Hi all!

First and foremost, let me get one thing out of the way:

Regardless of my personal opinion about TES:O (I don't think MMO's are a healthy hobby but, again, that's just me), im not, will not, bash the game and Zenimax. Im here to question my betters in gaming industry, about the future of TES: VI.


Actually, i should post this on Skyrim session, but now, with this forum becoming all the rage, it seemed more smart. (if not apropriated )


After playing the hell out of Skyrim, i was musing with myself about what the devs. will plan for the next game of the series. And after witnessing two big single-player AAA jumping on the multiplayer bandwagon (ME 2, GoW 4:A), and now TES:O announcment, i get a gut felling that one of the major features present on TES:VI will be multiplayer, or at least a Co-op.

Im all for a Co-op experience in the realm of TES, with all what makes TES one of my all times series: Imersion, Sandbox, and all that. BUT, on the other side, and this is what brought me here, could a multiplayer feature, even if done right, be harmfull to the quality of the game? I mean, i remember some Joe asking the devs why Skyrim would not feature a multiplayer component. And he got a response more or less like this: "Why would you spend time and money in a multiplayer, when you could improve the sigleplayer experience, and the existing game?"

So, could the (probable) multiplayer feature in the next TES make the team cut some cornes in the development?


Cheers, and sorry for the wall of text.

We have an official thread for http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1366657-non-mmo-tes-multiplayerco-op-thread/ discussion. You're welcome to re-post this in there.

However I suspect Bethesda's reasons for not doing co-op previously will hold true for future titles. If anything having an Elder Scrolls MMO seems to make co-op less likely in the core series.