[mfkndggrfll]

Bethesda have one single thing of interest they can provide us with, interesting lore and location to derp around in, eg. Morrowind. So instead what do we get, more generic high fantasy, I really hoped after Oblivion and Skyrim they might try something a bit different but looks like nope...

How did Morrowind even get created by this studio?

Morrowind is arguably the worst TES game and Oblivion is arguably the best. Im getting so sick of these fangays I think I'm going to make a long ass shit post to settle this once and for all.

 

[Agame]

Friend, save yourself some time and dont. You are probably on most peoples ignore list by now anyway.

 

[Tel Velothi]

What a fucking joke... Nice generic render of land in 3D program than anyone with some skill can do, Beethches. And it's a boring medieval/new zealand shit which is not interesting or exotic in one bit.

But I guess the kids will like it

 

[Merlkir]

My guess is it's gonna be the whole of Tamriel AND/OR online multiplayer.
Like Ultima Online kind of sandbox.

(remember, they talked about technology having to catch up to their ideas. I first thought VR, but that doesn't seem as likely.)

 

[the_1990]

My guess is it's gonna be the whole of Tamriel AND/OR online multiplayer.
Like Ultima Online kind of sandbox.

(remember, they talked about technology having to catch up to their ideas. I first thought VR, but that doesn't seem as likely.)

Do you think it will have mod support tho?

 

[Merlkir]

That'd be tough to do in MP. But if they replaced mods with approved user-made content?
Absolutely, that's was EverQuest Next's entire model. Yeah, players would lose some personal customization, but Beth could still profit from player creativity and keep the game going longer with less effort.
(and optional single-client-based tweaks could probably still work, if they were more cosmetic and didn't somehow unbalance the game, or give them advantage)