Haha! I actually had to go to that site to figure out what the censored word was. Awkward....

Snakes on a Plane, your argument is invalid.

But seriously, it's not that simple. It costs nothing to declare your support for a game/movie online. Whether these people will actually pay cashy money for it is another story.


But then again, the same could be said about the Fallout series and Bethesda. Some oldies might complain, but FO3 and FNV turned out pretty well imo.

That said, I'd rather see Obsidian take another crack at it. Those guys are awesome.

Don't know specifically about KOTOR, but it does happen. The most obvious example here is Fallout.

I don't know, it may not have reached the heights of WoW, but Warcraft III is still pretty influential. I know a bunch of people who still play WC3 regularly, and these aren't hardcoe gamers either. Go into any cybercafe and three-quarters of them will be playing WC3 (specifically, DotA). And for me personally I'm still comparing any small-scale fantasy RTS to WC3.

Fantasy RTS is a sub-genre that is niche enough to not concern the mighty Blizzard, Warcaft 3 is/was popular, but not the unprecedented popularity of WoW, kind of the same concept as to why Bethesda isn 't going to make a new Wheres Wally game any time soon but less of a drastic comparison.
The company making that shut down though, Bioware is still lurching around.

I'm sorry OP, but you have no idea what you're talking about. You start talking about how it would do fiscally, as if you have some clue about business, then suggest Bethesda hire Ridley Scott to write the thing?

It was more a reply to the latter part of your post, the part about being the greatest RTS of all time. I think Warcraft III is a decent contender for that title.

I agree. I hope even Skyrim's DLCs don't use mechanics of Skyrim

Open world mechanics not combat system, and the realized interactions.

Bethesda needs to exploit the oppurtunity to develop KOTOR, while it is in high demand. It has been for many years. They need to be the leaders of this franchise, before the rash of the star wars products begin appearing again, not a fad follower. Billion dollar development on what you hope will catch on, and not develop what is in high demand does not make sense. Bioware abandon this million dollar franchise, and left the fans without product to meet demand. They were so adamant about not developing another it was given to Odsidian to develop, but it paled in comparison to the original. Now they are both inferior to advancement in RPG, especially open world. Bethesda is the one to carry it over to its next evolution.

I thought KOTOR 2 was great, except the last bits which were very rushed, due to an unexpected early deadline IIRC.

Big ol' nope.

KotOR is a very very very different game than Fallout or Skyrim. I would not like to see Bethesda take on the KotOR franchise.

Besides, KotOR is still owned by Bioware, which has absolutely no obvious intention to give up the KotOR IP. It's like saying Crytek should make the next Call of Duty.

You are misinformed, they have no further developments plans now, or the future for this franchise, that was why it was shoed to Obsidian. Bethesda presents the oppurtunity to give the franchise the respect it deserves.

The misinformed telling others that they are misinformed.

Not too much of a surprise here.

Are you guys kidding me, imagine exploring a Sith world, in a twisted enviroment, with a dark aura, and violent inhabitants. Just you, the force and your saber , if your a jedi. This will be complete realized open world. You can siege outpost, ruins, and other dwellings while trying to reestablish your order. this requires you to go behind enemy lines to recruit among the oppressed and captive. This is only a faction specifc quest.

Contact them I assure you the reply will be the same with condolence.

Yeah but what about the plot and the writing? Or choices and consequences? If this isn't addressed then this Star Wars RPG will just be Skyrim with lightsabers but bigger.

Please. God. No.

Bioware contracted Obsidian to produce KotOR 2 but Bioware still completely owns the franchise and does not want to sell it. You are the one who is misinformed.

Nope.

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Bethesda doesn't have plans for Elder Scrolls 6 yet, I assure you this doesn't mean they will sell the franchise.

How many of these open world planets do you expect their to be?

Cool, I'm sure Bethesda have thirty years to make eight full planets.

For the open world mechanics your expecting there is no way they can make this game how you want. Remember, TES games (excluding Arena and Daggerfall) have been one province of Tamriel, now you are asking for a game with full planets.

That's like upgrading from a game the size of New York to a game the size of the Solar system. It isn't possible without random generation like Spore or closed borders which would just make it a Bioware game.

And out of the corner of your eye you catch sight of troopers talking.

Saw an Ewok the other day.
-Horrible things.
I like apples.
-Goodbye
Hello!

And I still can't get over how awful the sense of scale already is, when they give you a land mass the size of a city and try to pretend it's a country.