![]() ![]() Yes we’ll be free to explore a massive fantasy world, but exactly how and what we will do when open world games have otherwise changed so much since Skyrim released over a decade ago.Our first experience with Diablo 4 was waiting in a 49 minute queue to actually get into the game. Once in the game, the character select screen featured the now infamous group of heroes standing around the fire. We also can’t predict what kind of game it will be. There is no way to predict what a game like this will look like many years in the future, and the very same principle applies to Elder Scrolls 6 when it arrives in 2030 or whatever. ![]() If and when it does release, we’ll likely be playing on the PS7 or Xbox Ultima with entirely different forms of mechanics and gameplay methods to interact with. Games like this require a team of hundreds and several years of development to even make it out the door, let alone reach public hands. ![]() It is natural for Bethesda to confirm it will one day make another Fallout game given its status as one of the studio’s primary properties, but to assume it is in the works or has taken on a form beyond speculation is downright silly. Casual consumers don’t understand how budgets and production times have ballooned with new console generations, meaning games like The Elder Scrolls and Fallout will now take half a decade to make at least if Bethesda wants to do both properties justice.įallout 5 is so far away that entertaining its existence feels like a fool’s errand. Both of these things aren’t possible, not without some form of compromise. Studios don’t want us to see how the sausage is made, but also want to be transparent about everything they’re working on, so potential conflicts can be avoided. ![]() You can’t blame them for having this perspective though when the act of games development remains so secretive. People are still asking about it, and assume the game is further along in development than it really is, despite Starfield still yet to launch. Related: Starfield Running At 30fps Is The Right Choice His logic was that if Bethesda announced that it was working on the next fantasy RPG - which it kinda isn’t if we’re being blunt - that fans would stop asking about it. Take The Elder Scrolls 6 for example, which for some reason was announced alongside the epic space adventure as a “one more thing” mic drop from game director Todd Howard back at E3 2019. ![]()
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