Report: Bethesda Working On Elder Scrolls MMO

[fayfly]

I would play it IF...

1) it was small-number servers or instanced worlds like Guild Wars. I REALLY don't want to see 500 people swarming over the countryside. If towns were populated great-- but I don't like fighting over kills. I don't.

2) There were policed Roleplay-ONLY servers with naming restrictions. Because like someone said, AiLikezBoobiez1212 should never, ever be on my server. Or in existence.

3) Modding community!

4) There was a much better QA team on the MMO than the normal game. Bugs of ES scale are rarely funny in an mmo setting.

 

[Chairman Miaow]

Double points to anyone who can craft a convincing argument for how this game might topple Blizzard's World of Warcraft empire.

it would be on consoles ? i mean it would right ? Elder Scrolls is on consoles.

there has never been a "breakthrough" console MMO.

its one of those things that everyone knows will happen at some point but simply hasn't happened yet.

this, if true, is a very serious contender.


PS here's my bet for the factions:
Dragons: Dovahkiin led or inspired "rebellion" (possibly including NPC Dragons)
Lions: The Cyrodiil Empire
Bird of Prey: The Aldmeri Dominion

Guild Wars 2 is going to consoles. And it looks awesome, and doesn't have a subscription.

 

[SirCannonFodder]

I dunno if anyone else mentioned this (I haven't had my coffee yet and am too lazy to read all replies), but it's not necessarily Bethesda who's working on the game.
Zenimax, Bethesda's mother-company also has a branch called Zenimax online. Let's see what it says on their site:

ZeniMax Online is a part of the ZeniMax Media group of companies, which includes Bethesda Softworks, makers of the best-selling, award-winning Elder Scrolls series and Fallout 3.

Now, here's the interesting part, taken from their FAQ:


Who are you guys?

We're the best kept secret in the gaming industry? But, seriously, we're the online game development studio of ZeniMax Media, who also owns Bethesda Softworks. So think of us as the multiplayer-focused Bethesda Softworks.

Our President was one of the founders of Mythic Entertainment and was the producer of Dark Age of Camelot and lots of other titles there.

...

What are you working on now?

We really can't say. We're just not ready to say anything specifically about the title that we are developing except to say that it is a massive AAA quality MMOG title that we think will challenge the current market leaders.


Source: http://www.zenimaxonline.com/faq.html

Btw: this is not new. These statements have been there for at least a year, I think.

That FAQ should probably say "Bethesda Game Studios" instead of "Bethesda Softworks". I mean, Bethesda Softworks is Zenimax's publishing arm, they don't actually make any games themselves, while Zenimax Online is a development studio. Unless Zenimax are planning on making Zenimax Online into a new publishing brand, they're in no way the "multiplayer-focused Bethesda Softworks".

 

[Jorec]

Hell I'd play it. Might be good if they take the time to polish it to its fullest. Although that makes me wonder if they have been working on it for awhile now, keeping it under wraps.

 

[Buizel91]

They have to come up with something better than Elder Scrolls Online, just doesn't sound fantastic enough.

Also, no one is going to be forced to play it, so don't moan.

Legends of Tamriel? best i got...

Still i doubt this is true, haven't other rumours like this spread around before? for all we know Bethesda said it may have a multiplayer option and people are taking that as an MMO...wouldn't put it past most "sources"

 

[Buizel91]

I dunno if anyone else mentioned this (I haven't had my coffee yet and am too lazy to read all replies), but it's not necessarily Bethesda who's working on the game.
Zenimax, Bethesda's mother-company also has a branch called Zenimax online. Let's see what it says on their site:

ZeniMax Online is a part of the ZeniMax Media group of companies, which includes Bethesda Softworks, makers of the best-selling, award-winning Elder Scrolls series and Fallout 3.

Now, here's the interesting part, taken from their FAQ:


Who are you guys?

We're the best kept secret in the gaming industry? But, seriously, we're the online game development studio of ZeniMax Media, who also owns Bethesda Softworks. So think of us as the multiplayer-focused Bethesda Softworks.

Our President was one of the founders of Mythic Entertainment and was the producer of Dark Age of Camelot and lots of other titles there.

...

What are you working on now?

We really can't say. We're just not ready to say anything specifically about the title that we are developing except to say that it is a massive AAA quality MMOG title that we think will challenge the current market leaders.


Source: http://www.zenimaxonline.com/faq.html

Btw: this is not new. These statements have been there for at least a year, I think.

With that in mind, at least we know (if this does happen) we will still get the single player Elder Scrolls games as well...

So no problem here ^^ woooo now take me to the Orc homeland damn it!

 

[12th_milkshake]

I'm i the only one that finds Elder Scrolls ( the whole damn franchise) really dull... It's stand up wooden fantasy setting are just so sighh.... boring.. I could never get excited. an MMO? one way to sink a successful studio imo. If EA did stick $500million into star wars and that's shocking...

 

[Antari]

Unfortunately the only way World of Warcraft will get taken down is by its own mistakes and people's boredom with it. Game companies have made it blatently obvious they don't want to try to beat World of Warcraft so its unlikely any of them will actually "try". But it would explain why Bethesda was so quick to hit Mojang with a lawsuit if they had a project in development with that name.

 

[Thoric485]

I really hope it'll have true action combat and not the standard MMO auto-attack crap, but considering they bought a HeroEngine license a few years ago i doubt it.

Atleast they have a DAoC guy in charge, that game had fantastic RvR.

 

[snave]

I used to be a mmorpgger, but then I took an arrow to the ISP.

 

[Ickorus]

I've heard these rumors before, last one was in like 2007 I think and they always get denied.

If it is true it might be cool but what I really want is simply co-op support so I can have friends tag along with me on my epic adventures.

I'ld really hope for a polished game that would let players change the world they inhabit by ruling guilds, building outposts etc. but I suppose that will remain a pipedream.

This might interest you:

http://archeage-online.com/

The only problem is it's only in Korea at the moment.

EDIT: http://archeage-online.com/about/the-world

That might be the bit that is most relevant to your interests.

 

[Tsaba]

Double points to anyone who can craft a convincing argument for how this game might topple Blizzard's World of Warcraft empire.

Well..... WoW used to be a good MMO, but, then it took an Arrow to the Knee

 

[lord.jeff]

Double points to anyone who can craft a convincing argument for how this game might topple Blizzard's World of Warcraft empire.

it would be on consoles ? i mean it would right ? Elder Scrolls is on consoles.

there has never been a "breakthrough" console MMO.

its one of those things that everyone knows will happen at some point but simply hasn't happened yet.

this, if true, is a very serious contender.


PS here's my bet for the factions:
Dragons: Dovahkiin led or inspired "rebellion" (possibly including NPC Dragons)
Lions: The Cyrodiil Empire
Bird of Prey: The Aldmeri Dominion

The source states that it will take place 1000 years before Skyrim, so we won't be seeing either the Aldmeri (I think) or Dragons.

The dragons where around during the Second Era, the game could take place when the dragons where being hunted.

 

[Fredport convention]

I would be willing to play it if they keep the combat as it is, rather than click on your target and watch your character do the work for you, that is the style I hate most which mmos usually use.
However I would much prefer a multiplayer option, along side a single player game, with the freedom to fight or turn against your mates for fun, instead of grinding the same repetetive quests amoungst hundreds of people you don't know or give a shit about.


I say the way to make it more popular than World of Warcraft, would be to make it free to play, original(so make sure it doesnt rip it off too much, or any other mmo) and finally keep that sense of freedom, so you could steal from or kill anyone you wanted and to balance it out keep the crime system.

 

[OniaPL]

Exciting year for MMO's.

Tera, Guild Wars 2... I'm afraid that a TES mmo will be trampled if it doesn't do something new.

 

[DugMachine]

Make it a console MMO and they will destroy WoW. First console MMO that does well... screw WoW and its catering to people even with low end computers, a good console MMO will get a ridiculous amount of players i'd say. Even more than WoW's peak of 12 or 13 million maybe...

 

[4ged]

well if they really want to stick it to wow they could just not make an mmo and work only on skyrim expansions that would shame morrowind, i mean if they want to emulate a game might as well be that one instead of entering a failing market for games. wow is dieing but by blizzards design, soon d3 will be out and "titan" and blizz will have there cash cow rightfully placed on the throne of online gaming, why compete with blizz when Bethesdas only goal should be to make skyrim kick more ass. a multiplayer function like borderlands would work well though would require a ton of tweaking but i can see that as more of a viable path then, "hay lets toss our hat in to the mmo arena and see where this goes" ill tell you where it goes, 6 months of toxic community's, bug fix hot-patching, downed servers and a ton of people comparing it to wow and then ultimately, ghost town servers and f2p offers that only attract 3red world country's and boters/gold farmers. the fate of all mmos is eventually this then the words "Shutdown" on mmohut lol

 

[XMark]

Sounds logical - Oblivion and Skyrim both kinda felt like a single-player MMORPG

 

[BabuNu]

Is it just me that would totally spaff my pants if this turned out to be true?

 

[Enigma Syndrome]

Screw Elder Scrolls Online

Give me my Doom 4!