the yt comments don't disappoint, "finally a remaster of the announcement" 😂
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8 years ago we got mountains.
Today we got a title.
8 years from now, do we get an expected release date that will change 5 times?
No no I'll launch 8 years from now and only have a stable version 8 years from then
An expected release date in only 8 years? Getting ahead of yourself there sport.
8...years?
I'm sorry, how many Skyrim releases is that? I can't parse it
They're not really interested in beating the "development has barely progressed at all" allegations, are they?
Well, they titled the document and saved it. I'd say that's progress.🙂↕️
Elder Scrolls VI progress after 9 years of work:

It only really started once Starfield came out.
Which was 3 years ago.
It was, which for my expectations made it like 50/50 that they'd have something to show right now. I'd expect that they've got a lot of the game built out already, but it might not present particularly well even if they had a 4 year development schedule. Schreier is now saying this game is at least 2 years away.
It's named "Official Name Reveal"?!?!?!
Edit: thanks, OP for saving me the watch
Khajiit is disappointed, but not surprised.
Can you edit the title of your post to add the title of the game? We have the technology.
"Official Name Reveal" is the actual name
Its so hilarious they did this twice... like 8 years apart.
They announced it when my son was born, he's now in second grade. Maybe I can get him a copy for his college graduation.
If it's going to be made in their Creation Engine then i'll look forward to it because mods will give it years of possibilities and longevity BUT if it's going to be made in the Unreal Engine then i won't even bother checking it.
Oblivion remake was pretty but kinda disappointing and barely any mods to Frankenstein something different, also it ran like ass.
if you buy more CE junk, they're just gonna keep cranking out more CE junk. longevity means nothing when the base is garbage that keeps having more features stripped out with every new title.
They've been trying to move to make their own build in mod manager and I think they want to start pay walling it or treating it like a appstore where they get a 30% cut.
Maybe it wouldn't be so bad if you could use script extenders but all the worth while mods that are not just re-skins and cheats, we need actual scripts not just .BSA files.
So I've given up on Bethesda. I'm hoping there is a future project like openmw but for skyrim special edition and people can just use that as a base game engine to do whatever with.
"A sentinel is a person, animal, or thing that stands guard or keeps watch to detect and warn against danger or surprise."
As in: we will be keeping watch for the surprise of ... The game actually ever releasing in this century
Sentinel is also the name of the capital of Hammerfell
I couldn't help but make the joke, but yeah that follows with their typical naming method. Skyrim, Oblivion, Morrowind, daggerfall. It's usually a place
so in other words, bethesda saw everyone accurately calling that it would be called "hammerfell" and decided it had to be changed.
I'm never gonna get black marsh 😭
Bethesda of today would struggle with the goddamn weirdness that is Black Marsh in the lore. I'd rather have it remain this weird, alien place that we only know from stories than have Bethesda do a George Lucas and ruin the mystique of the lore by showing us some cookie cutter version of it.
I think that's part of what I mean, too. Morrowind was so alien, it did not feel like earth, and I've been longing for that again. They took their niche setting and made it for the masses. Everything I've seen them do feels like they get more watered down, more earth like
Deserts are cool but I can't shake the feeling they're going to just make magical Egypt to play it safe. If they do ever make black marsh, were not really going to get black marsh, I'm never going to see their alien planet again
If by "of today" you mean "since 2006", then I agree.
Don't forget what Cyrodiil was meant to be like, prior to Oblivion.
Yall didn't learn after fallout 4 or starfield. I am expecting a giant pile of doodie honestly. I'm more than happy to be surprised.
They didn't announce a date. This was literally just a plea "Don't forget about us (hype our stocks mid recession pls)
Fallout 4 is definitely more good than bad.
I've been having fun with Oblivion remaster, not having played the original.
I've had lots of fun with Skyrim
I'm not going to write off ES6 yet.
You play any of those on release? My first Bethesda game was Morrowind on the original Xbox. BGS games always get better with age. They tend to be very doodie on release. I expect more doodie releases from them. Oblivion remaster wasn't made by BGS which is probably why it was not doodie on release.
Fo4 is not too bad on release, i don't really have any crash, not much bug either(i5 4440, 1060 3gb, 8gb ram), but i do remember monsignor plaza is notorious for crashing.
but it was boring. Choices that matter? We don't need those! Plot line simple and direct no thinking involved.
Fallout 4 as a modding platform for a apocalyptic sandbox? Sure.
As an actual story and RPG to experience like the rest of the series before it (barring Fo3)? Fuck no.
People who play TES games without even knowing who Kirkbride is don't do so because they like the setting, they do so because the game was advertised to them and it's trending on TikTok. Bethesda has been dickriding his lore for 20 years, and every installment just makes it worse instead of better because they can't actually write metaphysics and philosophy that generate interesting worlds.
I assumed it was going to be called The Elder Scrolls VI: Don't Even Bother Buying This
Cool reveal video. Would have had slightly more impact if 1) it hadn't been leaked a while ago and 2) literally everyone in my YouTube feed is dying with hype and screaming about What We Know About It (...spoiler: not much).
Oh boy more sand!
Summerset not happening in my lifetime. Sad.
they really set up the elf Nazis and that region for the previous two games. then that got awkward. now they won't do that.
I super don't care tbh, boring update from a company with no ideas.
Well fuck off, then. What did you expect from a post titled about the name reveal?
Online only, battlepass, paid mods; another Fallout 76?
Really has that "Marvel Eternals" vibe, huh
Internet Historian, 6 months after launch: "The Shittification of Sentinel"
Now reveal what a piece of shit it is.
Or is that coming after the next Skyrim rerelease?
People who complain about it taking too long. Do you really think there's been a full team working on this game since the announcement, or are you just trying to be funny?
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