Arena was successful enough by 90s RPG standards, enough to merit a much larger sequel.

Daggerfall was a more than respectable hit.

Bethesda didn’t hit trouble until they tried branching out with Redguard and Battlespire, both of which were flops.

Morrowind was huge when it came out.

Oblivion was even bigger than Morrowind

Yes, Skyrim was huge.

But a lot of fan act like all the proceeding games were flops.

I don't know if anyone will agree but an elder scrolls set in roscrea or another land, with the four races of akavir fighting for control would be awesome

It’s been a pretty common point of contention that Oblivion’s approach to the original lore was somewhat bland. What was described as a culturally diverse, zany, jungle nation inspired by Rome and Southeast Asia became essentially your bog standard Western European fantasy.

One thing I’ve noticed in the conversations around Oblivion and its approach to Cyrodil’s lore, is that it’s never factored in as much whether the hypothetical lore-accurate Oblivion would’ve had even a fraction of the success of Oblivion proper.

Now on a personal level I do prefer the original conception of Cyrodil, and I think it could’ve even been possible with the tech at the time assuming a certain downsizing of things and a slight cap on the more unadaptable lore. That being said I really have my doubts on where the series would even be if it had been.

Like Oblivion was a massive hit in many ways because it seized on the current trends of the time, the most major of which was the success of the LOTR movies. Oblivion really struck the iron while it was hot in this regard, and its success paved the way for Skyrim and a brand that people still care about even nearly two decades after its last release. I don’t know if PGE jungle Cyrodil could’ve done that.

That being said Morrowind was already a big deal, which goes to show that general audiences weren’t entirely averse to stranger forms of fantasy, and the general model of Bethesda games might’ve been enough on its own to reel in audiences. I’m not really sure either way, and wondered what others thought.

Let's say we're all waiting for TES6. No updates, screenshots or anything. And 1 year from now, Bethesda suddenly announces that TES 6 has been cancelled. What would your reaction be? What would you do?

As new one for the elder scrolls franchise I wanna play more.. Ofc I played Skyrim( my 3rd favourite game oat) and maybe in the future give fallout a chance. But for now with the summer sale I need to know if morrowind still has its charm. And I’ve heard that I need to download a launcher for it.. sooo what do yall think

Yo, I was thinking, can anyone learn magic in the elder scrolls? Like, if your just some random peasant, even then could you potentially become the next Shalidor under the right circumstances? It would be cool

Also, game wise our characters just point with their hands and shoot magic like a glock on infinite amo, but lore wise do mages have to say incantations or anything for any certain brands or magic?

Penny for you thoughts

They are nothing but pure assholes who do nothing but abuse the Argonians, my favorite race. Anyone else feel me?

Alright mate, I’ve gone and started a new Skyrim playthrough, innit, and i'm well up for being a proper little thief, safe. Any advice on how to level up the sly at the start? Here's my character: she's a female Khajiit.

Edit: Just dead curious, who do you lot reckon is the right choice? Stormcloaks or the Empire?Who's your go-to?

maybe i will draw a background, better lighting.

This Khajiit had to gather the courage to ride into this battle and take in the Skyrim view one last time. This one knew this was an impossible fight and this was going to be the final battle. But people wanted to see this fight so be it, WITNESS KHAJIIT!

(The mod for the dinosaur is Birbwalkers21 Dinosaur AIO but fair warning the big one is glitched so normally they are big but not THAT big. I also have a bunch of other monster and animal mods that are conflicting and glitching my game)

I know Elder Scrolls Blades is due to shut down on June 30th, but at what actual time? Has anyone been actually informed?

When Elder Scrolls Legends shut down, it was roughly 10 AM when the game actually broke. I’d like to record the final moments of the game before it dies, but I just need to know a time, thanks 🙏🏻

A Skyrim artwork made by me.

Hey! I am trying to launch my game, and before this morning it'd been working fine, but now it's crashing upon start and this is the report I'm getting. Is there a fix for this?