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 even before any details would be released regarding the development of “The Elder Scrolls 6.”
The push-back in the release date of “The Elder Scrolls 6” is no longer new to Bethesda. The game developer apparently said the same thing about its post-apocalyptic role-playing game “Fallout 4” in the past.
The game was thought to be in development or on its upcoming release, but Bethesda kept saying no. They were even denying reports about it. However, after a couple of months, the first trailer for the game arrived.
Some critics are saying that Hines might be doing the same PR strategy for “The Elder Scrolls 6” as it may be a way for the studio to generate hype to its upcoming game. Or perhaps, Bethesda does not want to count their chickens before the eggs even hatch.
There have been reports that “The Elder Scrolls 6” will have lots of interesting features as well as the possibility of the game introducing a brand new class system as well as a settlements-like feature that were found on “Fallout 4.”
There’s no reason a VR redo would take anything resembling the resources that would go into a full game- there are already ways to play fallout 4 using current VR headsets, they’re not too bad. While it would be more work than we typically see for patches, I don’t even think the tweaks needed for a good VR experience would represent even as much work as went into the larger pieces of DLC. Which is good, because they wouldn’t be able to sell enough of a VR redo standalone to justify that amount of development, we’re talking a small group who can even play the game on VR, let alone would want to pay $60 or so for it.
I don’t know why 6 is so thoroughly delayed after Skyrim, but I do know that when it does come out it will have a very large customer base with a lot of excitement for it. Bethesda might want to give some other, newer, properties some room to breathe and a chance to become series of their own instead of just relying on their two biggest franchises, and I’m okay with that.