Will there be another elder scrolls game?

Guppet · August 2014

I often see people saying they will quit ESO and wait for the next elder scrolls game.

I can't actually think of any single player games that went the MMO route, that later went back to single player games.

Can anyone think if any at all that have done it? Warcraft did some amazing single player games, but have not done a single new single player game since WoW. Final fantasy, have they done a single player game since?

Do MMO's signal the end of single player game franchises, when they launch? (not wanting to depress people, but it looks like a pattern to me).

ers101284b14_ESO · August 2014

/facepalm

Yes there will be an Elder Scrolls 6

BBSooner · August 2014

The FF franchise has put out both single player and another MMO since their first MMO.

thelordoffelines · August 2014

I wont quit eso but I'm still waiting for the elder scrolls 6.

Nox_Aeterna · August 2014

*Looks at skyrim absurd amount of sales*

Yes there will be one.

The amount of players who probably just skipped ESO and will buy the next TES is probably huge by itself.

stefan.gustavsonb16_ESO · August 2014

The TES franchise is way too strong to go away any time soon, regardless of the fate of ESO. But I am enjoying ESO quite a lot while I wait for TES VI.

Hejmdal · August 2014

People asking for Elder Scrolls 6 is a potential hater

driosketch · August 2014

Guppet wrote: »

I often see people saying they will quit ESO and wait for the next elder scrolls game.

I can't actually think of any single player games that went the MMO route, that later went back to single player games.

Can anyone think if any at all that have done it? Warcraft did some amazing single player games, but have not done a single new single player game since WoW. Final fantasy, have they done a single player game since?

Do MMO's signal the end of single player game franchises, when they launch? (not wanting to depress people, but it looks like a pattern to me).

You named an example but still ask the question? FYI, Final Fantasy 11 was an MMO and there have been a half dozen single player Final Fantasies since.

Warcraft is a little different as it was an RTS game before. The Old Republic was, I believe, supposed to conclude the KOTOR story line. ESO is a prequel. If they plan to continue the Elder scrolls narrative, they'll need to make another TES game. Which of course will be made by Bethesda as ZOS handles ESO.

UrQuan · August 2014

From my understanding a big part of the reason why ESO was set 1000 years before Skyrim was specifically so that the next single player TES game could be set shortly after Skyrim.

Also, look at the corporate structure. Zenimax has a couple of subsidiaries. ZOS does the online game, while Bethesda works on single player games (granted, TES isn't the only series of single player games for Bethesda to work on, but still).

Elsonso · August 2014

Different companies. Different priorities. Different development focus.

I am sure that when BGS is done with the next Fallout game that they will look at doing another Elder Scrolls title, set sometime after the banishment of Alduin and the Nord civil war.

eventide03b14a_ESO · August 2014

Not even the same division. Bethesda is not ZOS.

Stranglehands · August 2014

I hope so because they've got a pretty cool story arc going on with the Thalmor. http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Rising_Threat is good for summarising the pretty apocalyptic stuff going on in Tamriel that you only really experience from a long way off, like seeing a forest fire heading your way, throughout all of Skyrim, civil war and all.

Mike says:

The Thalmor is easily the most dangerous organization in the Aurbis. Moreso than Talos.

They cannot be understood. They are the Other and they hate everything that even smells like mortality.

And they're going to win in the end.

That's what you lose really when you make a prequel because the whole 4th era Aldmeri Dominion was sparked off by the oblivion crisis, which was a genuinely terrible blow to the whole world that left deep wounds that weren't at all resolved by the end of Oblivion, which is the opposite of Molag Bal's thing that there (apparently) weren't even any historical records of. Then again Molag Bal is just a poser compared to Dagon. He doesn't really know how to destroy

KhajitFurTrader · August 2014

I think it's no coincidence that ESO's storyline was set in the distant past of the single-player TES titles. This way, Bethesda has no baggage of the former to carry in order to develop the latter further into its own future, while the former can happily romp along its own path with no-one the wiser, because of "dark ages", from which very little is known in later times.

Regarding WoW and the fact that WC4 failed to materialize: in WoW, Blizzard continued the WC3 storyline, killed off all the bad/cool guys as raid bosses in subsequent expansions, had to go out on a limb and made a former April Fools joke into an entire expansion, and now practically reboots it's story universe with Warlords of Draenor, in which any inconsistencies regarding time and worlds are simply not explained, because reasons. Yes, hyperbole makes it sound funnier. :P

Wicked_Wolf · August 2014

Ever see Todd Howard appear or comment on anything ESO related? That should answer your question.

Pallmor · August 2014

With the exception of the Final Fantasy series, I can't recall ever seeing any franchise that ever returned to single player games after going MMO. So I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for any single-player KOTOR, Warcraft, or Elder Scrolls game. We may get another single-player Fallout game, if they don't go MMO on that too.

eventide03b14a_ESO · August 2014

Pallmor wrote: »

With the exception of the Final Fantasy series, I can't recall ever seeing any franchise that ever returned to single player games after going MMO. So I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for any single-player KOTOR, Warcraft, or Elder Scrolls game. We may get another single-player Fallout game, if they don't go MMO on that too.

Google is your friend. https://www.google.com/search?q=elder+scrolls+6&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb Please use it before you embarrass yourself with baseless comments. It has been repeatedly stated that they are two separate divisions of the same parent company. There will be a 6.

ZOS_UlyssesW · August 2014

Hi there, @Guppet. Rest assured that our sister studio, Bethesda, will continue making great single player TES games. That said, this is a thread which is related to the Elder Scrolls franchise as a whole, rather than ESO. This forum, particularly the General Discussion section, is meant for discussing only The Elder Scrolls Online, and as such, we will be sinking this thread.

If you all would like to discuss this topic in an area which is more appropriate, the official Bethesda Softworks forums do have a Series Discussion section for The Elder Scrolls Series. You can find that forum here: http://forums.bethsoft.com/forum/26-the-elder-scrolls-series-discussion/.

Pallmor · August 2014

eventide03b14a_ESO wrote: »

Pallmor wrote: »

With the exception of the Final Fantasy series, I can't recall ever seeing any franchise that ever returned to single player games after going MMO. So I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for any single-player KOTOR, Warcraft, or Elder Scrolls game. We may get another single-player Fallout game, if they don't go MMO on that too.

Google is your friend. https://www.google.com/search?q=elder+scrolls+6&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb Please use it before you embarrass yourself with baseless comments. It has been repeatedly stated that they are two separate divisions of the same parent company. There will be a 6.

No there won't. Come back to this thread 5 years from now and weep.

SirAndy · August 2014

Pallmor wrote: »

No there won't. Come back to this thread 5 years from now and weep.

Epic fail. See post above yours ...

RedMiniStapler · August 2014

they should go with different direction, I think it's time for Younger Scrolls series!

Volkodav · August 2014

ZOS_UlyssesW wrote: »

Hi there, @Guppet. Rest assured that our sister studio, Bethesda, will continue making great single player TES games. That said, this is a thread which is related to the Elder Scrolls franchise as a whole, rather than ESO. This forum, particularly the General Discussion section, is meant for discussing only The Elder Scrolls Online, and as such, we will be sinking this thread.

If you all would like to discuss this topic in an area which is more appropriate, the official Bethesda Softworks forums do have a Series Discussion section for The Elder Scrolls Series. You can find that forum here: http://forums.bethsoft.com/forum/26-the-elder-scrolls-series-discussion/.

See? Yes,there will be more Elder Scrolls Games.

Oberstein · December 2018

It's coming guys