Bethesda Reveals E3 2010 Lineup

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[citation][nom]killerclick[/nom]I think Obsidian know their stuff. They were founded by Feargus Urquhart, the guy who was the chief designer on Fallout 2 and worked on the greatest game of all times Planescape Torment. Granted that was 10 years ago but they also made Knights of the Old Republic II. They're going to do fine...[/citation]

Neverwinter Nights 2 wasn't so bad, once they actually figured out how to optimize the engine. So... 2/3 isn't that bad.
 

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Bethesda is probably waiting for the next generation of console before releasing TES V. Otherwise it would be a waste to dumb dowm such a huge and costly game to the xbox360 hardware level again.
 

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[citation][nom]worl[/nom]Bethesda is probably waiting for the next generation of console before releasing TES V. Otherwise it would be a waste to dumb dowm such a huge and costly game to the xbox360 hardware level again.[/citation]

I think Oblivion was scaled down to mainstream PC level hardware when it was released. In 2006 Xbox 360 was way ahead of what most PCs could do gaming-wise.

If the Xbox 360 and PS3 are good enough for Crysis 2, they should be good enough for TES V and I'd rather have a somewhat graphically simplified game in 18 months than a visually awesome game in five years.
 

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I gotta say, I'm very disappointed. No mention of TES 5. I was thinking that was slated for Q4 release this year, you'd think they would have SOME type of preview ready by now.

Also, I love Fallout 3, but New Vegas looks extremely disappointing. Just looks like a new map and the ability to make crappy weapons without needing a workbench....AND THAT'S IT. For them to basically just make a new map with new quests, and use the same rather dull graphics, mechanics, and physics, it just makes me look for a different title. I'll probably hold off on New Vegas and wait for TES V.
 

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After reading the title I just crossed my fingers thinking 'please let there be a surprise TES:V announcement'. Disappointed. Hopefully the new Fallout will be better than Fallout 3 was.

In the next TES game I'd really like to see them get away from the scaled enemy system. Its cool that you can go wherever you want all the time, but it screws up the leveling when its better to choose your least used skills as your main ones to avoid leveling too fast.
 

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[citation][nom]Zingam[/nom]People buy their games and like them just because they are Id's games. If another developer has produced that kind of crap - they would have never been popular.[/citation]

Are you serious, ID became a household name because of the games you mentioned, they were not super famous before that. I did not run out and pick up doom2 because I knew the name ID. I ran out and spent 3k on a new computer setup just because I played doom2 MP. You are acting as if ID was a household name back then and they were not. If another dev would have made said games, they would be well off and well known as ID are today.

Also, you say they were boring except for MP, so is battlefield and I believe that is what was intended. A quick SP campaign to get the feel and then onto MP for the next 2 years of greatness.

Duke3d was a great game, from a dev that could not manage to create a sequel.

Descent was neat, but never got cool until the freespace series.

And really, you mention Raven? The dev that made doom clones in the form of Heretic and Hexen, I enjoyed what they were but have no idea how you can bash on Quake while loving Hexen? Or perhaps you mean the awesomeness that showed up later as Star Trek Elite Force. Or perhaps even, the worst of all quake games, Quake 4. Raven made a couple good titles (Jedi Knight series, SOF, Wolfenstein)

[citation][nom]killerclick[/nom]I think Oblivion was scaled down to mainstream PC level hardware when it was released. In 2006 Xbox 360 was way ahead of what most PCs could do gaming-wise. If the Xbox 360 and PS3 are good enough for Crysis 2, they should be good enough for TES V and I'd rather have a somewhat graphically simplified game in 18 months than a visually awesome game in five years.[/citation]

I rented the 360 version and then purchased the PC version. My PC was not top end but is sure as hell looked better than the 360.
 

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[citation][nom]CptTripps[/nom]I rented the 360 version and then purchased the PC version. My PC was not top end but is sure as hell looked better than the 360.[/citation]
The resolution difference alone is enough to make PC way better.
 

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agreed. where is elder scrolls V ? It's been 4 years since IV, it's about time to at least announce it for a release next year, don't you think?
 

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[citation][nom]killerclick[/nom]I think Oblivion was scaled down to mainstream PC level hardware when it was released. In 2006 Xbox 360 was way ahead of what most PCs could do gaming-wise. If the Xbox 360 and PS3 are good enough for Crysis 2, they should be good enough for TES V and I'd rather have a somewhat graphically simplified game in 18 months than a visually awesome game in five years.[/citation]

It's not going to take 5 years for the new consoles to come out. At the latest, just over 28 months or so--fall 2012.
 
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Bethsoft separated in 4 groups
1.fallout new vegas
2.oblivion updates
3.new oblivion
Once oblivion updates are finished that group will focus on fallout new vegas dlc once that is over everybody in bethsoft will be working on TES IV expect in july-august 2011. If you dont believe me i worked on daggerfall and morrowind didn't get a chance to work on TES IV cause i retired in the year 2004.
 
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