My hopes and dreams were just crushed.

Damn it. I was really hoping for an Elder Scrolls V that would be using the new id Software engine. ARRRRRRGH.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo........

@ arrestedevelopment,

Morrowind wasn't really generic fantasy. At least, not in my opinion. Oblivion was, though.

*kills part of self that thought Bethesda was a good developer that liked there fan base*

They FUCKING better be making ES5. I swear to God if they put out an ES MMO instead of an ES5, I will fucking Virgina Tech their fucking offices. I've got nothing to fucking lose, bitches. Test me, motherfuckers.

(I'm just a little bit passionate about the ES series.)

Eh, both good and bad. The way they've been going lately I don't really want an Oblivion 2. If they went back to Morrowind level quality as far as story, setting, etc goes, then it'd be cool, but Oblivion was generic fantasy, as some said above. Plus I don't want to see anymore use of the Gamebryo engine. Bethesda has the right ideas at times, but their technical side is shit...

A mix of what they've done in Morrowind and Fallout 3 and I'll be happy. There were things I liked about Oblivion, but they should be looking back on what people liked about Morrowind and learning from other things they have been doing too. Point Lookout was really good, lets hope they can apply that talet to a game with color.

Geeze. I'm sitting here hoping "no current plans" really means "we're not going on the record this year but TES5 is of course coming", but hope is all I've got left. Well, its worth pointing out that Howard's team wouldn't be working on an ES MMO anyways, because the recently opened Zenimax Online Studios was created to do that. Also, Bethsoft lies and keeps secrets habitually. I will wait and see.

Nonetheless, I don't want the next TES game to be another MMO. I've played some for months or years, and I've had enough of that kind of gameplay, completely enough, as in f*ck MMOs.

The Elder Scrolls franchise, and Fallout 3 are great single player experiences, this is what Bethsoft has succeeded at, its why people are fans of the games they develop. I'm sure they know this.

I don't mind if TES5 doesn't come out for a few years yet, so long as it does come out.

Well, that fucking sucks.

You know, I never could quite put my finger on what bugged me about Oblivion compared to Morrowind, but you guys nailed it. Generic fantasy vs.a world filled with unique, amazing creatures. I remember the first time I stepped out of Seyda Neen and saw the stiltstrider and was like "WTF is that?!" I was expecting to have to kill it. LOL good times...

I always felt kind of lost in Elder Scrolls titles. I like not being bossed around, but it really annoys me when I completely stop caring about a game's main sotry, for things tend to start feeling a little too episodic and it makes just stopping playing much easier. It's like the feedom you hav in, say, Zelda, blown to igantic proportions, to the point that you're no longer feeling free, only lost. And when you're n the right track, I for one am usually nt having much fun. I love the Elder Scroll series and have been playing since Arena, I just dn't think I'm up for another huge game that I can't help but feel that it's overall unfocused.

About the MMO, couldn't care less.

AAAAAaaahhhhh... actually, I don't mind that much. Why is every developer trying to jump on the MMO bandwagon though? It's REALLY annoying.

I'm still playing Oblivion! Maybe they'll give me a chance to finish it, one day.

Having said that, they announced oblivion like... wellllll into the devcycle, so I'm not taking this as definite.

We may not get an elder scrolls V, but perhaps a remake of Morrowind? With the entire continent as originally planned? Now that, would be amazing!

You know what's weird? I never really expected another Elder Scrolls. Y'see, there are advertisements for "upcoming" Bethesda games during the Daggerfall installer. The only other TES games mentioned were Morrowind and Oblivion (which was originally due out in, like, 1998, by the by).

If they ever did another, I think I'd actually like to see it set before the rest of the series, back in the early ages of the Empire. Fuck, make the hero Tiber goddamn Septim.

The way I read it he was saying that there are no plans "now." So I think eventually another Elder Scrolls will come out it's just not going to be anytime soon. I really hope that's the case because I really want the next Elder Scrolls with what I saw from Fallout 3 I think it could be really good. I was hoping to see Elder Scrolls V soon but now I'm hoping of seeing it at all.

3,014 adorable kittens just died. I fucking hate MMOs. As much as I love Bethesda, I'm not paying them every month to play one of their games.

I don't see why they would want to make an MMO. Elder Scrolls is and should stay a singleplayer experience

I'm happy that Bethesda is willing to take risks instead of just making TES games. Fallout 3 was risky, but it paid off, and it might spur them to use new ideas or new IPs.

I'd love a sequel to Oblivion, but I think an MMO would make the series complete.

"WHEREZ THE DWEEMER PUZZLE BOX????" "LERN 2 EXPLORE"

But seriously, this is disheartening. Especially seeing as how the level ramp is critical in MMOs, and if Oblivion and Fallout 3 have shown, they haven't exactly gotten that down pat yet.

Awww...

I'm actually playing Oblivion again right now. The idea of a bunch of other people running/jumping around, ruining the atmosphere, bothers me.

Should have been set in Summerset Isle. Oh well. I've kind of lost faith in Bethesda's ability to put out a functioning game anyway.