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How To Make The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim A Successful Sequel

TheHip14|5621d ago |Article|39|

Now that The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has been announced and dated, us fans are seriously wondering about the gameplay elements. The engines from Morrowind and Oblivion had their faults that all true fans of the franchise could easily point out to you. Overall, Bethesda Softworks has given great title after great title, and here’s what they should do/avoid to make Skyrim an instant classic like Oblivion.

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MariaHelFutura5622d ago (Edited 5622d ago )

Don`t be as "buggy" as FO3/NV and i`ll be fine. Hire some more testers.

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AndrewRyan5621d ago

It's a new engine so there shouldn't be much problems.

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- Ghost of Sparta -5621d ago

It's impossible for Bethesda to release a game that isn't a buggy POS so my expectations are lower than hell.

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Reibooi5621d ago

It's been confirmed as using a new engine? I haven't been following it very well but I had heard awhile back that it was going to use the same old crappy gamebryo engine or whatever it's called.

If it is indeed true that it's using a new engine and the new engine is a decent engine that alone would fix a good 70% or so of the issues alot of people had with oblivion like the butt fugly characters the glitchy as hell game play and the copy and paste dungeons and areas.

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Spenok5620d ago (Edited 5620d ago )

A new engine doesnt mean there wont be problems. Hell a new engine means there would be more. They would just need to be ironed out before release for a game to not have bugs like in every other major Bethesda release. MariaHelFutura is right about them needing to hire more testers. If they had more there games at launch would be much better. Not to say that they arent great already.

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disturbing_flame5621d ago

If it could be a PC game and not an oriented friendly console game, it would be awesome too.

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yesah5621d ago

YES, HAHHAHAHAHAHA i have waited long and long for this game to arrive, and now it is coming. I shall take up my gaming fingers and smite down its gameplay with my ferocious POWER!

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TheDivine5621d ago

Add better bosses, big bosses. Oblivion had potential to have every gate be a punishing level with a bad ass boss at the end. Loved the combat but fix leveling and add more landscapes, not all the same shi*. Maybe enemy castles and more variety in dungeuns. Add in random hidden stuff/people to add to the world feel. Bigger and better. Cant wait to see a real trailer and gameplay.

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avroth165622d ago

I agree with everything in the article. Can't wait to play it.

Great article.

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Cwalk8165622d ago

I pretty much agree, although it'd be lame if there was no longer Dark Brotherhood.

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RedDead5621d ago (Edited 5621d ago )

"eep the great storyline going! The storyline from Oblivion truly made us feel as if we were immersed in an epic ta"

Really? Oblivions story was meh, the main one anyway.

"The weapon selection is fairly good already, however, we wouldn’t mind seeing some spears, halberds, and crossbows. I know a lot of you are saying, “What? There was tons of magic in Oblivio"

ummm author acts like he played Morrowind. Morrowind had this^^^

Now as for the dark brotherhood. There is an Assassin's guild in every ES. Since 2, not so sure about first one. I'm telling you in terms of content and guilds, ES4 is ES3 with less guilds, less quests, a smaller world, a more generic world, a better combat system, better graphics.

I would prefare the Morag thong to DB honestly for skyrim, I don't like the whole Sithis thing very much

Edit---also, the author doesn't talk about the real problem with Oblvion. The game world and loot levels up with you. It makes levelling up pointless, there real no dangers to exploring from level 1. No where you can't go because the enemies are too strong. No reason to get look for new armor or even need it, every enemy will have Deadric armor when you level up enough. really it's pointless.

Morrowind had this much better, I was kicking the crap out of everything at the start, thinking I was the shit I went into somewhere I shouldn't have. Got my ass handed to me by one person. Reloaded and tried again and again. I couldn't beat him and decided to leave this place till later. 10 hours later I came back to him, I destroyed him and felt like a god. Turns out his little hideout was home to some Elven armor. How happy was I? very fu**ing happy i'll tell you that. At that point I could only find some shitty mithril or something

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Baka-akaB5621d ago (Edited 5621d ago )

Oblivion had a story ? first i heard of it .

joke aside yeah , it's funny how they pretend the game had good writing and a plot , outside of the books on the shelves of the game (wich are actually cool) .

And the way the game handled dialogues was just horrible

obviously the game had other qualities and things going on ... but plotting ? meh

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scruffy_bear5621d ago

Thats why I love Morrowind

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Tru_Blu5621d ago

Totally agree about the leveling. The way Oblivion did it was lame.

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RaymondM5621d ago

I never had the patience for Elder scrolls, but it did look amazing and complex, so maybe I'll give this one a try...

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thegreatest78845621d ago

My only gripe was the outdated engine, other than that they should do what they did in Oblivion, easily my favorite rpg of all time.

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chainer30005621d ago

when it released it was far from an outdated engine... there is no way you're talking about Oblivion?

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Doctorofreality5621d ago

Too time consuming for my tastes at, need for medium length games otherwsie i feel like i wasting my money.

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Bigpappy5621d ago (Edited 5621d ago )

If you want The Elder Scrolls V to be successful, just get the heck out of the way, and let the people who made the first 4 (Bethesda) do their darn job. Every little nerd out there like to screw games up by demanding their little nitch modes. If they can make this anywhere near the quality of Morrowind and Dragonfell, they with find a huge audience and continued success. Oblivion was okay, but too much hand holding and repetitive. Obivion was hurt buy a few complaining about getting lost in Morrowind and not being a bad-ass from the start of the game. Morrowind is still My favorite game of all times. Nothing made this gen come close.

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TheHip145621d ago

Oblivion was very repetitive, make this one less repetitive and you'll have a winner

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offdawall5621d ago

Dont release it so close to Uncharted 3

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Snatcher5621d ago (Edited 5621d ago )

Why not??

They are not even the same genre. Uncharted 3 is like action/adventure game, and is linear. But Elders Scrolls is a open world game, with many quests and sidemissions and lots of exploration to do.

Also Uncharted 3 is exclusive, while Elder Scrolls is multiplatform.

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velocitygamer5621d ago

Most people who are going to buy this game will be on PC anyway. Why in the hell would U3 hurt Elder Scrolls??? Like the guy above said, they are both different games. COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. This isn't your typical GT5 vs Forza articles you're used to.

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Malebaria5621d ago

My main gripe with Oblivion was the lack of voice actors. It really drew me out of the experience. Fingers crossed it tops Morrowind,to many seen as the best ES.

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DanSolo5621d ago

Fix the leveling is the main one and I think it is pretty certain they will.... other than that there is the obvious "sequel on new engine" improvements to look forward to like better graphics and animations.

Some more voice actors.

Making sure they fix any bugs as promptly as they can.

Expanding the gameplay, options and quest diversity that you expect from a sequel as well.

I think they should do it justice, they have always done a good job, and I think they know that; crap leveling, one voice actor, and dlc horse armour is not the way to go.

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OdinFallen5621d ago

I love these articles that tell game developers how to do their jobs better. If only people knew what went into making a game...

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Deleting5621d ago

The main thing I would want is as soon as I can explore is to, for example, go to a powerful wizards tower which is heverly guarded by high leveled skeletons and zombies and carefully sneak my way in to get that great treasure, maybe a unqiue and powerful staff

Then after all that trouble I'll get that nice feeling that I still have a ton of stuff to do :)

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Slient Knight 95621d ago

i want more blood and gore, i got a sword for pete's sake and i want to use it to chop off my enemies head, arms, legs and everything in between.

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Azmacna5621d ago

i shudder when i read comments like this. less blood and gore please and more golf, fishing and other stuff that used to make RPGs a breath of fresh air.

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Slient Knight 95621d ago

The reason i say blood and gore is it's set in medieval time frame with magic, medieval time was all about blood and gore and honour.

I do like the idea about fishing though, maybe darts in the pubs as well but this is a western RPG so wouldn't hold my breath.

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Azmacna5621d ago (Edited 5621d ago )

yeah, fair enough. i'm just cynical about the way the West has narrowed the breadth of gameplay in RPGs. nowadays it seems that any game with any sort of upgrades can be called an RPG. i suppose i was spoiled by JRPGs, when the focus was on content, length and diversity, rather than bigger guns and gore

edit @below: i think Slient Knight 9 is talking specifically about this particular game and not suggesting that ALL RPGs should go this way. that said, it still makes me shudder

bubbles for Slient Knight for being understanding. rare on this site

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Slient Knight 95621d ago (Edited 5621d ago )

completely understand, thats why i loved demon souls when that came out it was that breath of fresh air with a bit of nostalgia to it.

edit: likewise Azmacna

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Baka-akaB5621d ago

isnt your game already called god of war ?

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Slient Knight 95621d ago

it doesn't have to be on that scale of blood and gore that would be over-kill which god of war is all about.

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Arup025621d ago

No multiplayer and should be fine.

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SephireX5621d ago

Bethesda are making it. Thus, it will be successful. Enough said.

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ASSASSYN 36o5621d ago

Take the wonderful gameplay from morrowind. Call it skyrim. Sell. Profit. Me so happy.

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Skyrim Switch 2 Update Boosts Visuals, But Performance Falls Short

DarkLordMalik|164d ago |Article|2|

A new Skyrim Switch 2 update delivers major visual upgrades, surpassing some console settings, but locks the game to 30fps and introduces noticeable input lag.

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gigoran8164d ago

they can't get a 14 year old game to run smoothly?

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jjb1981163d ago

That's ridiculous, lol. I'm waiting for the guy that says its too cpu-intensive for the Switch 2. This game is old af and has been released like 17 times.

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’s iconic bucket-head stealth was a complete surprise on launch

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim lead designer Bruce Nesmith explains that the game's bucket stealth was an unintended feature of the game.

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This massive Skyrim mod adds a whole new region, 50 new dungeons and more

Christopher|230d ago |News|0|

Lordbound is finally here.

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