Was the War of Wrath the last time Middle Earth needed to be saved?

:facepalm: They will still be making millions of dollars from other Elders Scrolls games! I posted that very clearly open your eyes. And yeah on Alduins wall all the main events from the previous Elder Scrolls games are on there so how is it unrelated to the other TES games? And I am not saying that from the beginning the were planning for Alduin coming but now thats whats happening.

So either way I still would like more Elder Scrolls be it a main game or a "sidequel".

First off, it's highly doubtful that this is the end. As has been said, the games are profitable, and the team loves making them.

In a way, one could have interpreted Oblivion as the end of TES, because all the previous games had involved destroying towers. One could have argued that Oblivion directly relied on the previous games (which it did). Therefore, the end of Oblivion was the end of the story arc (also, the Empire collapsed, the Septim Dynasty fell, all of which were very high elements of all four games),

Second, we can't make this assumption until we play Skyrim or until the team comes out and says outright "this is the last Elder Scrolls main game."'

Third, from an in-game lore perspective, we could have evidence that this will be breaking the cycle of kalpas. All the previous prophecies indicate this event because the world has never progressed beyond this point in all it's previous iterations. So therefore, it would make sense for all the prophecies to indicate that this is the end, because in the long cycle, it was the end. But we could break the cycle, and end it. Therefore, more TES games.

The day Beth goes out of Buisness, is the day when Elder Scrolls dies out....

This thread gets me thinking, imagine how much of a huge slap in the face would it be if the game actually ended with Alduin eating the world?

not if you want to keep making money.
and its a matter of perspective whethor or not every game has lead to this one. imo, they did not, since they could never have expected to be this successful when they started and thus would not have planned out a plot over 5 titles each of which a few years apart from each other.

Lol @

Not true.
I have stuff that expires in 2013 and that's proof that world won't end in 2012.

Those are all typos.

I know this is off topic, but I wonder if I should take advantage of those deals you see on tv that say "make no payments until..." and they list of a date two years in the future. maybe I could get a free care one year before the world ends? lol.

There are still a lot of provinces left out there.
So likely not.

Morrowind was a pretty big success. Oblivion was a huge success. Fallout 3 was a really huge success. Skyrim will be... an incredibly huge success?

As long as they make a good profit, which I think they certainly are, TES will continue, and hopefully also the Fallout games made by BGS.
They got a really expansive and rich lore in TES that is very hard to recreate on the fly.
Now let's not also forget that TES is the king of RPGs and one hell of a series.

In conclusion: it wouldn't be very smart if Skyrim was the last main game. Not for Bethesda, not for us, not for anybody...

it has to be, the elder scroll that prophosizes Alduin's coming is the final elder scroll. If they make another game, it wouldn't be the elder scrolls any more.

I find it kinda funny when people think they had Aldiun's coming planned out in what was it...1996 when Arena came out? The writers are just writers, not forture tellers. They had no idea they'd get this big and still be making games. I'm sure they were hopping for it, but they had no way of knowing. The fact that Aldiun's coming ties together the plots of the other games doesn't mean they had it planned out that far back. Its just the writers being creative with their job.



The Elder Scrolls are Aedric Prophecies of unknown origin and quantity, the Elder Scrolls (whence the series takes its name) are, simultaneously, archives of both historic and future events.

Any person gifted with prescient powers is able to interpret the contents of the Elder Scrolls with practice. The information revealed about the future is never absolute. Once an event foretold within the scrolls is carried out in the world it becomes fixed within them.

Such insight into the inner fabric of reality comes at a price, however, as each new foretelling and interpretation strikes the reader with blindness for a greater period of time, while simultaneously granting them a broader view of the scroll's contents. Ultimately, the reader, having engaged in frequent acts of prophecy, is left bereft of their vision, forever after removed of their right to read the scrolls. By time-honored tradition only those of The Cult of the Ancestor Moth may read from the scrolls, the younger members caring for the elder as they gradually lose their sight for eternity.

The prophecies of the Elder Scrolls and the Heroes are interdependent, one cannot exist without the other.


Or in other words, read up on the lore before you say stuff like that. Its not the first time an Elder Scroll told of the end of the world. Its not the last one, and as long as Beth wants to they can keep making more.

Very clever (had me laughing to myself). I hope this is not the last game. However, they've had a great run and I wouldn't want to see things get repetitive and overused. Yet again, this is the Elder Scrolls universe were talking about here. It's lore and creativity is endless... :biggrin:

People are getting this Idea from the gameplay trailer. The person talking is saying everything lead up to this. It mentions that the scrolls say the stuff in Morrowind and Oblivion will happen and then Skyrim will happen. But, what who is going to stop Bethesda from saying that Alduin was also leading up to something else? Because if you think about it, Morrowind lead up to Oblivion, and Oblivion lead up to Skyrim.

In other words, no, this is by far not the last of the series, I will probably around 50, still playing the series diligently when they stop making the series (hopefully).

And even if Alduin "eats the world" there will always be 200 years between OB and Skyrim :tongue:


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hahahaha!! this scare is just like the Y2K. Its going to get everybody worried, then out of nowhere.... get ready for this.... its not going to happen! WOOOOAH!!!

on topic-

No. I think Bethesda will make more. They are very good! My guess is that the next one will be about some piece of history that was lost a long time ago. Except they will make it way more awesome then that!

Just think man when alduin is gone the will be a TES VI and it will be Elder Scrolls VI Summerst Isle ofr any plce about the return of the dwenmer.

Nope.

Summerset Isle, Black Marsh, Elsweyr, Valenwood, Hammerfell, High Rock, mainland Morrowind, Akavir, Atmora, Yokuda, etc. etc. etc.

Elder Scrolls is here to stay.

THIS.

What? Where do these ideas come from? It's a videogame series, they're like soap operas where continuity is concerned.

"And then, after the entire universe was destroyed in the Season 3 finale, we begin Season 4 at Ed's Diner..."

The series will continue. It kinda follows naturally from Bethesda's desire to not close up shop and fade into obscurity.

i doubt people actually believe it led to this i think they are just going with the the lore and the story
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hes got a point

I figure one game per province capped off by a disturbingly huge game including all of Tamriel ala Arena.
Best part for me is by the time that last one comes out I'll be retired and able to devote all my time to it.

I suppose the only real question then is whether or not to give Hammerfell and High Rock their own games or consider Daggerfall to have taken care of them both.