When it comes to video games, a good fashioned horde mode makes for a lot of replay ability, at least for me. That was the main reason I enjoyed games like Left 4 Dead, Gears of War, and certain Call of Duty games. There could be MANY ideas and ways to branch off with the idea of a horde mode. The main ideas I was thinking of were: Achievements for getting to a very high wave, Coins based on the number of creatures killed and the difficulty of said creatures, Special equipment, etc.

When I think of Horde Mode I think of just an endless number of battles where it gets tougher and tougher, starting from something small such as a couple of mud crabs, but then gets tougher and tougher to where you're stuck fighting minotaurs, lich, cliff racers, necromancers, guards, bandits, maybe even dragons and various npcs that are otherwise marked as essential.

Would you like a horde mode?

Doesn't fit TES imo :shrug:

P.S: Gladiators's fights are already a bit similar and those are all I need for that kind of battle.

No, we dont need horde mode for replayability. TES IS replayability.

No. No need for it, as there are plenty of (more suitable) games that have already done it well so if I've got a horde itch I'll play one of those. :shrug:

That was one of the things I was worried about, but it could just be an easter egg. They fit in Arena and the way I picture a horde mode is basically just like that but endless.

I love horde mode in shooters. I don't think it would work well enough to devote any resources to. Take that time and add content. Bear fur cloaks!

Might be cool as part of the Arena. Maybe a mode that you can end after the end of any round, but can not save during at anytime. Get money based on how far you make it, or die if you get too greedy.

But if you notice, all the games you listed are FPSs.

This is an adventure sandbox game.... maybe an arena that goes on forever but not a horde mode.

Maybe if this was Fable...

Seriously, you see this mode added to shooters to add replay value. The reason is that most shooters are in the 5-15 hour range. And horde adds some much needed hours to the single player or co-op experience. Luckily we dont have that problem with a TES/Fallout game. Frankly I would much rather they work on q & a or adding features to the game itself without creating new modes.

edit: horrible grammer

Yes I did notice this as I was typing, but I couldn't think of any non FPS / TPS (Gears of War is a third person shooter) games with a horde mode , maybe its time for a new dawn! The idea of a horde mode on an adventure / role playing game.

No. Just no.

? This is an RPG.

And there's a reason for that.

There is absolutely no need for "horde" mode in TES... If ya wanna fight go find a dungeon

it would be way too confusing and you would die real soon

Care to elaborate on said reason? I really don't see why one can't just use their spells / melee weapons / ranged weapons to slaughter endless amounts of enemies of various difficulties.

I don't think so.

We don't even know if Skyrim can support a horde of enemies on the screen at once. Fallout 3 and Oblivion couldn't.

The way the developers have talked about combat makes it seem like its going to be more paced. How will that paced mechanic effect such a mode? Would it just become a button masher?

Probably the fact that most FPS have a single-player game that lasts ten hours tops and is the same every time you play it.

Why is it needed in an OPEN WORLD RPG?! It's not. Horde modes are in shooters because their campaigns last 5-10 hours, not in RPGs that can be played for hundreds of hours.

:whistling:

Oh god, please no. I can see it now, 'Nazi Dragons' - Skyrim's first expansion pack.

*puts on stranglin gloves* scuse me OP? :stare:

But I don't see the point to it or how it brings replayability. It's just mindless killing with nothing for you to benefit from. In those other games, you could get rewards for it and show off your score to your friends online. What gameplay value do you get out of it for a singleplayer action adventure RPG? If you give rewards for it, it doesn't make sense in the scope of the game and then you have no one to compare to.

Besides, TES is the definition of replayability. I've never seen any other game that can have someone log so many hours and not be an MMO.

You could have something like that in some sort of arena in singleplayer right? Last man standing and horde mode and such. It is definitely possible. But i'm very neutral in this