Summary
The Elder Scrolls 6only justentered development last year, with"early builds" being made playable for the first timein March. Considering the already lengthy 13 years betweenSkyrimand now, the gap between mainline games will be enormous by the time TES6 finally launches.
With such a long wait comes equally as large expectations, ones that formerStarfieldandFalloutdeveloper Bruce Nesmith believes are “almost impossible” to meet.
“Elder Scrolls 6 is undoubtedly going to be an amazing game, but it’s going to be compared to all the previous games that Bethesda made,” Nesmith explained in an interview with Kiwi Talkz (as reported byPure Xbox).
“The 30-year-old who is making a piece of art who’s a professional artist, he can’t control the expectation because he’s got all this history — it’s there whether he likes it or not, and the same is true for the fans who want to buy Elder Scrolls 6. Their expectations are going to be almost impossible to meet.”
We Still Don’t Know Much About The Elder Scrolls 6
Even Though It Was Revealed Six Years Ago
Todd Howard has admitted thatThe Elder Scrolls 6 was announced too early, explaining that they made the decision to reveal it so far in advance because “pitchforks and torches were out”. That sweeping CGI shot of a nondescript mountainrange at E3 2018 was a vague promise that Bethesda would get around to it eventually… after Fallout 76 and Starfield.
With The Elder Scrolls 6 only starting development last year,nothing has been revealed in the six years since that announcement. Cryptic teasers were shared that seem to point to a Hammerfell setting, but they all predate development, so anything could have changed.
As rampant speculation has been left to stew for over a decade, fans no doubt have their own grandiose ideas for what TES6 may be, from its setting to the war with the Aldmeri Dominion to the ramifications of dragons returning to Tamriel proper, and those expectations are going to be incredibly difficult to live up to.
The Elder Scrolls 6
The Elder Scrolls 6 is a long-awaited, upcoming RPG from Bethesda. In pre-production, little is known about its contents, although speculation suggests is could be set in Hammerfell.
