As early as the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2015 held in June of last year, there have been reports that Bethesda Studios might soon be announcing an update on the development of its role-playing game “The Elder Scrolls 6.” But more than a year has passed since then, no concrete or official detail has been released thus far.
What seems consistent from among the rumors online about “The Elder Scrolls 6” is that the game would be in development soon, and thus it would have its eventually launching date on the gaming consoles and the PC sometime in the future.
It was also reported that “The Elder Scrolls 6” is one of the three major video games that are up in Bethesda’s roster after the developer officially rolled out the post-apocalyptic role-playing game “Fallout 4” in the gaming consoles and the PC in November of last year.
Since then, most gamers started guessing on which two other big games are currently in development with Bethesda that the game developer had to prioritize over the like of “The Elder Scrolls 6.”
Apparently, the two other games are the latest sequels to “The Evil Within” and “Rage,” as both games had generated a lot of success that they truly deserve their respective sequels, reports the University Herald.
It was Todd Howard, game director of Bethesda Studios, who has recently stated that production of “The Elder Scrolls 6” is still a long way off since the company would be focusing initially on the development of the sequels to “The Evil Within” and “Rage.”
In the same interview, Howard said that the game development company is working on two other large projects and that they might be some of the biggest things that Bethesda has done.
He also expressed that consumers and fans alike might actually hear news about those two games even before any details would be released regarding the development of “The Elder Scrolls 6.”
Game will be full of bugs
Bethesda has been known to release some of the most awesome and critically-acclaimed video games. It is also known in the gaming community that most of its games are often full of bugs and glitches when they launch, which often kills the excitement and enjoyment of the players.
Many gaming critics are saying that despite Bethesda spending so much time in developing a video game, it almost always come out buggy the way it happened to the previous five games of “The Elder Scrolls” video game series, as well as in the “Fallout” franchise.
As a matter of fact, when “Fallout 4” was officially released in November last year, some four months after its launch at the E3 2015, the game still had plenty of bugs, much to the chagrin of gamers.
Thus, it also follows that when “The Elder Scrolls 6” comes out a few years down the road, it is also expected to be buggy considering how it is said to be far more complex than its predecessor games in the franchise. It would not be surprising if it would be full of bugs and glitches so gamers should be ready for it, notes Gaming Bolt.
Some critics are actually saying that bugs and glitches have already become part and parcel of the Bethesda gaming experience so unless the game development company does something drastic with the ongoing development for “The Evil Within” and “Rage,” players and critics would always remain cynical of its output.
Lessened enthusiasm
Following the indirect admission of Bethesda last month that the earliest that the highly-anticipated role-playing game “The Elder Scrolls 6” could come out is in 2019, enthusiasm has somehow lessened for the game.
But that did not stop speculations from swirling online on what the game has in store for gamers when it finally comes out in the gaming consoles and the PC.
There are now reports saying that the game could come out with support for virtual reality (VR) but since VR headset sales appear to be unstable at this time, Bethesda might just forego the feature and focus on other aspects of the game.
Some critics and gamers believe that one feature that Bethesda Studios may consider incorporating on the “The Elder Scrolls 6” is the inclusion of factions and guilds on its online multiplayer mode, which has proven to keep players glued from most massively multiplayer online role-playing games or MMORPGs.