Official TESV Speculation Thread #80 : The Elder Scrolls Series Discussion

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:59 pm

Wouldn't the end of Oblivion result in exactly that, a power struggle?

You'd think so, but I don't have much faith.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:20 am

Just came upon this article, Google news is full of elder scrolls V news, apparently it will be a direct sequel, but one report claims it may use the fallout 3/new vegas engine, but that seems very unlikely
Heres a link.
http://www.dailygame.net/news/archives/009667.php
The article was posted about an hour ago!!

Wow, each of these articles seems to be adding more crap onto the rumor. Rumored to be an MMO, a "true sequel" (where did anyone ever say it would be an MMO or a TRUE sequel?)... And lots of the articles are calling it Oblivion 2.

In our editor's opinion, an MMO for the Elder Scrolls franchise could be a move in the right direction, at least in terms of sales potential and engagement.

This is making me so mad! :banghead: Why are people so wrooooong about everything?

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:19 am

You'd think so, but I don't have much faith.

I really hope so, if done well it'd lead to a truly epic storyline
I hope they leave in room for lots of player decision
IMO

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:47 am

Well the whole article about TESV from Eurogamer is staying at the top headlines of the major websites even though other headlines have been made so I'm confident now that they're leaking it on purpose.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:12 am

Assuming that all of this speculation is true, and the game is far along, I think there's a good chance that we should hear something at VGA 2010 on spike. As far as I know, there isn't any Gaming Events soon after VGA, and after having Todd say " That the game is pretty far along..." we should hear from it soon. Especially considering we're near Christmas.

yes! two weeks and four days to go until the vga 2010 on spike, this would be the perfect time to announce the game they have been working on for the past two years! Todd and the bethesda crew would have all the attention they need to announce it!

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:22 am

Just came upon this article, Google news is full of elder scrolls V news, apparently it will be a direct sequel, but one report claims it may use the fallout 3/new vegas engine, but that seems very unlikely
Heres a link.
http://www.dailygame.net/news/archives/009667.php
The article was posted about an hour ago!!

I don't know if you guys have seen this but the article says something about an anonymous source.
http://www.atomicgamer.com/news/3198/elder-scrolls-5-rumored

...glad to see Captain Obvious is still alive and well. :facepalm:

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:07 pm

...glad to see Captain Obvious is still alive and well. :facepalm:

LOL, I expect more of these for the days to come. People are too excited when they hear about it that they don't check to see if it is already known when they come here.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:14 am

I keep seeing the term, "direct sequel to Oblivion" used. Does this scare/concern anyone? Hopefully i'm wrong but when i read that phrase it feels like they're saying it's a continuation of Oblivion, whereas all other games start fresh (new providence, new hero, new story, etc.)

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:13 am

I keep seeing the term, "direct sequel to Oblivion" used. Does this scare/concern anyone? Hopefully i'm wrong but when i read that phrase it feels like they're saying it's a continuation of Oblivion, whereas all other games start fresh (new providence, new hero, new story, etc.)

sure, TESV might mention alot about the oblivion crisis story, but im pretty sure its a whole new story and a new province since it should take place 200 years after the oblivion crisis

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:33 am

I am from Norway and we understand danish very well.
"Samme kilde bekr?ftede, med officielle spildokumenter i h?nden, at dette bliver en direkte forts?ttelse til The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion"

If it said "direkte forts?ttelse AF The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion" it mean that it would continue the saga from Oblivion aka a direct sequel.
However it says "direkte forts?ttelse TIL The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion" which i think means a new game from the TES series, not Oblivion 2

My 2 cents

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:42 am

Long time lurker, first time poster in this thread...while I share most everyone's entusiasm about the recent events and do believe that this is a positive development toward an actual confirmation of TES:V, I would caution some not too get into too much of a frenzy over the whole direct sequel or chronological sequel debate as the only real information we have so far is a translation from someone in the row behind someone else on the plane who threw out a couple of words without context.

Although this is a speculation thread, so... debate away.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:30 am

I am from Norway and we understand danish very well.
"Samme kilde bekr?ftede, med officielle spildokumenter i h?nden, at dette bliver en direkte forts?ttelse til The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion"

If it said "direkte forts?ttelse AF The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion" it mean that it would continue the saga from Oblivion aka a direct sequel.
However it says "direkte forts?ttelse TIL The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion" which i think means a new game from the TES series, not Oblivion 2

My 2 cents

Hopefully your words will help clean up things around here

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:24 am

Don't understand the uproar about "direct sequel". IIRC, there was quite a bit of QQ when it was found out that Oblivion wasn't a "direct sequel" to Morrowind.

Anyway, didn't someone from Bethesda say in an interview that the time between announcement of ES 5 and release date would be the shortest they ever had?

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:53 am

Don't understand the uproar about "direct sequel". IIRC, there was quite a bit of QQ when it was found out that Oblivion wasn't a "direct sequel" to Morrowind.

Anyway, didn't someone from Bethesda say in an interview that the time between announcement of ES 5 and release date would be the shortest they ever had?

Indeed, that's why I am expecting a December announcement (VGA or something else) and fall release.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:27 am

http://twitter.com/GI_AndyMc/status/2446334590189568 I found this while reading about the latest rumor on gameinformer.com. Now, I know I know, we've all been burnt by tweets from Andy McNamara regarding future covers, and I'm not saying that this time it is TESV. But, it does seem pretty likely, and it does fit with current speculation regarding a possible announcement. For those of you who didn't follow the link, Andy said that the January GI cover is something no one is expecting, and the February cover is one that "you have been begging for 4ever."

So, I think that is possible that the Feb cover could be TESV, since we have been bugging GI about a possible cover forever, and it would be revealed in January, which many people here have speculated would be a likely revealing time, AND it would fit with the speculation that TESV could be announced at the VGAs, since they could announce it there, and then next month we find out all kinds of details about it. What do you guys and gals think?

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:54 am

http://twitter.com/GI_AndyMc/status/2446334590189568 I found this while reading about the latest rumor on gameinformer.com. Now, I know I know, we've all been burnt by tweets from Andy McNamara regarding future covers, and I'm not saying that this time it is TESV. But, it does seem pretty likely, and it does fit with current speculation regarding a possible announcement. For those of you who didn't follow the link, Andy said that the January GI cover is something no one is expecting, and the February cover is one that "you have been begging for 4ever."

So, I think that is possible that the Feb cover could be TESV, since we have been bugging GI about a possible cover forever, and it would be revealed in January, which many people here have speculated would be a likely revealing time, AND it would fit with the speculation that TESV could be announced at the VGAs, since they could announce it there, and then next month we find out all kinds of details about it. What do you guys and gals think?

Woah, nice find there. That actually increases my hopes a bit. We certainly have bugged him quite a bit about ESV.

Does anyone know if people have begged McNamara about Mass Effect 3?...

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:23 am

http://twitter.com/GI_AndyMc/status/2446334590189568 I found this while reading about the latest rumor on gameinformer.com. Now, I know I know, we've all been burnt by tweets from Andy McNamara regarding future covers, and I'm not saying that this time it is TESV. But, it does seem pretty likely, and it does fit with current speculation regarding a possible announcement. For those of you who didn't follow the link, Andy said that the January GI cover is something no one is expecting, and the February cover is one that "you have been begging for 4ever."

So, I think that is possible that the Feb cover could be TESV, since we have been bugging GI about a possible cover forever, and it would be revealed in January, which many people here have speculated would be a likely revealing time, AND it would fit with the speculation that TESV could be announced at the VGAs, since they could announce it there, and then next month we find out all kinds of details about it. What do you guys and gals think?

I hope so man. I really do. Elder Scrolls 5 is the only game I am looking forward to at the moment.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:02 am

Yay, it is me who speak upon ye. And I can bring all of you good news, for it is The Elder Scrolls V that will be seen at the Spike VGA's.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:41 am

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Good Find... I'm no longer extremely skeptical of the rumor... i think we finally have it.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:27 am

So the two covers could be half life 3 and tes 5 wow, that would be a one to punch to my wallet, I agree! Good find lad.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:31 am

I hope so man. I really do. Elder Scrolls 5 is the only game I am looking forward to at the moment.

I really hope that they will reveal what they're working on soon. I don't want to get my hopes up too high though, last time with GI seemed even more likely than this one. Here's hoping though!

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:59 am

I hope so man. I really do. Elder Scrolls 5 is the only game I am looking forward to at the moment.

Well I've only been waiting 8 years for Golden Sun Dark Dawn, so I'm pretty excited for that too XD

No but really, great find Matt. With the evidence amounting, I can give the Feb cover a 55% chance of being TESV. I can't wait

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:43 pm

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Good find. A very well drawn conclusion as well. I think I have to agree with you.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:49 pm

Hey guys did you hear about this rumor from Eurogamer?

...Methinks we'll be seeing posts like that for a few weeks to come.

Anyway, considering that I've been saying I expect them to announce it before March for months now, the February GI cover is the second to last GI cover that would fit into my timeframe, so I guess I have nothing to lose by putting hope into this new tweet. Still, considering past experiences with tweets like this, it's hard not to be skeptical.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:27 am

*snip*

sorry to be a killjoy, but the way he wrote "4ever" made me think of Theif 4 & Duke Nukem Forever...

But meh... I'll believe it when I see it.