My issue is concerning statements from Todd Howard. Every time Todd Howard says his biggest regret is not "supporting" Skyrim or Fallout 4 longer, it sounds like he's saying he regrets not monetizing them more. I think there's no way Elder Scrolls 6 isn't going to cost $100+ with game + dlc if not closer to $200. I think we'll be lucky if there aren't live service elements like microtransactions, battle pass, and events As far as the game's themselves, a lot of people had delusional expectations for Starfield. Bethesda was never trying to beat No Man's Sky or Star Citizen at their own game. Bethesda was making a space RPG foremost, not a space exploration game. Starfield was always supposed to be more along the lines of Mass Effect than No Man's Sky. I think way too many people ignore the good innovation between Bethesda releases just because they don't like parts of the games or it failed to meet lofty expectations. Fallout 4 improved many things over Skyrim and Starfield improved many things over Fallout 4. It's not uncommon to see people playing Starfield for several hundred hours or even 1000+ so some people really enjoy it, still tens of thousands of players Hopefully all the criticism being thrown at Bethesda means we get a better Elder Scrolls 6. I do want better Bethesda games, but I still feel like too many people hate on things they never intend on playing nowadays. I think a lot of people also prefer a fantasy setting over a space game and they don't acknowledge it
Only if you're living in the past, this aired at 7am Sat 26th for us future dwellers.. I'd be rather scared if he actually got the date correct for me because it'd mean he's nearby 👀
My main hope for the next Elder Scrolls (and Fallout), is that they upgrade the graphics engine and make the world have more visible player choice impact.
I'm kind of a Bethesda fanboy, and I can't ignore the issue of Bethesda anymore. Gameranx, the more pressure you put on Bethesda, the better Elder Scrolls 6 will end up. Thank you. It's needed.
Exactly! More larger channels speaking about this stuff will hopefully help. Glad to see that it's finally starting to happen. I mean, now that it's safe for them to do so.
That assumes Bethesda will take in any criticism. Their go to has just been to dismiss it as a vocal minority of toxic gamers. They haven’t even given us a hint that they are actually listening to the criticism and instead doubling down on deflection.
@@AntonioRivera28 Yeah that's a good point but I think if the bigger channels start talking about it it may nudge them slightly out of their deluded self grandiosity. I mean you're probably right - at this point it may be hopeless.
Elder Scrolls 6 doesn't need a character sheet as detailed as BG3, but bringing back some choice would be great. I just want skills to actually feel important to choose again. There's no role to play in the role playing game when your character can do everything.
As someone who plays Bethesda games on survival, i do think complex sheets would benefit role playing. I do agree on "passive" skill trees, i prefer something like Sekiro, where you also unlock new moves.
I am bummed thinking there won't be more in depth character stats in ES6. I felt Skyrim was dumbed down a lot to its own detriment and we lost out on many wacky fun sandbox builds. I loved having a character that felt like a god bounding around the world and flying at high speeds
Skyrim was barely an RPG, especially given the level scaling. It had health, mana, and stamina... and that's it as far as stats. Dumbed down is an understatement. And I love Skyrim.
The way I added elements of role playing into my Skyrim experience was to impose various limitations on my character build at the start of a playthrough. Like only using two handed weapons, only using non crafted weapons, making as many evil choices as possible, playing certain mission types and ignoring others, being only a mage or focusing heavily on that thief life, worshipping a certain divine or daedra and acting according to the aspects the represnted. Just being restrictive felt like it enriched my feeling of actually playing a character. My favorite was a khajit skooma addict that was just doing what he could to stay high all the time. 😂 Yeah it would be nice if the game offered more role playing aspects though.
All races were same same, all combat same same, all skills were same same. Yes there was differences hear and there, but everything ended up same same. A rogue, wizard, fighter, all ended up same same, you could advance the mages guild with out being a mage, you can thieve by slaying, you can assassinate by thieving or mage fury. Same same.
Bethesda needs to understand we want details, we want DEPTH. You can't just give us poorly detailed worlds with surface level characters and changes. My choices in game should affect more than just dialogue. Characters should be more than just 6 lines they repeat. Give us a WORLD
Fallout 4 was a mistake. instead of giving us those choices, they gave us an on rails story with very little impact on any "decision" you make. if Nate or Nora never left the vault, the story would play out the same.
by the time ES6 comes out maybe people will be more desensitized to AI in games so they'll get away with AI generated dialogue and quests lol. that's what you want right?
@Scroolewse might not be opposed to it. If that's how they think they need to solve that problem, but whatever we can get is best. As long as my follower doesn't say "oh look a cave. I wonder what's inside" for literally EVERY cave lol
I don't need amazing graphics, I need ES6 to be fun. Fewer/faster loading screens. Look at some of the mods that have kept people playing Skyrim forever.
Well, I need graphics that don’t look from two generations ago. I hope they ditch their engine for good. Faces in Starfield were hilarious. And graphics don’t matter except for when you insist on making your game look like an outdated rubbish.
Obviously Bethesda won't give us detailed character sheets. Anyone with eyes to see can take a look at the trajectory they have gone down since Morrowind. The motto is: "keep it simple; stupid".
Ah yes. What gamers like you fail to realize is that the majority of gamers are not like you. You say simply stupid, others love the simplicity of it. These games aim to appeal to more than hard-core D&D Nerds and making them accessible and easy to understand and play encourages alot of new players to check out the game so the series you like gets better from that simple stupid point of design.
@@Super_Broly I never played D&D, never played WoW growing up. Morrowind was my first RPG in general. (GTA being my first open world game, unless you count the limited roaming in Banjo-Kazooie or Doom95). The depth of Morrowind character building, endless clothes/armor customizations, seemingly unrestricted use of spell crafting. Crazy concoctions for potions. Combo use of potions and spells. I mean I was amazed. I still love Oblivion, and Skyrim. But each release, I felt took a bit more from the customizations. Now I'll admit, I could be susceptible to the nostalgia factor and young age at when Morrowind crossed my path. That can't be ignored. But Elder Scrolls is the only fantasy/RPG style game I engaged with. Even I didn't appreciate the nerfing of the role playing aspect.
Part of me thinks that Insomniac developed a Venom DLC but the project expanded in scope resulting in the decision to go the Miles Morales route and make it a standalone Venom game. As Jake alluded to, the first Spider-Man game DLC left quite a bit to be desired; however, Miles Morales was better received.
Miles Morales could've been a DLC, Sony just needed another launch title for PS5, so it got overbloated and became a launch title, the same will happen with Venom. It'll be a launch title to show-off the "features" for the PS5 Pro, or the PS6.
@@vruxdrossgaming Regardless of the reason, that's the point I've already made. Miles Morales was a success and I can see Insomniac doing something similar with a Venom standalone.
Maybe ubisoft and other devs and publishers should lower their expectations? Maybe their games wouldn't flop so hard if they lowered their expectations. Not every game is going to sell millions of copies. They just won't, and that's the reality of it.
Or maybe Ubisoft should actually start putting effort into a game that people will actually enjoy instead of adhering to an agenda and hire people who are actually good at their jobs
Ubisoft used to make good to decent games, now it's just copy and paste with every game they do, they refuse to innovate or try anything new with their games, once you've played one modern Ubisoft game, you've played them all.
The thing I hope for ANY future Bethesda game is that they learn from recent mistakes. The biggest to me being they have abandon their devotion to player freedom, when you give you a player the ability to make every possible choice available in a single playthrough it takes all of the impact out of any of those choices. If they can reign themselves in and deliver a focused, deep story with their signature world building then I think we’ll get something really special
That’s an interesting take. I’ve honestly never considered player choice and freedom that particular way. Right off the bat I can think of the Horizon series, where you have freedom to explore, but the storyline is more focused. Very satisfying games. You’ve given me something to think about today, thanks!
@@bcfb21 I'm not sure how to classify it. Action JRPG? Same publisher that makes the "Legend of Heroes" series, but it's action not turn based. It's the tenth game (hence the X), but each story is unique so you don't need to play 1-9 to understand 10. You can get it on PC or console.
The only option bethesda has left at this point is to dump the engine and start again on unreal or something. Because they clearly don't know how to modify their engine beyond higher texture resolutions and higher quality assets..
Gee... Prince of Persia-the lost crown didn't meet expectations? No shit, for years we were begging for a Sands of time remake using the latest 3D graphics, but what they gave us was a 2D side scroller that no one asked for.
Such a lot riding on Skyrim. It needs to be massive and filled with content but the most important thing is it needs to have that feel of bleak and dark world with the odd ray of beauty coming through. The fact you can just stand still in Skyrim in some places and just take it in is why it’s just a masterpiece.
You can tell Bethesda is feeling the pressure. Skyrim is a hard act to follow and they know they have to get an Elder Scrolls game right since it's what put them on the map.
yeah, EU needs to do a full investigation cause many of these massive games that instantly fail, look like a quick tax writes off and/or money laundry, just to spend massive budgets, to land the write off straight into the ceo's pocket and resign with pockets full of money.
Try to use what little brain you have to think, if it were possible to make every game a perfectly timed masterpiece, then why aren't they? Why isn't every film great despite everybody working on it wanting to be? It isn't possible because this is reality and these things are created by humans.
I fear Elder Scrolls 6 will focus more on being accessible to as many gamers as possible, instead of providing a fun, challenging, and vibrant rpg experience. Prove me wrong, Bethesda! Please prove me wrong.
History tells me they won't. Bethesda had it's chance to change course after Fallout 4, both in software development and game design. Yet, they, that being primarily upper managment, became complacent instead. Emil Pagliarulo's statements in various interviews, as well as Todd Howard's PR surrounding Starfield's unoptimized state at launch, reinforces this.
You're already wrong, Skyrim as you obviously know is one of the most successful games of all time, so why the hell would they need to make it MORE accessible?
Whatever call of duty used for their net code in MW2 2022, seems they did the same with BO6 2024, MW3 2023 still plays smooth for me but BO6 gets points where the game freezes for 3 seconds every 20 or so seconds which rly annoys me.
I just wanna thank you guys for being such a good channel, I've been watching you all since 2020 and all of your content is just so fun, the before you buys, the lists, and the news videos. I wouldn't even own certain games if it wasn't for those lists and before you buys always end up saving me 60$ dollars here and there. Love your content and keep it up
Story DLC for Spiderman 2 would’ve been nice, but a lot of the side missions kinda functioned as DLC and set up some interesting things for the next Spiderman game, especially that one side quest if you know.
@@Dermetsu at the end of the day, DLC is just delayed sidequests, some longer than others. Idk if you’ve played Spiderman 2 or not but the quest I am referring to functions like a light DLC expansion
@@PanukaJr I Sell that notion that DLC is just delayed Sidequests. Look at the Great DLCs like The Witcher 3 for example. That's a whole Main Story Arc with expanded Gameplay and Exploration giving you an extra 30 - 50 hrs. Ofcourse alot of DLCs don't function that way and are mostly just there to milk the proverbial cow. I get what you're trying to say but it isn't just one thing. Some DLC are missable and adds no weight to overarching game but some are very impactful if it's story related. My point is, there is a duality.
I hope they don't streamline it too much or focus too much on "customisation"(except maybe for potions). Even worse listen to people saying they should improve the graphics. Good gameplay and quest design in a big openworld with plenty to explore is all that's needed.
Good thing ES6 doesnt go the Baldurs Gate route. Its honestly way too much customization. Either you get analysis paralysis or you end up with a character you are not perfectly happy and wanna start over BUT going through that whole process AGAIN is so tedious
One of the really old but insanely fun systems I loved were the Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy lightsaber combat. If only some modern adaptation could be done with that. KCD seems like a pretty decent copy.
I mean even Skyrim's constellations were a translation of Oblivion's character sheets where you were putting points into specific attributes with a maximum of 100. Dragon Age: Origins also had a great mechanic with their leveling and attribute systems. It doesn't need to be actual sheets in the menu, but I hope ES6 keeps with the similar formula where just practicing any ability allows you to level up.
we have decided to make TES6 a story driven linear game with a premade voiced protagonist. since its a VR experience there will be no RPG elements and the most interaction the user will have in game; are quicktime events, which always succeed, no matter how much you try to fail.
Can everyone please be honest with themselves for one moment and realize that ES6 is going to be bad. Skyrim's success has taught bethesda that the more they strip the hardcore rpg systems and make the world a sandbox the better received it's going to be. Todd Howard is stuck in 2005, making 2005 era games. FO4? 2005 era game. Choice is non existent. Starfield? 2005 era game. Choice is non existent. The lore, the world, the imagination is astounding. Bethesda? Out of touch and stuck revelling in past success.
I prefer not having fully detailed caharacters to be honest, I like the way Bethesda and Nintendo create characters where they just give you a rough personality and leave a lot for you to imagine and interpret the characters as you like, let me create my own world and experience.
Thanks for the heads up on Spiderman 2! Can't wait to finally play this one. Hopefully the window for Playstation to PC wait shortens more and more in the future.
I attended CitizenCon. I have a good feeling you'll be covering more of Star Citizen and Squadron42 in the future. I'd be interested to see a "then and now" video reflecting on your original impressions.
@@ModestPavementthose people have infected so many comment sections, they know f**k all what they're talking about, just regurgitating what a TH-camr tells them.
I don't want character sheet style menu's for Elder Scrolls VI but at least learn from modders how to make GOOD menu UI because that has been developing backwards.
@@solaceticvc7640 I love the skills menu with the astrological signs and how the map is just teleporting you far into the sky. Magic and inventory hasn't aged very well though. That said, I take this UI over Starfield's every day, any day
The new looking stuff like Dragon Age Veilguard, definitely not my cup of tea... BG3 truly got it all, style, simple and intuitive...it was almost the perfect interface, menu and character "sheet"
I mean minimal make sense. One don't need a separate intelligence stats, if one can just merge it to other skills related intelligence. Like increasing Alchemy skill will also increase your Alchemy knowledge, Unarmed will also increase your Strength.
Bruising from trauma, results of surgery, thyroid or liver issues all come to mind. Idk if there's a more appropriate place to tell him about this but hopefully he looks into it if he hasn't already :)
you should add a gameranx logo to these friday show thumbnails or something. I always seem to miss them thinking they're just some random video on my feed lol
@@spectre-8 yeah this has been an issue for a while now. thumbnails are what people gravitate towards too first as its the most important part of the video. most TH-camrs knows that. It would take no effort at all to add the logo there for better readability, and it wouldnt hurt to it at all
The BG&E2 and PoP Lost Crown studio thing might be the other way around or maybe both ways. I don't know the source, but what I heard was that people who were starting to get burnt out on working on and not getting close to releasing Beyond Good & Evil 2 were rounded up into a separate studio to make Lost Crown. With the latter project finished, they might have just been put back.
I think they wanna explain it more with animation visual effects over a spread sheet obsidians next release is gonna be worth alook that will be the new standard same as vegas was and still has to be bested
I’m hoping for a few main points: 1. Not online connection, or the option to switch 2. Open exploration no loading screens, outside of buildings 3. Overhaul random encounters 4. AI companions, and important NPC’s 5. Keep the gore and carnage, don’t make it for kids 6. Overhaul the settlement system, so you can own your own town. Edit: remove fast traveling, I think dragons dogma 2 set a new bar for exploration.
My ES6 wishlist: -intriguing side quests -more interesting exploration opportunities (less of the same dungeons) -better AI in npc’s and enemies -lore and books everywhere -better graphics, engine, etc -last but not least it better be on PlayStation 🤣
They're well aware of what's become the expected norm since the days of 2011. I would add though, 10 sets of armour/weapons isn't going to cut it in 2027 or whatever, Elden Ring for example has literally hundreds of armour pieces and weapons all meticulously designed and unique. Obviously don't expect them to compete with a Japanese studio on that, but they'll certainly have to step it up.
I remember playing Prince of Persia on DOS back in the day. That game had the most fluid animation of any DOS game I have ever played. I don't know why I never played any of the new ones. I beat the DOS game many times. I still don't know why the protagonist was blond though.
Baldur's Gate 3 has sold about 15 million copies across all platforms. Skyrim alone sold over 60 million copies across a ten year period and 4 different versions. What did BG3 learn from Skyrim?
I know you guys at Gameranx don't like most JRPGs (as evidenced by only the largest ones getting any mentions, Before-You-Buys, or shout outs in the monthly games release lists), but I'm about to boot up Ys X: Nordics, and I am SO excited to play it! This has been one of my top games to play this year and I can't believe it's out now... so that's what I'll be playing this weekend. As for new games, I hadn't even heard of this Expedition 33 joint, that looks pretty interesting, and at this point, my expectations for Elder Scrolls VI have flatlined... there are so many glaring issues that have to be addressed in order for me to fall back in love with the series (Morrowind is and will always be one of my favs of all time). First, you've got Creation, which if they are using that for ES6 then they've already failed _HARD_ but also, there are issues of depth, not only what's been highlighted in this video, but we can look back to Fallout 4, when they started dumbing down the complexity of the character interactions by taking out persuade and the other social skills... they're dumbing down their games with each new release it seems, and Elder Scrolls is supposed to be a rich, unique, and _complex_ world that players can get lost in. I had that for Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim... but if we get another Creation Engine 2 hunk of junk, I'll be sorely disappointed.
Rediculous that all these companies keep releasing only digital on day one.. I always want my games on disc.. so I'm either forced to buy digital or wait for the disc...
They really need to rethink the way they do character sheets though... When I am faced with a brand new game and have no idea how it plays, how good the controls are in the different aspects, I find it utterly perplexing to be asked to choose what attributes I want to put points in. I have literally no data to base the decision on. They really should just give every player a blank slate and then let us build our character as we play the game.
It seems really weird to me that the potential lessons that Bethesda could have learned from the massive success of BG3 is less detailed character customization and that they would see it as a step "backwards".
Keeping the Skyrim style of character creation is good for approachability and can allow for someone to have as much creative freedom as they want with their characters, but having the classic character sheets would be cool to have. It’d definitely keep players from defaulting to a stealth archer
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scared me there at the end
it gave me way more anxiety than it had any right to
the day Jake stops saying that is when you know his heart is not it in anymore. Keep it up Jake!
I HATED that. Lol
Didn't scare me. I never get a pizza anyway 🤘🏻😖
Dragon Age Echoes of the Elusive Age and Yakuza 0. First time with both and having so much fun.
I'm not worried about character sheets.
I'm worried about everything else Bethesda is doing wrong
My issue is concerning statements from Todd Howard. Every time Todd Howard says his biggest regret is not "supporting" Skyrim or Fallout 4 longer, it sounds like he's saying he regrets not monetizing them more. I think there's no way Elder Scrolls 6 isn't going to cost $100+ with game + dlc if not closer to $200. I think we'll be lucky if there aren't live service elements like microtransactions, battle pass, and events
As far as the game's themselves, a lot of people had delusional expectations for Starfield. Bethesda was never trying to beat No Man's Sky or Star Citizen at their own game. Bethesda was making a space RPG foremost, not a space exploration game. Starfield was always supposed to be more along the lines of Mass Effect than No Man's Sky. I think way too many people ignore the good innovation between Bethesda releases just because they don't like parts of the games or it failed to meet lofty expectations. Fallout 4 improved many things over Skyrim and Starfield improved many things over Fallout 4. It's not uncommon to see people playing Starfield for several hundred hours or even 1000+ so some people really enjoy it, still tens of thousands of players
Hopefully all the criticism being thrown at Bethesda means we get a better Elder Scrolls 6. I do want better Bethesda games, but I still feel like too many people hate on things they never intend on playing nowadays. I think a lot of people also prefer a fantasy setting over a space game and they don't acknowledge it
It's cooked bro.
If character creation doesn't have custom pronouns, i'm out.
Something is off, Jake got the date right this time. WE ARE COOKED
UH OH
Lmao
Only if you're living in the past, this aired at 7am Sat 26th for us future dwellers.. I'd be rather scared if he actually got the date correct for me because it'd mean he's nearby 👀
@@gameranxTV did bro get into a fight ? he is def got bruises
I wouldn't know. I see Jake and I dislike and close the video.
My main hope for the next Elder Scrolls (and Fallout), is that they upgrade the graphics engine and make the world have more visible player choice impact.
sounds good
If they don't update the engine they might as well not even make the game
Just get with the times and no loading screens for everything
Engine doesn't determine the graphics. It'll be the same as Starfield, which looks fine.
@@calcifurIt looks subpar at best to every other AAA game.
you forgot the "be safe".
we need to be safe, jake!
*paranoia settles in
Foreshadowing
Given Bethesda’s post Skyrim track record, I have zero excitement for Elder Scrolls 6.
That's so sad to hear as an Elder Scrolls lover. Luckily I have Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 to look forward too.
Fallout 4 was an improvement on Skyrim in literally every possible way.
@@againstalltyrants9001not that Skyrim’s story was amazing but it was far better than Fallout 4’s
@@JonnyAugz lol With likely denuvo and still unclear performance, I would hold your horses for now
Absolutely agree. No way ES6 is what we want it to be.
I'm kind of a Bethesda fanboy, and I can't ignore the issue of Bethesda anymore.
Gameranx, the more pressure you put on Bethesda, the better Elder Scrolls 6 will end up. Thank you. It's needed.
Exactly! More larger channels speaking about this stuff will hopefully help. Glad to see that it's finally starting to happen. I mean, now that it's safe for them to do so.
how naïve you are
That assumes Bethesda will take in any criticism. Their go to has just been to dismiss it as a vocal minority of toxic gamers. They haven’t even given us a hint that they are actually listening to the criticism and instead doubling down on deflection.
@@AntonioRivera28 Yeah that's a good point but I think if the bigger channels start talking about it it may nudge them slightly out of their deluded self grandiosity. I mean you're probably right - at this point it may be hopeless.
@@larrote6467he’s not, if there is enough pushback it will change. Problem is getting enough pushback to happen.
Elder Scrolls 6 doesn't need a character sheet as detailed as BG3, but bringing back some choice would be great. I just want skills to actually feel important to choose again. There's no role to play in the role playing game when your character can do everything.
As someone who plays Bethesda games on survival, i do think complex sheets would benefit role playing. I do agree on "passive" skill trees, i prefer something like Sekiro, where you also unlock new moves.
I would like SOME limitation when it comes to character customization to prevent a jack of all character
Freedom of choice is a good thing, you can choose not to be able to do everything or have a jack of all if you chose to! The choice is yours!
maybe not limit, but make it harder to level certain skills to encourage using a certain chosen "class" and forming a build around that
I like that you can change mid game.
I am bummed thinking there won't be more in depth character stats in ES6. I felt Skyrim was dumbed down a lot to its own detriment and we lost out on many wacky fun sandbox builds. I loved having a character that felt like a god bounding around the world and flying at high speeds
Skyrim was barely an RPG, especially given the level scaling. It had health, mana, and stamina... and that's it as far as stats. Dumbed down is an understatement. And I love Skyrim.
The way I added elements of role playing into my Skyrim experience was to impose various limitations on my character build at the start of a playthrough. Like only using two handed weapons, only using non crafted weapons, making as many evil choices as possible, playing certain mission types and ignoring others, being only a mage or focusing heavily on that thief life, worshipping a certain divine or daedra and acting according to the aspects the represnted. Just being restrictive felt like it enriched my feeling of actually playing a character. My favorite was a khajit skooma addict that was just doing what he could to stay high all the time. 😂 Yeah it would be nice if the game offered more role playing aspects though.
All races were same same, all combat same same, all skills were same same. Yes there was differences hear and there, but everything ended up same same. A rogue, wizard, fighter, all ended up same same, you could advance the mages guild with out being a mage, you can thieve by slaying, you can assassinate by thieving or mage fury. Same same.
@@batmanwins5701Wow. Roleplaying in an RPG. Revolutionary.
The rpg elements have been declining every game since morrowind. Its like mcdonalds slowly getting rid of hamburgers.
I was excited about Elder Scrolls 6 about a decade ago. Not sure if I’ll even keep it on my radar now.
I almost feel like inherently it's on all of our radars just by being what it is-- Like, we're not likely to miss it once it's released lol.
Don’t let Todd cook
At this point I don’t even want him ordering takeout.
@@bcfb21lmaoooo 😂
Elder Scrolls 6 is going to suck isn't it?
Todd's ego is literally destroying bethesda gameworks.
@@ThwipThwipBoom Rest assured it definitely will not, not Suck.
Bethesda needs to understand we want details, we want DEPTH. You can't just give us poorly detailed worlds with surface level characters and changes. My choices in game should affect more than just dialogue. Characters should be more than just 6 lines they repeat. Give us a WORLD
Fallout 4 was a mistake. instead of giving us those choices, they gave us an on rails story with very little impact on any "decision" you make. if Nate or Nora never left the vault, the story would play out the same.
by the time ES6 comes out maybe people will be more desensitized to AI in games so they'll get away with AI generated dialogue and quests lol. that's what you want right?
@@ScroolewseBiggest fear that Elder Scrolls 6 will have Fallout 4 style dialogue
@Scroolewse might not be opposed to it. If that's how they think they need to solve that problem, but whatever we can get is best. As long as my follower doesn't say "oh look a cave. I wonder what's inside" for literally EVERY cave lol
@@ScroolewseWe've already seen how BGS handle procgen, adding more artificial elements will be diabolical 😭😭😭
GOD why use skull and bones as the example?! lol That doesn't fill me with confidence Jake! 😮😭😂
hahah WHOOPS
@gameranxTV you did that on purpose 😅
To be fair it did release after all it's delays and they continue to work out since it's release. Many expected something it never was.
That level of honesty (13:05) would do nicely for Bethesda
Elder scroll 6 will hopefully come out before my grandson's graduation
Nicely done! You cursed your grandson. But another 40 years of school isn't that bad of a thing I suppose. :)
I'm getting my head stone ready for my grave.
I just hope The Elders Scrolls 6 isn’t as casual as Skyrim, with Skyrim being so dumbed down compared to last titles it was a huge let down.
I was so let down upon initial release when I couldn't just make absolutely bonkers spells like in Morrowind.
Gameranx Friday news really gives you that “the weekend is here” feeling!
I don't need amazing graphics, I need ES6 to be fun. Fewer/faster loading screens. Look at some of the mods that have kept people playing Skyrim forever.
Well, I need graphics that don’t look from two generations ago. I hope they ditch their engine for good. Faces in Starfield were hilarious. And graphics don’t matter except for when you insist on making your game look like an outdated rubbish.
This is why you have notifications on! Without you guys i wouldnt know its Friday! Thanks Jake and everyone at Gameranx you guys rock
thank you!!! happy Friday and thanks for watching
I wouldn't know what year it is ...
Obviously Bethesda won't give us detailed character sheets. Anyone with eyes to see can take a look at the trajectory they have gone down since Morrowind. The motto is: "keep it simple; stupid".
Ah yes. What gamers like you fail to realize is that the majority of gamers are not like you. You say simply stupid, others love the simplicity of it. These games aim to appeal to more than hard-core D&D Nerds and making them accessible and easy to understand and play encourages alot of new players to check out the game so the series you like gets better from that simple stupid point of design.
In their case it's more like "keep it stupid simple"
@@Super_Broly I never played D&D, never played WoW growing up. Morrowind was my first RPG in general. (GTA being my first open world game, unless you count the limited roaming in Banjo-Kazooie or Doom95).
The depth of Morrowind character building, endless clothes/armor customizations, seemingly unrestricted use of spell crafting. Crazy concoctions for potions. Combo use of potions and spells. I mean I was amazed. I still love Oblivion, and Skyrim. But each release, I felt took a bit more from the customizations.
Now I'll admit, I could be susceptible to the nostalgia factor and young age at when Morrowind crossed my path. That can't be ignored. But Elder Scrolls is the only fantasy/RPG style game I engaged with. Even I didn't appreciate the nerfing of the role playing aspect.
Part of me thinks that Insomniac developed a Venom DLC but the project expanded in scope resulting in the decision to go the Miles Morales route and make it a standalone Venom game. As Jake alluded to, the first Spider-Man game DLC left quite a bit to be desired; however, Miles Morales was better received.
Miles Morales could've been a DLC, Sony just needed another launch title for PS5, so it got overbloated and became a launch title, the same will happen with Venom. It'll be a launch title to show-off the "features" for the PS5 Pro, or the PS6.
@@vruxdrossgaming Regardless of the reason, that's the point I've already made. Miles Morales was a success and I can see Insomniac doing something similar with a Venom standalone.
Maybe ubisoft and other devs and publishers should lower their expectations? Maybe their games wouldn't flop so hard if they lowered their expectations. Not every game is going to sell millions of copies. They just won't, and that's the reality of it.
Or maybe Ubisoft should actually start putting effort into a game that people will actually enjoy instead of adhering to an agenda and hire people who are actually good at their jobs
They could if they actually listened to what fans want instead of DEI nonsense and refusing to adapt.
Ubisoft used to make good to decent games, now it's just copy and paste with every game they do, they refuse to innovate or try anything new with their games, once you've played one modern Ubisoft game, you've played them all.
They have to lie about absurd expectations to get funding
Hmm just sounds like they're digging their own grave deeper and deeper with one foot already in it
As a very patient (by necessity) Star Citizen player, that hour long Squadron 42 video was amazing to see.
happy for the Star Citizen folks
Yeah, that was really incredible. Hooked me from start to finish.
I guess the fish are still biting.
it didn't look very good to me (long time Star Citizen watcher, never gave them any money though)
@@drakkondarkspell lol
Your Friday videos make my Fridays better
The thing I hope for ANY future Bethesda game is that they learn from recent mistakes. The biggest to me being they have abandon their devotion to player freedom, when you give you a player the ability to make every possible choice available in a single playthrough it takes all of the impact out of any of those choices. If they can reign themselves in and deliver a focused, deep story with their signature world building then I think we’ll get something really special
That’s an interesting take. I’ve honestly never considered player choice and freedom that particular way. Right off the bat I can think of the Horizon series, where you have freedom to explore, but the storyline is more focused. Very satisfying games. You’ve given me something to think about today, thanks!
I’m playing Oblivion for the first time ever atm.
It's amazing, have fun.
Best Elders scrolls game , Enjoy
@@juliusfishman7222 also my first elder scrolls game!
Morrowind next if you haven't
That ones my favorite bro! Have more hours in it than Skyrim. If your on PC there’s some good mods for it too
Don't forget, Ys X: Nordics (English) was released today! That's what I'll be playing this weekend.
What kinda game is it?
@@bcfb21 I'm not sure how to classify it. Action JRPG? Same publisher that makes the "Legend of Heroes" series, but it's action not turn based. It's the tenth game (hence the X), but each story is unique so you don't need to play 1-9 to understand 10. You can get it on PC or console.
@@DarkForce2024 maybe I’ll try it
@@bcfb21 There is a demo. So, if you think your interested try the free demo first. It's free, so you got nothing to lose. Have fun!
You definitely did get me, That long pause scared the shit out of me
Hey Jake, your hair looks nice today!
Jake didn't tell me to be safe 😢
The only option bethesda has left at this point is to dump the engine and start again on unreal or something. Because they clearly don't know how to modify their engine beyond higher texture resolutions and higher quality assets..
That's what the problem is. 😂 It's not theirs and they don't have the source code as it's a defunct engine.
Bless the No Man’s Sky Team. 🙏
Imagine if other companies just made one awesome game and kept iterating. Less garbage games and better worlds.
Its dope how Remedy teased Control 2 in AW2 DLC.
The whole DLC is essentially a set up to control 2.
Gee... Prince of Persia-the lost crown didn't meet expectations?
No shit, for years we were begging for a Sands of time remake using the latest 3D graphics, but what they gave us was a 2D side scroller that no one asked for.
did bro get hit in the face?!?
Looks like Geologie Dark circle serum, or just some sort of eye cream.
I was looking for this comment. He's trying like hell to hide those dark circles.
Such a lot riding on Skyrim. It needs to be massive and filled with content but the most important thing is it needs to have that feel of bleak and dark world with the odd ray of beauty coming through. The fact you can just stand still in Skyrim in some places and just take it in is why it’s just a masterpiece.
Happy to hear beyond good and evil 2 is still in the works!
I'd be, if it wasn't being worked on by Ubisoft.
Loving the Metal Gear shirt. Been busy playing the whole franchise again these past couple of months. Forgot how much I loved Peace Walker.
Being moved to work on beyond good and evil 2 is the equivalent of Bandai Namco moving employees to empty rooms to force them to quit
Being moved to the basement with no pay like in office space😮
W comment
You can tell Bethesda is feeling the pressure. Skyrim is a hard act to follow and they know they have to get an Elder Scrolls game right since it's what put them on the map.
I saw a COD 6 ad on a bus.
We live in a dystopia
yeah, EU needs to do a full investigation cause many of these massive games that instantly fail,
look like a quick tax writes off and/or money laundry, just to spend massive budgets, to land the write off straight into the ceo's pocket and resign with pockets full of money.
Try to use what little brain you have to think, if it were possible to make every game a perfectly timed masterpiece, then why aren't they? Why isn't every film great despite everybody working on it wanting to be? It isn't possible because this is reality and these things are created by humans.
I fear Elder Scrolls 6 will focus more on being accessible to as many gamers as possible, instead of providing a fun, challenging, and vibrant rpg experience.
Prove me wrong, Bethesda! Please prove me wrong.
History tells me they won't. Bethesda had it's chance to change course after Fallout 4, both in software development and game design. Yet, they, that being primarily upper managment, became complacent instead. Emil Pagliarulo's statements in various interviews, as well as Todd Howard's PR surrounding Starfield's unoptimized state at launch, reinforces this.
You're already wrong, Skyrim as you obviously know is one of the most successful games of all time, so why the hell would they need to make it MORE accessible?
I just want them to make the game. Im starting to feel like it’s an urban legend at this point
I don’t want to hear nothing about Elder Scrolls 6. The game isn’t coming out until 2087.
9:00 so yall really let jake get away with that looking at us straight in the eye 😂lmao PAUSE
Bro Thronefall is so sick. I’ve been playing it for months. Definitely a good buy
This got me ready and lowkey edging off of my seat now... I'm locked in again.
dont lose that streak brother
You know the old adage…bust if you must, but don’t waste the paste. Or somethin’ like that.
@@MyManJFKTV Lmao wtf
yo yall... I don't think that's the definition of "edging" OP had in mind😭
I thought I was the only one who edged whenever I felt like it, without needing the content to be lewd in nature. Small world.
Thanks Jake! Have a great weekend people.
Jake why you look like you just got done with a good cry 😂 much love bro
great how you did the video in order of how it was titled. got what we came for(:
what is your first es6 race going to be?
Whatever call of duty used for their net code in MW2 2022, seems they did the same with BO6 2024, MW3 2023 still plays smooth for me but BO6 gets points where the game freezes for 3 seconds every 20 or so seconds which rly annoys me.
Didn't freeze for me on my mid end laptop...
Lmao latest fps slop goes brrrrr 😂 keep buying this filth and the industry is sure to improve 😂😂😂. I need a new hobby 😢
I just wanna thank you guys for being such a good channel, I've been watching you all since 2020 and all of your content is just so fun, the before you buys, the lists, and the news videos. I wouldn't even own certain games if it wasn't for those lists and before you buys always end up saving me 60$ dollars here and there. Love your content and keep it up
Man I can't wait to see Elder Scrolls 6. I hope it"s as good as it should be 🙏
I wish I still had your optimism.
It's Bethesda. It's gonna be crap unfortunately.
fingers crossed
As good as it should be? Not a chance in the world. I would settle for 50% of what it should be, but Im thinking we will get more like 5
Thinking that Bethesda makes anything above 7/10 is delusional nostalgia is taking over your logic
Hey Jake thanks for the news
Looking forward to the before you buy on ES6
Story DLC for Spiderman 2 would’ve been nice, but a lot of the side missions kinda functioned as DLC and set up some interesting things for the next Spiderman game, especially that one side quest if you know.
How does built in content "kinda function as dlc"?
@@Dermetsu at the end of the day, DLC is just delayed sidequests, some longer than others. Idk if you’ve played Spiderman 2 or not but the quest I am referring to functions like a light DLC expansion
@@PanukaJr I Sell that notion that DLC is just delayed Sidequests. Look at the Great DLCs like The Witcher 3 for example. That's a whole Main Story Arc with expanded Gameplay and Exploration giving you an extra 30 - 50 hrs. Ofcourse alot of DLCs don't function that way and are mostly just there to milk the proverbial cow.
I get what you're trying to say but it isn't just one thing. Some DLC are missable and adds no weight to overarching game but some are very impactful if it's story related. My point is, there is a duality.
I love a lot of the videos Gameranx puts out. But the Friday show is why I'm really here.
Happy Friday!
I hope they don't streamline it too much or focus too much on "customisation"(except maybe for potions). Even worse listen to people saying they should improve the graphics.
Good gameplay and quest design in a big openworld with plenty to explore is all that's needed.
Good thing ES6 doesnt go the Baldurs Gate route. Its honestly way too much customization. Either you get analysis paralysis or you end up with a character you are not perfectly happy and wanna start over BUT going through that whole process AGAIN is so tedious
But BG3 lets you very easily respec your entire character or even completely change how they look
Great news about The Thing! I played it on the og xbox decades ago.
All ES6 needs to be is Skyrim with better Melee combat and graphics. The leveling system would've been perfect if they just added unarmed.
Just curious, but what would your melee combat ideal be?
oblivion with better melee combat and graphics* the last thing we need is yet another watered down experience
@@davidmacy411something like chivarly 2 or dying light or vermintide 2 would be great
@davidmacy411 Personally, I'd love a blend of Kingdom come deliverance and dead island 2. 😅
One of the really old but insanely fun systems I loved were the Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy lightsaber combat. If only some modern adaptation could be done with that. KCD seems like a pretty decent copy.
I mean even Skyrim's constellations were a translation of Oblivion's character sheets where you were putting points into specific attributes with a maximum of 100. Dragon Age: Origins also had a great mechanic with their leveling and attribute systems. It doesn't need to be actual sheets in the menu, but I hope ES6 keeps with the similar formula where just practicing any ability allows you to level up.
we have decided to make TES6 a story driven linear game with a premade voiced protagonist. since its a VR experience there will be no RPG elements and the most interaction the user will have in game; are quicktime events, which always succeed, no matter how much you try to fail.
Can everyone please be honest with themselves for one moment and realize that ES6 is going to be bad. Skyrim's success has taught bethesda that the more they strip the hardcore rpg systems and make the world a sandbox the better received it's going to be. Todd Howard is stuck in 2005, making 2005 era games. FO4? 2005 era game. Choice is non existent. Starfield? 2005 era game. Choice is non existent. The lore, the world, the imagination is astounding. Bethesda? Out of touch and stuck revelling in past success.
We’ll get GTA VI before Beyond Good and Evil 2
Honestly, the Squadron 42 video was pretty impressive. If they can release a full game that is a largely bug free version of that, I'll be happy.
I prefer not having fully detailed caharacters to be honest, I like the way Bethesda and Nintendo create characters where they just give you a rough personality and leave a lot for you to imagine and interpret the characters as you like, let me create my own world and experience.
jake, you need to find the correct shade for your skin cuz that concealer is not doing you any favours, if anything it stands out
Crazy
Thanks for the heads up on Spiderman 2! Can't wait to finally play this one. Hopefully the window for Playstation to PC wait shortens more and more in the future.
11:21 metalslug tactically go to the polls!
hahah
I attended CitizenCon. I have a good feeling you'll be covering more of Star Citizen and Squadron42 in the future. I'd be interested to see a "then and now" video reflecting on your original impressions.
They pulled the devs from Prince of Persia 😢 Sad news
Why it flopped. It wasn’t Prince of Persia it was Prince of DEI with mobile game graphics
I can only day dream about what they will do for the team of outlaws and shadows :)
@@Lawrence_Talbotomg who cares. It was a good game. That's all that matters.
@@ModestPavementthose people have infected so many comment sections, they know f**k all what they're talking about, just regurgitating what a TH-camr tells them.
I like the statsheets. Perhaps Bethesda should make it an option. Add a "Nerd Mode" feature for people who want statsheets on their menu view.
I don't want character sheet style menu's for Elder Scrolls VI but at least learn from modders how to make GOOD menu UI because that has been developing backwards.
I think Skyrim's UI and menu system on console is genuinely one of the best of all time
@@solaceticvc7640 I love the skills menu with the astrological signs and how the map is just teleporting you far into the sky. Magic and inventory hasn't aged very well though.
That said, I take this UI over Starfield's every day, any day
The new looking stuff like Dragon Age Veilguard, definitely not my cup of tea...
BG3 truly got it all, style, simple and intuitive...it was almost the perfect interface, menu and character "sheet"
I mean minimal make sense.
One don't need a separate intelligence stats, if one can just merge it to other skills related intelligence. Like increasing Alchemy skill will also increase your Alchemy knowledge, Unarmed will also increase your Strength.
dude, you gucci? looks like liver failure... you're turning yellow. hope it's just the lights... stay safe!
Bruising from trauma, results of surgery, thyroid or liver issues all come to mind. Idk if there's a more appropriate place to tell him about this but hopefully he looks into it if he hasn't already :)
he looks human. focus on the gaming and mind your manners
This channel is like having G4TV back, I love it.
you should add a gameranx logo to these friday show thumbnails or something. I always seem to miss them thinking they're just some random video on my feed lol
Pay attention then
@@cenciende9401anyway @gameranx I hope you take my suggestion!
The logos aren’t on the other videos though? Also they put it in ALL CAPS for extra findability
@@spectre-8 yeah this has been an issue for a while now. thumbnails are what people gravitate towards too first as its the most important part of the video. most TH-camrs knows that. It would take no effort at all to add the logo there for better readability, and it wouldnt hurt to it at all
The BG&E2 and PoP Lost Crown studio thing might be the other way around or maybe both ways. I don't know the source, but what I heard was that people who were starting to get burnt out on working on and not getting close to releasing Beyond Good & Evil 2 were rounded up into a separate studio to make Lost Crown. With the latter project finished, they might have just been put back.
In regards to the character sheets. Using them isn’t going backwards if people like them.
I think they wanna explain it more with animation visual effects over a spread sheet obsidians next release is gonna be worth alook that will be the new standard same as vegas was and still has to be bested
I’m hoping for a few main points:
1. Not online connection, or the option to switch
2. Open exploration no loading screens, outside of buildings
3. Overhaul random encounters
4. AI companions, and important NPC’s
5. Keep the gore and carnage, don’t make it for kids
6. Overhaul the settlement system, so you can own your own town.
Edit: remove fast traveling, I think dragons dogma 2 set a new bar for exploration.
My ES6 wishlist:
-intriguing side quests
-more interesting exploration opportunities (less of the same dungeons)
-better AI in npc’s and enemies
-lore and books everywhere
-better graphics, engine, etc
-last but not least it better be on PlayStation 🤣
All of that is what the modders will have to add after the fumble Todd will have
Not 😂 in 🤣 a 😂 billion 😂 years 🤣 on 😂 a 🤣 playstation!!
@@UmmerFarooq-wx4yo wanna bet on that?
So basically you want it to be good. Unique opinion
They're well aware of what's become the expected norm since the days of 2011. I would add though, 10 sets of armour/weapons isn't going to cut it in 2027 or whatever, Elden Ring for example has literally hundreds of armour pieces and weapons all meticulously designed and unique. Obviously don't expect them to compete with a Japanese studio on that, but they'll certainly have to step it up.
Than you for these videos every Friday
First
I thought they would be no news this week. It's almost Saturday (22:26 my time)
Thanks for the update guys.❤
OMG, tought I wasn't gona get Pizza this week, can wait to put one on your tab Jake.
Ily! I would suggest a warmer light and maybe not directly lit (soft light maybe?)
I feel sorry towards anyone who is waiting for Bethesda games. Rough times
No surprise here. Ubisoft never wastes an opportunity to make the wrong decisions. 3:18
I remember playing Prince of Persia on DOS back in the day. That game had the most fluid animation of any DOS game I have ever played. I don't know why I never played any of the new ones. I beat the DOS game many times. I still don't know why the protagonist was blond though.
Baldur's Gate 3 has sold about 15 million copies across all platforms. Skyrim alone sold over 60 million copies across a ten year period and 4 different versions. What did BG3 learn from Skyrim?
I am shocked Jake didn't mention the open beta for monster hunter wilds.
I am pretty hyped. Looking forward to next week to play some Wilds.
I know you guys at Gameranx don't like most JRPGs (as evidenced by only the largest ones getting any mentions, Before-You-Buys, or shout outs in the monthly games release lists), but I'm about to boot up Ys X: Nordics, and I am SO excited to play it! This has been one of my top games to play this year and I can't believe it's out now... so that's what I'll be playing this weekend. As for new games, I hadn't even heard of this Expedition 33 joint, that looks pretty interesting, and at this point, my expectations for Elder Scrolls VI have flatlined... there are so many glaring issues that have to be addressed in order for me to fall back in love with the series (Morrowind is and will always be one of my favs of all time). First, you've got Creation, which if they are using that for ES6 then they've already failed _HARD_ but also, there are issues of depth, not only what's been highlighted in this video, but we can look back to Fallout 4, when they started dumbing down the complexity of the character interactions by taking out persuade and the other social skills... they're dumbing down their games with each new release it seems, and Elder Scrolls is supposed to be a rich, unique, and _complex_ world that players can get lost in. I had that for Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim... but if we get another Creation Engine 2 hunk of junk, I'll be sorely disappointed.
Rediculous that all these companies keep releasing only digital on day one.. I always want my games on disc.. so I'm either forced to buy digital or wait for the disc...
Jake! Will you do a before your buy on a quiet place the road ahead?
Bro, imagine being Woods from Black Ops. Fought in Vietnam, Panama, all over the Soviet Union, Afghanistan, and the Gulf War.
The problem with Skyrim is that if you play long enough, every character ends up the same, it’ll be interesting to see what they’ve learned from that
They really need to rethink the way they do character sheets though... When I am faced with a brand new game and have no idea how it plays, how good the controls are in the different aspects, I find it utterly perplexing to be asked to choose what attributes I want to put points in. I have literally no data to base the decision on. They really should just give every player a blank slate and then let us build our character as we play the game.
It seems really weird to me that the potential lessons that Bethesda could have learned from the massive success of BG3 is less detailed character customization and that they would see it as a step "backwards".
Keeping the Skyrim style of character creation is good for approachability and can allow for someone to have as much creative freedom as they want with their characters, but having the classic character sheets would be cool to have. It’d definitely keep players from defaulting to a stealth archer