Interview Bethesda - Returning to Oblivion?

[Shannow]

Enhanced Edition

 

[WhiskeyWolf]

We're getting ready to do something else with Oblivion this year, because it is still selling and retards still like it.

fix

 

[poocolator]

People will be able to go into a room and spam FIREBALL FIREBALL FIREBALL and see it from all crazy angles!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_ekugPKqFw

Ah, yes..... Man has come a long, long way.

 

[Wild Slop]

Aren't they developing an MMORPG?

...though that would be elder scrolls as opposed to referring to oblivion.

 

[shihonage]

Oh, I'll let you know

So they'll take The Pitt, take out firearms, and sell it as an Oblivion expansion pack.

 

[Xerxos]

Well, the right thing to do would be to take the best mods (e.g. a UI mod, a leveling mod, some of the graphic enhancement mods, some quest modes, FCOM, the landscape mods, open cities, some magic mod, etc.), merge it, make it stable, rebalance the difficulty and resell it as Oblivion enhanced/Oblivion reloaded.

With the right mods Oblivon can be a really nice dungeon crawler.

 

[Luzur]

What I dont get is how people actually eat this shit up.
Reminds me, I'm going to start up a thread very soon.

Dude, come on, remember this?

whos the guy with the hat in the middle? the picture seems centered on him for some reason.

 

[TheSmilingDude]

whos the guy with the hat in the middle? the picture seems centered on him for some reason.

Hines looking for inspiration... duh...

 

[denizsi]

Bethesda is doing us a favor. If they had announced a new game from scratch; the development cycle, forum floods, false hopes; it would be Morrowind/Oblivion/Fallout 3 all over again.

 

[zerotolerance]

They are going to release an add-on which will give Oblivion a story!

 

[denizsi]

No, they are going to release an add-on which will give Oblivion a heart!

 

[flabbyjack]

whos the guy with the hat in the middle? the picture seems centered on him for some reason.

That's a time traveller.

 

[Xi]

It's going to be the GotC edition. Game of the Century. They're just releasing it 90+ years early.

 

[poocolator]

whos the guy with the hat in the middle? the picture seems centered on him for some reason.

That's a time traveller.

That's the guy behind it all...

 

[denizsi]

He's the guy, from whom Hitler received the quest for ethnic cleansing.

 

[Hory]

whos the guy with the hat in the middle? the picture seems centered on him for some reason.

That's a time traveller.

That's the guy behind it all...

Definitely looks like the brain behind Hitler, but if you look closely there's someone even shadier that's behind him.

 

[Relayer71]

They're remaking Morrowind with the Oblivion engine with the following additions:

1) Hiring over 30 QUALITY voice actors which will NOT include Wonder Woman & friends (other Beth actors).

2) Now with AC (Actual Content)! No more wandering around aimlessly PRETENDING you're playing.

3) Real artists/designers hired for facial models!

4) Dozens of tweaks to gameplay by a new Development team made up of TRUE ROLEPLAY AFICIONADOS who detest Oblivion!!!

 

[Relayer71]

They are going to release an add-on which will give Oblivion a story!

No, they are going to release an add-on which will give Oblivion a heart!

No, they are going to release an add-on which will give Oblivion a brain!

 

[Frau Bishop]

You tell em Scrotus!

I will make you regret ever being born! You're going to wish you never left your mother's womb! Where it was warm! And safe! And wet!

You are going to see a whole new spectrum of pain, like a Rainbow. But! This rainbow is not just like any other rainbow!

 

[slipgate_angel]

So were never going to see a new Elder scrolls game? I was actually looking forward to seeing to how they would do a new entry in the series, not cling onto the dried up Oblivion tit.

Fuck Oblivion, I want a new Elder scrolls game.

 

[Mnemon]

Could that mean that Fallout 3 isn't selling as much and as quickly as expected? I.e. Marketing Guys assumimg that an Oblivion expansion might bring in more in the long run? Does anyone have a sales comparison between the two - i.e. how much Oblivion sold in the months straight after release compared to Fallout 3?

 

[Azrael the cat]

Could that mean that Fallout 3 isn't selling as much and as quickly as expected? I.e. Marketing Guys assumimg that an Oblivion expansion might bring in more in the long run? Does anyone have a sales comparison between the two - i.e. how much Oblivion sold in the months straight after release compared to Fallout 3?

That would suck, because as crappy as FO3 might be, Oblivion is so much worse that they aren't really in the same league...

 

[DarkUnderlord]

• http://au.pc.ign.com/articles/927/927608p1.html
  Approximately 4.7 million units of Fallout 3 were shipped worldwide.
  
  http://www.n4g.com/News-298592.aspx
  January 2009 Life to Date Numbers: Fallout 3 - 1.14m (360), 452k (PS3)
  
  http://www.elderscrolls.com/news/press_011807.htm
  Released in March 2006 for Xbox 360™ videogame and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows, Oblivion sold more than three million units in 2006.
  
  http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-226547.aspx
  Fallout 3 released last week in the UK and also topped the charts. It also beat the sales made by Bethesda's previous title, Oblivion in its first week of release. The Xbox 360 version of the game sold more than 57% of Oblivion.

I don't get that "57% of Oblivion" bit but the rest seems to say it sold better than Oblivion did in its first week in the UK. Though actual sales numbers in the first links suggest a few million copies are still sitting on shelves after the long-run.

 

[Luzur]

So were never going to see a new Elder scrolls game? I was actually looking forward to seeing to how they would do a new entry in the series, not cling onto the dried up Oblivion tit.

Fuck Oblivion, I want a new Elder scrolls game.

actually, they are doing a TES 5, how it will turn out, only the future will tell.