Bethesdas GRAND plan? : V

» Sat May 28, 2011 8:03 pm

Anyone think Beth will make an ES game in each province before making TES:Tamriel?

Is that what they're planning? sure its a long way to go, but I can see it happening one day when technology allows it.

» Sat May 28, 2011 12:09 pm

One can always dream right?

» Sat May 28, 2011 3:56 pm

hoping by that time we have startrek like holodecks

» Sat May 28, 2011 10:04 am

Their grand plan is to destroy the Evil Overlord that is Valve!

Oh wait...

» Sat May 28, 2011 2:50 pm

I think by then Bethesda will be currupt, tes will be bought by a different studio, Bethesda will be bought by different company, tes will have stoped being made, a new gen of gaming will be available which tes can't be made for or you will have died of old age/too old for games.
I wish it were true but I can't see my self playing tes tamreil. :'(

» Sat May 28, 2011 8:53 am

we're talking on a decades scale here- right?

I dunno- considering the world doesn't meet an apocalypse or Zenimax doesn't go bust- I'd say thee's a good chance they'll make TES Tamriel after all the provinces are finished- considering by that stage they'll have mapped every inch of the continent anyway

- just need to update it

» Sat May 28, 2011 12:33 pm

How about TES: Nirn?

Or TES: Mundus? :unsure:

» Sat May 28, 2011 9:07 pm

How about TES: Nirn?

Or TES: Mundus? :unsure:

TES: Under the Water.
The underwater civilizations will rise and destroy everything!

And then we shall get TES: Nirn.

» Sat May 28, 2011 4:56 am

That would have to make it one of the longest game series in history. Let's see... 9 provinces x 4-5 years each = roughly 36-45 years plus it would probably take at LEAST 5 years to make the final one, so like... minimum 50 years. That'd be difficult to achieve.

» Sat May 28, 2011 9:16 am

That would have to make it one of the longest game series in history. Let's see... 9 provinces x 4-5 years each = roughly 36-45 years plus it would probably take at LEAST 5 years to make the final one, so like... minimum 50 years. That'd be difficult to achieve.

By the time Bethesda would be ready to make such a game, I think technology would have advanced so much that they could create big worlds and fill it with objects and everything so fast and easy, it would take just a few years

» Sat May 28, 2011 9:08 pm

the questline could be you are a black horse courier who has a package stole from him from a drunk wood elf.

you have to hunt him across the continent.

» Sat May 28, 2011 7:10 pm

You're making an assumption that Bethesda has a grand plan?

I'm pretty sure they are making it up as they go along, but I could be wrong :wink_smile:

» Sat May 28, 2011 7:00 am

What about TRDNES XI: Tamriel (The recently discovered new elder scrolls) As long as it doesnt become TESCOD XI

» Sat May 28, 2011 1:18 pm

That would have to make it one of the longest game series in history. Let's see... 9 provinces x 4-5 years each = roughly 36-45 years plus it would probably take at LEAST 5 years to make the final one, so like... minimum 50 years. That'd be difficult to achieve.

Well, when Skyrim is launched, they have already covered High Rock, Morrowind, Cyrodiil and Skyrim. (Not including "spinoff"-games)
That leaves Elweyr, Black Marsh, Valenwood, Sumurset Isle and Hammerfell(not counting the part included in Daggerfall) = 5 provinces to be covered. 20-25 years after Skyrim, then.

» Sat May 28, 2011 8:22 am

You're making an assumption that Bethesda has a grand plan?

- Gee, Pete, what are we going to do tonight ?
- The same thing we do every night, Todd — try to make a massive game-world !

Seems a bit unrealistic for now.

I'll settle for "TESVII : Akavir".

» Sat May 28, 2011 8:51 pm

this is possible, it'll take a good 20+ years to do the rest of the provinces, and by the time (if)they get started they'll prolly have a few hundred more people hired

» Sat May 28, 2011 9:03 pm

hoping by that time we have startrek like holodecks

lulwut?
startrek like holodecks?

» Sat May 28, 2011 8:58 pm

Anyone think Beth will make an ES game in each province before making TES:Tamriel?

They already made a game that was over ALL of Tamriel: Arena.

But I think if they made an open world that size of Tamriel (the size of Daggerfall), it would be too big.

» Sat May 28, 2011 7:35 am

the questline could be you are a black horse courier who has a package stole from him from a drunk wood elf.

you have to hunt him across the continent.

that's actually not a bad idea, then the quest will get more epic as you go, its has a comic flare (at first) then it becomes dead serious. :wink_smile:

» Sat May 28, 2011 9:31 am

lulwut?
startrek like holodecks?

Holodecks !! like the ones in startrek

you never saw startrek ???

- Gee, Pete, what are we going to do tonight ?
- The same thing we do every night, Todd — try to TAKE OVER THE world !

fixed that for yah

» Sat May 28, 2011 1:45 pm

TES: Oblivion, and I mean the REAL Oblivion not just the Deadlands (or the madhouse if SI expansion is counted)
16/17 Daedric planes of Oblivion to explore

» Sat May 28, 2011 3:38 pm

They already made a game that was over ALL of Tamriel: Arena.

But I think if they made an open world that size of Tamriel (the size of Daggerfall), it would be too big.

Yeah, to be honest, it would probably be overwhelming. You'd NEVER be able to finish.

» Sat May 28, 2011 6:46 pm

- Gee, Pete, what are we going to do tonight ?
- The same thing we do every night, Todd — try to make a massive game-world !

Seems a bit unrealistic for now.

I'll settle for "TESVII : Akavir".

Petey and Todd Todd Todd Todd Todd Todd...

» Sat May 28, 2011 12:51 pm

Yeah, to be honest, it would probably be overwhelming. You'd NEVER be able to finish.

Isn't that a good thing? You'd never have to buy another game!

And Daggerfall was only 'too big' because of the amount of cities, space between them etc. Have an Oblivion-style city plan in each Continent, and it'd be awesome.

» Sat May 28, 2011 8:37 pm

Isn't that a good thing? You'd never have to buy another game!

And Daggerfall was only 'too big' because of the amount of cities, space between them etc. Have an Oblivion-style city plan in each Continent, and it'd be awesome.

I never thought Daggerfall was "too big", I thought the size was a very good feature. I spent years playing that game, and I'm nowhere near visiting every town. And there shouldn't be a need to. Some towns should just "be there", without any connection to any quest line(maybe a couple of Radiant Story quests, by the time TES IX comes out, this will no doubt have been improved to the point where they can generate pretty good semi-random quests). It adds ambience and rewards exploration.