'Bethesda's in the bad position of having expectations being so high they cannot be met': Skyrim design lead reckons it might be hard for The Elder Scrolls 6 to live up to the ever-increasing fervor

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/bethesdas-in-the-bad-position-of-having-expectations-being-so-high-they-cannot-be-met-skyrim-design-lead-reckons-it-might-be-hard-for-the-elder-scrolls-6-to-live-up-to-the-ever-increasing-fervor/

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Sanctus@anarchist.nexus · 21 pts · 216d

What expectations? I've been playing Skyrim and Oblivion for so long I forgot Daggerfall was once ES. We can't have expectations when there are teenagers walking around that haven't seen a new ES IP in their lifetime.

mech@feddit.org · 18 pts · 216d

Just follow along the trajectory from previous Elder Scrolls games. It worked so far:

  • Improve graphics
  • Make world smaller, but add more dungeons
  • Dumb down character creation and magic system
  • Leave bugs from previous games in
finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 216d

What expectations? I don't think anyone's actually expecting another elder scrolls title to actually materialize at this point, unless we're talking another release of skyrim.

FelixCress@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 216d

Bughesda and expectations?

shani66@ani.social · 4 pts · 216d

I'm pretty sure the expectations are that TES 6 is going to be the next ET game, it's not hard to beat that.

_druid@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 216d (1 reply)

Painted into the same corner as Patrick Rothfuss.

Dupelet@piefed.social · 2 pts · 215d

Nah, Pat's got real expectations to meet. This guy's just suffering from wishful thinking.