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Skyrim Is 13 Years Old, But Elder Scrolls 6 Is Nowhere in Sight While Bethesda’s First Four Games Took Only 12 Years (questalerts.com)

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[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

I think they really don't believe in storytelling in the way traditional game writers do. They think enough simulation can replace good writing.

Personally I'm certain they are wrong, and it's tragic that they own the Elder Scrolls IP.

[-] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 12 points 3 days ago

Simulation? What? That's the one aspect that has been gotten worse with every Bethesda title. Their storytelling was always garbage. I never finished the main quest in Skyrim even, and the one in Oblivion was trash, the one in Morrowind barely existing. This was never the strong suit of their games.

[-] sheogorath@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Hot take, Michael Kirkbride carried TES lore. Even the interesting parts of Skyrim is based from his writing.

[-] 1SimpleTailor@startrek.website 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I mean it's not really a hot take since it's been the consensus among long-time TES fans since 2006. Shivering Isles is the only good lore/story contribution TES has had without Kirkbrides involvement, and even that was basically just trying to Mantle his style from Morrowind.

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