So you're a pirate right? and i don't mean the silly hat kind either.

Indeed.

If a bunch of games try and shoehorn MP in where it doesn't belong, or where it could belong and do it badly, and end up with a substandard MP and substandard SP the games that stick to stellar single player will stand out even more.

The "best" MP games (with emphasis on MP over SP) offer certain things - TES wouldn't be able to offer those things and still be TES. Games with CO-OP or limited MP (so SP is still THE major draw card) offer certain things - TES might be able to work like that but these games are also often less than 30 hours long (where as even the people who complain make "I've played for 100 hours and now I'm bored" threads) - and time spent developing an optional MP function is time taken away from developing an awesome SP experience.

Plus, while I like some MP experiences one of the worst aspects of them can be the people. Hundreds of hours even in a good TES game with some of the specimens that populate the MP population... lobotomize me with a candy cane now.

It's like saying every movie going 3D is inevitable.

No, it is not. Considering we are at the Height of this nonsensical need for multi-player and Beth still didn't implement it in Skyrim, I doubt they ever will. Beth listens to the majority of its fanbase and the majority of us do NOT want Multi-player.

IF the next iteration is multilayer, then my TES experience ends with Skyrim. I'd rather have [censored] npcs than actual retards online. Last thing I want to see in a TES game is "LMAO! Noob just got pwnd! R U Mad bro?"

Yeah, no thanks.

Says another newbie to the TES world.
Try looking into what the developers of Skyrim have to say about this before you make predictions.
Not TES.

I never wear silly hats.

Prove that. By forum consensus? You're way off mate... ^^^^ This is "Argumentum ad populum" at it's finest.

God no, please no. We already lost Knight of the Old republic 3 to some lame MMO. Not the Elder Scrolls, too please.

Online in the next The Elder Scrolls game is inevitable unlikely.

there, fixed it for ya.

Yeah really. I really dislike mp RPGs myself. Had some fun with Battlespire and Baldurs Gate but got tired of it after a while. I prefer feeling like the one and only hero in a setting and, best of all, not dealing with other players who have very different ideas about what is fun.

Even if mp would be simply an option just ask yourself; do you really want them to invest a lot of time and money in this? I'd prefer they use it for a great single game experience.

Its like nowadays folks think you can save a game by throwing in mp. Like DA2 wasn't bad enough they now think adding mp is going to save DA3!

I won't ever play a mp TES game not because I don't love TES(I breathe it) but because it isn't what I want out of it. Hopefully Bethesda will never fall in the mp trap.

Indeed, http://www.zenimaxonline.com/ purchased the domain for the http://elderscrollsonline.com/. They haven't done anything with the domain for some time though, so it could just be to ensure the possibility for an Elder Scrolls MMO in the future.

I call the Siren class!


someone alittle while back argued that an MP component makes a game worthy of receiving GotY awards and since Skyrim didnt have one it didnt deserve awards (on that basis).

Oh lord the people in this thread. So facepalm-worthy.

You won't buy it just because it has multiplayer? How about you don't buy it if the singleplayer suffers because of multiplayer? Adding multiplayer, whether it is good or bad, does not mean the singleplayer automatically becomes so bad that you and your entire family will die of cancer...

QFT and it will happen if they ever go that route.

Welcome to gaming, where devs only care about getting the largest community to buy their games. Even if it means selling ou fans, or hollowing out the games they were praised for.

Its inevitable. They already hollowed out the rpg elements,may aswell go that extra bit to lure in the CoD fans.

I think they are going to use having only single player to their advantage. I think Bethesda is on top if they can deliver a game that gets game of the year without having multiplayer three games in a row. But I agree that good single player games are rare gems.

well IF it will be a mmo it have to come whit somthing so fare aawy from wow as poseble, to nich it abit. this and falout world online must be more a guild civilisation bulding focus.

falout hawe to be more build up a colony/ town whit the guild
and elder elder scolls the guild leader is the jarl and comand the area .....

Despite their outspoken view against multiplayer? It's not like they just never bothered doing it, Beth is very critical of those who sacrifice SP quality for the sake of MP.

Bethesd already sacrafice SP quality for money.

MP isnt always bad. Dark souls MP is gret, unless you get lagg and attacks 6 feet away are still hitting you... Or other issues. But ignoring lag its great. So MP snt always bad, but seeing as how everything has MP these days, good or not. It dosent make much difference if I like the idea or not. Becuase devs will make games with MP, becuase they are greedy and cant settle for just making a profit.

It'd be similar to asking people, at the release of Morrowind, "Eliminating classes, birthsigns and several skills in TES games is inevitable." I'd call you mad, why would they destroy so much of what makes TES an RPG like that? Well, folks, they have. If there's a distinct possibility it will broaden their audience, they will add multiplayer.

mp or mmo will not come untill the tecnilogy alowe the player online to decine ther owen houses and build a nice guild town .... whit proper farms, mills, mines and forst around it.

so the guild member will replase selected npces in some way

I might consider playing the next TES game if it has multiplayer.

If TES was multiplayer....it would be the first Elder Scrolls game that I wouldnt buy.

I concur.

I concur with this post.