By the time this game hits the market it’s target audience will be significantly diminished by having passed away from natural causes.
So far, in the time between Elder Scrolls V and and VI, I have:
- graduated high school
- graduated college
- gotten 3 jobs
- started and advanced in my career
- gotten married
- had 2 kids
Meanwhile, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Re-release-master-vamped 3 Toaster edition is likely six-plus months away
Baseless speculation here, but my gut tells me that Microsoft is going to put a remaster-focused studio to task on a current-gen Morrowind/Oblivion/Skyrim triple pack, a la the Master Chief Collection, to tide people over.
Remastering Skyrim is the easy way out, but Oblivion is still trapped on the 360 (if you don’t have a PC) and Morrowind is the darling title of the franchise that people would love to see remastered (and was recently used as an example by Nvidia on “how to remaster a game”). Remaster the earlier two and then just shove the Xbox One copy of Skyrim Anniversary Edition in there for funsies is something people would get behind, more than just another port of Skyrim alone.
A 4K60 Oblivion with a much much improved draw distance would be fantastic! I’d buy that in an instant on my Series S
While I’d love a Morrowind remaster (not remake), it’s incredibly unlikely since Todd Howard himself is against it.
What would even be the point of an official remaster when you can combine the OpenMW engine with a mod pack? And there’s Skywind the great remake still in the making…
I am amazed people are still buying Bethesda games. I was done with them after Fallout 4. I see Starfield hype… no thank you Todd. I am keeping my money.
I liked Fallout 4. There were things that I didn’t like as much as New Vegas, sure, but I don’t see alternatives that are doing a better job, and that’s really the bar that counts.
It’s made on the same engine as Skyrim and Fallout 4 so for all intents and purposes this is going to be like any other Bethesda game. So, if people want Fallout 4 in space with procedural worlds and companions then I guess it’ll be what they’re looking for. But my belief is it’s going to feel like a last gen game with a sheen of current gen on top.
Yeah, even back then, I had a feeling that they just announced it so that people would actually shut up about it and leave them alone.
Yeah, that’s why I wasn’t that hyped when they announced it. Unlike when they announced Fallout 4 when it was only like 6 months away? That’s the type of announcements I prefer. 6-12 months away as opposed to announcing it then it being like a 5-10 year long dragged series of promotions and teasers.
