So based on dedicated anolysis I believe that Skyrim is going to be a multi-player experience. No, this isn't a thread by a overenthusiastic console player or someone who thinks that every game requires some variation of Team Deathmatch and Capture the Flag, but despite all our protests Skyrim will be multiplayer.

Some of you are about to post before reading this and most of you will post, but Hunter, How can Bethesda do this to us? I don't want to share my personal exploration of Skyrim with other players. What if they grief me? What if they aggravate me with stupid antics and break my all important "immersion factor"? Well I humbly oppose your stance. You see by replying to this you would be proving my point perfectly. That is, because your able to reply it means that your a member of the BGS forums, and by being a member of these forums you are engaging in The Elder Scrolls version of multiplayer. Dont fight it, don't sign off in fear that you may be contributing to this vicious plague that is sweeping this generation of gaming. Multiplayer at its purest form is how we've played games from the beginning. Think of the days of yore, standing in a dark arcade, throttling the joystick and smashing buttons while friends or foes stood by offering advice on the best path to take in Galaga, Pac-Man or Donkey Kong. Is this all too different from how we play the Elder Scrolls games? Some of us use this forum to discuss different ways to play the game or as a free guide book written by players, some of us write our stories of grandeur in the fan fiction area, others choose to create by modifying the game to our liking and releasing the mods for others to experience. This is as rawest and truest a form of multiplayer as any game out there today and is the way gaming is headed. Don't be upset when developers say that someday every game will have a multiplayer component, or when a game chooses to release itself under a gaming community like Xbox Live or Steam. Its simply that games way of ensuring a community develops around the game. For as fantastic as anything is, it will only be as great as the community that surrounds it.

At least for me that is what has made Fallout and the Elder Scrolls such special games. This forum and other fan-forums that are created to honor the game are what make the experience so much more enriching than any other title out on the market today. The fact that I can come on here every day and read how other players are experiencing the same thing as me and open me up to new ways of playing the game is something that fascinates me. I often give credit to Oblivion as the game that sparked my interest in pursuing a career in game development, but all the credit cannot go to Bethesda. Without the community I would never have been able to discover the "roleplaying" styles that heightened the immersion to new levels, without the community I would never seen the amazing result that could be created from using the CS and other available tools and would most likely be lost in my pursuits of learning how to texture,model and script.

You see, multiplayer isn't the devil that we all make it out to be. Look at all it adds to the game, how many of you would lose interest in TES without mods or new gameplay styles? This forum opens up the floor to anyone willing to post, the ability to write down your personal thoughts and experiences with a collective body that shares the same passions as yourself. When Skyrim releases I will most likely play for 20+ hours without logging on to these forums, but soon enough the lure of posting an idea for a mod or showing off a character that I have connected with will be too much to handle. It is at that moment that I will choose to participate in the multiplayer component of Skyrim.


Sorry if this angers you or you feel it is a waste of time. I wrote this as a love letter to a community that I hold in high regards as one of the best communities anywhere on the net. Thanks for reading and I am very interested in your thoughts.

No.

Nope. We have a strong community. But Skyrim will not be mutiplayer.

Skyrim has been confirmed to have Nords.

Okay. But now, actually read the post.

And it's rather cold up north! :cold:

You have no proof, therefore, your statement is false. Learn to back up your claims.

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http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/08/31/bethesdas-todd-howard-not-interested-in-an-elder-scrolls-mmo/

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But seriously, that link needs to be stickied IMO

Yes I read the OP by the way

He's saying that by being part of this forum and interacting it's as if Skyrim if multiplayer.

Here is a person who didnt read the post.

ok So Skyrim is a Multi-player game, United and forever divided. I am perfectly fine with that.

It's better to be thought a fool, then speak out and remove all doubt.

Learn to read the OP before you post.

What?

*Insert typical forum/clique gang mentality derived response.*

Well I did read it, if you are saying there is MP, you are sadly mistaken, it's already been confirmed no MP.

This is old.

It's always so easy to tell, isn't it?

You may have read it, but you didnt understand it. Sorry if this offends you, but i get the feeling you are still in highschool.

But if they actually read the post then their reply might not be one of the first 3 in the thread. It's all about quick posting and exposure dont you know?



I do see where the OP is coming from, and I agree that the community is one of the major reasons TES series is fun to play and follow. I think calling it a 'community' is more appropriate than referring to it as a multiplayer component though. Too much confusion involved if you can't already tell. :biggrin:

Well I see a mish mash of statements, so my question is this thread really relative?

Yeah. Infact, anyone who does not agree with this post or denies it obviously did not read it, or didnt understand it.

You didn't read it.

@Hunter
It's a clever perspective but it's not really true. Basically what your saying is if there is a backseat driver in my carpool then we are in a multi-driver vehicle.

My headache disagrees.

Actually, it is true. Your comparison isnt a good one. Cars dont compare to video games. I know you probably though your comparison would be neat and smart, but its not. No offense. Basically, what he is doing, is that he is bringing one of the earliest definitions of "multiplayer" gaming. Where two people could receive enjoyment from the same game even though they arent the ones behind the controller. But i guess its a perspective thing.