Bethesda Ditching Old Tech for New Elder Scrolls Game

[Sallix]

This is definitely the best news I've heard all day. Not that some aspects of the engine weren't good. But the dialogue man, the dialogue. There's the uncanny valley, but in this case I think it was more of an uncanny Mariana Trench.

 

[Sennz0r]

Here's to hoping the game runs decently on a quad core/512 MB graphics card. I'm all for a different system than used in Oblivion (what god-awful dialogue screens), and I like prettiness on my screen as much as the next guy. However I'd rather be able to just play the game at a decent level than have it pull a Crysis on my system.

 

[Demodeus]

I'm probably the only one not happy about this because a "internally made" new engine is just a different phrasing for "awesome-graphics-with-insane-requirements-that-could-be-cut-to-half-if-they-had-just-bothered"
Look at the Unreal3 Engine. Why do you think its the most widespread engine out there? Theres better looking engines, but its basically the most efficient one in terms of graphics/hardware req.

 

[Zer_]

Just use id Tech 5 damnit.

 

[Twad]

So..
will it make things better? Less buggy? I sure hope so.

 

[blankedboy]

Sweet! Hopefully they keep all the old control schemes and console commands from the old games, I hate it when you switch from any TES game to another and your muscle memory starts to hate you...

 

[scotth266]

Yo Bethseda, while you're making your fancy new graphics engine, don't forget to make a leveling system that WON'T require a day planner for me to use properly.

 

[veloper]

Prolly going to be worse than gamebryo. Scripting games on pre-existing engines is a whole lot easier than making one from scratch. Shit, alot of the bugs in Oblivion and FO3 were scripting bugs and not even Gamebryo's fault.
The bad character models and animation are also Beth's own doing.

They should have licenced Unreal3.

 

[Killermud]

Wait a second, this new engine is based off technology for Fallout 3? Is that them saying that the new engine is just a heavily modified version of the Gamebryo engine, I damn well hope not.

 

[Jake Martinez]

Perhaps now the third-person view animations won't look so terribly awful? Probably not.

But yay for improvements nonetheless! Really, they kind of have to use a new engine considering what happened with Vegas. The current one is dated, and has always been very buggy.

I wouldn't get my hopes up too much, if they are optimizing for the console it'll probably look "better" but we'll be talking about a modest improvement instead of something revolutionary.

Console hardware is like 5 years old now and the consoles are such a huge market themselves that unless the company specifically goes out of their way to make PC specific modifications to their graphics engines, then I don't see them bringing us anything that would remotely tap the abilities of modern computers.

 

[008Zulu_v1legacy]

Its based off the tech of the old engine you say? Then, yeah, will still be as buggy as hell.

 

[Shy_Guy]

Perhaps now the third-person view animations won't look so terribly awful? Probably not.

But yay for improvements nonetheless! Really, they kind of have to use a new engine considering what happened with Vegas. The current one is dated, and has always been very buggy.

I wouldn't get my hopes up too much, if they are optimizing for the console it'll probably look "better" but we'll be talking about a modest improvement instead of something revolutionary.

Console hardware is like 5 years old now and the consoles are such a huge market themselves that unless the company specifically goes out of their way to make PC specific modifications to their graphics engines, then I don't see them bringing us anything that would remotely tap the abilities of modern computers.

Modern engines are usually very scalable though. Look at the Unreal Engine 3. It can run great on PS3 and Xbox 360, but really shines on a high-end PC.

 

[Mrsoupcup]

Has the setting for the next elder scrolls been revealed? Where will the game take place?

Skyrim, it's the region just North of Cyrodil. It's the frozen mountain region of the Canadians Nords. =P

 

[Shoggoth2588]

Eh. I liked how it was.

So did I but based on what we've seen from Morrowind to, Oblivion to, Fallout, It's sure to be good or, if nothing else, another small step forward.

 

[Vhite]

They all look fantastic and then there is gameplay made by robots which should be fun, but it isnt. I hate Bethesda.

 

[HK_01]

As positive as they're making that sound, I'm not convinced this is good news. They did much the same type of "upgrade" from Morrowind to Oblivion and in the process cut out plenty of weapon types and, though I'm not sure, it seems that Oblivion had far less enemy types. If they're making a whole new engine, I fear what else they'll cut out. This also means I have even less chance of getting a PC version, since their new graphics will no doubt require a computer somewhere in the deity level of power. Ah, I'm still excited for it, and I'm still gonna get it, I'm just mighty suspicious of this new engine they're propping up.

If it runs on current-gen consoles (which it will), there's no need to worry.

Perhaps now the third-person view animations won't look so terribly awful? Probably not.

But yay for improvements nonetheless! Really, they kind of have to use a new engine considering what happened with Vegas. The current one is dated, and has always been very buggy.

I wouldn't get my hopes up too much, if they are optimizing for the console it'll probably look "better" but we'll be talking about a modest improvement instead of something revolutionary.

Console hardware is like 5 years old now and the consoles are such a huge market themselves that unless the company specifically goes out of their way to make PC specific modifications to their graphics engines, then I don't see them bringing us anything that would remotely tap the abilities of modern computers.

Modern engines are usually very scalable though. Look at the Unreal Engine 3. It can run great on PS3 and Xbox 360, but really shines on a high-end PC.

I certainly hope that it'll look a good deal better on PC. Maybe they could make it so that on consoles it's "low" settings by default and on PC you can go "very high" or "ultra". So, basically, I'm hoping that the "low" graphics settings will fully utilize the power of consoles while people with powerful PCs (like, you know, me) can make full use of their hardware.

 

[Smooth Operator]

It's never really a good thing when the main boast goes to graphics.
And considering what a shoddy build the old one was and still is, add to that the fact they couldn't patch it up in it's lifetime of almost 10 years... I haven't got much hope for the new one, but I would like to be proven wrong because they do make great games.

 

[blippity]

I wonder if they can improve weapon combat to not be boring.

 

[Les Awesome]

meh, I actually kinda hated oblivions dated graphics and
thought its artstyle was uninspired. good call bethesda