I think I know what todd said by no more expansions but the dlc will be high quality,I think he means they will be making knights of the nine type dlc instead of stuff like horse armour and sadly no expansions.

:shrug: Knights of the Nine was about 10 hours worth of content, so it's equal to most full games that get released today for $60. It's an okay mini-expansion.

What games only have 10 hours worth of content.

I know Heavy rain and Batman: Arkham Asylum have a playthrough wich lasts about 10-12 hours.

I just read the Eurogamer interview and I'm all excited. The fact that he's ready to announce combined with the fact they're looking at a much shorter window between announcement and release tells me that TES V is almost done and could be in shops within 6 months. This is just my feeling based on that interview.

I'm also excited by his hint that the game is looking amazing on consoles. He was basically saying "You thought Oblivion looked good, wait till you see this."

Most of them, dude. Well, at least shooters and such. RPGs, RTSs, and open-worlders are usually infinite.

I believe it's more realistic to expect an announcement within six months as opposed to a release. When Todd said it would be their shortest window between announcement and release, I took that to mean 10-12 months.

Todd seems to be going out on a limb already, and saying that whatever this game is, it's going to look next-gen due to the massive engine overhaul.

My advice as a complete nobody is 'be careful Todd.'

The last time an Elder Scrolls game out we had the hype of Radiant-AI. Over promoted and under-delivered. Quite honestly there was no noticeable difference between Oblivion's NPC behavior, and that of Origin's Ultima 7. Quite frankly Ultima 7 was a better RPG, and I'm sure Todd Howard would admit that if pressed (it's his favorite RPG).

I am speculating (ha) that this next ES installment is going to to find a compromise with the old school guys like me who yearn for a more traditional RPG, and the younger gen who seem to gravitate more towards action-RPG (not all young people). It'll be graphically stunning I'm sure, the animations according to Todd are going to be noticeably better, and I HOPE, that they figure out a way to make a dynamic game with less over-the-top leveled NPC's/Monsters.

Actually I'm not too worried about things being over-hyped. In fact I'm assuming that is exactly why they're waiting so long to announce. If they announce it only a little while before release then that's less time for speculation (regarding gameplay) to get too out of control. Where most of the expectations for Oblivion were our own interpretations of throwaway lines that bred and expanded over the wait period, if the wait is short then we'll get less information to go off.

I'm not sure if you mean the Radiant AI hype was created by us, but I can assure you that particular hype was generated directly from the folks at gamesas who gushed about how awesome it was at every opportunity. They went into great detail describing totally random events like mages fights breaking out in the streets, NPC's killing each other with hoes, and NPC's stealing food when their larder was emptied so they didn't starve to death. Ya I couldn't make any of that happen, let alone notice it happening on it's own. A good example was when you can poison somebody with an apple in the dining hall of the Dark Brotherhood, and this guy would not eat my freakin' death-apple. I picked his pocket of any and all money and food. Removed every piece of food from every table, and after I removed food from every crevice of the guildhall, I finally found him dead. Now mind you, this was supposed to happen in the game, and it was like pulling teeth.

I'll give you RAI, but the stuff with people killing each other was, if I recall, them talking about why they had scaled it back before it was released. I'm talking more about just little things. Although the RAI does show why less is more in game marketing, if something gets cut, it's a chance nobody knew about it to begin with.

I agree.

I don't think they should reveal too much of the game.

Haven't you noticed, that when there is too much information on a game yet to be released, and when you play it it's just boring, because you already know almost everything about the game.
I hate it when some game company spoils my game with too much information. This happened while I played WoW, and I was expecting for WotLK to come out. It didn't turn out to be so exciting.
And it's hard to resist a link, which contains information on a game... maybe seeing a screenshot or two would'nt be that bad.

That's why I don't read game news that often. All I need to know about the games is: It's going to come out one day and I'm gonna buy it.

I agree with this statement quite whole-heartedly. In the months leading up to Bioshock's release I knew nothing about the game. Very early on I read one article that said it was going to be a cool game, shooter, with some moral ambiguity, and that was about it. I think I did know it was going to take place underwater. I did not know anything about the themes, that it was an art-deco city underwater, etc... I went into it very ignorant. When I played it, I was blown away. I thought it was a fantastic game, with an awesome storyline, socio-political themes, original, etc...obviously borrowed heavily from Ayn Rand, etc...If I had known every little detail about it before playing it never would have had the impact. Bioshock 2 was an ok shooter, but most of the Rapture magic was gone (the story line svcked in my opinion anyway which didn't help) and part of this is because I followed it all the way through development, read every article I could find, and followed "There's Something In the Sea," like it was my job. I'm staying away from reviews of games I might be even mildly interested in so I can be in awe the next time a great game comes out.

That's not always the case... I knew pretty much everything there was to know about Red Dead Redemption when it came out, but when I got it I was still amazed by it. Same with Fallout 3; I knew everything they revealed and I read previews/reviews everywhere I could find them. Of course I got that opening day so I didn't really get spoiled or anything, but I still new a great deal about the game (how it started, the main story, many enemy types, most of the gameplay mechanics, etc.) and I loved it.

Personally, I would like to know a lot about the game mechanics in TES V, but not too much on the storyline. That way, I can judge how good it might be, but without the story getting spoiled for me.

Its weird that way eh? Reading lots about a game before its out does not ruin anything but reading about it afterwords makes it not worth while. So many spoilers. The critics assume you have played it already i guess.

I have been saying the exact same thing for ages now. Game developers show too much. All I want to know about a game is some basic info, see a couple screens and maybe view one trailer. Anything after that is a spoiler. Unless I want to know some specific thing, I don't want to see it or hear about it. As for a game like TES V... I actually don't need to know more than a title, setting and what quarter it's likely to be released. It's hard not to look at it all when theres links and stuff in your face.

It's the same thing for movies. I saw Avatar knowing there were blue aliens and there were humans involved and there was some planet... that was it and enjoyed it so much more because I saw nothing beforehand.

Anyhow, I hope Bethesda doesn't show off too much stuff. I already saw more than enough of Guild Wars 2. Oo

not really maybe somone never play any elderscrolls, that would go under 'stupidity' but still lol

in my mind i think thay are making tesv oviouslt to many fallouts atm, and maybe after that 1 the second one is fallout 4 for the next gen consoles and after that making tes 6 depends on sales ect, would seem realistic in my mind and oviously maybe making small games inbetween tiems see if any hit of what thay can invest into.

gotta a gree there thay never said 1 book then another to carry on could be 1 book then tev then another book then maybe a final game who knows truly what plans are, or it could bridge gap between tes4 and v, but like everyone now ikm wating till december will be intresting, if thay dont annouce it this year and do so next year it might be 2012 till we see it. and thats to say thay are even doing tes5

lol im the same just want solid ground saying its being done but i would like a trailer, mainly because i wanna see if its swords/bows magic or guns cause guns id be like inzabitz.

My favorite too!! And talk about an "A.I" system. The NPC's all had to eat, sleep, work and play. You could watch bakers make bread all day, go to the pub for food and drink, EAT the food and drink, come home crawl in bed and do it again the next day. It truly was an amazing game!

~200 posts

*click*

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1111500-official-tes-v-speculation-thread-62/