I don't really think anyone wants them to "rush" the game. There are plenty of people who would love to see the game soon, myself among them, but not because they decide to rush anything to get something out. Deep down, in our wildest fantasies, we'd all love to hear that they have, in fact, been working on the game for a long time - that it is more or less close to done as it is now - and will be released soon. If that were true, I would be happy beyond all possible comprehension.

The chances of that happening are very slim, of course, but it's what I'd like to think of as an ideal situation. Realistically, we're looking at a release in 2011-2012 with an announcement sometime soon.

In regard to "feature creep people", I doubt the game will be delayed much - if at all - because of the desire for new and newer features. If most of the estimates of the time frame on this forum are at least somewhat accurate, then at this point BGS already knows what it wants in a game. It's just a matter of actually doing it.

I prefer to give Bethesda the time they need to polish up their next title properly. I don't want another rushed and unpolished title like what happened to Oblivion at the start. Shivering Isles may have been a decent enough recovery.

I couldnt finish Shivering Isles. The game would just repeatedly crash after I had finally got the witch to remake her flesh golem. Every time I tried to save the game, the game would crash, so practically I was unable to contune with the story.

Nah.

Thats a decent guess I would say.

OT. I dont care how long it takes. If it takes awhile longer, maybe a few years, wont matter. Because the more time you spend on something, the more effort and energy got spent into the project, making it that much better

I disagree, to a point.

First of all, many games get stuck in "development hell" such as Duke Nukem Forever and Daikatana. If they are released, it is years away from the projection, and the game is ALWAYS sub par. TES V is not there. Falling into development hell takes a major screw up, avoidable or not, such as lack of funding.

But a game which is developed for more time than is necessary suffers the same effects. If you wait too long to release, you have to update your initial progress because good technology in 2010 is old hat in 2012...but that process only adds more time to completion, and a game that could of been made in 3 years, was planned for 4, and needed 5. That's money, in salaries and sales.

Everyone assumes that the more time they spend, the better game they will make. Obviously there is a certain time frame needed, to build, test, and polish, but that is why the building should be done as close to the projected date as possible. Because once it's finished, you can test it, and testing a game is directly related to the amount of content inside of it, and the polish time is directly related to the amount of bugs detected in testing. If you lengthen development time, you increase both of those factors.

So I would light a fire under Bethesdas butts. Get it done, out, made. Test it, fix the bugs, release it. Here is where people say "well what if it's missing so and so a feature, or they didn't do a good job doing this, they needed more time" The best way for them to figure all that out is from feedback, and the quicker they are making games the quicker they can make adjustments to each one in the series.

So all of you who think 6-7 years is a decent time frame for a game, think about this: No amount of time makes the perfect game. But if they do screw up something, it's going to be another 6-7 years before that gets fixed. And so on.

For a successful BUSINESS, time is money. The fact is that Zenimax is going to keep Bethesda on a reasonably efficient time vs. cost scale. Giving BGS six years to finish a project is a business failure to Zenimax. Therefore, the only reasonable conclusion is that BGS has to make the game "complete" on the Zenimax time table, without regard to our expectations.

I want them to take as much time as they need in order to make the game as good as it can be. That doesn't mean that I think "the longer, the better", though. Personally, I would like to hear some kind of affirmation that they are in the process of developing TES:V relatively soon (within the next year or so), but I don't want to see any teasers or screen shots until they are nearly done with the project. My theory is that, after releasing some intial teasers, they can afford to spend another six months to a year polishing the game before officially announcing a release date, which then would buy them an additional six months to a year before the product is due to hit the shelves. I think that should give them ample time to make TES:V a "complete" game. Also, I'm hoping that it will be released on current gen consoles / PCs, as I get the feeling that one of the reasons Oblivion felt lacking was because they were having to fumble around with the newer platform. I'd hate it if TES once again acted as the guinea pig for next gen equipment.

They definitely need to spend time on it. While I want to hear about it ASAP, I also want it to be worth waiting for.

Excellent point. I am willing to wait if it means a better quality game. There are other games out there I can play.

Yes me too. Now that its confirmed that the new GI cover wont be TES5.

Sorry if slightly off topic but it wasn't confirmed that it's not TES V...there are arguments that say that it will be and some that point it won't.... also even if it was announced Beth would still work on it for a couple more years anyway.

It's almost confirmed:

1. http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1102894-official-tes-v-speculation-thread-49/page__view__findpost__p__16135075
2. http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1102938-oh-no-gameinformer-august-possibly-not-tes/page__view__findpost__p__16135252

honestly with Fallout New Vegas coming out I don't see why we should be worried. Fallout New Vegas could hold anyone over for another year or two

We'll see it tomorrow I guess...

Back on topic I know companies sometimes rush products so that the clients don't have to wait anymore, but I wouldn't mind waiting for the "perfect game" or atleast "perfect TES" (which is pretty much the same thing )

Fo once I agree with you NMM.
Patience is a virtue and i'm fine waiting. Besides, with COD:Black Ops, F:NV, and MoH, coming soon, i hope TESV does take a while

Please leave any speculation about any TES V release information out of this thread. Thanks.

Not to mention Rage which looks outstanding, Fable 3 for the fantasy fix (as short lived as that fix might be), Civ 5 for strategy fans, and a new Assassin's Creed game. There's no short supply of upcoming great games.

The longer they take, the more time they have to refine it. I've given up posting in the speculation threads because people seem to have forgotten that fact. Some posters are getting way too over-dramatic about their hopes for a Game Informer reveal. We know TES:V is going to happen, so it's a win/win situation really. Either we get an announcement soon, or we get the peace of mind that Bethesda are taking the game incredibly seriously and pumping a lot of time and effort into the sequel. Until we hear about it, enjoy the other wonderful games developed by other talented companies.

Yeah I also think the amount of cool games coming out has made totally forget about TES V

Yeah, that's what I'm saying. This fall and winter are bringing so many good games, I don't really mind no news. The way I see it, let em work out the kinks and make it a very good game

I can wait

I'll just play MW, Europa Universalis and Civ IV (at least until Civ V is out)
I'd rather wait and have a quality product than have one rushed just because of demand

I guess I'll let them take their time, but if they start goofing off... I'm gonna tell them to stop.

But wouldn't you wait another year or even two for the perfect TES than get a worse one now and only receive a better one in another five or six years?

There's no such thing as a perfect TES, I would at least like some news on it is all, it's been plenty long enough for them to create a great game.

Patience is a virtue. All things worth having are worth waiting for.