Personally, I love that (to my knowledge) all TES games have taken place long enough after the events of the previous installments that they can be considered their own stories. This allows for much speculation on the part of the fans who must use their imagination and creativity to determine what happened in between; it also makes the history/timeline seem richer and grander.

Anybody who's followed popular adventure or role playing games, as well as films and television series knows that in sequels, prequels, and direct sequels are popular, albeit controversial, devices for reigniting interest in a franchise (the other is the already cliched reboot formula, but that's another thread for another itme that hopefully will nevar come). So can you see a direct sequel happening? I could. I'm not sure I'm like it to, and I'm confident it won't happen for two more installments, but how do you feel about the prospect?

I don't think that any game should be made so that a direct sequel is necessary, but that every game should be made so the tale of the aftermath would be intriguing. I felt that Skryim's ending was far too open, but then I remembered that they need to allow for more than one outcome in the case of secondary stories; there could definitely be more done with the dragon situation though. I think they should go ahead once more in the next game, and then, after so many years of teasing, they should take us back to the ancient times when dwarves and snow elves reigned in the northern reaches of Tamriel - it's include the early civilsations of Man in Tamriel as well as the aforementioned fabled races, so people would certainly have the intrigue.


Scary, isn't it, to think that when the next game's released, Skyrim will have dated graphics. I'm hoping that 1:1 lip synching will be the next big leap.


-RiC

I wouldn't want a direct sequel, I like how every game has a unique and independent story.

A game set way back in ancient times like you mentioned sounds really cool though!

No plz dear god no direct sequel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As a DLC sure, as another game? hezzz no

Bethesda is strongly against prequels these days. When Obsidian wanted to make their Fallout happen before F3, Bethesda forbid it due to their "Every new game MUST be chronologically after the last game!" policy they now follow. Doubt they would break the rule themselves, especially since SR's story and lore is made so that it makes player want to know what happens next to Tamriel.

New Games as Direct Sequels? We won't get that either: Todd Howard seems to be strongly against them as well and when Bethesda wants a Direct Sequel story, they release an expansion/DLC.

They've already done a few prequels so as long as it wasn't part of the main series i'd be comfortable with it, as for direct sequel that should be done as a dlc.

Seriously? since Skyrim takes place 200 years after Oblivion...why does everyone assume the rest of the series was spaced out?

From Elder Scrolls 1:Arena to Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion only 40 years pass in the world, every game revolves around the same Emperor either sending you somewhere, or needing your help. They decided that the game world timetable was too cluttered now, so they decided to space it out to write some new lore.



Err.....havent you noticed, Oblivion was a reboot and so is Skyrim. Oblivion was a gameplay reboot, bringing the series up to scratch in the gameplay department and on par with other games, Skyrim is a story reboot, adding in lots of new infomation to the series. No doubt the next game will be just as different. Elder scrolls games have never, and properly will never, become a sequels series, like the Final Fantasy series, when every game is not reliant on the storys from the last games it makes a series go on much longer.


They do this often. It like they know that many people killed Vivec in Morrowind, but its not something they commit to, so know in lore he is just 'missing'.You'll find in the next game there will be some in-game books that have more information on the aftermath of the dragon situation.

You mention a few things, going back to a early place in time: They have done this before with Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard. So its always a possibility. Dragons aren't coming back again, they are the Oblivion gates of this game. If Dragons were to appear again it would be little more then a camo of one hiding in a cave somewhere.


If you play PC games you'd quickly realise that Skyrim is hardly superior in the graphics department.....and that generally how games work, every instalment has better graphics then the last.

I don't think they will make a whole new game a direct sequel, maybe as people have said already the DLC could be something along those lines. One of the main reasons I think Bethesda like to space out their games and have a complete new story, is to keep the new players interested, so they won't have had to have played one of the previous instalments to understand what is happening.

I was thinking about an Elder Scrolls prequel as well, being able to play as the Dwarves, Ayleids, Ancient Nords, Snow Elves, etc

A direct sequel would be kinda dumb, anything that can be added to Skyrim's story should be done via DLC.


I want the Thalmor business dealt with before TES VI, so that all of the problems of TES 5 will be a thing of the past. I like how each TES game is completely seperate from the last and connected solely through its lore.

No, and no. All TES installments should remain independent of one another. Sure, they should take the consequences of previous games i nto account, but should not carry on from them, in my opinion. (Remember how many people wanted TES:V to feature the Nerevarine romping around through Akavir? )
Well, I suppose I should point this out. Skyrim's graphics are already kind of dated, barring improvement through mods.

The first 4 games all took place within 30 years. Skyrim is unique in that it is more than 19 years later.

I'd hate for them to waste a numbered entry on a prequel, but setting a new TES Adventures game in the Ayleid empire and putting the player in the role of a slave in the midst of the revolution would be awesome. I'm still mad about the unsatisfying representation of the Ayleids in Oblivion. Really, Bethesda, not one Wild Elf tribe, nor even a reference to them? I love the new lore we did get, but it's not enough, in my opinion.

What about Pelinal? What if we played as Pelinal? Take out the RP aspects and make it like "The Force Unleashed".

I think the skyrim player character might already be close to that. Or is moving towards that direction. Maybe they're both even shezarrines.

But anyways, the Force Unleashed svcks.