[james kite]

Hey, if the art is good enough sometimes something happens in my pants, not crap, but something :wink_smile:

So while the announcement would be late, it would at least produce some premature reaction, eh?


Honestly, the only thing that makes me a bit nervous is that TES generally doesn't do pants-wetting concept art. The title itself would make oh so many people soil themselves, but I certainly think games like Dragon Age, WoW, and Guild Wars produce far more outrageous concept art than TES does...

[Dean Ashcroft]

Skyrim is beautiful! Vast, magnificent vistas, sweeping views, giant mountains! Is that not impressive? M'aiq thinks it is.

[Ricky Rayner]

So while the announcement would be late, it would at least produce some premature reaction, eh?


Honestly, the only thing that makes me a bit nervous is that TES generally doesn't do pants-wetting concept art. The title itself would make oh so many people soil themselves, but I certainly think games like Dragon Age, WoW, and Guild Wars produce far more outrageous concept art than TES does...

but they aren't going to try to do sub par art. I'm sure they want the best art possible, which would help publicity and excite people about the game. So I don't think you can say that the art wouldn't be as good when we've seen nothing from whatever game this is. Besides everyone has different taste in art so that portion of the tweet was mainly opinion.

[Ray]

Honestly, the only thing that makes me a bit nervous is that TES generally doesn't do pants-wetting concept art.

"Art" applies as much to screenshots as it does to concepts.

[Taylah Haines]

I generally don't like to speculate, but Id's Rage at E3 gives me some hope for TESV's animations, considering Bethesda has access to their technology, as I understand it.

I think Bethesda needs to release this game, before it's fans forget about it. It won't be as cool or popular if they release it an entire year from now.

People say that a lot, but I don't see it. Fallout 3 sold better than Oblivion and came out ten years after 2, and returning games that were gone a long time are often some of the biggest deals at events like E3. Fans don't "forget" their favorite games that easily.

[Rude Gurl]

Oblivion's concept art was quite clean,http://elderscrolls.com/images/art/ob_concept/ob_concept01B.jpg
The very few shivering isles pieces http://elderscrolls.com/images/art/si_concept/siconcept01B.jpg make up for that, sort of.

Fallout 3 had some really good concept art. http://fallout.gamesas.com/images/art/fallout3concept/concept04B.jpg or http://fallout.gamesas.com/images/art/fallout3concept/concept05B.jpg

Morrowind also had some really http://elderscrolls.com/images/characters/mw_03CB.jpgt, lots of water colors.

So long as they use the talented artists from fallout 3 and Morrowind, they'll be fine. I have a feeling there was an artist they kept from TES III: Bloodmoon that did a lot of Oblivion work...yeah...hopefully not this time around.

[Yonah]

Don't you all think that perhaps the GameInformer tweet when saying "art" meant cover art? Not so much concept art? The tweet was talking about receiving the cover art, so perhaps it can be safe to assume that was the art he was talking about. The cover art. If the cover art featured TESV I'm pretty sure people would crap themselves. I'm more inclined to think that that was what he was talking about, not the concept art itself.

[..xX Vin Xx..]

but they aren't going to try to do sub par art. I'm sure they want the best art possible, which would help publicity and excite people about the game. So I don't think you can say that the art wouldn't be as good when we've seen nothing from whatever game this is. Besides everyone has different taste in art so that portion of the tweet was mainly opinion.

I thought it was quite obvious that the assumption I made was that the concept art for TES V will have the same kind of clean and practical style as Oblivion had. None of the Oblivion concept art pieces I've seen were particularly exciting, if you compare them to works like http://us.blizzard.com/diablo3/_images/artwork/ss76-hires.jpg, http://us.blizzard.com/diablo3/_images/artwork/ss59-hires.jpg, http://www.guildwars2.com/global/includes/images/concept-art/guildwars2-16.jpg or http://www.guildwars2.com/global/includes/images/concept-art/guildwars2-25.jpg - these artworks are much more flamboyant than the Oblivion concept art I've seen.
But of course, I can't know if the TES V concept art will be like the Oblivion art. However, all this is unnecessary, because:

"Art" applies as much to screenshots as it does to concepts.

Indeed it does, I was under the impression the tweet said "concept art" - damn my memory! Nevermind what I said, if it's TES V it won't be concept art in GI - it'll be screenshots. That's what I think, and that's what I hope. Sorry for disturbing you.

[jessica sonny]

"Art" applies as much to screenshots as it does to concepts.

Yep, that's the way I interpret it as well...but we shall soon see the intended meaning.

[james kite]

Oblivion's concept art was quite clean,http://elderscrolls.com/images/art/ob_concept/ob_concept01B.jpg
The very few shivering isles pieces http://elderscrolls.com/images/art/si_concept/siconcept01B.jpg make up for that, sort of.

Fallout 3 had some really good concept art. http://fallout.gamesas.com/images/art/fallout3concept/concept04B.jpg or http://fallout.gamesas.com/images/art/fallout3concept/concept05B.jpg

Morrowind also had some really http://elderscrolls.com/images/characters/mw_03CB.jpgt, lots of water colors.

So long as they use the talented artists from fallout 3 and Morrowind, they'll be fine. I have a feeling there was an artist they kept from TES III: Bloodmoon that did a lot of Oblivion work...yeah...hopefully not this time around.

the GI with Oblivion featured a gorgeous 2 page spread of (concept?) art featuring a daedric gate, a dremora, and the main hero dude. I can't find it online atm, but it was damn purty. [edit] it was the full version of http://www.elderscrolls.com/images/headers/newheader_05.jpg.

on a tangent, Anet's art makes me all sorts of hot. They have the best concept art I've seen anywhere.

[Rudy Paint fingers]

Oblivion's concept art was quite clean,http://elderscrolls.com/images/art/ob_concept/ob_concept01B.jpg

Hmm, I just noticed the second floor of that building wouldn't work. There's a twenty foot stone wall being held up by six inch thick cantilevered beams with two or four wooden struts.

[FABIAN RUIZ]

The http://worthplaying.com/press/152/elderscrolls4_cover.jpg was not concept art. It was a CGI render. If the TESV cover will be anything like the TESIV cover, then it will not be close to concept art.

[Thema]

Let's not forget the guy who made the tweet is human! He's not some walking dictionary, and Oblivion GI style "art" would probably work for this situation.

[Kellymarie Heppell]

"Got the cover art in today for the next issue. Giant sequel not at E3, and the art...well, fantasy nuts are gonna crap themselves"

Can anyone clarify if Dragons Age 2 was actually shown at E3 2010? Ive been looking and cant see it... If this being the case then the word sequel will sadly refer to Dragons age 2 as its a sequel. I cant imagine Skyrim being a sequel to oblivion can you??

[Tiffany Carter]

"Got the cover art in today for the next issue. Giant sequel not at E3, and the art...well, fantasy nuts are gonna crap themselves"

Can anyone clarify if Dragons Age 2 was actually shown at E3 2010? Ive been looking and cant see it... If this being the case then the word sequel will sadly refer to Dragons age 2 as its a sequel. I cant imagine Skyrim being a sequel to oblivion can you??

Now that I think about it, the 5th game in a series wouldn't typically be called a 'sequel.'

[ijohnnny]

Now that I think about it, the 5th game in a series wouldn't typically be called a 'sequel.'

Yeah, but this guy just wrote a quick tweet He didn't spend an hour anolyzing it like we do here It prob took him 12 seconds to write. I don't think we can dig too deep into this guy's words.

I know plenty of people who think of Oblivion as a first; they just forget that it is ELDER SCROLLS IV So in so many words, he could be saying a sequel to Oblivion.

[Laura Wilson]

Yeah, but this guy just wrote a quick tweet He didn't spend an hour anolyzing it like we do here It prob took him 12 seconds to write. I don't think we can dig too deep into this guy's words.

He could've said 'Hey guys, incoming TES V. Bethesda svcks... Yada yada I'm an idiot.'

EDIT: Forgot to mention he'd get fired for that

[Paula Ramos]

I'm waiting for a new game.. yeah.. i discovered the elder scrolls in 2010 ^^ i am actually playing oblivion and thing.. i beated the game 5 times and i'm still playing cause i'm addicted by this game and i'm already mad because no news about TES 5 they need to do other.. i beated fallout 3, but no comparison to Oblivion, Oblivion is quite hard.. but i still love it. all Shivering isles and Knights of the nine expansions.. the game is so perfect that make the fans waiting frenetically for another game. So is that why i say knowing so little of TES

TES 5 PLEASE ;p

[Sharra Llenos]

He could've said 'Hey guys, incoming TES V. Bethesda svcks... Yada yada I'm an idiot.'

EDIT: Forgot to mention he'd get fired for that

And probably sued :flamethrower:

[Roanne Bardsley]

Now that I think about it, the 5th game in a series wouldn't typically be called a 'sequel.'

Are you implying that the term 'sequel' strictly refers to the second in a series? If you are I have to disagree. When the guy on twitter said sequel I think that could just as easily mean the fifth in a series as it could the second in a series.

[SamanthaLove]

Are you implying that the term 'sequel' strictly refers to the second in a series? If you are I have to disagree. When the guy on twitter said sequel I think that could just as easily mean the fifth in a series as it could the second in a series.

Agreed here, a sequel is anything/game that follows a previous event or game

I just think that the odds are too high for this NOT to be TES V

[Stu Clarke]

I cant imagine Skyrim being a sequel to oblivion can you??

At this point in the discussion we veer into the rather murky subject of semantics, from which I intend to stay well-clear here. Though we could bore ourselves with intricate and brilliant arguments of the proper usage of the term "sequel", perhaps some even venturing upon scholarly status, we would unavoidably be forced to consider the fact that the author, in his infamous tweet, may have completely wrecked the proper usage of the word "sequel" - which renders all arguments, however correct, completely void and useless. Therefore, let's not take the discussion there any further. :grad:

[u gone see]

At this point in the discussion we veer into the rather murky subject of semantics, from which I intent to stay well-clear here. Though we could bore ourselves with intricate and brilliant arguments of the proper usage of the term "sequel", perhaps some even venturing upon scholarly status, we would unavoidably be forced to consider the fact that the author, in his infamous tweet, may have completely wrecked the proper usage of the word "sequel" - which renders all arguments, however correct, completely void and useless. Therefore, let's not take the discussion there any further. :grad:

Quite the scholarly response there.

[Shelby Huffman]

At this point in the discussion we veer into the rather murky subject of semantics, from which I intent to stay well-clear here. Though we could bore ourselves with intricate and brilliant arguments of the proper usage of the term "sequel", perhaps some even venturing upon scholarly status, we would unavoidably be forced to consider the fact that the author, in his infamous tweet, may have completely wrecked the proper usage of the word "sequel" - which renders all arguments, however correct, completely void and useless. Therefore, let's not take the discussion there any further. :grad:

Brilliant reply. In my mind TESV for next gameinformer! :icecream:

[Damned_Queen]

Here's the art you were looking for:
http://www.galbadiax.com/oblivion/wallpaper/oblivion-1-800.jpg

If they 404 it, or block it, it's on the first page of google image search "Oblivion"

It's one of the wallpapers on the TES website. All the wallpapers are awesome.

I just hope they don't give up on it.

And to answer people thinking the world will end in 2012, no. 12/21/2012 was the end of the Mayan calendar. Not the end of the world. Just the calendar.