What The Elder Scrolls 6 NEEDS To Get Right

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[hyperionman]

The Elder Scrolls is arguably Bethesda's biggest and most beloved franchise. They had better not mess it up.

[TheMoonShepard]

First it needs to work like a AAA quality game, new engine, new design, listen to the fans, they know what they want, both the long time fans and the new ones

[matkillr]

Not making a new version of the same game on all platforms in a span of 8 years

[rocketraccoon]

1) Make an engine that is capable of actually performing without cosntant crashes and bugs that need to be fixed by modders.
2) Ignore micro-transactions. There shouldn't be any for a single player game.
3) Write a good story and something that can captivate people.
4) Better graphics than their recent games because they don't look like 2018/19 standard games.
5) New combat system because Skyrim's combat system is outdated.
6)

[willl]

The problem isn't the engine itself. The problem is that Bethesda refuses to properly allocate time to fix it and update it to current gaming standards. Most companies have been using modern iterations of older engines they developed, simply because it is efficient. Developing a new engine from the ground up requires a lot of R&D, time and money. CD Projekt Red could tell you a lot about the myriad troubles they had while developing the Red Engine.

[Maxogorath]

The Elder Scrolls 6 needs one thing to be a EXTREMELY WELL DONE AAA GAME with the Oblivion Structure of RPG (which is the most perfect ES structure of RPG, having the Morrowind structure feel with a casual friendly approach) what I mean is: Good Graphics and Gameplay with the plot and rpg structure of an old Rpg game.

P.S. Ash, the Akaviri are from the content of Akavir, [edit] east of Tamriel.

[md-erwz]

I DONT LIKE MULTIPLAYER GAMES, DONT SCREW THIS UP DAMNIT

[blackonblackkindness]

Steps 1 Through 10: DO NOT DO ANYTHING THAT MAKES PEOPLE EVEN REMOTELY THINK OF FALLOUT 76

[drummstickydd]

Deeper customization for godsakes better combat more combat diversity better and more factions bring back classes and skills and more overall impact on the world and some better dialogue like seriously and separate the main game and online

[Cautious_Gamer]

More in depth combat, NPC interactions and unique quest based on race, parry/counter system, custom weapons/armour, clashable magic, sprint jumping/parkour mechanics, survival aspects and partially destructible environment.

[raulamaya]

Bethesda has been given a free pass for far too long

[holydezmondgamez]

What Bethesda needs to do with Elder Scrolls 6... NOT make it on creation engine, actually play test it, don't false advertise ANYTHING regarding ES6, and have the game not break every five minutes.

[o-xq]

Honestly, if it’s just like Skyrim (the size of map, number of quests, storyline), but with a more RPG style (like Morrowind) and next gen graphics and sound effects, it’s perfect for me. Oh, and no money grab, of course.

[GregCoffin]

Fyi, Elder Scrolls Online is amazing and getting better all the time. You just have to understand that it's an mmo, not like the others.

[Riath]

I know this is off topic at first, but bear with me.

One thing I liked from Morrowind was joining one of the three Great Houses. Telvanni mages heavily into the slave trade (coupled with the Mages Guild had some interesting dialogue), Redoran traditionalists fighting for duty, honour and justice (coupled with the Fighters Guild) and Hlaalu merchants in deep with the empire (coupled with the Thieves Guild). Each one had different advantages and disadvantages depending on the path and class you were working on. It created an interesting dynamic to the game in how different NPC's reacted to you depending on where you were and who you were aligned with due to the House rivalries.

I know they tried to do something that felt similar with Skyrim and its Stormcloak/Empire choice, but I always felt like it didn't fit or work properly when compared to what they have done in the past. If they are going to attempt the factions again, while I don't want a replication of Morrowind I want it to feel as though it is worth something. I want to feel like it has an impact in the game more than "Oh, you're with those guys? Whatever."

[briankeogh]

A new engine.






More like Oblivion/Morrowind than Skyrim... that’s about all I need

[thomasfleetwood]

Capes. Serious lack of capes in most RPG'S today and I need them to come back in fashion.

[brockhougaard]

1. I believe with the combat and mechanics of Dark Souls 3 such as Roll/dodging, parying, blocking, stunlocking, stunning. They could also add more weapon classes like spears hammers and scythes. With all of this it would benefit greatly many people have played games with advanced combat since playing Skyrim that they will want this. You could also have a Blood and gore mode that made the game less bloody and replaced decapitations with stabs. It would also have to be 3rd person for this.

2. Another thing that has furthered more in gaming is boss quality and uniqueness surrounding the bosses I think if the Elder Scrolls 6 had 60+ bosses that were unique and played differently that would benefit the game greatly.

3. You probably haven’t heard this one but have a plot that the hero you were in Skyrim (The DragonBorn) ended up getting corrupted by the Dragons and have a quest line that surrounds dragons and the Dragonborn this gives an example of some bosses that could be included and would add a lot of fun to the game. Also Dragons are the king of the Fantasy adventure I don’t want to see them discarded.

4. You probably haven’t heard this one either but it has become a trend in massive open world games to have the game be sexually dirty the Elder Scrolls 6 could stand out way more if it were free of sexual content.

[dannyatkinsonmusic]

I've been thinking the EXACT same thing with the world hopping and stuff. Going and doing dungeons or quests or whatever with like a couple of pals -- kind of like borderlands or fable -- would be so so good

[Snailbarf]

You'll know where your precious ES6 is headed when Starfield comes out. That's the canary in the coal mine.