Official TES V Speculation Thread Number 27

Post » Sat Jul 10, 2010 12:16 pm

I also believe that Skyrim will play an important role, all i'm saying is we might also get a different province/daedra plane to also make an appearance, even if it's something as small as a bordered wall from High Rock. So the whole fretting about it being all Skyrim and little anything else (not that i believe any of that only snow and mountains rumor) shouldn't be that big.

::some of you may remember the David Lee Roth video for "Just a Gigalo" which begins with Dave thinking to himself "Now if -I- were going to make a video, I'd make it just...like...this...::

I think Skyrim is a safe bet. While I think we'll get a very Solstheim-y experience I suspect it won't be all mountains, snow, and polar bears. There are sections of Finland that don't look like the arctic. I would expect fjords (at least on the coast) and likely some kind of sailing-mechanic. I'm pretty sure we'll see a considerable amount of lycanthropy as people have been screaming for it ever since Bloodmoon. There's gotta be Daedra, probably Akaviri snake-men (finally!) and maybe Dunmer settlers....who knows. If the rumor that the game will take place 200 years after TESIV is accurate we could have all kinds of good stuff going on. There will definitely be something regarding Skyrim's tower (Snow-throat, I think?) and I suspect some kind of political system similar to the House system in Morrowind - this for all the people (like me) who really wanted the Elder Council quests.

Blah blah blah. Here's my main thing. TES has always been about "Be who you want to be, go where you want to go, do what you want to do; live another life in another world". This is the Bethesda mantra. As awesome as Morrowind was (is) Oblivion set the bar even higher. Having played some of the older Beth games (Call of Cthulhu, Pirates of the Carribean) I can see something of how they progress from game to game (fast travel in PotC was vastly improved in OB). FO3 made some pretty huge steps forward as far as gameplay, AI, etc. I would expect Beth to take all these things and improve them even more (the whole re-inventing thing). I maintain that the (may I be honest? OVERLONG) silence regarding TESV is because Beth has something pretty spectacular in the works and are working out the bugs. Whatever TESV will be like, expect them to follow the mantra.

The fact that some console games are now including a second disk makes me hope we may get a 2 or (joy!) multi-disk TESV with ridiculous amounts of world to explore and innumerable dungeons to plunder. I might be wrong. But given the advances from Morrowind to Oblivion (I know not everyone shares this view), I expect TESV will be AWE-inspiring.

Or as one video game clerk said "Every time Bethesda puts out a new game the industry invents new awards to give them."

Get ready, muthseras.
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Post » Sat Jul 10, 2010 8:07 pm

So the Bethesda Store is BACK, with all of the DLC that has been missing for so long... this has been "temporarily down" for MONTHS... interesting that it should come back up now. After the announcement of Oblivion, I can only imagine that sales of Morrowind had an increase as people who caught wind and saw the amazing screens they needed to play the prequel... so will be the same with TES V. Most people will want to get the GOTY, but all those who had Shivering and KotN and never bothered with the official plug-ins will likely want to get the full TES IV experience... I feel the preparatory steps lining up nicely for an announcement before E3... weeks people... just weeks now!
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Post » Sat Jul 10, 2010 4:14 pm

So the Bethesda Store is BACK, with all of the DLC that has been missing for so long... this has been "temporarily down" for MONTHS... interesting that it should come back up now.

..why is that interesting?
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Post » Sat Jul 10, 2010 8:54 pm

..why is that interesting?

Well, since the rest of my post was all about why I thought (speculated) that it was interesting, I will just quote myself (at least the last part of what I speculated):

"I feel the preparatory steps lining up nicely for an announcement before E3"

:)
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Post » Sat Jul 10, 2010 12:47 pm

Well, since the rest of my post was all about why I thought (speculated) that it was interesting, I will just quote myself (at least the last part of what I speculated):

"I feel the preparatory steps lining up nicely for an announcement before E3"

:)

I just saw that the store is open as well, and thought the same thing. Talos let it be!
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Post » Sat Jul 10, 2010 12:10 pm

So the Bethesda Store is BACK, with all of the DLC that has been missing for so long... this has been "temporarily down" for MONTHS... interesting that it should come back up now. After the announcement of Oblivion, I can only imagine that sales of Morrowind had an increase as people who caught wind and saw the amazing screens they needed to play the prequel... so will be the same with TES V. Most people will want to get the GOTY, but all those who had Shivering and KotN and never bothered with the official plug-ins will likely want to get the full TES IV experience... I feel the preparatory steps lining up nicely for an announcement before E3... weeks people... just weeks now!

..why is that interesting?

The only thing I find interesting is that they didn't try to assure us that it had nothing to do with a new elder scrolls game.
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Post » Sat Jul 10, 2010 2:23 pm

So the Bethesda Store is BACK, with all of the DLC that has been missing for so long... this has been "temporarily down" for MONTHS... interesting that it should come back up now. After the announcement of Oblivion, I can only imagine that sales of Morrowind had an increase as people who caught wind and saw the amazing screens they needed to play the prequel... so will be the same with TES V. Most people will want to get the GOTY, but all those who had Shivering and KotN and never bothered with the official plug-ins will likely want to get the full TES IV experience... I feel the preparatory steps lining up nicely for an announcement before E3... weeks people... just weeks now!

OMFGITSBACK?!

*runs to download the Orrery*

Ahem... now that I've finished downloading that, I'd like to state that it's very odd that Bethesda would get their online store working again, especially because in that contract trademark they mentioned internet download-able games as well.

Edit: typo
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Post » Sat Jul 10, 2010 11:05 pm

I'm not sure how the reappearance of the online does much to add to speculation which I say none. Maybe Bethesda's a tad lazy :shrug:
We are sting nibbling at nothing .
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Post » Sat Jul 10, 2010 4:55 pm

I'm not sure how the reappearance of the online does much to add to speculation which I say none. Maybe Bethesda's a tad lazy :shrug:
We are sting nibbling at nothing .

Bethesda actually did something for that old site? Are they going to give PS3 players that DLC, now?

Yeah, people are getting desperate for some actual information.
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Post » Sat Jul 10, 2010 4:11 pm

Bethesda actually did something for that old site? Are they going to give PS3 players that DLC, now?

Yeah, people are getting desperate for some actual information.

I wish I was being serious, then I'd have a reason to hope.

We have nothing, and we've had nothing for years now. :sadvaultboy:

P.S. I think Bethesda pays their employees in Sadness Points, and they've gotta be rich by now.
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Post » Sat Jul 10, 2010 4:11 pm

Bethesda actually did something for that old site? Are they going to give PS3 players that DLC, now?

Yeah, people are getting desperate for some actual information.

Nope , not now , not ever. Oh well , who said in the book review again TESV will be 200 years after Oblivion? Cause I want to call this person up :P
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Post » Sat Jul 10, 2010 8:37 pm

I wish I was being serious, then I'd have a reason to hope.

We have nothing, and we've had nothing for years now. :sadvaultboy:

I agree, the nothing is pretty overwhelming... Thread Number 27 though, so a whole lot of talk about nothing-- so I am gonna nibble at speculation for another couple of threads-worth till E3, and then if nothing, I guess I'll nibble some more. I hate being addicted to moonsugar *ahem* TES.
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Post » Sun Jul 11, 2010 12:44 am

I actually think the people saying it's a sign are onto something. I mean, it's been down all these months, and while it's back up, it's clear that they didn't add anything new to it. And remember, it isn't the "Oblivion Store", it's the "Bethesda Softworks Online Store," so if TES V merchandise will be sold anywhere, it will be there.

So yeah, I think it's safe to say this could possibly mean that an announcement is coming soon.
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Post » Sat Jul 10, 2010 3:30 pm

I actually think the people saying it's a sign are onto something. I mean, it's been down all these months, and while it's back up, it's clear that they didn't add anything new to it. And remember, it isn't the "Oblivion Store", it's the "Bethesda Softworks Online Store," so if TES V merchandise will be sold anywhere, it will be there.

So yeah, I think it's safe to say this could possibly mean that an announcement is coming soon.

I'm not surprised. It's been over four years since Oblivion's release.
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Post » Sat Jul 10, 2010 9:39 pm

I actually think the people saying it's a sign are onto something. I mean, it's been down all these months, and while it's back up, it's clear that they didn't add anything new to it. And remember, it isn't the "Oblivion Store", it's the "Bethesda Softworks Online Store," so if TES V merchandise will be sold anywhere, it will be there.

So yeah, I think it's safe to say this could possibly mean that an announcement is coming soon.

Makes sense.
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Post » Sat Jul 10, 2010 1:28 pm

I actually think the people saying it's a sign are onto something. I mean, it's been down all these months, and while it's back up, it's clear that they didn't add anything new to it. And remember, it isn't the "Oblivion Store", it's the "Bethesda Softworks Online Store," so if TES V merchandise will be sold anywhere, it will be there.

So yeah, I think it's safe to say this could possibly mean that an announcement is coming soon.

I feel like I shouldn't get my hopes up again.
'Cept I have a very peculiar feeling... there's too much going on recently, I'm getting a vibe.
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Post » Sat Jul 10, 2010 7:35 pm

Nope , not now , not ever. Oh well , who said in the book review again TESV will be 200 years after Oblivion? Cause I want to call this person up :P

Are they going to give us TES V's DLC?

Tamriel won't be the same 200 years after the Oblivion Crisis.
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Post » Sat Jul 10, 2010 10:17 am

I feel like I shouldn't get my hopes up again.
'Cept I have a very peculiar feeling... there's too much going on recently, I'm getting a vibe.

I'm just glad to know that there is something else going on that we can scramble to make assumptions out of :P
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Post » Sat Jul 10, 2010 2:14 pm

I feel like I shouldn't get my hopes up again.
'Cept I have a very peculiar feeling... there's too much going on recently, I'm getting a vibe.

Considering the four years that have passed since Oblivion's release, the announcement must truly be close, but after the announcement, we will most likely have to wait another 1 1/2 years to 2 years for TES V itself.
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Post » Sat Jul 10, 2010 6:25 pm

Considering the four years that have passed since Oblivion's release, the announcement must truly be close, but after the announcement, we will most likely have to wait another 1 1/2 years to 2 years for TES V itself.

I can handle it if I can make HD Blender movies about it.

But at the moment I don't know if we're gonna be spending all of the game underground or something... That'd be fun for a while, actually... (slides over to the Suggestions thread)
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Post » Sat Jul 10, 2010 6:10 pm

They'll likely announce the game and put some merchandise up on the store related to TES V so they can show that they intend to use the trademark. :shrug:
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Post » Sat Jul 10, 2010 5:06 pm

They'll likely announce the game and put some merchandise up on the store related to TES V so they can show that they intend to use the trademark. :shrug:

Like those T-Shirts mentioned in the trademark...?
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Post » Sat Jul 10, 2010 10:31 am

Like those T-Shirts mentioned in the trademark...?

Don't forget "shirts ... sweatshirts, sweaters, jackets; headgear, namely, headwear."
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Post » Sat Jul 10, 2010 6:42 pm

Wouldn't merchandise be sold after the game is released? Even though the trademark is soon expiring, they can drop it and pick it up again to sell merchandise after the game is released.
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Post » Sat Jul 10, 2010 8:24 pm

I think you guys might be onto something. I was skeptical at first but, this just might be crazy enough to be true.
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