Loading screens aside,Starfieldis absolutely massive - boasting over 1,000 explorable planets - which certainly bodes well forThe Elder Scrolls VI. While I don’t think it’s sensible to makeThe Elder Scrolls VIquite as large asStarfield, we can perhaps assume that it’ll boast a larger map thanSkyrim.The problem is,The Elder Scrolls VIis years away from release.Starfieldmay now be out in the world, butBethesdadevelopers will be hard at work providing post-launch support. The mysteriousShattered Spaceexpansion is coming, at some point, plus we know that several quality-of-life additions are plannedincluding usable city maps. In typical Bethesda fashion, I truly do thinkStarfieldis a game that’ll only grow more refined with time. When devs do call it a day though, focus is then due to shift over toThe Elder Scrolls VI. Ratherprematurely announcedback in 2018, practically everything aboutThe Elder Scrolls VIremains a mystery, but that hasn’t stopped fans from speculating.Take a look at the originalThe Elder Scrolls VIreveal trailer below.Please do then bear in mind that this is all in the name of fun. One Elder Scrolls fan has drafted up a potential map, predicting thatThe Elder Scrolls VIwill be roughly on par withOblivion’s map, whilst being 50% larger thanSkyrim’s. Reddit user kdog379wrote, “My idea of whatThe Elder Scrolls VIRedfall map could look like. If the game featured Hammerfell and High Rock, it would be pretty much the same size asOblivionand 150% the size ofSkyrim,” garnering over 1,300 upvotes.Advert“I’d love it if it were the case. With newer hardware they ought to be able to increase the size of the map considerably, and using two provinces rather than one would open up so many possibilities storywise,”addedTheHolyGoatman, while Talos-the-Divinewrote, “The size of the map is irrelevant. It’s what’s in the map that matters. A large map is useless without the effort put in to populate it. This trend of “this is the biggest map ever” just leads to either empty feeling environments, or random useless collectables scattered around to justify the big map size,” touching on an important point.It’s always going to be what fills a map that makes it really special. Think ofRed Dead Redemption 2orHorizon Forbidden West. Every corner of that world has a story to tell, an identity. Hopefully,The Elder Scrolls VIcan replicate some of that magic.Featured Image Credit: BethesdaTopics:The Elder Scrolls,The Elder Scrolls 6,Bethesda,Skyrim
Loading screens aside,Starfieldis absolutely massive - boasting over 1,000 explorable planets - which certainly bodes well forThe Elder Scrolls VI. While I don’t think it’s sensible to makeThe Elder Scrolls VIquite as large asStarfield, we can perhaps assume that it’ll boast a larger map thanSkyrim.The problem is,The Elder Scrolls VIis years away from release.Starfieldmay now be out in the world, butBethesdadevelopers will be hard at work providing post-launch support. The mysteriousShattered Spaceexpansion is coming, at some point, plus we know that several quality-of-life additions are plannedincluding usable city maps. In typical Bethesda fashion, I truly do thinkStarfieldis a game that’ll only grow more refined with time. When devs do call it a day though, focus is then due to shift over toThe Elder Scrolls VI. Ratherprematurely announcedback in 2018, practically everything aboutThe Elder Scrolls VIremains a mystery, but that hasn’t stopped fans from speculating.Take a look at the originalThe Elder Scrolls VIreveal trailer below.Please do then bear in mind that this is all in the name of fun. One Elder Scrolls fan has drafted up a potential map, predicting thatThe Elder Scrolls VIwill be roughly on par withOblivion’s map, whilst being 50% larger thanSkyrim’s. Reddit user kdog379wrote, “My idea of whatThe Elder Scrolls VIRedfall map could look like. If the game featured Hammerfell and High Rock, it would be pretty much the same size asOblivionand 150% the size ofSkyrim,” garnering over 1,300 upvotes.Advert“I’d love it if it were the case. With newer hardware they ought to be able to increase the size of the map considerably, and using two provinces rather than one would open up so many possibilities storywise,”addedTheHolyGoatman, while Talos-the-Divinewrote, “The size of the map is irrelevant. It’s what’s in the map that matters. A large map is useless without the effort put in to populate it. This trend of “this is the biggest map ever” just leads to either empty feeling environments, or random useless collectables scattered around to justify the big map size,” touching on an important point.It’s always going to be what fills a map that makes it really special. Think ofRed Dead Redemption 2orHorizon Forbidden West. Every corner of that world has a story to tell, an identity. Hopefully,The Elder Scrolls VIcan replicate some of that magic.Featured Image Credit: BethesdaTopics:The Elder Scrolls,The Elder Scrolls 6,Bethesda,Skyrim
Loading screens aside,Starfieldis absolutely massive - boasting over 1,000 explorable planets - which certainly bodes well forThe Elder Scrolls VI. While I don’t think it’s sensible to makeThe Elder Scrolls VIquite as large asStarfield, we can perhaps assume that it’ll boast a larger map thanSkyrim.The problem is,The Elder Scrolls VIis years away from release.Starfieldmay now be out in the world, butBethesdadevelopers will be hard at work providing post-launch support. The mysteriousShattered Spaceexpansion is coming, at some point, plus we know that several quality-of-life additions are plannedincluding usable city maps. In typical Bethesda fashion, I truly do thinkStarfieldis a game that’ll only grow more refined with time. When devs do call it a day though, focus is then due to shift over toThe Elder Scrolls VI. Ratherprematurely announcedback in 2018, practically everything aboutThe Elder Scrolls VIremains a mystery, but that hasn’t stopped fans from speculating.Take a look at the originalThe Elder Scrolls VIreveal trailer below.Please do then bear in mind that this is all in the name of fun. One Elder Scrolls fan has drafted up a potential map, predicting thatThe Elder Scrolls VIwill be roughly on par withOblivion’s map, whilst being 50% larger thanSkyrim’s. Reddit user kdog379wrote, “My idea of whatThe Elder Scrolls VIRedfall map could look like. If the game featured Hammerfell and High Rock, it would be pretty much the same size asOblivionand 150% the size ofSkyrim,” garnering over 1,300 upvotes.Advert“I’d love it if it were the case. With newer hardware they ought to be able to increase the size of the map considerably, and using two provinces rather than one would open up so many possibilities storywise,”addedTheHolyGoatman, while Talos-the-Divinewrote, “The size of the map is irrelevant. It’s what’s in the map that matters. A large map is useless without the effort put in to populate it. This trend of “this is the biggest map ever” just leads to either empty feeling environments, or random useless collectables scattered around to justify the big map size,” touching on an important point.It’s always going to be what fills a map that makes it really special. Think ofRed Dead Redemption 2orHorizon Forbidden West. Every corner of that world has a story to tell, an identity. Hopefully,The Elder Scrolls VIcan replicate some of that magic.
Loading screens aside,Starfieldis absolutely massive - boasting over 1,000 explorable planets - which certainly bodes well forThe Elder Scrolls VI. While I don’t think it’s sensible to makeThe Elder Scrolls VIquite as large asStarfield, we can perhaps assume that it’ll boast a larger map thanSkyrim.
The problem is,The Elder Scrolls VIis years away from release.Starfieldmay now be out in the world, butBethesdadevelopers will be hard at work providing post-launch support. The mysteriousShattered Spaceexpansion is coming, at some point, plus we know that several quality-of-life additions are plannedincluding usable city maps. In typical Bethesda fashion, I truly do thinkStarfieldis a game that’ll only grow more refined with time. When devs do call it a day though, focus is then due to shift over toThe Elder Scrolls VI. Ratherprematurely announcedback in 2018, practically everything aboutThe Elder Scrolls VIremains a mystery, but that hasn’t stopped fans from speculating.
Take a look at the originalThe Elder Scrolls VIreveal trailer below.
Please do then bear in mind that this is all in the name of fun. One Elder Scrolls fan has drafted up a potential map, predicting thatThe Elder Scrolls VIwill be roughly on par withOblivion’s map, whilst being 50% larger thanSkyrim’s. Reddit user kdog379wrote, “My idea of whatThe Elder Scrolls VIRedfall map could look like. If the game featured Hammerfell and High Rock, it would be pretty much the same size asOblivionand 150% the size ofSkyrim,” garnering over 1,300 upvotes.
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“I’d love it if it were the case. With newer hardware they ought to be able to increase the size of the map considerably, and using two provinces rather than one would open up so many possibilities storywise,”addedTheHolyGoatman, while Talos-the-Divinewrote, “The size of the map is irrelevant. It’s what’s in the map that matters. A large map is useless without the effort put in to populate it. This trend of “this is the biggest map ever” just leads to either empty feeling environments, or random useless collectables scattered around to justify the big map size,” touching on an important point.
It’s always going to be what fills a map that makes it really special. Think ofRed Dead Redemption 2orHorizon Forbidden West. Every corner of that world has a story to tell, an identity. Hopefully,The Elder Scrolls VIcan replicate some of that magic.
Topics:The Elder Scrolls,The Elder Scrolls 6,Bethesda,Skyrim
