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Today, it has been 6 years since The Elder Scrolls 6 teaser (www.youtube.com)

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[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 132 points 5 months ago

They haven't learned from Oblivion, Skyrim, or Fallout 4. Probably others.

Or really, they learned they can just keep releasing games on a hacked-up Morrowind engine, and make huge piles of money. So that's what they'll keep doing.

[-] neidu2@feddit.nl 63 points 5 months ago

Yup. ES6 is going to sell like condoms on an STD themed swinger convension no matter how many bugs are going around.

And the saddest part is that too many have learned nothing about AAA titles, and will preorder the game, making the game a massive financial success even before releasing anything of quality.

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 32 points 5 months ago

Don't forget they learned they can charge for mods, too!

[-] BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

They haven’t learned from 3 of their best and most popular games?

[-] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

People have such nostalgia boners for Morrowind. Warranted or not, it’s still annoying.

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

What does that have to do with the comment you replied to?

Also why would it be annoying if people say a good game is a good game and it is warranted?

It's like people on this thread have some pathological need to complain about SOMETHING.

[-] tegs_terry@feddit.uk 4 points 5 months ago

I think Elder Scrolls is one of those properties whose biggest detractors are its fanbase. Runescape is exactly the same, and it's totally bizarre.

[-] andros_rex@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

The nostalgia boner is that it was a very unique game, and nothing has come out quite like it since. It’s not even like Daggerfall or Arena. For someone looking for that experience, Oblivion and Skyrim were massive disappointments.

Going from a volcano that is spewing flesh mutating disease while riding giant bugs around to Tolkienesque Medieval Fantasy Landscape #3045 gave me whiplash. (The Shivering Isles and Knights of the Nine save the package though.) And losing the ability to kill whoever I want? Spears???

Skyrim is better. It mangles what could have been a good story by retconning lore and making Alduin into big evil bad, just as Oblivion was about basically Satan invading the world. Morrowind’s villain may not be right, but his motives are 100% understandable and he has a good point. (In Oblivion: why would you join a cult dedicated to killing everyone for no reason?)

As a Morrowboomer, I’m willing to accept the series changed, but there just hasn’t been something to replace what I hoped for ES4. They don’t make games with that vibe anymore. The closest thing I’ve had to scratching that itch would be Planescape Torment, Pathologic, or Zeno Clash.