XBX The Elders Scrolls VI

[gaskin]

We've known for years this will be a 2nd half of the decade release. We won't get solid news for another year or 2 at least.

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

With the continuous development of Elder Scrolls Online there probably isn't a whole lot of pressure on Bethesda to make the next standalone Elder Scrolls game. I'm not bored of ESO yet and I still boot up Skyrim and even Oblivion on my PS3 occasionally.

It might even end up being a next-gen release (hopefully cross-platform unlike Starfield). I can wait.

 

[dav3]

With the continuous development of Elder Scrolls Online there probably isn't a whole lot of pressure on Bethesda to make the next standalone Elder Scrolls game. I'm not bored of ESO yet and I still boot up Skyrim and even Oblivion on my PS3 occasionally.

It might even end up being a next-gen release (hopefully cross-platform unlike Starfield). I can wait.

It's Bethesda and RPG nerds, of course there's pressure, it's been 12 years since Skyrim came out so there will be plenty of neckbeards keen for a new TES6. Witcher 4 potentially distracts some for a bit, but after Starfield's reception there will be plenty of sharpened pitchforks at the ready for the next Elder Scrolls and Fallout titles.

If it's due end of the decade it'll likely end up on the future Xbox <insert next dumb name> console, and chug along on the current verison.

 

[eaglespremiers]

It's Bethesda and RPG nerds, of course there's pressure, it's been 12 years since Skyrim came out so there will be plenty of neckbeards keen for a new TES6. Witcher 4 potentially distracts some for a bit, but after Starfield's reception there will be plenty of sharpened pitchforks at the ready for the next Elder Scrolls and Fallout titles.

If it's due end of the decade it'll likely end up on the future Xbox <insert next dumb name> console, and chug along on the current verison.

I guess the surprising thing with the delay is the timeframes between the previous games (with 4-6 years being about standard until the most recent iteration):
1994 - Arena
1996 - Daggerfall
2002 - Morrowind
2006 - Oblivion
2011 - Skyrim
2025 onwards - Elder Scrolls 6

Also, I loved Skyrim when it came out, and played it for several hundred hours but Witcher 3 was a whole other level for me in terms of gaming and remains my favourite game (I've played it through, including side quests, 4 times).
So if Witcher 4 beats ES6 to the punch (which is getting more and more likely) I definitely won't see it as a placeholder for ES6. If anything, the opposite would be true for me. ES6 would scratch the itch until Witcher 4 was released.

 

[eaglespremiers]

Welcome to the 7th anniversary of this thread.
What fool pre-maturely started this discussion?

 

[dwwaino]

Welcome to the 7th anniversary of this thread.
What fool pre-maturely started this discussion?

Let's throw stuff at that guy.

 

[Ed_Gein]

I really hope they use The Witcher 3 as their template for a lot in TESVI, but in particular the quests. There's just no comparison between W3 and Skyrim. Every TES since Morrowind has gone backwards in this respect imo, and you could even extend that to Fallout 4 in many ways. I do have faith though seeing as they have taken more than enough time to look at other games in the genre now, of which there was a distinct lack of in the past, and learn from them.

I kinda get that. I get the impression Bethesda are a company that are basically resting on their laurels that they know whatever kinda game they put out, it's going to sell well. They don't seem to push any sort of boundries and their games are largely impresonal cut-and-paste jobs.

In saying that, I'll probably end up getting and playing the game, haha. I don't think I'm going to be blown away by it.

 

[eaglespremiers]

I kinda get that. I get the impression Bethesda are a company that are basically resting on their laurels that they know whatever kinda game they put out, it's going to sell well. They don't seem to push any sort of boundries and their games are largely impresonal cut-and-paste jobs.

In saying that, I'll probably end up getting and playing the game, haha. I don't think I'm going to be blown away by it.

Hopefully the reaction to Fallout 76 and Starfield causes a more cautious and considered effort.
At least, to CD Projekt's credit, they worked immensely hard to remedy Cyberpunk for years after the release and finally got it to a point that they probably wanted at release.

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

Welcome to the 7th anniversary of this thread.
What fool pre-maturely started this discussion?

Hey, it's no Star Citizen, is it?

This is from 2021;

Every Star Citizen Controversy So Far

As Star Citizen crosses the $350 million fundraising mark, we look back on the project's various controversies over the years.

www.denofgeek.com

 

[eaglespremiers]

Hey, it's no Star Citizen, is it?

This is from 2021;

Every Star Citizen Controversy So Far

As Star Citizen crosses the $350 million fundraising mark, we look back on the project's various controversies over the years.

www.denofgeek.com

It will probably still beat The Winds of Winter to release too, tbh.

 

[eaglespremiers]

With the latest round of job losses and game cancellations at Microsoft (and by extension Bethesda), is there any doubt now regarding the future of this game?

 

[biaseddustyfan]

With the latest round of job losses and game cancellations at Microsoft (and by extension Bethesda), is there any doubt now regarding the future of this game?

I think TES would be one of the last games they'd ever cancel, but I think there's a lot of doubt over whether the game will be any good lol

 

[dav3]

I think TES would be one of the last games they'd ever cancel, but I think there's a lot of doubt over whether the game will be any good lol

TES is too big a franchise to just suddenly kill off, it would be like Rockstar canning GTA. I haven't read too much about the cuts, but as usual the perpetually outraged people online are going to blow everything out of proportion.

Looking at the list of cuts it's only Zenimax Online (ESO, FO76, etc) that's affected so far

 

[Cyber_punk]

I think TES would be one of the last games they'd ever cancel, but I think there's a lot of doubt over whether the game will be any good lol

As the above poster said Elder Scrolls is about as safe as GTA series.

As for the quality, I have more confidence it will be more fun than Bethesda's last effort with Starfield because Elder Scrolls as well as fallout plays to the strengths of Bethesda open worlds much better than a vast empty space game.

 

[Ry009]

Actually didn't mind Starfield.

 

[UnitedWarrior93]

I didn’t either but it’s not quite at the level of fallout or TES.

 

[ioppolo]

That landscape in the thumbnail on the OP's video is still literally all the info we have on this game yeah?

Who could've predicted this?

 

[OhhhhhCyril]

The way things are going down at Xbox Land, I'll believe it when I see it.
No chance this comes out in the current gen

 

[Cyber_punk]

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I wish studios wouldn't announce things so early. At this rate those of us over 30 will only see 2-3 more ES and Fallout games in our lifetimes.

The Elder Scrolls 6 is "still a long way off", says Todd Howard, but development is his "everyday thing"

The Elder Scrolls 6 is "still a long way off" according to Bethesda's Todd Howard, though its development is now an "everyday thing".

www.eurogamer.net

 

[Purple Suit]

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I wish studios wouldn't announce things so early. At this rate those of us over 30 will only see 2-3 more ES and Fallout games in our lifetimes.

The Elder Scrolls 6 is "still a long way off", says Todd Howard, but development is his "everyday thing"

The Elder Scrolls 6 is "still a long way off" according to Bethesda's Todd Howard, though its development is now an "everyday thing".

www.eurogamer.net

And they will still be using the same engine.

 

[OhhhhhCyril]

Calling it now.

GTA 7 comes out before this..

 

[dwwaino]

Looking forward to playing ES6 in my retirement.

 

[Cooldude]

If you think this is taking a while, Fallout 5 is gonna take even longer

 

[UnitedWarrior93]

Games take ridiculously long, it’s an absolute piss take.

 

[dumb]

With the latest round of job losses and game cancellations at Microsoft (and by extension Bethesda), is there any doubt now regarding the future of this game?

depends which echo chamber you live in.
they could release poop on a stick and people out there will call it the best poop on a stick ever. they knew on past history bethesda may release poop on a stick, but got the collector's special edition poop on a stick on pre-order.
clearly i'm in the bethesda games are getting worse echo chamber.

they're in the business of making money. making a new game comes second to this. but it will be released, and then they can go on flogging that one for 15 years as well.