ELDER SCROLLS MMO!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hopefully this was just BS from Bethesda's lawyers during the litigation to make their case stronger. I don't want to see another single player game with tacked on multiplayer charging monthly for the privilege to play it. Star Wars The Old Republic will be filling that slot already 
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Another great game turned into an MMO and destroyed.
Not actually any news here, just a pile more speculation.
If the speculation pans out then like everything else this could go either way. If they do it correctly then we could have a wonderful game on our hands.
Still, like a lot of people here, I am primarily waiting for Elder Scrolls V.
If the speculation pans out then like everything else this could go either way. If they do it correctly then we could have a wonderful game on our hands.
Still, like a lot of people here, I am primarily waiting for Elder Scrolls V.
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I heard they're making another Elder Scrolls title for 2011. Like someone said above, as long as they make another Singleplayer/coop Elderscrolls then I'm happy. According to all the game sites and articles I've read, this should infact be shortly after they release brink at the end of this year.
As for the MMO part of it well as long as it's done right, right? We've all played some bad mmo's and I'm sure we've all played some awesome life changing mmo's. So it's not really a question of "if they're gonna make an mmo aswell it's gonna be crap". I guess it'll be like the FF series then, they're making a FF14 already, I wonder if that will be any good (I've signed up for the beta anyway).
To sum up, I love the Elderscrolls franchise & Oblivion is one of the best games I've ever player, EVAR. I'd like to see both a single player title and an MMO
As for the MMO part of it well as long as it's done right, right? We've all played some bad mmo's and I'm sure we've all played some awesome life changing mmo's. So it's not really a question of "if they're gonna make an mmo aswell it's gonna be crap". I guess it'll be like the FF series then, they're making a FF14 already, I wonder if that will be any good (I've signed up for the beta anyway).
To sum up, I love the Elderscrolls franchise & Oblivion is one of the best games I've ever player, EVAR. I'd like to see both a single player title and an MMO
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I really dont get all this anti-MMO bias. Why on earth wouldnt you want to populate your favourite MMO world with real people instead of automatons with 4 scripted sentences, one of which is 'im sorry, i dont have anything else to say'. Why on earth wouldnt you want to PvP, take part in actual battles with intelligent enemies who can actually challenge you rather than just being fodder or instant death? Sure sometimes people can be knobs, but at least in an MMO you can kill them, some of my favourite moments have been wiping out someone who made my hate list.
the whole grind thing is the way of the past, with addons in WoW you can cruise through the first 30 levels, hell you dont even need to grind when you can get xp from battlegrounds and instances.
Single player games are great for what they do, but I never got the feeling that I was anything more than alone in a massive world, stumbling from pre-defined robotic responses to solitary unrecognised achievement. Hell, populate that world with real interaction and make those robotic responses secondary to living the story and youve got a great MMO. Fingers crossed this will add to the stable of great MMOs out there (and coming).
the whole grind thing is the way of the past, with addons in WoW you can cruise through the first 30 levels, hell you dont even need to grind when you can get xp from battlegrounds and instances.
Single player games are great for what they do, but I never got the feeling that I was anything more than alone in a massive world, stumbling from pre-defined robotic responses to solitary unrecognised achievement. Hell, populate that world with real interaction and make those robotic responses secondary to living the story and youve got a great MMO. Fingers crossed this will add to the stable of great MMOs out there (and coming).
Lol... i'd rather have 4 scripted sentences than a 100 typed sentences spelt badly by your average moron that plays MMOs. And believe me i spent several years playing Guild Wars, there are a lot of these average morons around who can't even begin to understand basic gameplay mechanics or even a basic understand of how to actually play.
TES MMO would never work and would just be a pathetic attempt to jump onto the MMO bandwagon. Sure you could create an amazing world, then what you do is render half of the world unplayable until you reach level x, and of course once you reach level x, the other half of the world is now unplayable because its too easy. I really don't care if they do an MMO version because i'll never play it, but if it stops the next FO or TES game being as good as it should be, and it almost certainly would, that i have a problem with.
TES MMO would never work and would just be a pathetic attempt to jump onto the MMO bandwagon. Sure you could create an amazing world, then what you do is render half of the world unplayable until you reach level x, and of course once you reach level x, the other half of the world is now unplayable because its too easy. I really don't care if they do an MMO version because i'll never play it, but if it stops the next FO or TES game being as good as it should be, and it almost certainly would, that i have a problem with.
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Oh look, all the experts have come out to say its a bad idea...
It surprises me how many people are so negative about such little things...
It surprises me how many people are so negative about such little things...
Changing from a singleplayer RPG to a normalised, generic MMO is a little thing? Its amazing how some people have no opinions of there own yet feel the need to criticise others. Come on then genius, why would it be a good idea? Trying to dumb down the TES world and all its lore into a game that stays true to itself, isn't just a generic MMO and doesn't turn into a grindfest? Its not possible, there would be no balance at all if you don't ruin almost everything that makes TES what it is.
Plus you lose mod support which is what made Morrowind and Oblivion such great games.
You're surprised that so many people who loved the single player Elder Scrolls games are dismayed that one of their favourite games is going to be watered down into an mmo that they will more than likely have to pay monthly to play?
Or do you mean compared to something like Haiti? Well this is the PC games forum where people, surprise surprise talk about PC games.
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How about, "wait and see if it actually comes out" instead of your generic "OMG WTF" opinion...
But then again maybe you have seen and played the game so you know exactly what it is about?
Crawl back in to your little hole and moan about something else.
There actually a few of us in this thread who find the idea of Bethesda putting a MMO together quite interesting.
Ah i see, optimism. Yes its been the destruction of games before i believe. "Oh i'm sure Bethesda would do it properly" Really? Do you have any experience of MMOs? MMOs require balance or are terrible and the only way to balance TES is to dumb it down tremendously.
If this was 5 years ago and Bethesda came out and said they were doing an MMO, perhaps that would've been something original. Now its jumping on the bandwagon, destroying everything they created for a cheap attempt at grabbing some cash. Maybe i'll be pleasantly surprised and the Bethesda MMO will be the single greatest game ever (and also won't require a monthly fee
), but since hell is more likely to freeze over, i think i'll remain adament its a terrible idea. But like i said, i really don't care if they release 1 so long as it doesn't effect a new TES game, but since it will, i have a problem with it.Much like i thought melee weapons were a bad idea in Left 4 Dead 2... shock horror, they are the most unbalanced thing in the game right now.
@Sleepless - I did have a mature guild for GW. I was in DVDF for a time and then LDS, both were formed very early on. But you still couldn't avoid your average idiot when in towns. And with non-instanced MMOs theres even less chance of avoiding these idiots.
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Sounds like you had some bad experiences, although with free to play Guild Wars that is hardly surprising. If you were that way inclined, a quick trip through a decent mature guild in a game such as LOTRO, where the kids stay away, would prove informative as to how fellow like minded mature players can greatly add to a MMO.
I think thats probably a little simplistic. I think the industry is battling against the concept of levelling through grindfests, which is one of the reasons WoW remains so popular through its varied methods of progressing. DKs start at 55, PvP etc.
As to lore and atmosphere, MMOs may start out simple but as they become established they often overtake the lore of the original SP game. you just need to look at the lore in wow or in MMOs such as Conan or SWO or EVE which massively expands the universe by sheer necessity, creating a depth that goes way beyond what books or a SP game can provide.
Still there are always going to be people who remain faithful to the SP game (and of course the pay monthly model isnt a huge draw), hopefully they will continue to do both, but given a big enough success with the MMO, I would have thought that would not make much business sense. Still, we shall see.
It helps if you stand back and think about what you like about the elder scrolls games, and then see how it would work (if at all) in an mmo.
To be honest the weakest thing about the games is the setting, and that's about all that would survive the transfer to an mmo.
To be honest the weakest thing about the games is the setting, and that's about all that would survive the transfer to an mmo.