[Jack Moves]

So they could have been in Denmark to survey the land for environment ideas for Skyrim or to get authentic sounding voice actors. I really hope it's the latter because that would mean the game is nearly finished.

It's possible, just not probable.

[Nathan Barker]

However let's take into account that if they were surveying the land then they would be in a very early stage of development and we shouldn't expect an announcement soon
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Edit: Shouldn't

[Crystal Clear]

However let's take into account that if they were surveying the land then they would be in a very early stage of development and we shouldn't expect an announcement soon.

I don't think they visited Volcanic Ashlands for Morrowind, or went sailing around the world for Redguard, I'm somehow doubting that they've decided to survey the land. I mean, I could be completely wrong and maybe actually going there is much better for making the game seem more realistic, but wouldn't it be much less expensive to just Google "Fjord" compared to paying for plane tickets, food, hotels, hiking expeditions, cameras, guides, etc?

I'm not saying it's the same experience as going, but I highly doubt they'd want to use up their budget like that. :shrug: My opinion on the matter, anyway.

[louise tagg]

OOORRR they could have been doing the voices for a Danish version of TES V. Right?

[Jade MacSpade]

I don't think they visited Volcanic Ashlands for Morrowind, or went sailing around the world for Redguard, I'm somehow doubting that they've decided to survey the land. I mean, I could be completely wrong and maybe actually going there is much better for making the game seem more realistic, but wouldn't it be much less expensive to just Google "Fjord" compared to paying for plane tickets, food, hotels, hiking expeditions, cameras, guides, etc?

I'm not saying it's the same experience as going, but I highly doubt they'd want to use up their budget like that. :shrug: My opinion on the matter, anyway.

Well, if you want textures for your game that seem authentic then getting them from a place that your going to would seem likely, when creating a texture for 3d you would take a photo of it first. Morrowind was relatively low res though, however for oblivion they actually did go off site to take textures.

[..xX Vin Xx..]

Just a quick note: Denmark is a boring, flat and wholly uninteresting country. We have no mountains, locations or nature to speak of, we have preserved pretty much none of our medieval and Viking architecture and you'll be hard tried finding an English accent more boring than the standard Danish one. If they were doing on-site research for Skyrim, they'd be going to Sweden or Norway in stead.

[Sarah MacLeod]

OOORRR they could have been doing the voices for a Danish version of TES V. Right?

Very likely, actually.

Well, if you want textures for your game that seem authentic then getting them from a place that your going to would seem likely, when creating a texture for 3d you would take a photo of it first. Morrowind was relatively low res though, however for oblivion they actually did go off site to take textures.

You don't need to.

But they definitely should get pictures, but I've got to ask (sorry for being a party-pooper)... what's so foreign about Denmark that separates it from the rest of the world? They've got the same rocks, the same trees, the same animals, etc.

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All because it's from a Denmark site doesn't mean they have no contact with the outside world or anything. It could have been a voice actor from France, for all we know.

[Haley Cooper]

Im getting a feeling something is going to pop up, some time soon after new years.

[Rach B]

...

Oblivion was a sequel to Morrowind. Sequel can simply mean that it follows chronologically. Which it did. Same for every TES game.

People are reading far, far too much into the word 'sequel'.

Yeah, but Kotaku are very bad at journalism at times, the title is a total misguider. Direct sequel means just that, a direct sequel, occurring DIRECTLY after. It's just them failing to read the quotes they put themselves there.

"The same source confirmed, with official game documents in hand, that this will be the chronological sequel to what happened in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, which is the latest game in the now 16-years-old Elder Scrolls saga and by itself one of the better RPGs for PC and consoles."

Chronological =/= direct, Oblivion was a chronological sequel to Morrowind as Morrowind was a chronological sequel to Daggerfall and so on. It was pretty obvious anyway, thank you Kotaku for making me stress for a few seconds before realizing you've got nothing to really tell me.

[Matt Bigelow]

Yeah, but Kotaku are very bad at journalism at times, the title is a total misguider. Direct sequel means just that, a direct sequel, occurring DIRECTLY after. It's just them failing to read the quotes they put themselves there.

"The same source confirmed, with official game documents in hand, that this will be the chronological sequel to what happened in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, which is the latest game in the now 16-years-old Elder Scrolls saga and by itself one of the better RPGs for PC and consoles."

Chronological =/= direct, Oblivion was a chronological sequel to Morrowind as Morrowind was a chronological sequel to Daggerfall and so on. It was pretty obvious anyway, thank you Kotaku for making me stress for a few seconds before realizing you've got nothing to really tell me.

Lol, actually have you read the dictionary not trying to bash but that's not what direct means...it can but in this case I think it means something else.




Also, this site claims it's a Bethesda insider that leaked the story to eurogamer
http://www.nerdles.com/2010/11/25/bethesda-insider-claims-elder-scrolls-v-is-in-development/

[Tanika O'Connell]

Lol, actually have you read the dictionary not trying to bash but that's not what direct means...it can but in this case I think it means something else.

Okay, maybe. But in context, I'm pretty darn sure that a direct sequel to Oblivion would directly continue the story. I mean, using the expression "direct sequel", Oblivion really doesn't feel like one compared to Morrowind.

[Kelly Upshall]

One thing that disheartens me a little is that on the comments for certain websites, a lot of people are already treating the game with skepticism, even though it hasn't even been announced yet.

"I might get it on console so it would be easier to return it if I don't like it."

I don't understand statements like these.

Maybe I just can't comprehend that because Bethesda's games are the best I've ever played, of all time.

Also, this site claims it's a Bethesda insider that leaked the story to eurogamer
http://www.nerdles.c...in-development/

The author of that essay simply skimmed over what he saw, if you ask me. For one, he says that the fact that Bethesda refused to comment means that the rumor could be true. If anyone knows Bethesda like we do, they should know that Bethesda only comments on something when they are directly asked at events (in which the typical response is "We'd like to tell you, but we can't"), or if something they say causes controversy (with the whole "don't expect TES in the near future" thing). Other than that, they are extremely tight-lipped.

[FLYBOYLEAK]

This is still in the rumor mill, and comes from IGN, as credible a source on gaming as the Evangelical Church of Georgia is on Biology (The actually might have sourced it somewhere else, and posted it, I'll have to double check) But apparently design documents for TESV were leaked, or somehow obtained, indicating TES5 is going to be a direct Sequel to Oblivion (As in directly following the Oblivion Crisis and the now Emperor-less Tamrielic Empire).

Here's a linky-poo.

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/113/1136356p1.html

Now, in magic-land assuming this currently baseless rumor is true, what are the thoughts? This is the first time an Elder Scrolls game has been a true Sequel, normally they are self-contained and aside from rare instances, totally unrelated to previous games in terms of events, writing and storytelling. For example, Nerervar is mentioned to have left to Akavir (For those who haven't played, Nerevar was the critical character in the resolution of the Dagoth Ur situation in TES:III Morrowind) but at the same time, there is no direct relation or follow-in from the Morrowind Story, to Oblivion's.

My personal thought is somewhat hopeful, as the chaos following the Emperor, and his only Heir(s) demise could be a powder keg of potential conflict. Everything from Political drama, to open civil War and succession of Provinces from the Tamrielic Empire, if there was ever direct-sequel material, with the the open-ended potential that is befitting an Elder scrolls game, the aftermath of the Oblivion Crisis certainly is prime storytelling real-estate.

My only worry is that it could take place in Cyrodiil again. Maybe Bethesda felt they did a disservice to the supposedly unrivaled beauty of the seat of power in the Empire, and want another shot at it. Or maybe we'll visit the ancestral seat of power of Tamriel, Skyrim instead? Who's to say. I just want some TES5 info NOW!

Derp, I didn't realize the same story was published elswhere, still, how about some info soon! New Vegas, despite being riddled with bugs, sold incredibly well apparently, so had to have funneled some money into the Zenimax/Bethesda coffers, and surely some of that found its way into the Publisher's flagship studio.

Im getting a feeling something is going to pop up, some time soon after new years.

I can't remember where, but I could have sworn I read somewhere that Bethesda Game Studios is revealing their current project at the VGA Awards ceremony. Or was that Bioware, I sometimes get the two big "B"s of RPG land confuzzled...

[carly mcdonough]

i would consider this http://www.imperial-library.info/content/fourth-era to be a direct sequal to oblivion it can still be in a different location and later time but the story is directly effected by the events in oblivion.

[rolanda h]

I still think IGN knows something we don't, I mean honestly. Why put it up as a rumor in the search engine I have NEVER seen that done before, and they actually have it listed as rumor on the side which is their place holder for a game when you look it up. It just baffles me,

[Noely Ulloa]

http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/Video_games_in_Europe

I don't know how European gamers take to American games. I know in Australia that what's popular in the US is popular here, but Europe might be a little different. GTA and Halo might transcend cultural and language differences, but Oblivion might have suffered if "Eurogamers" felt that it wasn't catered to them. We could be seeing an attempt to get more out of the large European market. (Or it could be that 12yr olds in Europe are just the same as 12yr olds anywhere else )

And does Denmark have something that would make Danish voice actors cheaper than using US actors? Such as a less powerful actors guild?

[Makenna Nomad]

http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/Video_games_in_Europe

I don't know how European gamers take to American games. I know in Australia that what's popular in the US is popular here, but Europe might be a little different. GTA and Halo might transcend cultural and language differences, but Oblivion might have suffered if "Eurogamers" felt that it wasn't catered to them. We could be seeing an attempt to get more out of the large European market. (Or it could be that 12yr olds in Europe are just the same as 12yr olds anywhere else )

And does Denmark have something that would make Danish voice actors cheaper than using US actors? Such as a less powerful actors guild?

Let's not forget that Europe is the second largest game market in the world though, so saying certain US games won't cater is probably only related to certain regions.

[Josh Sabatini]

Let's not forget that Europe is the second largest game market in the world though, so saying certain US games won't cater is probably only related to certain regions.

Scandinavia is a 1.4 billion dollar market. If an American game was set in Australia, we wouldn't be very forgiving of the stereotypes and bad accents that comes from lazy developers using their idea of how our culture should be represented. How will Scandinavians react to stereotypes and cliched voices?

I can speak pretty much for Australia in saying that we don't care about American accents on voice acting as we speak English and we've grown up on a steady diet of American culture. I don't know what Europeans get when they buy US games, it could be like bad Asian dubbing to them.

[Jamie Moysey]

My two cents worth......
Aren't the novels a chronological sequel to Oblivion? Doesn't this all fit in with what Bethesda are doing with them, story wise?

[Sheeva]

My two cents worth......
Aren't the novels a chronological sequel to Oblivion? Doesn't this all fit in with what Bethesda are doing with them, story wise?

My two cents worth......
That chick in the picture is smokin hot.

[cassy]

I agree that Denmark can be a good reference for culture, but the landscape is totally off everything I know about Skyrim. Denmark is an extremely flat country, the highest point of the entire country is only 170-something meters over sea level. Skyrim to me looks like having dramatic landscape, mountains and fjords. The west coast of Norway looks pretty similar if turned northward. But really, I hope that they don't base it on anything in real life.

[lilmissparty]

That 'chick' in the picture is me.
Thanks for the , er, compliment!!

[john page]

That 'chick' in the picture is me.
Thanks for the , er, compliment!!

Oh, well in that case "you" are smokin hot, but yeah back on...well I wanna say topic but it's all pretty much randomness in here.

[Becky Cox]

That 'chick' in the picture is me.
Thanks for the , er, compliment!!

Unless you're http://www.hotlucypinder.com/userfiles/2010/7/20/images/Lucy%20Pinder%20Baby%20Ultimate%20Temptation%281%29.jpg, the English glamour model...no, it's not. Why would you lie about something like that, anyway?

Back on track: I think it's highly likely we'll see some sort of announcement on or around the VGAs. It just seems like a prime time to get people talking about it. Then between now and E3 they can tease with more info, screens, etc, then they have the option of revealing more of the game come E3 (multiplayer/co-op options, maybe?). It's also possible they'll wait it out, do an announcement a month or two into 2011, but the hype surrounding the VGAs seems too good to miss out on.

[Joey Avelar]

Unless you're http://www.hotlucypinder.com/userfiles/2010/7/20/images/Lucy%20Pinder%20Baby%20Ultimate%20Temptation%281%29.jpg, the English glamour model...no, it's not. Why would you lie about something like that, anyway?

Back on track: I think it's highly likely we'll see some sort of announcement on or around the VGAs. It just seems like a prime time to get people talking about it. Then between now and E3 they can tease with more info, screens, etc, then they have the option of revealing more of the game come E3 (multiplayer/co-op options, maybe?). It's also possible they'll wait it out, do an announcement a month or two into 2011, but the hype surrounding the VGAs seems too good to miss out on.

Oh damn it all to hell....oh and what are the VGAs? video game awards?