is elders scrolls 5 an MMO?

[TheNamlessGuy]

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[thiosk]

Well, it would be hard to blame them, every diptard who plays the game seems to post on every forum CAN THIS BE MULTIPLAY NOW KKTHX BAI

 

[Mr.Kitetsu]

people have made (or are working) on an online version of oblivion
so technically elder scrolls iv is an mmo...
here is a link to the website: http://www.moddb.com/mods/obliviononline
however there is no word on elder scrolls v yet
do not worry about it there hasn't been word about yet

 

[MikailCaboose]

Part of me is appeased by that idea, but I highly doubt that it would turn out well. All I could think of is if they separated the online and the single player aspect, sort of like Monster Hunter.

 

[lasersandbearsohno]

If TES:5 becomes an MMORPG, then I will burn everything Bethesda related in my house

Send me a video and Ill believe that last statement.

Its their property and they can do whatever they want with it. Playing it or not? Another story.

Figure of speech, I wont really burn everything Bethesda related in my house. I will however be pretty disappointed. Where's the fun in becoming strong, only to be killed by someone higher level than you and get all your stuff taken.
Also, how would spawning even work?

Spawning? What are you talking about? You better hope your ass quicksaved before you got your face stomped in by a level 99 Warrior. Also, you better hope you quicksaved out of his sight or prepare for infinite curbstomping

Quicksaving/loading wouldnt really work in an MMORPG, mainly because you could easily exploit that

Hence the sarcasm that I was implying....

 

[WaywardHaymaker]

I really hope not. I heard that somewhere a while back, too, and I shat myself.

I really liked Oblivion and Morrowind, and I want more of THAT. Not Fallout, but legitimate Elder Scrolls shenanigans.

 

[Kungfu_Teddybear]

I hope it isn't an MMO but i wish that Bethesda would put in some kind of online play. As great as Oblivion and other Elder Scrolls games are they can get pretty boring playing on your own. It would be great if they added something like the ability to invite a player into your "world" so to speak so that you could play Co-op maybe up to 4 players or something but i'm not sure if i would like an MMO Elder Scrolls. That said an Elder Scrolls MMO could still be fun i did hear that an Elder Scrolls MMO is in the making but i don't think it's The Elder Scrolls V.

 

[Atmos Duality]

Why all the hate on MMOs? Personally I think that it would be kind of cool. Think of it; multiplayer Oblivion. The only thing that they must do to make this work is to make the intro story single player and when the character is released into the world, the MMO begins.

Sigh...
MMORPGs are anti-games, essentially. Grind is not gameplay. Repetition must have purpose in order to become gameplay, otherwise it's needless busywork. Repetition for the sake of repeating that same task over and over follows circular logic. Killing 30 Boars now so you can later have the "privilege" of killing 30 soldiers later in the same exact manner.

Due to the nature of MMORPGs, a scaled tier system is necessary. Otherwise, the player has no incentive to keep playing. Time investment vs Reward. Difficulty vs Time Investment.
World of Warcraft perfected their formula for making money by filling the game with pointless time wasting busywork and EVERY SINGLE MMORPG I've tried (which is many) follows that model in some form or another.

People tolerate this for two reasons:
1) Addiction-Abuse relationship. Completing "difficult" tasks is euphoric.
2) Social Involvement. Friends can make anything better. Alternatively, ganking someone feeds the ego far more than playing pest control.

I could dissect the MMORPG-formula further, but I see little need to.

The question I pose is this: What possible purpose would an Elder Scrolls MMORPG serve?
If you want to grind yourself stupid in a medieval-fantasy setting, I assure you that there are many games for that already. The only reason Bethesda would develop an MMORPG is to copy WoW's subscription-centric commercial success.

Hell, the original premise of The Elder Scrolls is playing through specific critical events in the games' history as a character of destiny.
You can't really roll with that logic or you end up with the Age of Conan contradiction (there are 50,000 other "Chosen Ones" out in the world).

 

[SNIPERFOX ft. Harry P.Ness]

adh i hat mumorpegus. you have to pay every month, some kiddo hacking douchebag ruins everything... i dont want to go back to world wa...{shudder} w....warcraft

 

[Randomeaninglessword]

No, I'm pretty sure that somebody at Bethesda said that it won't be an MMO.

Found it; third one down in the 'Latest News' section. http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Main_Page

(I know, I suck at linking.)

 

[Jake the Snake]

Jesus Christ I hope not. That would make me furious. I LOVE single player RPGs, they are, so much, f*cking better than MMOs...like, no comparison. Dragon Age and Oblivion kick the living crap out of WoW. If Bethesda does this to a game I've patiently been waiting for for 4 and a half years, I swear I WILL find their executives and I WILL punch them in the face...repeatedly...

 

[Borntolose]

This is the first I've heard that and I hope it isn't true.

 

[qwertyzxy27]

MMOs are all the same. they are all re skins of grinding missions. i am already ready to die because KOTOR received MMOdeath. oblivions my favorite game i dont have a good enough computer for mmos in the first place. and mmos are all terrible for 360

 

[finalmixed]

TES5 as an MMO just isn't possible, it would defeat the fun of the game. Growing immense power to the point no one can defeat you, causing madness were ever you go, and quests that are fun; not a total grind. If it DOES become an MMO, it will become a totally different game.

 

[Burningsok]

wait why would they suddenly turn a sequel into a different genre of a game.

 

[TheDrunkNinja]

Let us pray that a certain t-shirt is wrong...

 

[finalmixed]

*COUGH* FINAL FANTASY *COUGH* *COUGH*

 

[WaysideMaze]

so, a while ago i heard that TES5 would be an MMO, but only once and never again.

an MMO Elder Scrolls, by the Gods I hope that this does not happen.

There are enough MMOs out there, leave my Elder Scrolls alone!!

 

[imnot]

it might work if you and mabey 10 other people where in each world so you could form a party, but i doubt that so it proberly will be crap

 

[SailorShale]

TE5? No. A spin off MMO would be the best though. I don't want it winded in with the story like WoW.