Comments on: The Elder Scrolls 6 or Skyrim 2: Should Bethesda Consider Boss Battles?

By: Ninja4848

Ninja4848 — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 23:58:00 +0000

my 3 points:
1) i think boss battles would add to the game, but dont force us to do them for everything. the occasional one would be fun, one for every quest would ruin the game
2)DONT MAKE IT CO-OP. you cant make a coop game fun for solo ppl, visa versa
3) dont call it skyrim 2. even if its in skyrim again, i would call it tes 6.

By: Drakulus

Drakulus — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 19:06:00 +0000

In reply to Jim Valley.

What he wrote didn’t come across as arrogant. These articles are pretty bad imo. Every Elder Scrolls fan should already know there won’t be a Skyrim 2…

I love Skyrim to death, but honestly I’m ready to move on to another game in another setting. Here’s to hoping the next Elder Scrolls game comes sooner rather then later.

By: The Dude

The Dude — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 14:38:00 +0000

In reply to Todd.

How about you explain how including boss battles or large hardcore enemies would undermine the game?
You haven’t presented anything here other than your opinion which is simply contrary to the one held by the article’s author.

What makes TES games great games is not ‘absence of multiplayer and boss battles’ (i.e. the opposite of what you claim the authors opinion is)
It’s the breadth of the games, the attention to detail and consistency with the lore, the world design and the characters within them. Small things that add up to a greater sum of the parts which make you feel like you are a part of the world, that you are experiencing it through the player character.

This is the essence of the open world roleplaying that defines the game.

I don’t think this is mutually exclusive from what is proposed by the author in this article.

Since you show at least a little contempt for the ‘younger generation’ I
suspect that you imagine that straight pandering clones of the multiplayer models found in the games of their demographic would be the models Bethesda would cash in on and tarnish the series.

All of that last bit is just my speculation, but if that was the case I would trust Bethesda to be tactful about the process and include it only when it worked with the vision of the series as a whole.

By: Nerilldp

Nerilldp — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 14:48:00 +0000

In reply to Todd. Yes! Yes x infinity + 1

By: Jim Valley

Jim Valley — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 11:52:00 +0000

In reply to schurch. "Pro tip"! How arrogant you are. Where is YOUR article published?

By: Jim Valley

Jim Valley — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 11:51:00 +0000

In reply to Nerilldp. I'm with you. The reason I play video games is to meet a personal challenge ON MY OWN. It's between me and the game designer. The LAST thing I want is to deal with other people when I'm trying to play a video game. I know many people love this mode, but it's just not for me.

By: Ocelotty1

Ocelotty1 — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 06:51:00 +0000

Just don’t stick microtransactions into the mix (shudder)

By: schurch

schurch — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 06:03:00 +0000

Can gamingbolt please hire someone who plays and likes roleplaying games? I know you need to keep the buzz going on the ES series but whoever is writing this is clearly a adventure or fps gamer who has no clue how to write about RPGs. Pro tip: Ask a potential writer what they play in pen and paper. If they don’t have an answer, they probably shouldn’t be writing about RPGs.

By: schurch

schurch — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 05:59:00 +0000

In reply to Todd. Replaying BG and NWN right now. Reminds me of what a role playing video game should be :)

By: Observations99

Observations99 — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 00:12:00 +0000

Boss battle?!? Why that will make it just like every other sword and sorcery mmo out there….. Why make something unique wen you can just clone everyone else. Dumbest idea ever.