Rumor: Next Elder Scrolls Game to be set 200 Years After Oblivion

[RanD00M]

So we can finally get get Crossbows?.Or primitive cannons?.

 

[Cowabungaa]

Well I'm sure if the Fallout engine is anything to go by, we'll be seeing raids on those pretty little villages of yours and I'm sure that a few cities have been upgraded to the classical gothic architecture but I guarantee that Imperial City is decimated.

As long as I can have those classical gothic cities, I'm happy. Gah, I get excited about this the more we talk about it. Anything from the weapons to the clothes to the architecture, gah I want it now!

 

[The_ModeRazor]

Hey, is that a crossbow?
Sweet, but the NPC wielding had better not be an imperial guard.

 

[spuddyt]

You're all assuming that the universe these games take place in will follow in Earth's technological footsteps.

In fact, it makes logical sense for them to NOT follow current trends in technology... Technology progressed a lot slower back in that kind of era. religion, yay

 

[Croix Sinistre]

You're all assuming that the universe these games take place in will follow in Earth's technological footsteps.

wow, all this talk about guns and whatnot. In TES universe, all the lore takes place in hundreds if not thousands of years, and the whole time they've been fighting with magic and swords, plus, its a fantasy franchise, do you guys really think that 200 years in a fantasy realm is comparable to 200 years in reality? technologically speaking?

 

[Captain Pancake]

Sounds a bit like a fable 2 move...

 

[mobsterlobster]

Weren't there crossbows in Morrowind?

 

[Jon Etheridge]

Perhaps in the 200 years the world of Cyrodil managed to become slightly more interesting and now amounts to more than a really big green meadow...

LOL. This.

I love Bethesda but they really need to work on their variety. I realize creating a world like Oblivion or The Capitol Wasteland is no easy task but I sure would love to see more than a few colors in these games.

 

[KaiRai]

No no no no no no no noooooo!

Oblivion with guns would be dire!!! It needs to just stay as a fantasy game. Swords and bows ftw. The most I'm hoping for is crossbows.

Would like the weapons improved a bit too.

 

[Woodsey]

The Elder Scrolls with muskets?

I'd prefer it if TES managed to stay as far away from any ideas that Fable 2 had as much as possible. Man that game was not worth £20.

Can't wait for the next game though (even if this rumour is untrue there will be a next game).

 

[KittywifaMohawk]

Sounds interesting, I just hope it doesn't have guns.

 

[Actsub]

Ewww, machines? Guns? These all just sound like a butchering of the Elder Scrolls franchise. I pray to god none of you are right about this.
Also, you all seem to refer to machines 'powered by magic', while this isn't completely impossible in the Elder Scrolls universe, it's a stupid idea - Dwemer technology isn't powered by magic at all, and that's the only thing in Elder Scrolls that fits in with you guys' prayers for guns (again, ew).

 

[Fasckira]

Hey, is that a crossbow?
Sweet, but the NPC wielding had better not be an imperial guard.

"Stop right there lawbreaker or I'll shoot you in the face!."

Adds a whole new level of terror to being apprehended by the local guard.

 

[johnman]

Oblivion with guns!

You mean Fallout 3?
In morrowind the Dwarfs already had masses of steam machinery, in Oblivion they just had some empty stone corridors.....

 

[Cowabungaa]

In fact, it makes logical sense for them to NOT follow current trends in technology... Technology progressed a lot slower back in that kind of era. religion, yay

Also, magic might change the evolution of technology, a bit.
After all, technology improves because we needed it to - if we had a viable alternative, it probably wouldn't have developed along the lines it did.

Different? Most certainly. Worse? Not so sure. We might want to look at Warcraft for that, that has some interesting magic-technology mixes. Like the techno mage:

Nah, doubt we'll see some of that. Seeing as Oblivion takes place in medieval times, I doubt 200 years later would mean steampunk technology. I'm thinking more of something like the 1500's, think Assassin's Creed 2: guns are there, but they're not yet the best weapons out there and you'll spend a lot more time using bows, melee weapons, and in Elder Scrolls case, magic. I'm a lot more excited for the change in architecture, clothes, aesthetical differences.

 

[Skratt]

TES V: The MMO Prelude...

ick

 

[Flamezdudes]

Seem's pretty interesting. I doubt it will come out next year though, at the earliest it will be 2011.

 

[BloodSquirrel]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Elder Scrolls is one of the least compelling fantasy worlds I've ever seen. I'd really like to see Bethesda create an RPG in a more interesting setting (To be honest, Fallout isn't the most interesting setting either).