Bethesda's very own Pete Hines has confirmed that yes, an MMORPG installment of the wildly popular Elder Scrolls series is on the way. In the announcement, Hines also stated that the company had already put $300 million into the projectOf course this announcement was followed by the proclamation that World of Warcraft now has a contender to deal with. I guess Knights of the Old Republic Online and Warhammer Online don't count? I'm actually quite amazed by this rhetoric.
Am I the only person that has played the Elder Scrolls series of games and said to myself: "This is a lot of fun, but wouldn't work in an MMORPG."? The Elder Scroll games are great single-player fun, but outside of the character system I can't think of one thing that would translate to an MMORPG at all.
Part of the magic behind the Elder Scroll titles has been the ability to be the hero of the world, not one of many heroes which is the case with MMORPGs.
I think there are just a few too many people waiting on the "next big thing".
By the way, I'm just kidding. The confirmation was never true and has been officially denied.
Update: It seems that the original story which Jim sourced in this article jumped to more than a few conclusions. We just got off of the phone with Bethesda's Manager of PR and Marketing Erin Losi, who wanted to clarify a few things.Oh well, who would of guessed that Destructoid would jump to conclusions and post a catchy title to spam around the Internet? Certainly not me.
For one, Bethesda has not announced or confirmed that an Elder Scrolls MMO is in the works.
Yeah. I've done at least two posts in the last three months on the same topic. Elder Scrolls MMOG would have to either significantly change the Elder Scrolls playstyle and hallmarks (totally open world, kill whoever, heavy emphasis on self-reliance, action, and sneaking) or really shake the foundations of what we know as established MMOG norms (risky, unlikely, still has lots of balance issues), it makes no sense.
ReplyDelete300 million....oh man this had better be good ha ha
ReplyDeleteI sincerely don't see them putting 300 million into ESO. That would be very foolish.
ReplyDeleteI am also worried that they would try to up the graphical bar, which we all know is a huge limiting factor right out of the blocks.