I have to give Bethesda credit, I would have never thought of a conintuation of Oblivion. It seems to me that they can make something out of nothing but Im starting to question whats next. I just don't see another game coming. I may be wrong, and I really hope I am, but this may be the end of the Elder Scrolls. Unless someone can prove there is hope.

Give me a story of the next generation of the Elder Scrolls, something that will make Bethesda green with envy! If Skyrim is what they say it is then that game will be the one to rule them all (Lord of the Rings pun not intended..... okay maybe a little). Its a tall order but create a new chapter in the Elder Scrolls saga.I can see your face, you already know what to write. Now make it real!

Well, Oblivion was just the end of the Third Era and returning order to Mundus by cutting off Oblivion. There was plenty more to do. Skyrim is dealing with Alduin and the end of the world. But it will be prevented, and it is not the first time Alduin will be stopped. After that, we have more Fourth Era to do!

It's implied that the ultimate goal of the series is restoring Lorkhan to Mundus. I wouldn't expect the series to end until that is accomplished, and really, that can be dragged out as long as they want.

Bethesda Game Studios is on one series and one series only and That is the Elder Scrolls. Bethesda handed over the Fallout series to Obsidion to focus on only the Elder Scrolls and beside they make too much money on the series plus game of the year for both Morrowind and Oblivion i dont see it dieing any time soon

The Thalmor is back in Valenwood, there's tension between the Summerset Isles and the Empire, High Rock is still a collection of city-states, and Morrowind is a cluster[nummit].

The entire continent is in disarray, and we've got about two hundred years between the events of Oblivion + Infernal city and Skyrim. There's no way that all of this got solved in that amount of time given what we know from the lore's history. Add to that that apparently in Tamriel, things can always go from bad to worse, and you have a series with no shortage for potential plotlines.

Yeah Im shure TES will be fine the world is so huge the plot is so big and the others brought up good points, TES isnt going to be gone for along time.

The plot doesn't matter. As long as people buy the games Bethesda will still make the series.

I honestly don't understand this theory; if you had an enjoyable, stable, lucrative job, would you quit it because you hit a small snag? And, of course, that assumes they hit a snag, which seems rather unlikely, considering how prolific they are.

I'm eager to get a third Numidium saga...

As long as the games keep getting great reviews and selling well, why would they stop making them? That would be a poor business strategy.

Umm, bethesda did not hand over fallout to Obsidian. They had Obsidian develop one spin-off.

Akavir sounds more suited for an expansion pack than an actual game, because of the lack of the races you know and care about.

Not really; it's a good opportunity to explore a huge new culture, which is hard to do in something as small as an expansion pack.

Wrong! The plot does matter especially in RPG games, are you daft boy? You must be new to this genre because plot and story are a huge factor in RPG's. If Bethesda just starts throwing out half finished products with little to no story that have nothing to do with how the Story as a whole has progressed thus far people will lose interest and ultimately faith in the company. What follows from there is obvious as there are only two things they can do.

Anyways.......

As many people before me have said, there is plenty more for Bethesda to do. I think that even if they hit a slight snag there are plenty of people on these forums who would be more than happy to help them along the way to a new release. There seems to be a serious wealth of information on these forums and some very skilled and talented modders as well as the lore specialists . I don't think anyone here would allow for them to stop the series for the simple reason of running out of story or ideas.

I may not have liked everything that they did between the last 3 TES games (not including expansions only main games), but as a whole they seem to be on the right track here and I have faith that Bethesda will continue the series until all possible areas and stories have been explored and told.

Bethesda as a publisher did not they still own rights to publish fallout. Bethesda Game Studios however isn't making a Fallout game thats why Obsidian is handling that detail so Bethesda Game Studios can focus on the Elder Scrolls my theory anyway

Well, it's nothing new. They made a completely different sequel to each ES game they released. I don't see why they'd stop with Skyrim considering there's so much more they can tell.

I could care about Akaviri races and get to know them. They sound very interesting. If they make Akavir, it deserves it's own game AT LEAST. It sounds like a huge and wildly diverse continent like Tamriel and an expansion pack could barely cover any of it.

Thanks to DirectX 11 and tessellation, there will be a huge jump in graphical fidelity. I made a comparison of the how the graphics will look for TES VI.

http://i.imgur.com/Wn97m.png

Nope. Bethesda licensed Obsidian to make a spin off Fallout. Thats why New Vegas uses the same engine as Fallout 3 and isn't called Fallout 4.

BGS will continue making numbered Fallout games. However, they are -as we know- working on Skyrim, but development will shift further to Fallout 4 as Skyrim nears completion and release. After Fallout 4, BGS will shift people back the Elder Scrolls for number 6.

VI is going to look mindblowing. The next-generation consoles should be out by then and I can't wait to gape in awe at VI on my PS4. :hehe:

No, I am not daft. In my opinion story is extremely important. But having "good" plots isn't so important for the game to succeed. Oblivion's plot was typical "stop the world from destruction, and there were quite a bit of holes in it. Morrowind's was a little better, but not by much. Nevertheless, these are great games and they are still extremely successfull

Well what the [censored] and here i thought the next ES game could come in 2014 god [censored] that does put it back to 2016 :banghead:

I'd have to say what I've said for years: you'll probably never see Akavir. IMO it was always meant to be an exotic place over the horizon. Bethesda probably has enough material to work with in Tamriel.

Particularly after reading the oh-so-depressing Skyrim forum (I want to be able to dual-wield two-handed weapons while using a shield and firing an infinite number of fireballs from the back of a dragon while an invisible werewolf bounty hunter! That'd be COOL!), I don't know if this will be the last TES game, but I really sort of hope so.

Eh... I'm sure it'll continue on, just like McDonalds. And I don't eat at McDonalds.

Huh? How do you figure the implied overall goal of the TES series is to restore Lorkhan to Mundus???
And for the record, I seriously and most certainly want TESVI so be in Summerset Isle.

I see what you're trying to say, but I can't say I agree. Sure, some of the posts you see in Skyrim Discussion aren't exactly well thought-out (to put it nicely), but the same thing was going after Oblivion was announced. I wasn't around on these forums to see the Morrowind announcement but my guess is that it would've been around at that time too. I don't think this influences the games themselves, and it can only get to you if you let it. :shrug:

I hope Bethesda do keep bringing out these games as each one raises the bar for the genre and contributes to moving the industry forward. TES is a unique series and a very successful one, so why should they stop now?