The Elder Scrolls VI: Making it into the history books.

aipex8_ESO

There's no reason to do anything special. Every TES game adds big historical events that weren't in lore books in the previous games (think Dragon Wars from Skyrim). Just because your character didn't stumble across a book about the Dragon War in Oblivion, doesn't mean it didn't exist. They will add a book or two about the interregnum and that will be it.

danreckerpreub18_ESO

...After reading even a portion of this thread, I like to imagine Zenimax seeing the player base a sort of Sheogorath type character. He simultainously likes and dislikes everything, while screaming about things (after calling them balanced)

Countless suggestions are thrown in all directions, many of which are nonsensical. Some of us, of course, are enjoying the ride with our trusty cheese wheel and whine.

I have my complaints about the game - the story arcs generally aren't something i've disliked - the lore thus far has been enjoyable, even if it's not completely Canon. History fades and changes with the perceptions and actions of those that come after. I, for one, am enjoying this moment in Tamriel's history.

andreas.rudroffb16_ESO

allready did it into Skyrim....

the dragonknight (in later times the name changed to "dragonborn") was the only hero class surviving and absorbed all the other class skills....

BBSooner

Seeing as how the explanation for allowing the ESO storyline was that the alliance war destroyed any substantial documentation of the period if be surprised if any specifics were named.

smercgames_ESO

Hilarious. ESO KILLED ALL ELDER SCROLLS GAMES AND WAS SO BAD IT KILLED FALLOUT TOO!! so redic.. As if other series didn't have "bad" games in their mix and continue. And it's stupid to think Diablo 3 will be the last Diablo also. Look at the Final Fantasy series, you think thats going to die because some of their games were complete garbage? The gameplay of the last ones sucked horribly and I'm sure it will be redone in the next one.

I'm not a major lore fan and we all know adding more content from prior and future timelines throws lore way off and creates many holes but whatever. You know how long the list of emperors would be if they did put the lore in a book in the next Elder Scrolls? Known Emperors of the age were Imanoob, Kittykiller, Pwnzer the Mad, Tig Bitties, Templar Bot 6 etc.. etc.

jorj82

They'll probably throw in a Dragon Break somewhere between the end of this game and the ascension of Talos. That would be the only way to make it canon without messing with lore set out by earlier games.

edit: and I probably should've read the whole thing before commenting lol

Jsmt67

So true smercgames_ESO. I remember having a discussion with a guy on the Nexus forums around 2008 about how Oblivion would be the last ES game. He was convinced that Bethesda and Zenimax had "seen the light" and had given up on Elder Scrolls. The future for Bethesda (according to him) was only Fallout. What a fool. Four years later, Skyrim is released. Biggest ES's title to date and now even my grandmother knows about The Elder Scrolls. Troll on...

epoling

Just because I didn't happen to read about certain events in previous games doesn't mean they weren't written down. I just didn't happen to read those books. Good lore explanation right there. My character was too busy reading about horny reptilian house keepers to care about ancient events.

AlexDougherty

This isn't The Elder Scrolls VI.

The is The Elder scrolls online, TES VI will be a single player game.

stabbykitteh

AlexDougherty wrote: »

This isn't The Elder Scrolls VI.

The is The Elder scrolls online, TES VI will be a single player game.

Wait... what? Who said? We're not... Oh nevermind.

Snowstrider

Dragonbreak.

These events in ESO has not even be heard of before even if its set in the past.

METALPUNKS

smercgames_ESO wrote: »

Hilarious. ESO KILLED ALL ELDER SCROLLS GAMES AND WAS SO BAD IT KILLED FALLOUT TOO!! so redic.. As if other series didn't have "bad" games in their mix and continue. And it's stupid to think Diablo 3 will be the last Diablo also. Look at the Final Fantasy series, you think thats going to die because some of their games were complete garbage? The gameplay of the last ones sucked horribly and I'm sure it will be redone in the next one.

I'm not a major lore fan and we all know adding more content from prior and future timelines throws lore way off and creates many holes but whatever. You know how long the list of emperors would be if they did put the lore in a book in the next Elder Scrolls? Known Emperors of the age were Imanoob, Kittykiller, Pwnzer the Mad, Tig Bitties, Templar Bot 6 etc.. etc.

They dont need to put every name in there. Just unkown emporer.

sovreign

thomas.k.grayb14_ESO wrote: »

Kronosphere wrote: »

Rammanjeff wrote: »

I highly doubt there will be another sequel to this game after they destroyed it with this one. So similar to the Diablo 3 catastrophe.

ummm what? of course there is not going to be a sequel this is an online game? like there isnt World of Warcraft 2.

Everquest 2, Lineage 2, Asheron's Call 2, Guild Wars 2..... pretty sure those are all mmo sequels to mmos...and I know there are others.

Wrekt.

Arora

does this game take place before or after oblivion

METALPUNKS

Arora wrote: »

does this game take place before or after oblivion

Before. I think like 7 or 800 years.

Ashigaru

ExiledKhallisi wrote: »

LordEcks wrote: »

Yes. Somewhere in the future someone will notice a giant red spot along the road with a note next to it which reads:

"Here lies a Templar,
who attempted VR,
but didnt get far."

My templar is vr8 light armour/heal staff pure caster...and I'm face rolling. Adapt, or fail.

Adapt and be just like everyone else, what happened to play as you want. You either go with the FOTM or you are not able to do anything.

Archimonday

The Elder Scrolls games have always had very world spanning story lines. Where the world is always under threat of being destroyed or an Empire over thrown by some powerful Daedric Prince or something.

Wouldn't really mind if a more character focused story came along in a future game. Say, where your character stumbles across a secret society which keeps information hidden from the public eye and in their own way is controlling the Governments and happenings in Tamriel by their deception. Then as you uncover the thickness of the plot, and all the agents of the secret society within the world you began to unravel the secrets they hide, like stories and history from the Elder Scrolls Online Era, and how they society was almost directly responsible for all the major events that took place in every Elder Scrolls to date.

AlexDougherty

stabbykitteh wrote: »

AlexDougherty wrote: »

This isn't The Elder Scrolls VI.

The is The Elder scrolls online, TES VI will be a single player game.

Wait... what? Who said? We're not... Oh nevermind.

There have been quotes from Bethesda that TES VI is being planned, and that it will be out in the future.

Ergo my comment that TES VI and TES online are different games.

isengrimb16_ESO

LordEcks wrote: »

Yes. Somewhere in the future someone will notice a giant red spot along the road with a note next to it which reads:

"Here lies a Templar,
who attempted VR,
but didnt get far."

That should be four signs along the road. The last one must read:




Burma-Shave.

isengrimb16_ESO

brandon wrote: »

stabbykitteh wrote: »

theroyalestpythonnub18_ESO wrote: »

If they pull a dragon break I will cry. Eso added some great stuff to the universe, and it would be a shame for it all never to be mentioned again in future games.

The challenge would be explaining why none of it is mentioned in Morrowind, Oblivion or Skyrim... A Break could help with that

@stabbykitteh
It wouldn't be that hard. I definitely think a dragon break could help but they're is another option.

Have the protagonist of TES 6 discover ruins with texts from this time period. It wouldn't be a terrible choice because not much is known about this time period. This game takes place about 1000 years before Skyrim, even in real life we don't know everything that happened 1000 years ago.

Better yet, there could be quests actually in TES 6, involving the mage's guild, that involve an archaeological dig that sheds light on the time of ESO, that relates to whatever the heck will be going on in 6.

Tabbycat

I didn't scroll through all the comments, but yes, this moment is actually part of TES lore. It's called the Interregnum. Think of it as being equivalent to our own Dark Ages. A lot of stuff went on, but not much is known about what happened. That's why it makes it the perfect setting for ESO.

Talmet

fromtesonlineb16_ESO wrote: »

METALPUNKS wrote: »

So I'm hoping when we play the next TES game we will read about stuff we did and were a part of, that goes with saying the next game is set in the future.

Even IF there's a TES6 .. that's entirely hypothetical ATM since Bethseda are working on something else that won't see the light of day for some time ..

Yeah...Bethesda is working on fallout 4 right now....lets see if you can figure out their pattern.

Oblivion is released
a few years later fallout 3 is released
a few years later skyrim is released
a few years later fallout 4 will be released
Hmm...I wonder what will be released after fallout 4....

While Bethesda hasn't announced TES VI, or even admitted they are working on it...hell, we only know that fallout 4 exists because of a leak listing the cast for the voice actors (according to a recent interview with one of the Bethesda execs, the popularity & longevity of skyrim on the PC has shifted the focus of their whole company & recent console changes to allow modding/addons etc have all pushed back any announcements.)

But, Zenimax did recently file trademarks for “Starfield,” “Soulburst,” and “Void Engine”...& I can't see any of those as names for Fallout 4.