The Ultimate TES game, What would you like to see Bethesda do? Options

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I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this but it's not directly related to Skyrim, Oblivion or any of the older games and is a general discussion about an RPG series (The Elder Scrolls) so it seemed the best fit

Just to clarify: This is not a "Which TES game is the best" thread. It is a thread to discuss the various features seen in any of the TES games, whether you liked them or not, how they could've been done better, why they should've left them out, what they should've had instead/as well, etc etc...

Ultimately it is a discussion about what would be the ideal Elder Scrolls Game in your opinion and how Bethesda could combine all the failures and successes of the previous games in order to create this. If you're already happy with one game, how could it be made better? (It can't be perfect )

Feel free to talk about different mods and games other than TES and how these could be implemented into the game as well.


To start:

I personally would love to see a combination of Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim (these being the only TES games I've played in depth) put into one game. The alien environment, number of factions, lack of hand-holding and so on from Morrowind, combined with the brilliant questlines and general feel (I can't explain this one but it just.... is) of Oblivion and the better combat, crafting and mechanical superiority of Skyrim.

This is just a brief description of some of the things I would like to see. I could write a 30 page essay on this and if this thread gets response I will put more stuff up. Anyway, what are you guy's thoughts?

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Good points indeed, Grits

I agree completely about customisable modes. This is something I am surprised is not in more games, particularly games like TES. It could include things like HUD display, needs, settings, weather exposure, other "hardcore" rules etc. That way they can please everyone from the young, "casual gamers" (a term I despise for a million reasons) to the more roleplay focused players, like most of the people on this site.

One small thing that I read is in Arena: You can only have one daedric/aedric artefact at a time. Whether this means you sell one, or leave it locked away in your house, for me this would be great. Unless I get rid of a daedric artefact, I cannot gain the quest for another. As soon as I get rid of it I can. Another thing that could be customisable.

Mirocu mentioned a big one, Spell creation. Why they abandoned this (and many of the pre-made spells) I have no idea. Why Beth? Just why??????

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One small thing that I read is in Arena: You can only have one daedric/aedric artefact at a time. Whether this means you sell one, or leave it locked away in your house, for me this would be great. Unless I get rid of a daedric artefact, I cannot gain the quest for another. As soon as I get rid of it I can. Another thing that could be customisable.

So much this!

While I do want freedom of choice, being able to serve just one deity at a time just makes more sense. If this is the case in Arena I definitely support it

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One small thing that I read is in Arena: You can only have one daedric/aedric artefact at a time. Whether this means you sell one, or leave it locked away in your house, for me this would be great. Unless I get rid of a daedric artefact, I cannot gain the quest for another. As soon as I get rid of it I can. Another thing that could be customisable.

So much this!

While I do want freedom of choice, being able to serve just one deity at a time just makes more sense. If this is the case in Arena I definitely support it

I agree entirely. As long as you are able to ditch the deity you serve (possibly with some consequence other than losing the artefact) and/or change to serve another I think this system makes lots of sense and works well.