Elder Scrolls V discussion page.

If you are keeping up to date on the Elder Scrolls franchise, you are definitely aware that they officially announced a new installment of it in a recent trailer. The release date that was shown is 11-11-11, or November 11, 2011. What do you think they should put in the game as an improvement over Oblivion?

It dissapoints me that more people haven't posted in this thread.

Thats what I was thinking when I posted this...

The game needs a better main story, equally as good guild missions, more guilds, more voice actors, more armour, more weapons

I am curious as to whethey they will use the same Oblivion/Fallout3 engine....I hope not.

All I want is for characters aiding you in a quest to not step into a sword swing and end up turning hostile.

I am curious as to whethey they will use the same Oblivion/Fallout3 engine....I hope not.

EvilSelf

^This. New engine is a MUST.

All I want is for characters aiding you in a quest to not step into a sword swing and end up turning hostile.

allthatdown

THis problem was kind of fixed in Fallout 3 so i can assume the new ES will not have it.

Premise: I thought Oblivion was a digital abortion.

• Completely new engine
• Fire all animators and writers from the production of Oblivion
• Make a third person perspective that is not absolute balls
• Hire more than five people to do the voice work for the worlds characters
• Have more than five to ten people in a city, seriously
• Give us a better character creator, see those awesome user mod enabled characters on the PC version of Oblivion? We should be able to make characters who look like those with the creator, not the ass ugly bi-pedal donkeys in the last two games
• Better variety of armor and weapons
• Actual depth

I am curious as to whethey they will use the same Oblivion/Fallout3 engine....I hope not.

EvilSelf

TES V will have a new engine

In other news IS IT NOVEMBER YET? I think I've rewatched the teaser at least 15 times. :D

Guys guys, don't worry there is a new engine made for Elder Scrolls V.

Anyways, what I'd like to see is some newer and more obscure guilds than the main ones. I think as well they should make the guilds a little harder to progress in and have more tasks to do even when you become guild leader.

More voice actors is obvious too. Better horse animation, because quite frankly ridinga horse in Oblivion was horrible to look at.

Guys guys, don't worry there is a new engine made for Elder Scrolls V.

Anyways, what I'd like to see is some newer and more obscure guilds than the main ones. I think as well they should make the guilds a little harder to progress in and have more tasks to do even when you become guild leader.

More voice actors is obvious too. Better horse animation, because quite frankly ridinga horse in Oblivion was horrible to look at.

mywalletsgone

there are a ton of things that id like to see improved (not because i hate the series or anything, but because i love it when an ambitious game nails everything), but ill mention some of the biggest:

reactivity. making huge changes to the world at every other quest would go against the sense of being just one man in the middle of a vast world and im not advocating that, but id still like to see the world react to me and my play sty|e. if im a melee thug, i shouldnt be able to be the head of the theives and mages guilds. also, it would be nice if people reacted to my actions and decisions more than my charisma statistic.

believability. animations that dont look like im ice skating when i run, more voice actors (do all khajhit sound exactly the same? racist game studios!), better water effects, and all sorts of things to breath more life into the world.

consistent artistic direction. the score of oblivion often accentuated the beauty of the natural environments. sadly, the people were ugly and a lot of their dialogue was very bland. the more things handcrafted rather than machine produced the better, although it is hard in a game the scale of TES.

swashbuckling. bethesda made a good decision to move away from the dice rolling click fests of morrowind, but they need to go further. counters, better dodging, and things like that would make melee combat more engaging. adding hit zones for archers would be nice (headshots or maybe looking for weaknesses in enemy armor?). as for magic, either make it more reliant on the environment (think bioshock) or simply making spells more about their physical attributes (stopping power, shielding attacks, range, and that type of thing). on top of that, magic is more than just combat and ideally its more that just another way to circumvent the exact uses of other skills like lockpicking or athletics. i loved the possibilities levitation brought in morrowind and certain spells (like water walking) felt really underutilized in oblivion.

leveling. training for skills by performing their respective actions in the gaming world was an admirably natural method to leveling, but it does have its own (notable) drawbacks. it causes minor and major skills to be reversed in function and leads to horrible monotony for raising certain skills (like acrobatics). i think making it rely entirely on trainers would be a better alternative that still makes sense in the gaming world.

wow, that was longer than i expected. nobody will ever read that :P

There was a lot of things wrong with Oblivion... but something about the atmosphere and lore just kept me coming back to it (probably running on 500+ hours now). I love the history of the Nords and Skyrim... and can't wait to go exploring a new world. Though, I will most definitely get this on PC, since there will be a substantial mod community moving from Oblivion, and to not have a community that fixes all the issues the developers are too lazy to fix is essential for enjoying a game like this.

Though... I really hope they don't copy and paste Bruma 20 times for all the towns.

- Fix the stealthsmerlus

foxhound_fox

I'm going to group everything I want into one category:

Immersion: Make the damn game immersive. How to do that:

- Drop level scaling. If the world grows with you, it doesn't feel like a world to explore. I hated how when I became level 30, all these struggling bandits that had to kill travellers out of desperation wear Glass and Daedric armor. Level scaling is bad. Drop it.

- Hire more voice actors. Or not even more, just better. Why did every elf (be it Altmer, Dunmer, Bosmer) have the exact same voice? At least put someone in that will attempt to modify their voice or speak with some sort of emotion.

- More choices. If you play Oblivion with an evil character in mind, you're still going to ally with the Blades and save the day. Where's the choices? How about something where you can align yourself with the evil forces and bring about the end of the world? Instead of being a member (and leader...) of every faction, have the option to join one or the other and bring down rivals. Morrowind did it with the Houses and the animosity between the Thieve's Guild and Fighter's Guild. Remember the Mage's Guild fighting with House Telvanni? Conflicts like this and choices were completely removed from Oblivion.

- Atmoshpere. Oh great another forest. Cool, another cave. Give us varying environments, realistic lighting, and please please please bring back unique enviornments. Shivering Isles was a step in the right direction, do that, on a larger scale.

- Animations. If I begin Skyrim and talk to another robotic, emotionless bastard of a character I'm going to return the game. Make the characters move, smile, laugh, cry. Something. Make them come alive. Oblivion failed to bring me into the world because I had no interest in exploring something so lifeless. I was afraid to go there because of the desensitized mannequins citizens of Cyrodil haunting my nightmares. Move! For the love of God! Move! It isn't impossible people, Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines did it perfectly and did it 2 years before Oblivion. Here's hoping for emotion!

Oh... and levitation.

Err, and the return of spears, throwing knives, crossbows, medium armor, unarmored, and all the old skills from Daggerfall/Morrowind.

[QUOTE="EvilSelf"]

I am curious as to whethey they will use the same Oblivion/Fallout3 engine....I hope not.

suashide

TES V will have a new engine

In other news IS IT NOVEMBER YET? I think I've rewatched the teaser at least 15 times. :D

i thought it was pretty obvious that the outdated Gamebryo was not gonna be used anymore. i'm extremely curious to see what this unrevealed game engine looks like and what it's capable of.

some in-game screens would be appreciated. maybe early next year...

[QUOTE="EvilSelf"]

I am curious as to whethey they will use the same Oblivion/Fallout3 engine....I hope not.

suashide

TES V will have a new engine

In other news IS IT NOVEMBER YET? I think I've rewatched the teaser at least 15 times. :D

Ok, this is the second best news this week (after Skyrim of course)...

I am curious as to whethey they will use the same Oblivion/Fallout3 engine....I hope not.

EvilSelf

Thats my first question as well... (Needless to say the trailer answered no questions except when is it going to be released.)

[QUOTE="EvilSelf"]

I am curious as to whethey they will use the same Oblivion/Fallout3 engine....I hope not.

juliankennedy23

Thats my first question as well... (Needless to say the trailer answered no questions except when is it going to be released.)

There will be a new engine. Look up the previous posts and there is a link to the news. I am happy since the Gamebryo engine is worn off now and needs to go away.

Very, Very Exited about this game.

I'll be preordering as soon as possible.

My hopes for the game include more weapons classes, more quests, and a higher level of complexity (like morrowind).