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[Danneee]

I really really liked Oblivion, admittedly they may have fumled i bit with some things (animations, levelling system and so on), but I cant recall another fantasy game that had a world feeling as immersive as Oblivions. Nice simple high fantasy at its best.

Bethesda, just use the same engine as you used in Fallout 3 (just the Oblivion one with improvements i believe) and give me another Elder Scrolls game asap! It would be interesting if they used two or more countries with political tension between them (Im not that familiar with ES lore so I cant really give any examples here).

 

[-WindYoshi-]

Bethesda is too busy working on their Wii game, just like Mistwalker.

 

[MCermak]

Yeah right. This is the Bethesda modus operandi at work. Deny it then the release it soon after. Watch for them to announce it in the next year, if not in Germany lol let me dream).

 

[Spoit]

Whatever it is they're working on, I hope they finally get rid of gamebyro.

 

[GreekWolf]

Yikes, I surely hope this is just typical PR nonsense. The Elder Scrolls is really the only RPG franchise I actively get excited about anymore.

Morrowind ranks as my favorite WRPG of all-time, while Oblivion (flawed as it was) still resides close to the top.

 

[tehvampire]

I hope we get a new TES game eventually.
I loved Oblivion

I liked fallout 3 but there seemed to be just so much less content than in Oblivion. That game was packed.

 

[Asmodai]

If any game developer/publisher tells me there won't be a sequel to a game that sold 5 million copies, the only reaction is to laugh.

Especially when there have already been four entries in said series.

Bethesda can take their time with TESV, or TESMMO, or whatever it may be, though. I am sure whatever they are working on at the moment will suffice, whether it be Fallout 4 or something else.

 

[Commanche Raisin Toast]

Whatever it is they're working on, I hope they finally get rid of gamebyro.

this. even with all the advancements they made with the F3 version of it, it's still painfully old and dated........ and ugly.

don't get me wrong, when i first played oblivion it was beautiful, but in 2009 both games look disgusting. fun, great, amazing games- yes. but trash graphics. sorry.

 

[Asmodai]

this. even with all the advancements they made with the F3 version of it, it's still painfully old and dated........ and ugly.

don't get me wrong, when i first played oblivion it was beautiful, but in 2009 both games look disgusting. fun, great, amazing games- yes. but trash graphics. sorry.

It's the animations that kill it.

Of course, no other games have such huge numbers of characters and environments that all need lip syncing animations and the like.

That said, they really need to take a cue from Mass Effect in terms of character animation. The whole "stare you in the face unblinking" while talking is just weird. ME does it much better, makes it seem much more natural.

 

["God's Beard!"]

It's the animations that kill it.

Of course, no other games have such huge numbers of characters and environments that all need lip syncing animations and the like.

That said, they really need to take a cue from Mass Effect in terms of character animation. The whole "stare you in the face unblinking" while talking is just weird. ME does it much better, makes it seem much more natural.

I doubt animating conversations like mass effect in a game of this scale would be very cost effective.

 

[Asmodai]

I doubt animating conversations like mass effect in a game of this scale would be very cost effective.

Aye, and that's undoubtedly why the animations are much worse in Fallout 3 (though the lip syncing is a lot better than in Oblivion).

But just improving the few stock animations would really help.

 

[Takao]

What about the

Spoiler

vaporware:

Elder Scroll Travelers for PSP?

Then we'd need Devil May Cry PSP, as the trinity of big name

Spoiler

vaporware

PSP games would be complete!

Seriously though, I'd love Travelers.

 

[MikeE21286]

Then we'd need Devil May Cry PSP, as the trinity of big name

Spoiler

vaporware

PSP games would be complete!

Seriously though, I'd love Travelers.

what was the third?

 

[Commanche Raisin Toast]

I doubt animating conversations like mass effect in a game of this scale would be very cost effective.

hell i'd take an oblivion with ME-quality animations and NO conversation animations at all. just text and audio while they stare and smile at me. :lol

 

[Huevos de Oro]

Hopefully it's just a mind trick. Will be glad to learn that TESV is in development. Got back to Oblivion yesterday to continue my Dark Brotherhood progression, and I'm all giddy; barely 40 hours in and haven't even touched Knights or Shivering Isles

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or the main quest for that matter

.

 

[Bluth54]

Bethesda publishing exec Paul Oughton said last year that they potentially have an Elder Scrolls title in the works for 2010.

 

[MCermak]

this. even with all the advancements they made with the F3 version of it, it's still painfully old and dated........ and ugly.

don't get me wrong, when i first played oblivion it was beautiful, but in 2009 both games look disgusting. fun, great, amazing games- yes. but trash graphics. sorry.

Mediocre, yes. Disgusting? Absolutely not. At least not fallout 3. (it's been awhile since oblivion for me but fallout 3 is significantly improved) The animation may be bad, but the game has visual charm IMO.

 

[BlueTsunami]

Bethesda publishing exec Paul Oughton said last year that they potentially have an Elder Scrolls title in the works for 2010.

I'd cream, shit and piss my pants all at once if an ES5 came out this year

 

[bloodforge]

There's nothing wrong with Gamebryo, it is more than capable of doing almost everything any other engine they could use could do, its just Bethesda's use of it that makes it look ugly.

 

[DogWelder]

Bethesda publishing exec Paul Oughton said last year that they potentially have an Elder Scrolls title in the works for 2010.

It's in the OP already. =p

 

[LiK]

bummer.

 

[TheKurgan]

Makes no sense - TES 5 would sell a shit load and Bethesda knows it. Hopefully they are just blowing smoke and it's a late 2010 title.

 

[Macstorm]

Update From Bethesda

 

[XanatharDeath]

Good news. Now if only they could stop making videogames.

 

[Meadows]

Update From Bethesda

Wow...so they are making another TES game

 

[DogWelder]

^They were always going to make one, it was just a matter of when.