» Fri May 04, 2012 10:49 am http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1371463-what-will-we-do-about-elder-scrolls-online/.
The marble jaws of Oblivion have been opened, who will stem the news tide? In the next few days we are about to be swamped with information about Elder Scrolls Online. I have seen what no waking eye has see, and I foresee the turmoil that awaits us.
This upcoming MMO is to be set in most of Tamriel, including parts of every single province, with more chunks to be unlocked as expansions. Apparently it spreads from Elder Root to Shornhelm, so there you go. It is set in the 2nd Era, during a great big civil war to crown a new Emperor, yadda yadda. Much more info is to come.
The worrying part, is mixed in with the gameplay details, are pieces of lore like the fact that the entire of Tamriel is now divided into three factions: The Aldmeri Dominion, The "Daggerfall Covenant" of the Bretons, Orcs and Hammerfell, and, um, the "Ebonheart Pact" of Morrowind, Skyrim and Argonia. All fighting over Cyrodiil. Yeah.
Now, I draw you here together for one simple reason: if, as early indicators seem to suggest, TESO twists and simplifies the Tamriel we love into something unrecognisable, how do we treat this new lore? The official line will be to call everything canon, no doubt. But we may find it difficult in our hearts to reconcile some of this new information with the picture of TES we hold dear.
Of course, holding different and contradictory pictures of a fantasy world side by side is something we are the undisputed world champions of, but we need a gameplan, now. It took us years to recover from the shock of Nu-Cyrod, we need to be ready for this outrageous débutante. Our lore-beards must be trimmed and arranged in all the latest fashions. This is a rocky relationship we have ahead of us, but by the Three we are going to make it work.
So, thoughts?
This upcoming MMO is to be set in most of Tamriel, including parts of every single province, with more chunks to be unlocked as expansions. Apparently it spreads from Elder Root to Shornhelm, so there you go. It is set in the 2nd Era, during a great big civil war to crown a new Emperor, yadda yadda. Much more info is to come.
The worrying part, is mixed in with the gameplay details, are pieces of lore like the fact that the entire of Tamriel is now divided into three factions: The Aldmeri Dominion, The "Daggerfall Covenant" of the Bretons, Orcs and Hammerfell, and, um, the "Ebonheart Pact" of Morrowind, Skyrim and Argonia. All fighting over Cyrodiil. Yeah.
Now, I draw you here together for one simple reason: if, as early indicators seem to suggest, TESO twists and simplifies the Tamriel we love into something unrecognisable, how do we treat this new lore? The official line will be to call everything canon, no doubt. But we may find it difficult in our hearts to reconcile some of this new information with the picture of TES we hold dear.
Of course, holding different and contradictory pictures of a fantasy world side by side is something we are the undisputed world champions of, but we need a gameplan, now. It took us years to recover from the shock of Nu-Cyrod, we need to be ready for this outrageous débutante. Our lore-beards must be trimmed and arranged in all the latest fashions. This is a rocky relationship we have ahead of us, but by the Three we are going to make it work.
So, thoughts?
Current Topics: Raising an Elk to the Ruby Throne, calling ourselves the Marukhati Selective, saying Tam! RUGH!, and forming chapters outside of the Ebonheart alliance.
