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Bethesda reiterates Elder Scrolls 6 news is likely ‘years away’
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Airbus Jr
Banned
Game engine are always getting upgraded
look at the difference between Gears 2 - Gears 5, Uncharted 2- Uncharted 4, Demon Souls-Bloodborne, Killzone 2-Horizon Zero Dawn
From Oblivion to Skyrim itself is quite a massive improvement ( when it comes to graphics)
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N1tr0sOx1d3
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Good....good.....the last thing next gen needs is to be dragged down by Bethesda jank. All that money they've made from sales of Skyrim and not even bothering to code a new engine but rely on the old jank because "it just works!".
German Hops
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief
So I guess we'll see Starfield in a decade?
newtypepilot
Member
don't worry, those bugs won't go away!
N1tr0sOx1d3
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ruvikx
Banned
Imagine Elder Scrolls VI releasing 15 years after Skyrim? Total shitshow of massive magnitude. Bethesda have screwed-up entirely. Somewhere, there's a happy balance between Assassin's Creed saturation & Elder Scrolls no-show. It's just insane for a company to treat its most valuable IP like this. They even found time to publish a sequel (Rage 2) to a game hardly anyone even enjoyed (Rage) in that time. Even The Evil Within had a sequel published by Bethesda. But Skyrim? nope. Just modders keeping it alive & doing the work Bethesda should have been doing themselves.
ruvikx
Banned
Doom is overrated. I say that as someone who badly wanted to enjoy it. I speak for Doom 2016 here (I haven't tried Eternal yet) but once the player reaches the Hell level, the mask comes off & the ugly core of the game reveals itself: arena combat against the same enemies again, again & again which consists of running around like a madman choosing which enemies to kill first. Rinse repeat until end. Harder difficulties merely accelerate the already overly fast arena action.
I love first person shooters like Halo, Killzone, Resistance which have good pacing & a tactical approach to the fights. Doom doesn't have that sort of fun. It even throws in some first person platforming as well just to add further annoyance.
N1tr0sOx1d3
Given another chance
You are absolutely bang on the money. Whats worse to release ESVI 15 years on and STILL be utilising that same old knackard tired engine is beyond belief.
Their technology is going to be lightyears behind their competition and to be honest, many developers have now superseded them.
darkinstinct
...lacks reading comprehension.
That's a weird interpretation. They announced it a year ago BECAUSE people were complaining about lack of communication. So they said it's coming, but it will be after Starfield, which itself is several years away, it would be a long time before they talk about Elder Scrolls again. Now a year later people are asking stupid questions and getting the same answers as last year. Starfield is two to three years away. Elder Scrolls is five years after Starfield at best. A lot points to Elder Scrolls being a very late next gen title or an early next next gen title.
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
honestly, how many people are even interested anymore? Skyrim was enjoyable but it's been almost a freaking decade which will have come and gone by the time we even get Starfield. and we all know when it does arrive it'll be an absolute bug/glitch filled nightmare.
there have been countless open world RPG games that make Skyrim look even more archaic than it already is. I just can't see Bethesda being able to keep up.
there have been countless open world RPG games that make Skyrim look even more archaic than it already is. I just can't see Bethesda being able to keep up.
Matt_Fox
Member
To clarify, Bethesda Game Studios (not to be confused with Bethesda Softworks) have published:
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006) / Fallout 3 (2008) / The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011) / Fallout 4 (2015) / Fallout 76 (2018).
Releases have come on average 3 years apart.
In 2018 Bethesda Game Studios significantly added to their capacity with new studios in Austin and Dallas, so this release pattern is likely to accelerate not slowdown.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006) / Fallout 3 (2008) / The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011) / Fallout 4 (2015) / Fallout 76 (2018).
Releases have come on average 3 years apart.
In 2018 Bethesda Game Studios significantly added to their capacity with new studios in Austin and Dallas, so this release pattern is likely to accelerate not slowdown.
darkinstinct
...lacks reading comprehension.
The issue with Bethesda's games is the bug ridden quest engine, where often triggers don't work and create unbeatable quests. Plus a savegame system that creates files that are over 100 MB per save. I think the only real issue regarding graphics is that Bethesda has no capable animators, can't blame that on the tech. Bethesda characters always look like they have a stick in their ass.
SpartanN92
Banned
Well you definitely hit the problem....Fallout 76 should NEVER have existed in the first place.
nowhat
Member
And from Skyrim to FO4 and then FO76 it was a... there are more god rays (sometimes coming out of the ground), yay?
SkeletonQuays
Member
Why the hell did the even show that stupid island teaser trailer then at e3 a couple years ago if it's still YEARS away from even being shown... Bethesda are daft sometimes.
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Dr. Claus
Vincit qui se vincit
You would be correct, but there is a very easy way to appeal to both camps. A simple toggle. Do you want the "expert" level of customization? The ability to choose specific abilities, stats, etc? Or do you want the "simplified" version? By simply picking a class? This has been a thing in both Oblivion and Morrowind and something that never really prevented mass amrket appeal.
ruvikx
Banned
I loved Fallout 4, but please.. take your time AND USE A NEW ENGINE for the new Elder Scrolls
If they'd been working on Elder Scrolls games over the past 9 years, the advances would be even greater. That's because the devs get better at their craft as they learn how to extract everything from their engine (+ know what a new engine requires) & implement all the cool ideas they have during the creative process. A Skyrim sequel in 2015, a sequel to that i.e. Elder Scrolls VII in 2020 (perhaps launch title on the next gen PS5/Series X)... Does that sound like a bad alternate universe? Not to me it doesn't. That "fantasy" would already have been 4 year & 5 year development cycles, which is already a long time for a single game.
Oh sure, we'd gets some bugs, people would bitch & moan about whatever, but we'd still get games. I don't like waiting until I've married, had kids, divorced & God knows what else before a Skyrim sequel is released. Following that logic, we might as well say we "hope" we don't see another Elder Scrolls for 50 years. It's guaranteed the graphics & animations will be way better by then.
In 2026 I'll be in my 40's. I wonder how many massive Skyrim fans will be in the "I no longer give a sh*t about video games" category of citizens by then? Wait too long & Skyrim/Elder Scrolls will become a relic from a bygone era with a bygone playerbase which has moved on in life.
GreenAlien
Member
Will we get Skyrim: Definitive Edition to bridge the gap? We need Skyrim on everything, right?
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The Bloody-Nine
Member
Love the Elder Scrolls but I'm not sure even I'll care when this finally gets released. If it ever does.
MisterBrimstone
Member
Gotta love how he said that expectations were not set right by them. If even news about the game are years away you had no reason to post that terrible logo.
Andodalf
Banned
Honestly seeing as how modding was expanded to Console, I feel like they've been more open to modding that before. A lot of people thought Fallout 4 would only have paid mods, but it turned out to support anything like all the other BGS games. Every time they talk about their games they mention how important modding has been to them
anthraticus
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Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
Where you been? Bethesda went from elite to trash tier this gen. Sad really.
Starfield
Member
come at me. Im more happy than you in life!
IncognitoPanda
Member
It might be, but they were clear about it being only in pre-production and that F76 and Starfield were to be made first, that we shouldn't expect to hear about it again for years and that they announced quell any rumors/thoughts about them making completely different games now.
Ironically that means they announced the game early to quell false expectations about them, only for people to get false expectations. I was as disappointed by the news as anyone, but I reiterate; if you thought differently, it meant you weren't paying attention.
namekuseijin
Banned
time to wake up and smell the coffee. Just like GTA and other huge persistent online worlds out there, I don't they're ever coming back to single-player adventures centered around a lone hero (or criminal). It's all about making kids happy playing together and building cozy houses with other soyboys
ESO keeps expanding:
btw, just finished a quest in Markarth ancient dwemer ruins yesterday or so. Great stuff in VR
ESO keeps expanding:
btw, just finished a quest in Markarth ancient dwemer ruins yesterday or so. Great stuff in VR
Bolivar687
Banned
But that's all BGS does and nothing else, you don't seriously believe they'll completely retool their studio to make a multiplayer game, or that they'll never make another Elder Scrolls again and leave it to Zenimax online?
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
WtF have they been doing since Fallout 4...which looked like a cash grab type of game more than anything.
Darkmakaimura
Member
Well let's hope Elder Scrolls of Eternity aka Avowed is good.
CrysisFreak
Banned
Are they amateurs.
As soon as one TES game is release the next one must be in full development.
Because it sells.
Their actions are irresponsible.
Do your new IP in parallel, keep it up with TES to ensure profitability.
As soon as one TES game is release the next one must be in full development.
Because it sells.
Their actions are irresponsible.
Do your new IP in parallel, keep it up with TES to ensure profitability.
TheMan
Member
Starfield?
namekuseijin
Banned
they might try to port the VR version to Oculus Quest 2
some extra downgrade, but much stronger immersion. They could begin by turning off shadows.
DeepBreath87
Banned
Whatever. Just get to work making a new engine, you assholes. I’m tired of the mod community fixing your shit.
And maybe all this would be easier to tolerate if we could find out anything about Starfield besides the name.
And maybe all this would be easier to tolerate if we could find out anything about Starfield besides the name.
Dorohedoro
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Trogdor1123
Gold Member
Sounds terrible but I'd probably get it
BRZBlue
Member
I bet its gonna look OK, but it'll have the same amount of jank and broken crap all their games have had.