The Elder Scrolls 5: What will it be

[NoNameMcgee]

I'd like to see one in Skyrim, and it's speculated the next one will be set there.

I'm a sucker for snowy areas, and it would be pretty.

 

[Vek]

IT will be a merging of Quake, Doom, and Morrowind.

The Elder Scrolls 5: The Fight for Phobos.

 

[Baron Von Evil Satan]

Space... that is all...

 

[WillSimplyBe]

I got flamed for suggesting this on another post but they should come up with some sort of fantasy equivalent of VATS; ranged magic and archery were pretty worthless in Oblivion.

Oh come on, it wasn't really flaming and it was a stupid idea. I don't want a pixie following me round...

That's why I said it was a stupid idea. It did take me all of 3 seconds to think of it and I don't even think I would like my FATS (Fairy Assisted Targeting System) idea realized but Oblivion really needed something like VATS for ranged magic.
I'm sure the guys at Bethesda could come up with something better given a minute or two.
I think most people who played Oblivion would agree that the combat would've been better if it had a VATS-like system.

you know what Gonzo, I'm with you. I'm one of the weirdo people who did the unspeakable... PLAYED OBLIVION IN THIRD PERSON MODE! so it was virtualy impossible to hit anything on a y-axis with ranged stuff. So i spent the game fighting up close and the only spells I ever used were touch-range(which is TOOOOOTALLY op, heh.) I also must admit that Oblivion freaked me out sometimes, I always kept looking behind me and dreading any time i heard the combat music. It could have used an Enemy detection system like FO3, or perhaps an even better one. Yet I played FO3 without batting an eyelash.

I also would love VATS in TES because then I could actually use Range without it turning into an FPS(my second least favorite kind of game besides sports games...)

I would like TESV to be set in Elsewyr, a less "Country-side europe" landscape would be nice. And then I could hear more Khajit voices, which were one of my favorite things from TESIV.

Also a more progressive and subtle storyline! TESIV was basically "You are in Jail... it doesn't matter why, perhaps you did something bad. You are the paragon of justice you say? Well then it was a bad guard or... something, whatever! King needs your cell to escape, everyone dies and things turn to shit, and you have to close hell. Good luck."

Just my personal opinions. Please don't quote me to say how my ideas are horrible and I should feel horrible.

 

[Fronken]

Wait, isnt Fallout 3 the codename for Elder Scrolls 5? :S

But not counting that obvious rip-off

It's hardly a rip-off when it's made by the same team.

The fact that Bethesda has made both of them doesnt really matter, you can still rip off your own work, as in re-use everything but just in another setting.

It's still lazy, it's still bad and it's still a rip-off, even though they created the original idea.

 

[Orcus The Ultimate]

there are still enough places for like 8 more Elder Scrolls games

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Wait, isnt Fallout 3 the codename for Elder Scrolls 5? :S

But not counting that obvious rip-off

It's hardly a rip-off when it's made by the same team.

The fact that Bethesda has made both of them doesnt really matter, you can still rip off your own work, as in re-use everything but just in another setting.

It's still lazy, it's still bad and it's still a rip-off, even though they created the original idea.

All that's the same is the game engine.

The combat mechanics, graphics, atmosphere, interface, levelling system, AI, quest structure, and entire overall feel are all completely different from Oblivion.

Every dev uses the same engine for a few games.

By your logic, Left 4 Dead is a rip-off of Half Life 2, and St Pepper's was a rip-off of Revolver.

 

[GonzoGamer]

I got flamed for suggesting this on another post but they should come up with some sort of fantasy equivalent of VATS; ranged magic and archery were pretty worthless in Oblivion.

Oh come on, it wasn't really flaming and it was a stupid idea. I don't want a pixie following me round...

That's why I said it was a stupid idea. It did take me all of 3 seconds to think of it and I don't even think I would like my FATS (Fairy Assisted Targeting System) idea realized but Oblivion really needed something like VATS for ranged magic.
I'm sure the guys at Bethesda could come up with something better given a minute or two.
I think most people who played Oblivion would agree that the combat would've been better if it had a VATS-like system.

you know what Gonzo, I'm with you. I'm one of the weirdo people who did the unspeakable... PLAYED OBLIVION IN THIRD PERSON MODE! so it was virtualy impossible to hit anything on a y-axis with ranged stuff. So i spent the game fighting up close and the only spells I ever used were touch-range(which is TOOOOOTALLY op, heh.) I also must admit that Oblivion freaked me out sometimes, I always kept looking behind me and dreading any time i heard the combat music. It could have used an Enemy detection system like FO3, or perhaps an even better one. Yet I played FO3 without batting an eyelash.

I also would love VATS in TES because then I could actually use Range without it turning into an FPS(my second least favorite kind of game besides sports games...)

I would like TESV to be set in Elsewyr, a less "Country-side europe" landscape would be nice. And then I could hear more Khajit voices, which were one of my favorite things from TESIV.

Also a more progressive and subtle storyline! TESIV was basically "You are in Jail... it doesn't matter why, perhaps you did something bad. You are the paragon of justice you say? Well then it was a bad guard or... something, whatever! King needs your cell to escape, everyone dies and things turn to shit, and you have to close hell. Good luck."

Just my personal opinions. Please don't quote me to say how my ideas are horrible and I should feel horrible.

If there's one thing that Bethesda really needs to perfect is the third person perspective view; especially since it's always an option. When you zoom in enough (close enough you don't see your character moonwalking) it looks okay. You deserve a special achievement trophy for playing through that way.
I appreciate the point that rpg openings are usually either completely contrived, cliche, or both. I think they just try too hard. It's an rpg, we can figure out where the character came from. Borderlands did it well: the arms dealer drops you off in his bus, there could be a million reasons (good, bad, happy, sad, whatever) you're on that bus.

Right now I'm more looking forward to Fallout Vegas; what little info we've got sounds very cool.
But I am surprised this thread is still kicking around.

 

[Ionami]

News has come up that ESV might be coming out in 2010.

And that it might take place in Skyrim!

ROCK ON! F*CKING VIKINGS! YEAH!

I like Skyrim.

In late October 2008, shortly after the release of Fallout 3, Bethesda's Publishing Executive, Paul Oughton, indicated that the series' fifth installment could be released in 2010.[3] Zenimax, the owner of Bethesda Softworks, had trademarked the name "Skyrim" in 2006,[4] but its relation to the fifth installment of the series is uncertain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls

Of all the sources... Wikipedia? The open edit Behemoth? That rumor has been around since 2006, link me to a press statement that it IS a confirmed rumor, and that it IS slated for 2010. 2006 was 4 years ago, a lot can change.

Dude, seriously? The post you're quoting is ancient.

 

[Fronken]

Wait, isnt Fallout 3 the codename for Elder Scrolls 5? :S

But not counting that obvious rip-off

It's hardly a rip-off when it's made by the same team.

The fact that Bethesda has made both of them doesnt really matter, you can still rip off your own work, as in re-use everything but just in another setting.

It's still lazy, it's still bad and it's still a rip-off, even though they created the original idea.

All that's the same is the game engine.

The combat mechanics, graphics, atmosphere, interface, levelling system, AI, quest structure, and entire overall feel are all completely different from Oblivion.

Every dev uses the same engine for a few games.

By your logic, Left 4 Dead is a rip-off of Half Life 2, and St Pepper's was a rip-off of Revolver.

Atmosphere and Quest structure, yeah, those are different, but as a gamer who's played both Oblivion and Fallout i can tell you how much it feels like a re-hashed version of Oblivion.

the look of the NPC's and the AI are the same, the graphics are the same (only it has a different setting; steampunk instead of fantasy).

The combat mechanics?, i only saw 1 new thing when it came to Fallout, and that was the V.A.T.S system, which was a good inclusion (though it lowered the difficulty alot), but still, that's pretty much the only thing they changed (again, except for the setting; steamguns instead of bows for example).

Please, dont take my comments as saying that Fallout 3 was a bad game, it wasnt, it was a really good game, that im not denying, i liked it alot, but alot of that is probably because of how much i enjoyed Oblivion, as they have re-used Alot of things from it.

So no, im not saying that Fallout 3 is a bad game, its great, only its originality is lacking.

 

[Sneaklemming]

There was also a leak that said that Elder scrolls V would be set 300 years after Elder scrolls IV, so you never know, it may have firearms.

 

[Velvo]

Given the supposition that it may take place in Skyrim and the large amount of Akiviri artifacts and quests in Oblivion, along with the description of the Akiviri dragon-people and the admission that their current leader promised to invade Tamriel again (from the guidebook to the empire provided with the special edition of Oblivion), I should think that the game will take place in Skyrim. In addition, i think that the player, among other things, will attempt to repel an Akiviri invasion and perhaps even travel to Akivir to do battle, much like how in Oblivion the player travels to the game's namesake.

Just a speculation though. Nothing to say until more info comes from Bethesda, anyway.

 

[Jekken6]

There was also a leak that said that Elder scrolls V would be set 300 years after Elder scrolls IV, so you never know, it may have firearms.

It's 200 hundred years. And the closest thing to firearms died with the dwemer. Also, why the fuck would you want guns when you can smite people by clapping your hands?

 

[Vkmies]

Hopefully more like morrowind.

 

[Sneaklemming]

There was also a leak that said that Elder scrolls V would be set 300 years after Elder scrolls IV, so you never know, it may have firearms.

It's 200 hundred years. And the closest thing to firearms died with the dwemer. Also, why the fuck would you want guns when you can smite people by clapping your hands?

Spoiler

Just I would like a more renaissance in my elder scrolls and less medieval; but either way I'm sure we can agree that it will be great.

I would guess however that the tech will be based on Skyrim. Which is one of the wilder regions I think. I mean Oblivion was set in the Core of the empire, so...

 

[Fappy]

Rumors point to it being an MMO... which saddens me greatly

 

[Cowabungaa]

It will be awesome, that's what it will be.

*ahem*

Seriously now, I'm going out on a limb here, but I'm kind-of hoping it'll be set in one of the other continents, notably Akavir, the Dragon Land. It's where the Blades got their style from, so you can guess how the game will look. And just look at this stunning piece of concept art, apparently from somewhere in Akavir:

Has potential for an extremely awesome setting, if you ask me, with frozen wastes akin to Mongolia, a Tiger Empire which I think will be more like China, the Isles of a Thousand Monkies, maybe a bit like Japan and the Snake Empire, as shown on the picture more like South-Eastern Asia or even South America.

Rumors point to it being an MMO... which saddens me greatly

As far as I know, the rumours that there will be an MMO set in the Oblivion universe do not say that that MMO replaces TES5. If that would be the case however, I would be a very sad panda.

 

[Fappy]

It will be awesome, that's what it will be.

*ahem*

Seriously now, I'm going out on a limb here, but I'm kind-of hoping it'll be set in one of the other continents, notably Akavir, the Dragon Land. It's where the Blades got their style from, so you can guess how the game will look. And just look at this stunning piece of concept art, apparently from somewhere in Akavir, my guess the Snake Empire:

Has potential for an extremely awesome setting, if you ask me.

Rumors point to it being an MMO... which saddens me greatly

As far as I know, the rumours that there will be an MMO set in the Oblivion universe do not say that that MMO replaces TES5. If that would be the case however, I would be a very sad panda.

I plan on playing TOR and there is no way in hell I would ever play two MMOs at the same time. I would much rather Bethesda stick with their open-world one player RPGs anyway. In any event I think TES V will probably take place in either Skyyrm or Summerset Isles (sp?).