Rumor: Bethesda Working on Elder Scrolls MMO
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Yes. I dig their games but I'm not paying any monthly fee for them. It would be too bad if they wasted their time and resources with this.GamesB2 said:
No thanks. Part of the fun of Elder Scrolls is class experimentation. I'd rather not lock myself to one playstyle for the length of time an MMO requires.
I really don't like the sound of that, I've never been a fan of mmos and I've been waiting far too long for the Elder scrolls 5 to have it turn out to be an mmo.
That mention of Fallout 4 however makes me smile.
That mention of Fallout 4 however makes me smile.
Same here. The titles Morrowind and Oblivion gave you an idea of what to look forward to. If they name it Skyrim for example, my imagination will be filled with longships, tundra, and mead halls. And leggy Nord lasses. I just hope we get a unique and interesting world like Morrowind as opposed to the relatively bland and unambitious worlds in Oblivion and even Fallout 3. It doesn't need to feel alien, just interesting and unique.EHKOS said:
The good news is that an Elder Scrolls MMO probably will not take the place of a single player title, though it might push back the time table still further. The bad news is TESV could be a long time coming even now.
This better not happen the MMO band wagon already took star wars knights of the old republic 3 away from now Elder Scrolls v!
Hi,carpathic said:
This is not directed personally at you, but the reactions are still such that I feel the need to reiterate what has been said multiple times on this very page, namely that
THE NEXT ELDER SCROLLS WILL NOT BE AN MMO!
And just for future reference, how do we actually know this? Why can we say
THE NEXT ELDER SCROLLS WILL NOT BE AN MMO!
being so cocksure? Simple.
In regards to the MMO comment, he was asked if there was "any chance of an Elder Scrolls MMO" and he replied ? in a joking fashion ? by saying "I guess there's a chance." To be clear, Todd and his team do not make MMOs, for any franchise, at all. We have another division, 'ZeniMax Online Studios', which is lead by Matt Firor, and they are working on an MMO. They have not said anything about what game they are making. When ZeniMax Online is ready to show what they are up to, we'll let everyone know. Until then we aren't going to provide hints or speculate on what they're doing either.
[source [http://bethblog.com/index.php/2009/08/17/clarifying-about-next-elder-scrolls-game-mmo-etc/]]
So, seeing as the new game is made by Todd Howard's team, what we can learn from this is that clearly
THE NEXT ELDER SCROLLS WILL NOT BE AN MMO!
k? K.
I can see why they'd consider an ES MMO and, tbh, a few years ago I would have been the first to say "Awesome idea".
Whilst I do like MMOs (I currently play Lord of the Rings Online and Fallen Earth) I do think we're reaching breaking point and I don't get why every developer seems intent on turning each IP into an MMO - the market is saturated.
Within the next year or two I doubt MMOs will even be released with subscription models but, rather, they will need to be F2P or, at least, hyrbid like LOTRO.
Even then, who has got enough time to play all these MMOs? I have 2 on the go and that's more than enough.
Whilst I do like MMOs (I currently play Lord of the Rings Online and Fallen Earth) I do think we're reaching breaking point and I don't get why every developer seems intent on turning each IP into an MMO - the market is saturated.
Within the next year or two I doubt MMOs will even be released with subscription models but, rather, they will need to be F2P or, at least, hyrbid like LOTRO.
Even then, who has got enough time to play all these MMOs? I have 2 on the go and that's more than enough.
I agree. An MMO inevitably has a smaller focus on story, although the class system from elder scrolls, introduced into an mmo, would be extremely entertaining.Stabby Joe said:
