Has it really been almost five years since Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion came out and amazed gamers with its massive, beautiful world? It has.
Bethesda’s acquisition of the Fallout license has certainly let us forget about their flagship fantasy series for a while, but it’s coming back in a big way next year. They’ve just announced The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, which will hit stores on November 11th, 2011 (Yes, 11.11.11. Expect a lot of stuff to take advantage of that date…)
Promises we can expect- a brand new game engine, significantly improved characters and animation (certainly one of the biggest graphical issues in the series, and still in Fallout 3), and a story revolving around dragons. As the title indicates the game will take place in the Nordic land of Skyrim, which means we can expect a wintery, cold theme to the game. The Nords certainly never seemed to get as much attention as the other people in the land, so it will be interesting to find more out about their history.
“It’s exciting finally to announce the game,” said Todd Howard, Game Director on Skyrim. “We’ve been working for many years on Skyrim and the technology behind it. A new Elder Scrolls game has been a long time coming, and we can’t wait to show it off.”
Take a look at the teaser trailer below and expect much more as details emerge!
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Can't wait for this! Fallout 3 was good but I wasn't the hugest fan. Mainly because it had the same engine. But new engine and Elder Scrolls, I will be first in line.
Wonderful (if expected) news. And the new engine is icing on the cake, allaying any remaining fears. 2011 is shaping up to be an incredible year for console gamers.
I played through "Fallout 3" before playing through "Oblivion". Other than the same basic engine, I don't see anything less than a massive improvement from "Oblivion" to "Fallout 3". Everything seemed better.
New engine, eh? Hope it's as moddable as the last one.
IN. Oblivion isn't that great when compared to the evolution of fallout, but at the time it almost felt revolutionary. Such a beautifully constructed world and was one of the few video games made where you really, really had to play to your character's abilities (instead of the dumb master everything bit you get from most games). Also I loved how the difficulty was measured on a scroll bar with the slightest increases, instead of the usual "medium, hard, etc." It let you suit it perfectly.
Actually, I've always preferred Oblivion over the Fallout games, simply because there's more of a world to explore. While by nature the worlds of Fallout are sparse and abandoned, Oblivion, while repetitive, almost always had something going on around the next corner, or out of the next copse of trees. Here's to hoping Skyrim has all that, and werewolves too.
until Fallout has vehicles or something similar, Scrolls will always be "The Tops"
Fucking about time. Been playing Oblivion for years now.
Maybe because I'm still early on in "Oblivion", but the only action in the game has been stumbling on a weird statue that gave me cool armor for two minutes, and finding some thugs camped near water. Again, it's early on. Beautiful scenery, but I'll take "Fallout" any day.
Awesome. Was just wondering about this yesterday
Cant wait for new elder scrolls. I dont know why they cant make more games like this it seems like thiers a market. Hopefully they let you fly agian like they did in morrowind. I dont see why everyone cries about the level engine bieng tired thiers only been about 4 games like this in the last 4 years
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