[xemmybx]

rumour about MMO http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ZeniMax-Bethesda-Elder-Scrolls-Online-MMO,news-14481.html

Elder Scroll MMO in the works. To be revealed in May.
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ZeniMax-Bethesda-Elder-Scrolls-Online-MMO,news-14481.html#xtor=RSS-998

Unconfirmed rumor. Remember; http://www.curse.com/news/bethesda-softworks/14940-todd-howard-doesnt-want-elder-scrolls-mmo just last September...

[Leonie Connor]

If the TES MMO is really happening all I can say is:

I guess we were all just hoping for the inevitable to stall. It would be nice, but we can't lie to ourselves that it will last forever. They saw huge $$$$$$$$$$ success in Skyrim's sales. They see a huge financial opportunity in making an MMO. Of course they'd get greedy and do it eventually.

... and thus The Elder Scrolls series, as we "old time players" knew it, would be destroyed...

[SEXY QUEEN]

Elder Scroll MMO in the works. To be revealed in May.
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ZeniMax-Bethesda-Elder-Scrolls-Online-MMO,news-14481.html#xtor=RSS-998

Where is the World Eater when you really need him.

[Gemma Flanagan]

I sweer if they make it hoktey/auto-target based like ToR/WoW....or make it cartoony gfx for those people with 20 year old PCs....



Unforgivable.

[Your Mum]

Oh god, I hope this that either false or a "true" Bethesda game is also in the works, I've never desired to take my TES online.Please Bethesda I beg of you just continue with what you do well, SINGLE PLAYER RPGs!!!!!!!!!

[NeverStopThe]

I sweer if they make it hoktey/auto-target based like ToR/WoW....or make it cartoony gfx for those people with 20 year old PCs....



Unforgivable.

it'll likely be targeted for the "button thumper" crowd (XBOX, PS3)

[Chase McAbee]

If an Elder Scrolls MMORPG is in the works it's almost certainly being developed by Zenimax Online Studios, not Bethesda Game Studios.

[Prisca Lacour]

ZOMG RUINED FOREVER!

Actually not really. With their size and the number of other studios Zeni has been picking up, it is distinctly possible that a TES MMO could be designed that would not somehow retroactively destroy the "true" TES, which is a phenominon I have neither observed nor ever understood.

Now, let us all calmly take a look at this (ho ha ho, I'm saying that to the TES fanbase in a thread about new things). At this point it is a rumor, just like it was two summers ago. The MMO market isn't exactly the most open. If you're willing to shell out monthly payments for a game you already bought once, you're probably playing WoW or TOR and aren't looking too hard for a new one. If it were true, the rumor also states that it is set a "about a millenium" before Skyrim, in the second era. Which would mean it is no where near the points that could effect the main series directly.

Basically, because my computer is an XP made out of spare parts I couldn't play it even if I wanted to, and it is my strict policy not to shell out monthly game payments, but based on something I heard recently about the end of the Second Era, I think it could be interesting. I had assumed it was impossible to tell a good character story in an MMO, but TOR seems to be proving me wrong by all accounts (and by YouTube), so while I don't think this is true, I will not dismiss it out of hand or jerk my knee at in in rage if it is.

[Rik Douglas]

If this is true, it's a terrible idea. There is a lot that can be setup with this MMO including having the entire continent of Tamriel being the main map but the game is better off being a single player next gen game instead of an MMO. WOW's next project's coming out in a couple of years would be strong competition, Copernicus should be coming out within a year or two again strong competition, and you also have the other MMO's that are popular too (Not sure if SWTOR counts).

If an Elder Scrolls MMORPG is in the works it's almost certainly being developed by Zenimax Online Studios, not Bethesda Game Studios.

Hopefully that's the case because BGS has no experience outside the Single Player realm, if the rumors are true.

[Erika Ellsworth]

If an Elder Scrolls MMORPG is in the works it's almost certainly being developed by Zenimax Online Studios, not Bethesda Game Studios.

Improved that for ya. Zenimax is a dedicated MMO maker, and Bethesda has stated, multiple times, that they don't make MMOs. So if the rumor is true (I'm not sure how big of an "if" that is, given that this is a singular source which is not revealing its sources), it is certainly Zenimax making it.

Personally, I don't discriminate by genre. Just because something is an MMO doesn't mean that it has to be like WoW or that is has to svck. I'm cautiously optimistic about the supposed premise, though not at all confident that this rumor is true.

[Richard Thompson]

I'm not very good with TES lore, were the Dwemerians still around during the 2nd era? I can imagine the QQing when Dwemerians become a playable race in the TES MMO...

(and what of the snake people of Akavir?)

[QuinDINGDONGcey]

I'm not very good with TES lore, were the Dwemerians still around during the 2nd era? I can imagine the QQing when Dwemerians become a playable race in the TES MMO...

(and what of the snake people of Akavir?)

Nope. No dwemer.

There were Akaviri during that period though(Ruling the empire even). The snakemen type. Their reign died out around 431 2nd era after the morag tong wiped them out. There may have been a couple still running around. My earlier era TES history knowledge isn't very good

[le GraiN]

Personally, I don't discriminate by genre. Just because something is an MMO doesn't mean that it has to be like WoW or that is has to svck. I'm cautiously optimistic about the supposed premise, though not at all confident that this rumor is true.

Well said. I am not a big fan of MMOs as they exist in the popular model (WoW ), but I have tried different ones from time to time: Everquest (the first few years of its run), LotRO, DDO, and Age of Conan. Although none really kept my interest for very long, and had to endure the occasional troll, I did have fun with other role players.

I have been a fan of the Elder Scrolls since before the current 'stigma' associated with MMOs was present. Do you think that all the TES fans I talked to back then (Arena, Daggerfall) were excited about the idea of a MMO set in Tamriel? You bet!

I have become a bit jaded by my MMO experiences, but I would never jump on the band wagon of saying "NO!! An MMO for TES? It RUINS it, PRECIOUS!" I would simply be "cautiously optimistic," as Lady Nerevar put it, and again, very skeptical about this news until there is better confirmation.

[Cartoon]

Improved that for ya. Zenimax is a dedicated MMO maker, and Bethesda has stated, multiple times, that they don't make MMOs. So if the rumor is true (I'm not sure how big of an "if" that is, given that this is a singular source which is not revealing its sources), it is certainly Zenimax making it.

Personally, I don't discriminate by genre. Just because something is an MMO doesn't mean that it has to be like WoW or that is has to svck. I'm cautiously optimistic about the supposed premise, though not at all confident that this rumor is true.

I try not to be too definite about such things in case someone decides that the moderator tag means I'm an official Bethesda spokesperson. However it would be pretty silly to open a dedicated MMO developement studio and then have BGS make an MMO of their own.

I've never really gotten into MMOs, although I did play EverQuest on and off for a year, and I messed around with Anarchy Online when it went F2P. However I am quite curious to know what ZOS has been working on, whatever it turns out to be. (I'm also curious if it will have separate forums or not - a mod needs to prepare. )

[Michelle Serenity Boss]

If an Elder Scrolls MMORPG is in the works it's almost certainly being developed by Zenimax Online Studios, not Bethesda Game Studios.

It's still the TES universe. It's the [censored] over of the lore that worries me, as well as the drain of resources from single player.

Not good. Not good at all.

[evelina c]

I try not to be too definite about such things in case someone decides that the moderator tag means I'm an official Bethesda spokesperson. However it would be pretty silly to open a dedicated MMO developement studio and then have BGS make an MMO of their own.

I've never really gotten into MMOs, although I did play EverQuest on and off for a year, and I messed around with Anarchy Online when it went F2P. However I am quite curious to know what ZOS has been working on, whatever it turns out to be. (I'm also curious if it will have separate forums or not - a mod needs to prepare. )

But Bethesda could be contributing to the (theoretical) MMO: programmers, artists, etc. Too early to tell. The original article is "unclear" about which studio(s) will be working on the game (they probably don't actually know)

[Laurenn Doylee]

The biggest problem I have with MMO's is the loss of player freedom and the feeling that nothing you do has any real impact on the world around you. Thats why I stopped playing MMO's long ago.

I like TES series because my character has the freedom to kill whoever he wants, loot whatever he wants, his actions always have an impact on the world and I don't have to put up with snot nosed "l33t" kiddies.

Hopefully, if they do make an MMO they will make it original and not copy WoW like all the other companies have been doing lately. Anyway, they won't be getting a dime from me in either case.

[Jaylene Brower]

I sweer if they make it hoktey/auto-target based like ToR/WoW....or make it cartoony gfx for those people with 20 year old PCs....



Unforgivable.

I will make this clear to Bethesda. I DO NOT WANT A WORLD OF ELDER SCROLLS! I want the game to use Skyrims combat system if possible, if not, for the love of the Nine Divine I want Morrowinds combat system. NOT WOW'S COMBAT SYSTEM, NOT TOR'S COMBAT SYSTEM. I want the game to feel like an Elder Scrolls game. No premade classes either. And if you do a faction system it better be more than Good vs. Evil and better have 3 factions, or better, player made factions.

[Heather Dawson]

It's still the TES universe. It's the [censored] over of the lore that worries me, as well as the drain of resources from single player.

Not good. Not good at all.

But Bethesda could be contributing to the (theoretical) MMO: programmers, artists, etc. Too early to tell. The original article is "unclear" about which studio(s) will be working on the game (they probably don't actually know)

I doubt developement on this game would be draining resources from BGS's single player titles. In fact ZOS started working on this years ago, and in that time we've gotten Fallout 3 and Skyrim.

[Adam Kriner]

I assume that at "some point in time", Bethesda employees either were or will be involved: creating the Lore, the world concept, must have come from Bethesda writers. I could see artists from Bethesda creating armor/weapons/characters/locations/buildings etc.

Is game just going to take Skyrim to MMO, or will it incorporate features from previous games?

Now that I've thought about in more detail, I'm convinced that it is not possible for Zenimax Online to do it totally alone

[April D. F]

It's not like the people working at Bethesda are the only ones who understand Elder Scrolls. Hell, the vast majority of people who made Skyrim weren't around for Morrowind, and I'd bet that a solid half weren't around for Oblivion either (just pulling this last one out of a hat, but the first is definitely true). I certainly want Beth to be involved in any MMO that is made, but it's not like Zenimax couldn't do a good job (mostly) on their own.

[Greg Swan]

If I never got around to even trying to play TOR, there's no way I'd ever bother playing a TES MMO. I don't like MMOs, and I only managed to play Galaxies for a few months, WoW for even less. Oh well. If they take a stab at an MMO, that's their deal.

[Tanika O'Connell]

Would they announce a new Elder Scrolls game this close to the release of one? Skyrim hasn't even had the DLC announced yet; wouldn't they be worried that announcing a new one would be shooting future sales right in the foot?

[Francesca]

This is sad news indeed. The thought of millions of "leet kids" running aroung in Tamriel, screaming insults at eachother and older players. *shudders*

[STEVI INQUE]

One can only hope that, assuming the MMO rumors are true, they don't put too many of their eggs into that particular basket and see it sink the entire company into financial ruin if and when it fails. It baffles me that they'd event attempt it, given that I've never seen such a resolute opposition to the idea of an MMO style game as I have witht he Elder Scrolls franchise. Typically, gamers are usually excited to see their favorite games expanded into new territory, but ES fans (myself included) seem to have had a bad feeling about the very idea of an MMO for quite a while.

Honestly, even if it were a great design and a fun game, I don't think I'd want any part of it. The Elder Scrolls world is mine (or rather, ours --individually); I explore it on my own, advance to whatever power level I wish, and I would see it as sacrilige to see the power of individual players being restricted for the sake of multiplayer balance. To me, ES is great because you get to rise to godly power, in regards to both gameplay AND game lore, and a world full players necessarily dilutes that.