With this level of interest in the series do you think 5 years between installments is too long? Or do you think Beth have the sweet spot?

Not if they are using those five years to make perfection :shrug:

I believe it's for a good cause. The game will rock. However, have you forgotten that we had Fallout 3 during the wait?

Perfection TES is! I am trying to forget FO 3!

It′s a really long time, that′s true. But I can understand that Bethesda needed a second trademark (Fallout), if you′re focusing too much on one scenario, this can get dangerous.

Not if those 5 years are being used to make the game perfect!

Totally agree! I dont want TES turning into an EA like yearly crap outing

It took me five years to finish with Oblivion and Fallout 3, so no. Not that I ever will be finished with them. :bowdown:

Yes, it's The Elder Scrolls ... !

For someone who has no interest in Fallout, those 5 years were pretty painful. I really hope they get big enough to have two dev teams.

It's only been a little more than two years since Fallout 3's release... And it will be around three by the time Skyrim comes out. Three years is perfectly acceptable.

Five years is fine, but they should only concentrate on TES, forget about Fallout =P

Five years with no information? That's a bit too long. Five years of development? That's perfectly acceptable. A game like TES has a lot more involved than say Call of Duty or Guitar Hero (games that have a short life). I'm happy to wait if it means I get a game that creates 1000's of hours of gameplay, is deep, engaging, and above all, allows me freedom in path, character, and goals.

I should really hv made this as a vote, but i don't know how sorry guys

Id wait 6 for a game as perfect as this on will be.

Id wait 6 for a game as perfect as this on will be.

I don't care how long it takes as long as it is brilliant. I would wait ten years if I had to.

Agreed :thumbsup:

Its 5 1/2 years. I wish it could be more along the lines of four, but better late than never (and it could be worse - look at Blizzard with SC 2 and Diablo III). I do wish they would leak a bit of development information a few years prior like they did with Oblivion. That total silence the entire time was killing me.

Five years is definitely a torturous wait, especially for the sequel to my favorite game this generation, but there are plenty of games to play until November 11 of next year.

I think whats obvious is we don't mind waiting for quality product. And i don't know how to do a poll!

Not for a game that is perfect!

No. Next subject?

Pretty sure Fallout is more popular then TES is. That means they are more likely to forget TES and concentrate on Fallout, so be very very careful what you wish for. bliviongate:

As for the OP: Five strait years of development time is a lot, especially if they end up using the same engine. However, BGS likely was not working (at least not the full team) on TES:V during the whole five years due to Fallout 3's development. In all likely hood the game has only been in full scale development for a little over two years, with a small team working on it for who knows how long before that. So three years for a new game? Thats not bad.

What Bethesda really should do is have two full time teams working on Fallout and The Elder Scrolls. Both games have become very popular, and could each justify its own dedicated team working on it.

Well, since its announced that they made a completely new engine for the game, and that they did have FO3 in between them.......yeah its worth the wait.