Elder Scrolls Turns V at Spike VGAs

[The Amazing Tea Alligator]

Not like Oblivion, not like Oblivion, not like Oblivion...

Whats wrong with Oblivion, the only badthing I can think is my computers to crappy to run it well

It was just boring. Enemies scaling with you, boring looking asthetics - the only thing they improved were the graphics and the combat. I miss Morrowind and it's badass design. Just... less brown, Bethesda.

Less brown Oblivion is pretty green! Morrowind was green and grey If I remember right.
Still I love both of them.
Hopefully this on will be good.

Oblivion definetely wasn't brown
What I'd like to see is Mount and Blade's combat (but tighter controls and more movement oriented, for pete's sake), Morrowind's artistic design and sense of awe and lack of fast travel and good exploration, and Oblivion's Patrick Stewart.

 

[maturin]

Okay, I've calmed down. This would happen after an eternity of waiting and only after I've quit modding, playing and going on ES-related forums. Still, it's fun to imagine the chaos over there right now.

It's Skyrim, and no one in surprised.

And not that ES ever handled dragons in an involved or compelling way, but if the plot is omfgwtf Dragon! I'm going to be pissed. And if Bethesda makes a Skyrim game as an excuse to harp on every nerd's Viking fetish with Beowulf references thrown in to placate the high brow, I'm going to spit in the grave of their creativity that Oblivion dug. Don't let me down, people. Stuff your ears with something to block out Todd Howard and hire your old friends to be contract writers on everything.

 

[Ophiuchus]

OP

Don't know if it's worth mentioning, since there's so many comments here about the 'same old engine' etc: Bethesda have confirmed that it uses a brand new engine. http://twitter.com/Bethblog/status/14010984884604929

 

[ImprovizoR]

I heard V runs on the same shitty/buggy game engine once again. I am going to skip this one instead of a Day I purchase. Morrowind still has to be beaten by Oblivion and the like.

It is the same engine but I hear it's upgraded so much that it doesn't even look like the same engine. We can't know for sure until some gameplay videos or in-game screenshots are released. I'm guessing we'll see some screenshots by the end of this month.

Don't get me wrong on this one. Sure I enjoyed Fallout 3 but in all honesty, the time to upgrade your engine a little more for a new game is really showing the lazy ass of the studio.

Why not start anew and introduce a 2.0. You know, a completly revamped with better animation this time. I always lost immersion whenever I saw another character or being 1st person in any game of theirs and get the impression I am only a floating camera.

Or hell, use a new engine, less likely but if they really don't start doing some radical shit on the graphical/technical department, I am just going to wait for a bargain price on this one.

They said on their twitter that it's a brand new engine. And they also said that it's a heavily modified previous engine. I guess both claims are kinda truth. You know CoD4, MW2 and BO run on a heavily modified Quake 3 engine. So it is possible to pimp the shit out of the engine.

 

[ionveau]

It better change the engine or it will suck hard how old is their engine like 15 by now?

Oblivion came out 4 years ago.

They should at least refine the engine so you can move stuff other than what you can pick up. "DERP THIS CHAIR IS INVINCIBLE!"

Oblivion came out in 1998 then in 2000 then in 2006 i think look it up

the oblivion from 2000 and 2006 both used the same engine and both engines are awkward and annoying to play with

 

[brodie21]

the only thing i saw and i turned it on just as todd howard was announced. and its the only thing i care about

 

[2up]

OP

Don't know if it's worth mentioning, since there's so many comments here about the 'same old engine' etc: Bethesda have confirmed that it uses a brand new engine. http://twitter.com/Bethblog/status/14010984884604929

Of course, but they never denied using an updated Gamebryo engine though. If I can recall, the latest Fallout used an updated Gamebryo engine. Personally, I think the engine is an ugly and outdated crapfest that has always been riddled with game breaking bugs, graphical glitches and awkward animations. Unacceptable really. In all likelihood they are using an updated version of Gamebryo and passing it off as brand new. This is what I believe until Bethesda actually states explicitly that it is a new engine created from the ground up. Otherwise, it is a tremendous disappointment to a lot of knowledgeable and tech-savvy gamers.

In the meantime, check out the latest Uncharted 3 gameplay video. Bethesda would do well to see how Naughty Dog improved their engine.

 

[VanityGirl]

Yay for the news, but the teaser trailer sucked. I wanted to see a villian, a hero or SOMETHING.
Sorry, if I had watched the travesty that was the VGAs just for the new trailers, I at least wanted kickassness in said trailer to cover up for me having to listen to Dane Cook talk about anything.

 

[Sneaky Paladin]

Oh Oh Oh just thought of a joke. " This just in the new elder scrolls game " The elder scrolls skyrim " Will only be playable on Kinect and Move. Betheseda has just reported " We just don't wanna make a PC version " What will this mean for the elder scrolls series? Stay tuned to find out "

 

[Ancientgamer]

The whole announcement made me squeal like a girl, but one thing that made me super happy was the music. I love that they've been incorperating a unified set of themes and motifs for the past 3 or 4 games, and this doesn't dissapoint. It's glorious.

 

[Sightless Wisdom]

YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11


Sweet fucking jesus it's about time! I have no idea how this game is going to turn out, but Bethesda hasn't let me down yet, hopefully this will be another game worth spending more than a hundred hours of my life in.

 

[addeB]

This is so god damn awesome! I have been waiting for this day since i finished oblivion!

 

[008Zulu_v1legacy]

It better change the engine or it will suck hard how old is their engine like 15 by now?

Oblivion just looked like a shinier version of Morrowind, so dont count on it.

Game will be buggy as hell, just like Oblivion, Fallout 3 and New Vegas. Will likely fall to the modding community to make it playable.

 

[Misterian]

Next Elder Scrolls game? set in Skyrim?

Okay, I'm completely sold! And if Nord's are playable, I'll start my first playthrough as one.

 

[Double A]

It better change the engine or it will suck hard how old is their engine like 15 by now?

Oblivion came out 4 years ago.

They should at least refine the engine so you can move stuff other than what you can pick up. "DERP THIS CHAIR IS INVINCIBLE!"

Oblivion came out in 1998 then in 2000 then in 2006 i think look it up

the oblivion from 2000 and 2006 both used the same engine and both engines are awkward and annoying to play with

Dude, you're thinking of The Elder Scrolls, which is the series. Oblivion in the fourth game in the TES series.

 

[Rakkana]

:O I jizzed...

A year till release though

 

[Ruwrak]

I'll tip my hat to Bethesda and get ready to pay through the nose for this.
Crud.. Me and my elderscrolls obsession =/

 

[Julianking93]

YEESS!!!!
I've been wanting a Skyrim setting ^-^

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

It better change the engine or it will suck hard how old is their engine like 15 by now?

Oblivion came out 4 years ago.

They should at least refine the engine so you can move stuff other than what you can pick up. "DERP THIS CHAIR IS INVINCIBLE!"

Oblivion came out in 1998 then in 2000 then in 2006 i think look it up

the oblivion from 2000 and 2006 both used the same engine and both engines are awkward and annoying to play with

Ah, a troll I see.

Still doesn't work, because no TES games were released in the year 2000. And Redguard, which came out in 1998 is actually pretty different to the other games in the series.

TES and Metal Gear, the two places where I have super-nerd-knowledge.

If I check my old Thamriel map, Skirim is smaller than Cyrodiil.

I hope they either extend the canonical playing area or let you wander of (go to) untold locations (islands, Oblivions, other planes).

I wouldn't worry too much. They can sort of... stretch the worldspace out. I mean, would any of the towns from Oblivion really be that small?

 

[ImprovizoR]

They said on their twitter that it's a brand new engine. And they also said that it's a heavily modified previous engine. I guess both claims are kinda truth. You know CoD4, MW2 and BO run on a heavily modified Quake 3 engine. So it is possible to pimp the shit out of the engine.

As I said, my final verdict will be based on game footage and then actual screenshots.

I do hope you are aware that CoD isn't really a graphical masterpiece? I have seen little to none graphical steps up since the MW1 game. There is a reason why it's locked 60 FPS you know. If I would compare it to Gears of War 2, CoD pretty much gets the short stick. But that's just bashing on CoD again.

I am not holding my breathe but I hope for a new engine with TES V.

I am just saying that you can upgrade the engine drastically. CoD engine isn't even called Quake 3 engine anymore but that's what it is. I never said that CoD was a graphical masterpiece. It's actually pretty ugly sometimes.