Elder Scrolls Vi Location

[WhipperSnapper]

Am I the only one who hopes that the Elder Scrolls 6 takes place in Elsmeyr, home of the Khajit?

 

[Zenoth]

You mean Elder Scrolls Online?

I highly doubt that there's ever going to be an off-line Elder Scrolls "6". But anyway, by the way the name is Elsweyr. At least Elder Scrolls Online's "world" happens to be pretty much the whole of Tamriel, since the story revolves around Molag Bal wanting to conquer and control Tamriel itself, which means that either from the start after release, or later via expansions Elsweyr will be part of the various provinces (or "regions") of the game's map to explore and quest in.

So in essence ESO will most likely offer what you'd like, albeit under MMORPG format. If you really expect an "actual" single-player ES6 in the veins of Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim then I think you'll be in for quite the disappointment. But, sure I might be wrong and they might make a sixth single-player ES game. If they do make one then at the very least it won't be released quite some time (I.E. maybe a decade, lol) after ESO, because that one will be their cash-cow for years to follow... UNLESS it flops and needs to go F2P after a year or two (which could also happen, we never know).

 

[WhipperSnapper]

Yeah, I was kind of hoping for a single player ES6; that's what I was thinking of with my post. I like the cat people.

 

[KaOTiK]

They'll continue to do single player ES games, they sell too damn well not too. I think ES Online is going to bomb from what we've seen/heard so far, one of the most generic looking MMO's I've seen so far. If it wasn't for the ES theme you wouldn't even be able to tell it isn't some F2P mmo out already.

As for the question at hand. I hope it doesn't take place in cat city. I don't like them at all in the games and if I had to deal with a very large portion of it them, ugh.

 

[StinkyPinky]

No thanks. Don't like cat people.

Also there will definitely be another offline game. Skyrim made the megabucks.

 

[smackababy]

Not only do I hate the cat people, I hate the lizardfolk as well. Throw in the wood elves and wit that now that I think about it.

 

[TallBill]

It'll probably be a few years but who knows.

 

[VulgarDisplay]

I would hope on next gen consoles we won't have to settle for one place give us the whole elder scrolls world.

 

[lozina]

I dreaded the news of TES:Online as I fear it is the end of TES Single player games as we know it.

This opinion comes from my experience with Ultima Online. They were coming out with Ultimas on a regular basis until UO came out and the single player game was dead. Well actually I heard something about a new Ultima being developed right now. But we had to wait about 15 years for it...

 

[StinkyPinky]

I dreaded the news of TES:Online as I fear it is the end of TES Single player games as we know it.

This opinion comes from my experience with Ultima Online. They were coming out with Ultimas on a regular basis until UO came out and the single player game was dead. Well actually I heard something about a new Ultima being developed right now. But we had to wait about 15 years for it...

Ultima Forever. It's a pay to win game and looks cartoonish. I don't hold out much hope.

 

[smackababy]

I dreaded the news of TES:Online as I fear it is the end of TES Single player games as we know it.

This opinion comes from my experience with Ultima Online. They were coming out with Ultimas on a regular basis until UO came out and the single player game was dead. Well actually I heard something about a new Ultima being developed right now. But we had to wait about 15 years for it...

Except UO wasn't a blatant cash cow. It was an experiment and very ambitious. But then again, who in Bethesda's team is on the level of Richard Garriott. Also, Ultima IX came out after UO and brought the story to an end IIRC.

 

[CrackRabbit]

I dreaded the news of TES:Online as I fear it is the end of TES Single player games as we know it.

This opinion comes from my experience with Ultima Online. They were coming out with Ultimas on a regular basis until UO came out and the single player game was dead. Well actually I heard something about a new Ultima being developed right now. But we had to wait about 15 years for it...

I think that has more to do with Ultima X flopping than UO's popularity.
I have seen the trend elsewhere though, instead of more Warcraft games the entire storyline of Azeroth has been fucked by WoW.

 

[Qbah]

The MMO is not done by Todd Howard and his team. Some other dev studio is doing it.

I ain't touching that "game" with a 10ft pole.

Now if the next real Elder Scrolls is in Khajiit lands, that would be really really cool!! I always play a Khajiit Instant pre-purchase for me!

 

[Sulaco]

If they do...

THEY NEED TO HIRE MORE F*CKING VOICE ACTORS.

Seriously. Not outright lie about it in the prerelease interviews, pretending the voice talent had drastically (numerically) increased.

Triple or quadruple the number of voice actors, especially for the "animal" races (Khajit and Argonians). Having them all sound identical, with that raspy, scratchy voice for every single NPC would be beyond maddening.

This is true regardless of the race, they need more voice talent in general. But listening to only Argonians or Khajiit for more than a few minutes would make your ears bleed.

 

[Fingolfin269]

Didn't Warcraft make mega bucks? I haven't seen a new Warcraft game in a long time.

Also, not sure if this is the best place to ask or not but here goes...

Skyrim was really my first go around with this type of game. Loved it. So then I played Fallout 3. Loved it. I figure New Vegas will be next but what I'm wondering is if I'll find less enjoyment trying to go backwards in the series. Oblivion for example. Is it similar enough to Skyrim? Or did Skyrim approve upon some major annoyances in Oblivion that would be even more obvious to me after Skyrim?

Sorry if this is perceived as a thread hijack. I can always create a separate one.

 

[diesbudt]

You mean Elder Scrolls Online?

I highly doubt that there's ever going to be an off-line Elder Scrolls "6". But anyway, by the way the name is Elsweyr. At least Elder Scrolls Online's "world" happens to be pretty much the whole of Tamriel, since the story revolves around Molag Bal wanting to conquer and control Tamriel itself, which means that either from the start after release, or later via expansions Elsweyr will be part of the various provinces (or "regions") of the game's map to explore and quest in.

So in essence ESO will most likely offer what you'd like, albeit under MMORPG format. If you really expect an "actual" single-player ES6 in the veins of Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim then I think you'll be in for quite the disappointment. But, sure I might be wrong and they might make a sixth single-player ES game. If they do make one then at the very least it won't be released quite some time (I.E. maybe a decade, lol) after ESO, because that one will be their cash-cow for years to follow... UNLESS it flops and needs to go F2P after a year or two (which could also happen, we never know).

ESO is planned to take place many years before ES 1 or after ES 5. And only have access to most regions, not all right away.

And as others have said. Looks so generic, and uninteresting/nothing new.

 

[diesbudt]

Didn't Warcraft make mega bucks? I haven't seen a new Warcraft game in a long time.

Also, not sure if this is the best place to ask or not but here goes...

Skyrim was really my first go around with this type of game. Loved it. So then I played Fallout 3. Loved it. I figure New Vegas will be next but what I'm wondering is if I'll find less enjoyment trying to go backwards in the series. Oblivion for example. Is it similar enough to Skyrim? Or did Skyrim approve upon some major annoyances in Oblivion that would be even more obvious to me after Skyrim?

Sorry if this is perceived as a thread hijack. I can always create a separate one.

Skyrim was much better than oblivion, honestly my favorite one in the series.

However many people will tell you Morrowwind (3) was the standout for them amongst the 3 "current" ES games available (3,4,5).

But playing backwards will not ruin it for you, combat is similar. However leveling and stealth and such had some changes from Ob - Skyrim. Plus each Elder scrolls game takes place in a differet region after I.

(2 I am not certain, 3 morrowind, 4 the middle region/empire/tamrial, 5 skyrim)

 

[SMOGZINN]

I highly doubt that there's ever going to be an off-line Elder Scrolls "6".

I think there will be an Elder Scrolls 7 though. As others have commented, I think ESO is going to fail badly.
I have been a Elder Scrolls fan since Marrowind, I've put in hundreds of hours into each game, and I won't be getting ESO.

If they do...

THEY NEED TO HIRE MORE F*CKING VOICE ACTORS.

They need to make a call for the community to help in the voice acting. A lot of unimportant NPC's could be voice acted by the community. They could have a different voice for every guard in the game if they just posted lines on their forums and asked for submissions.
Of course they would have to have some method to distribute all those sound files, as I doubt they could put them all on a single disk. Perhaps as free DLC.
This would also release some information about the game early, but I think I could live with that.

 

[poohbear]

They'll continue to do single player ES games, they sell too damn well not too. I think ES Online is going to bomb from what we've seen/heard so far, one of the most generic looking MMO's I've seen so far. If it wasn't for the ES theme you wouldn't even be able to tell it isn't some F2P mmo out already.

As for the question at hand. I hope it doesn't take place in cat city. I don't like them at all in the games and if I had to deal with a very large portion of it them, ugh.

this.

i totally agree, Skyrim is STILL in the top 10 Steam sellers over a YEAR after release! its been selling so well they never dropped the price below 50% on any of the sales even after being out so long & it STILL sells for $59.99 new! That's unheard of, even Starcraft2 by Blizzard had its price dropped to 39.99 after a year of release. It has BY FAR outsold alot of MMOs out there despite being a single player game. I personally don't understand it, but there's no way they wouldn't make a ES 6.

 

[Zorander]

Am I the only one who hopes that the Elder Scrolls 6 takes place in Elsmeyr, home of the Khajit?

Can I expect Lolcats and Neko-musume? :whiste:

 

[Markbnj]

THEY NEED TO HIRE MORE F*CKING VOICE ACTORS.

Seriously. Not outright lie about it in the prerelease interviews, pretending the voice talent had drastically (numerically) increased.

I'd rather they didn't. It's a losing battle at least until we get realistic text-to-speech that is good enough for dramatic voicing. In the meantime I'd rather they put that money into more content, fixing bugs, and an interface that is actually usable. Skyrim was the game that convinced me voice acting doesn't add enough to the game to make it worth the current costs. Maybe keep it on the key encounters. For regular NPCs I'd almost rather read text and imaging their voices myself.

 

[akahoovy]

I'd rather they didn't. It's a losing battle at least until we get realistic text-to-speech that is good enough for dramatic voicing. In the meantime I'd rather they put that money into more content, fixing bugs, and an interface that is actually usable. Skyrim was the game that convinced me voice acting doesn't add enough to the game to make it worth the current costs. Maybe keep it on the key encounters. For regular NPCs I'd almost rather read text and imaging their voices myself.

Agreed. I don't like listening to every character be voice acted, unless they're important or a personality. A lot of times I'll read the subtitles and skip ahead. Fallout: New Vegas I feel has done the best job out of ES/FO games, but I could still do with less.

 

[Sulaco]

I'd rather they didn't. It's a losing battle at least until we get realistic text-to-speech that is good enough for dramatic voicing. In the meantime I'd rather they put that money into more content, fixing bugs, and an interface that is actually usable. Skyrim was the game that convinced me voice acting doesn't add enough to the game to make it worth the current costs. Maybe keep it on the key encounters. For regular NPCs I'd almost rather read text and imaging their voices myself.

My post was in response to the OP, hoping that the game takes place in the Khaajit homeland.

As it stands, there are a total of 2 voice for the entire Khaajit race...a male and a female. If the next game took place in a land predominated by Khaajit, listening to the same 2 people would get beyond burdensome after awhile.

I realize you can "skip ahead" in conversations, but it goes beyond that. The ambient talking and background conversations NPC have with each other, especially in large towns, can't be skipped or overlooked.

 

[frozentundra123456]

Skyrim was much better than oblivion, honestly my favorite one in the series.

However many people will tell you Morrowwind (3) was the standout for them amongst the 3 "current" ES games available (3,4,5).

But playing backwards will not ruin it for you, combat is similar. However leveling and stealth and such had some changes from Ob - Skyrim. Plus each Elder scrolls game takes place in a differet region after I.

(2 I am not certain, 3 morrowind, 4 the middle region/empire/tamrial, 5 skyrim)

Many people do feel Morrowind is the best game. Surprisingly, I tried to start it 2 or 3 times and never could get into it. Oblivion possibly had a more epic story than Skyrim, but the levelling system was absolutely terrible. I liked the game a lot, but Skyrim was my favorite of the 3 and one of my top 5 or so games ever. I dont think it would matter which order you played them in.

 

[StinkyPinky]

I played Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim all at release.

They're all good games, but I probably liked Skyrim the best. Morrowind a close second but I went back to play it recently and it is dated and couldn't get back into it. Oblivion was also pretty good but it was a bit generic fantasy.

I'm thinking the next game could be Hammerfell.