The Elder Scrolls V possibly a Massively Multiplayer Online Game

22 February 2007

Posted by:Ferry

The creators of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Bethesda Softworks, only focus their studio on one game at a time. Next up for them is Fallout 3. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t talking about a sequel to Oblivion. Bethesda Softworks’ VP of PR and marketing Pete Hines told 1up the following about the years-away Elder Scrolls V:

“Well, I can tell you that since Oblivion has been such a smashing success that I’m sure we will do [Elder Scrolls V], but there are no immediate plans right now,” said Hines. As for what form Elder Scrolls V would take, that’s still up in the air. A Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG) seems a natural, evolutionary step for the series, but while Hines doesn’t suggest that’s a direction for Elder Scrolls V, the possibility of a new game has been bounced around. He doubts, however, they would go forward unless they had a “fresh idea” for the genre.

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Ethan

I completely agree that Elder Scrolls V should not be a MMO. I enjoy the fact that oblivion was offline. The only thing Bethesda should do to Elder Scrolls V is add in split screen multiplayer drop in/drop out. But add more freedom than the shit they did in Fable 2.
Murtuza

What I think they should so is that they should make a online version of oblivion and sell it. It wont be a new game, it’ll just be and online version of Oblivion.
nathan

i think it would be great if oblivion was online if not could u use the old oblivion u know we could have massive wars and shit it would be sick people could have there own house i would be very greatfull if u could and so would other people thank u for the game it my favourite i have waited forever for a game like this thank u
http://videogamesblogger.com Eric

Ok, don’t get me wrong Oblivion was my fav game of all time but now im addicted to WOW. If Bethesda and Blizzard teamed up together for the sequal they would be unstoppable in the role playing world! Just were would we find a big enough server?
Devon

i have always been a fan of this seris, but i think if Elder Scrolls V wants to make it a grand slam, it needs to be a new type of game, like a first person, online/offline, MMORPG.
Cyril Howard

I would personally prefer the game stay offline.The great thing about Oblivion was it stayed offline,making a MMORPG out of this will make Bethesda Softworks more money but I seriously think they should continue on the offline side of Oblivion.There are many aspects of gameplay that need improving and an unimaginable amount of new ideas/features that could be added to the game for Oblivion 2.If they absolutley want to add an online feature to the game I propose they do Oblivion 2 offline with a online option they online option would be their MMORPG and the offline would be for Oblivion fans who dont want to play it on the internet.
MrMe

A large portion of Elder Scrolls players want this game online, complete with player housing and whatnot, if you want it all to yourself then play the old games.. your feelings matter not to the rest of us. Wanting something leaps and bounds better than WoW which is more of an E-sport kids hangout than an mmo is not a bad thing.

No fast travel more like Morrowind but with mounts is key, since most player worlds are too fking small.. you can fly over most of WoW in an hour or so. … What a waste of all that land mass. Instanced areas make me sick.. its a way for people who dont want to take part of the social element of the game or compete for resources or gear to ignore everyone and gear farm.. for gods sakes you can have that with a single player game.. btw F*ck you Everquest for inventing that dog shit… a real world non instanced and done in a server cluster rather than servers. ,, Oh and forum moderators who are not Nazis and ignore the player base.. and for gods sakes no Paladin bubble and fking death knights.. jesus christ.
http://wtfdoumeanwebsite? David

I reckon that it should be online and offline allowing you to download your online acc and upload your offline acc (after it being checked for weird errors such as hackers) and you can make your own faction and maybe you can even make your very own town along with armies of other players and make your very own eco system with the other players.
Lewis

The elder scrolls has to stay single player. You guys arent putting any of this into proportion, seriously think about it, How did Bethesda get its name into the gaming market? the TES series of course. And why does everyone want a TES MMO? because they are bored of WoW or some other MMO crap. If you want an MMO from Bethesda, then e-mail them a request to make an MMO completely unattached. And do you know hard it would be to have this great graphics setting, first person-3rd person views and the massive map that would take them forever to accomplish because of the massive maps of character made homes. Making an MMO is a lot harder than you guys think, and taking a good thing and trying to make it better by changing the gameplay is turning it into a bad thing, because think of it, if it is going to be a MMO then you cant have the leveling system that is in oblivion right now, and Bethesda still needs to try to find the best one. If anything needs to be multiplayer in TES, it must be and only be the arena, to some standards. that should be enough, and nothing more, because it will ruin the game if it completely goes multiplayer, or even single player with a multiplayer option, that will also ruin the game. BETHESDA KEEP TES SINGLE PLAYER, It’s that everyone enjoys, and if you cant enjoy a great single player game, then play another, because this isnt for you!!
xcv

my opinion is that multiplayer would be good, not mmo, multiplayer, but you could play offline, or create your own server. there should be servers with max 100-50 online players, or if that is not possible there should be something like co-op so we can play pvp,
that is something i missed in oblivion. but in the end this subject seems to be dead.