I hope skyrim does not have somewhat alternate endings that the player can choose, like in Fallout: New Vegas, because it screws up the lore.

TES is no stranger to alternate endings screwing up the lore. See: the "Dragon Break".

How does it screw up the lore? It doesn't. Also, Fallout is an RPG about making choices for a Wasteland, OBVIOUSLY you're going to have alternate endings! It's not like TES where there is one enemy and your objective is to stop him.

Daggerfall did it, I don't understand why you can't choose alternate endings in ALL quests including the main one. Joining any faction including the opposing factions. It's your story, no?

I am very much in favor of the PC's actions having a deeper impact on the world and I am praying for different endings, although I doubt it.

During each playthrough we are making all kinds of choices all through the game. In fact, the game itself is different due to Radiant Story quests. I see absolutely no reason why some of our many playthroughs of TES 5 might not turn out wildly different from whatever it is that the dev team for TES 6 will decide was the "canon ending" of Skyrim.

No need for another Warp in the West, the devs could simply shout down from the heavens "The Canon Ending of Skyrim was X!" and leave it at that. That doesn't screw up the lore in any way.

PC choices having a greater impact on the game world trumps fidelity to the literary canon of the next TES game any day of the week IMO

Im in this one to and again i doubt it.

I didn't know that TES ended (ever).

The players actions arent written in stone why not have alternat endings? wait a minute get out of here about ending lol TES doesnt "end" I have an Oblivion build thats 5 years old in game time

No alternate endings? I don't want to be a forced hero again

He could pick one and just stick to that.