Elder Scrolls 6 & Starfield Announcements - Diving into Bethesda's 2018 E3 Press Conference

[@francez123456789]

"see that mountain? you can climb it" me: "with what climb skill? you literally removed that in Morrowind!"

[@mfdoom4467]

it would be awesome if they added some sort of AC: Origins Climb ability.

[@mfdoom4467]

Todd The Toddler Howard just like the infinite quests?

[@Strawhat_Kal]

Play me in chess nerd!

[@_Cerb_]

They replaced it with a goddamn horse.

[@ericwood3709]

You can leave the word "literally" out. You're not using it correctly anyway.

[@Dadodaw]

Loved when Todd said you can of course play 76 solo like you can all of their games and how that's important to them, and everyone cheered louder than when he said it was going to be a multiplayer game. Then later in a interview he was asked "can I play offline" and his response was "No, you can play solo but you can still run across other players." Todd you sly dog, never change, he's killing this 10 CHA run he's doing through life.

[@lordjub-jub5254]

Yep, playing in a group in 76 is optional, about the same as using guns in fallout 4 is or saving the game. It's all technically optional.

[@todd2.08]

Lord Jub-Jub *IT JUST WORKS*

[@davidfalloutbandit]

I can't wait to see what they -Dumbed- ..."streamlined" in Elder scrolls 6.

[@slashrocks19801]

They could get rid of all the school magic and weapon skills streamline it to weapon skill and magic skill only. Of course will have just a armor skill no need to be overly specific medium, light and heavy. Lol

[@davidfalloutbandit]

Don't forget that all armors should be only 1 slot that covers the player's whole body, because we wouldn't want anyone getting confused! GEEZ MAN! think of the players!

[@slashrocks19801]

Will only have one spell too because any more than that is just down right confusing.

[@Nerevar427]

Then next thing you know they'll be getting rid of the class system and replacing it with a stupid perk system....oh wait

[@slashrocks19801]

Yes the perks system that was a way of replacing the main attributes and the class in Oblivion progression issues. To fix an issue they simply just get rid of said RPG elements.

[@ilovehistory5210]

Tes VI was most likely a PR stunt help with the 76 backlash

[@samuelbantien1943]

Imperator Phil question is will they use the terrain models of ESO if its in an area that game has covered? I suspect TES6 is in Hammerfell because ESO has largely not gone there. The fast horse speed in ESO has ruined the sense of scale of the franchise, will be interesting to see how theg manage this and explain away massive differences and holes in the lore again.

[@slashrocks19801]

Ya can't wait for tes 6 micro transactions, entirely online, griefing at quest objectives and a piss poor base building system.

[@Enel97]

Zaric Zhakaron wait a multiverse? I obly have the basic ESO and havent played a lot cause it just didnt interest me but what is that about a multiverse? Will you make a video about that?

[@stannisbaratheon6637]

More likely to make up for the last e3

[@sethbritton6970]

@@Enel97 In Arteaum, there is a mystical pool that the Psijics have in their home base. It can be used to open portals to anywhere, and not even they know about all the destinations. I haven't completed the story- a friend helped me move to a new setup and I had to start over, but I know they used it to circumvent Naemira's attempt to lock them out of her realm, in a way that not even she could block or be aware of. I don't know if they reveal it can be a multiverse later.

[@darken2417]

Been waiting for Zaric the Lorebeard to talk about this outside of streams. Really needs to become a ES recurring character like Maiq.

[@K_Bone]

"Zaric wishes you well..."

[@EBK_Grabba]

"Binky the clown"

[@h.h.h]

It's not gonna be elder scrolls 6 it's gonna be skyrim 2 battle royale

[@EBK_Grabba]

h stop.

[@EBK_Grabba]

Lmfao please no

[@AssassinT10]

dont give them ideas

[@flamesofchaos13]

OH GOD OH GOD *OH GOD* OH GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO!!!! NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your h obviously stands for HELL.

[@HazarTulum]

I'd say it would depend on whether or not Fallout 76 is still being catered to by the time TES VI comes out. If its still doing well, the the BGS Austin former Battlecry Studios will still be keeping that game alive, and the Maryland team will most likely be working on Fallout 5 or Starfield 2 after TES VI releases, so not much room to keep it afloat like a live service. If Fallout 76 has died by the time that Starfield has released... well the Austin Studios will need to do something, and we will be in for a rough TES VI

[@Indigo_Gaming]

Some very good points. I too thought it was a brilliant marketing move but may come back to haunt them if indeed several years go by and there is a 10+ year gap of hype and speculation before TES 6 comes out. I think rabid fandom just leads to unearned and blind advocacy but also to disappointment, too. I waited for games like Deus Ex: HR and Alan Wake for many, many years before actually getting my hands on them and by that time, nothing would meet your expectations.

[@reviewgodusa9613]

Everybody knows there will be another elder scrolls so even without an announcement there may be more speculation and hype. And I think they announced starfield early because it is a new ip and it needs more time to garner hype they can't just announce it 6 months before its release.

[@andrewlinn7863]

+Indigo Gaming +Review God USA In order to prevent as much speculation as possible, assure people that the game will be released, and prevent doubt & speculation about whether the game even will be released, the TEASER trailers are what they chose. No footage of gameplay for viewers to create false standards off of, only what amounts to advertisements for the two future games. Bethesda made a good move by making these announcements.

[@duncanlutz3698]

We are already seeing this. By announcing the games so early, fans were expecting the games to come out much earlier than BGS intended. I don't think Starfield will launch until 2022 or early 2023, but many still think a Starfield trailer is imminent, was going to be at E3, and that Starfield will be in our hands by the end of 2020. Which of course means TES:VI will be 3-4 years after that. I really hate to do this, but It made me sympathize with that snake Pete Hines a bit. People were under the impression that Starfield was imminent, and desperate for updates. So the more time drags on, the more that hype will go toxic. I expect the short-term gains of this PR stunt to come back and bite them in the keister.

[@Ryry2time]

hodge

[@lumardyy]

Damn Zaric, coming for Matty's head lmfao, I sure as hell hope there isn't any bad blood there. Great video by the way, glad to see you back

[@lumardyy]

Zaric Zhakaron I'm very much in agreement. Oh and by the way, during the part about Todd Howard, Pete Hines has actually come out and said he wrote the line "It doesn't just work" and got Todd to say it

[@mel0_archive498]

+Grym If that indeed was a candid "Todd" moment, I can't say I completely blame the guy. The man, as well as the large team he directs, have spent a good part of their lives and an insane amount of effort to create each little detail of all of their open world games. They must QA test out the ass, and have dedicated people working to fix the common bugs that new additions add. It's a justified frustration, but ultimately, Todd and the team need to accept that their games do release with some major issues and, in many cases, need a lot of patching after the fact(especially since their move to GameBryo). Not just as a PR move, but as an understood and expected part of their game development process. Todd and co are great game designers and artists. Their games are excellent, but once in a while you gotta realize that they can't be perfect. Fallout 3 doesn't really have 200 different endings, you can't climb every mountain in Skyrim's map, Radiant AI is more often than not awkward and clunky, and Bethesda Open World games have bugs. The facts of life, man.

[@stardust_2339]

Melody Anonymous I don't care what Todd feels when I pay just as much for his product as for others' then they don't even properly patch their games. I can live with bugs at release but when fans do your job for free then the least you can do is to acknowledge it. Especially when you re-release the exact same game again with the same bugs.

[@gucciguy3408]

Melody Anonymous Yea...Skyrim has so many bugs still and they haven't fixed them after all this patching. I would be willing to give them some slack,but many of them are major. Like bug crashes,The whole Mage guild quest being stopped by a bug,Hearthfire bugs for paid DLC and many more bad ones. These aren't minor and can be fixed by mods,but it shows how little they care after release of the game because you can be sure by how major these issues are they would've reached the dev team at some point.

[@MrMattyPlays]

LuMardy No bad blood on my end. I’m not going to be apologetic over being excited for the reveal of Starfield/ES6 because these are titles my community and I have speculated about for years. I’ve been critical of them when I felt they’ve been wrong since my very big mistake, which was noted in this video, and sadly it took that mistake to see the error of my ways. I don’t regret it since my community has responded well to my approach these past few years and it serves to me as a reminder of what can happen when you get too wrapped up. Once again, no bad blood (on my end) and this video kept getting sent to me so I felt a response was required. I’ve seen Zaric’s content before, I’ve enjoyed them, and will continue to enjoy them despite his thoughts on me. Take care 👍🏻

[@blondegamerguy73]

You know what's really positive about all this? If the PR at BethSoft and people at Bethesda Game Studios, including Todd Howard, are able to recognize the memes and bad PR, and overall expectations for their games, they might NOT streamline and dumb down their games even more. Maybe they even reverse this process and put more RPG elements back in TESVI and Fallout 5. Like classes, attributes, etc. We will see eventually.

[@simonandersen2079]

blondegamerguy We can certainly hope it's an indication of that, but ultimately that'll be up to Zenimax. If they still want BGS to chase that sweet mass market appeal, then nothing's gonna change.

[@pooshpoosh9232]

Simon Andersen more like they will try both

[@miguelpereira9859]

I think they will extend the scale of the next TES game but not the depth and RPG elements. Skyrim is one of the best selling games of all time, no way they are moving away from that formula

[@skeezel0rd]

Finally, the only non Yes-Man for Bethesda on KZbin makes a video about this. Enjoyed the video as always Lorebeard Zaric

[@ROTFLBD]

GeConify he's not the only one

[@jd4fr337]

GeConify check out ‘itsagundam’ he’s brutally unforgiving to Bethesda

[@brotherknight9484]

You know, I used to think that games were no big deal... Until I joined a game design class. Various codes were actually pretty easy however that doesn't mean putting it together in a language was easy... I have a lot more respect for game developers. But with big teams and companies there is still no excuse in my eyes to publish half ass work.

[@meatystew5088]

I don't like what's happening as much as the next guy but some of these salty comments are the real cringe

[@meatystew5088]

Zaric Zhakaron exactly, I love the fighting between the Pro MrMatty and the anti MrMatty, it's entertaining Great vids by the by

[@blondegamerguy73]

You are right Zaric. Todd Howard didn't look comfortable on stage at E3, and he didn't look comfortable nor enthusiastic in the interviews he gave in the following days at E3. He had to give up his idea of not announcing games until they are ready to be shown, whether it was on his own accord, or he was told to. I believe he even admitted or at least acknowledged in a Gamespot interview that handling things like he did at BethSoft's E3 conference was not 100% like he wanted it to be. So, yeah, damage control essentially.

[@grefsteel3989]

You should be able to laugh at your own mistakes

[@GooglyEyedJoe]

I always felt the reason they announced Starfield and TES6 was more to do with they didn't want the huge backlash they knew the'yd get from Fallout 76 being multiplayer online, like announcing Starfield and TES6 when they have nothing at all to show seems more like a way of saying "Believe us guys, we're not gonna go all EA and microtransaction multiplayer all the time" etc Although its clear Starfield and TES6 are bound to have Creation Club content and I bet they'll try shove multiplayer into Starfield somehow.

[@Ticonderous1]

I actually really liked the Meme joke ...

[@DreamRubycon]

Todd's speech was well orchestrated you could see the words in the stage monitors....

[@Starcrafter23]

DreamRubycon That doesn't mean anything. He could've written it himself, noone sane would just start talking on the stage, very easy to forget something, say something in the wrong way etc.

[@imo098765]

Its not easy to talk on stage and not forget the possible millions watching at home. One mistake can become a PR disaster.

[@DreamRubycon]

Watch his eyes he looks at the monitors a lot but that's ok most rock bands do the same these days

[@avatarion]

Mr. Clem We already know that he DIDN'T write it himself entirely, because the line "sometimes it doesn't just work" came from Pete Hines.

[@judeaberdeen6848]

Bow to the Lorebeard people.

[@thesmilinggun-knight9646]

Nah no thank you

[@slothprime1327]

He himself has said is not a Lorebeard.

[@hortator0767]

Binky the clown?

[@DivineXPotato]

he doesn't consider himself a lore beard. He's just a fan of the game and actually looks into lore. Lorebeards literally spend hours and days studying, interpretation, discussing and doing deeper research into TES lore which might include things like quantum mechanics or physics cause of the way TES lore works and a lot of is pseudo psychedelic quantum mechanic weird bullshit (atleast what MK wrote) i fucken love it though lol, and seems like zaric does too though he seems more interested in the fantasy part, the deeper lore is what interests me mostly. Anyways yeah, he isn't a lorebeard, but he is more educated then the average and even a lot of deeper players

[@resdyne9590]

Hes more than that

[@templarkiller2926]

I would agree that Todd didn't look enthused when he was making those jokes

[@MichaMundy]

i already knew that the trailer was just a "temporary" thing and they showed it just to keep the hope and hypes up meaning that TES:6 could be set anywhere in tamriel, all of the other video speculating that hammerfell or highrock will be the next province to take place in TES:6 need to calm down a bit, i mean if you search it now there are dozen of video theorizing that the next TES:6 is set in hammerfell or highrock, which if according to the trailer is a huge possibility. but people also need to know that all of the thing from teaser is just "temporary"/ artwork like you said Zaric, meaning that it could be just everywhere (expect for blackmarsh and elsywere since i think behtesda will have a hell of a time figuring out the culture and religion for that province and they rather take the series to be more familiar and easy to digest for the newer TES player or fans)

[@MichaMundy]

also like you said that TES:6 is in pre-production state so the possibility of something new is huge

[@stardust_2339]

Celvin Ardenwu They will butcher any region or culture then invent some lore event to be able to roll with it.

[@MichaMundy]

Stardust_23 yup true

[@roach9397]

No, Todd said that they intended for people to pick apart the trailer. There were definitely hints of the location in there.

[@alancaldwell2764]

That may be the case; but since the game's only in pre-production, it's better to not start speculating just yet.

[@vikingo987]

Finally, someone that sees the bethesda e3 press conference as the masterpiece of marketing that it is intead of "they did it for the memes and they are funny because they are self aware and joke about it". Great video, Zaric. However, I feel the need to point out that I think you didn't need to ridiculize/caricaturize MrMattyPlays to make your points.

[@Bmetalful]

Bethesda's display was painfully bad. Todd's attempt at standup and that Skyrim Alexa Commercial were both super cringy. That diversity video they made us all watch at the beginning almost made me sick. The amount of times developers at E3 praised diversity as a strength was disgusting. "Hey guys we have less white people and less men in important roles" is not a selling point for me.

[@Bmetalful]

Imperator Phil Slapping white men in the face is the new normal. They over use the word diversity (which means less white people and men, they aren't fooling anyone), to the couple in the Alexa skit being interracial with a black man claiming the pretty white woman, to half the characters in games being gay, and placing females in almost every male role. Isn't it funny that in a scene that was created, grown, and supported by white males, we are now the ones to be shamed and slowly pushed out of it figuratively. If you notice how Poland, Russia, Japan and other non-cucked countries make games it's very different. The main characters in their games are always strong men of their own heritage. And don't get me wrong, there is plenty of room for Lara Croft and Aloy and other great female characters, but when you start injecting diversity into things just for the sake of it, it leaves a real sour taste in our mouths.

[@Bmetalful]

+Josh You're using a very typical argument by generalizing everything I said to make me look like some kind of white supremacist which I am not. Obviously games in which you design your own character my claim wouldn't apply, so Elder Scrolls and Fallout are exceptions. My claims come in when you see a repeating pattern that stems from an obvious agenda to ruin the nuclear family and shame the white men of America. I have no qualms with interracial marriage or black lead characters, or women as leads. But it's not happening organically, it's forced, and it's very noticeable if you pay any kind of attention to it. Just a few examples from E3 and recent news, although there are many many more. Alexa interracial commercial, black couple plays switch against white couple and beats them in E3 commercial, Ellie from TLOU is a lesbian (yes I know we knew before E3), the testosterone fueled Gears of War franchise now has a female lead, Kingdom Come Deliverance got called out for not having racial diversity and they actually had to explain history and realism to the public, every company inserted a speech or informative video about how diversity is their most important strength and how we are all different people from all different walks of life. Continuing... Battlefield 5 has a female protagonist with a disability in a game based on the real history of WW2, Wolfenstein is now 2 women leads that came out of nowhere to fight Nazi's with girl power,. One thing to consider in all of this is that the U.S. is still about 63% White, and most games based on a character with brute strength would naturally feature a male. Most people aren't gay. So why do we currently have a gaming market that over represents minorities in it's lead roles? Do you think it's just a coincidence? Why is the Hulk now a Korean boy in the comics, why is Iron Man now a little black girl, why did the fearsome Colossus from X-men suddenly realize that he's a homosexual? Again, these things wouldn't bother me if they had representation even somewhat close to their real life representation, which is a very small percentage. But somehow the minorities are the majority in the gaming world, and at the very least you could agree that it's suspicious, right?

[@CC42_]

Bmetalful you must be a sexist, racist, immature bigot! Lol. Jk ..I'm so tired of this obvious forced agenda and people who can't see that people are sick of gaming companies being transparent and forcing diversity down the throat of every game, advertisement, etc As eell as the 90% of journalists who write "grow up white men, you just can't handle seeing a woman in your battlefield" articles every week.

[@greysunited7317]

We know nothing about the game yet the community is so excited. Yeah, I am shocked and eager to hear what TES VI will be about! But, I am just always stressing about TES VI focusing on fixing the "dumbing-down" issues.

[@artifica0]

Someone please remix Matty's scream

[@wolfbane1996]

Zaric you are always a refreshing dose of reality, thank you.

[@Diskhate]

In the last couple of years, as someone who has a past in sales and thus loves to observe these dynamics, i've really noticed a huge increment in the way many companies Bethesda/Zenimax included are approaching the public; they really seem to understand that portraing themselves as "humans just as you" is an incredibly powerful tool, and the psychology behind this is very interesting: for generations the common way of portaying someone's business, when it came to publicity, was to make you and your product look "completely flawless, the absolute best you can get, totally immaculate" ; and while this approach may still work with older people, products aimed at people that are under 30-40 years old really changed in the way they are marketed. The public consciousness has shifted..the motivations behind it are numerous; but to make it short if little time ago the aforementioned way of talking of your product was the overall most effective way, now companies rely more on a mixture of "appearing professional" + "appearing human, with flaws that we really try to fix" and it really seems to work.

[@bturx2180]

I just remember somebody on Reddit getting upset at all the "Nerds who don't respect Andrew W.K. They don't know their in danger!" I feel 95% of the people watching it, both live and at home, don't know who he was. He had 1 relatively popular song over 15 years ago. He's just some dirty 40 year old nobody gave a shit about. Nobody's in 'danger' People went their for video games.

[@gamerguy6990]

BetterthanU GTS it took me a while to know who he was and when I did I remembered I hated his show that he was on

[@jase276]

I love Andrew W.K....

[@willl676]

+Lucky Clover Yeah they're both garbage but have you seen the futurism subreddit. It's so retarded it is inconceivable.

[@quinn9598]

can't tell if you're describing 4chan or reddit tbh

[@alexhodgkinson6718]

Lucky Clover Reddit is completely different depending on the sub you visit though. 4chan feels like a place where anxiety ridden virgin men hang out. Reddit is just a massive set of forums, for all intents and purposes.

[@seamusriley3532]

The moment that joke video came out I thought "I forgive Todd for everything"

[@gamerguy6990]

So Todd the liar Howard might actually be Todd the puppet Howard hmmmm

[@marfin4325]

Todd the Howard is nothing more than a puppet of the Thalmor.

[@GenericUsername-qp1ww]

why is he a liar?

[@Midnightcleaner]

Blasphemy

[@Sam-lf3hn]

Matt Allen when it comes to promoting games he worked on he regularly lies about his games. A prime example is "it just works" that is a lie because his games are well known for being riddled with bugs.

[@michaelcastro9026]

13:00 that freaking summoning was awesome, don’t think I’ve ever seen that much things appear at one time. Also nice to see you back Zaric.

[@valdimardotof930]

You sound like a public orator who is trying to promote and reinforce a line of narrative.

[@valdimardotof930]

It makes him and anything he says look and sound stupidly pompous.

[@Synthgamer]

Zaric again being critical on what he loves. Zaric is great.

[@BlackuKnighto]

10 things you missed in the TES 6 trailer. Number 6 will blow your face.

[@the_kekromancer9779]

I swear everytime you upload i feel like it's christmas morning, keep up the good work

[@keegan112099]

Honestly I love watching you for your deep dives into the industry not the games. Keep doing what your doing. It's rare that you find people who talk about games in a more realistic light than just that of a fan speculating on what might be in X series

[@radiationwow]

Thanks for the video. Was really enjoyable to listen to you just "ramble"

[@awesomeal3603]

For me, the bright side is when TES 6 does finally comes out, most of my kids will be graduated from high school and I will have tons of time to enjoy it.

[@viveka2994]

@733Rafael they said that in the 70s

[@viveka2994]

@733Rafael wut u mean

[@viveka2994]

I mean maybe you're right, Serbia economy is going to hell

[@xavierlucky397]

Nice we needed this video from you.

[@mfdoom4467]

I am again filled with hope that the Elder Scroll 6 is in Pre-Production, at least our worries about ESO taking the franchise has gone to oblivion.

[@jase276]

With what we got in Skyrim and Fallout 4, is that such a ray of hope?

[@slashrocks19801]

Apparently a few people find streamlining/dumbing down the series a great thing...

[@mfdoom4467]

jase276 Fallout 4 was as much of an RPG as The Witcher 3 was, albeit The Witcher 3 was a better game, Both were dumbed down yet people hail The Witcher 3 as a great RPG. I don't really see a problem with these games unlike you, the RPG systems in Fallout 3 and Morrowind were wacky asf. people forget that the concept of RPG is sufficiently met in ANY Game, Skyrim had plenty good of it. I had played the 2 Baldur's gates, Planescape torment, the original fallouts, the Divinity original sins series, and while all these games are considered "True RPGS" It is only because of one thing really, Turn Based Combat. you can't have those systems in real time video games.

[@coolergman8629]

MF Doom I think it's just making a full immersive massive world where each choice matters who be hell to program. I think the closest thing to get it right at least the closet thing I have played was Fall out Newvegas. The game just gives you many ways to complete quests as well as multiple endings.

[@mfdoom4467]

cooler gman That's exactly what I meant to convey in my conclusion, Honestly that's the best way of looking at what defines an RPG, most people think that what defines an RPG is turn-based combat and useless skills like "explosives" or some other crap when it is actually real choices and consequences, neither of which The Witcher 3 or Fallout 4 had except Fallout 4 actually had Multiple "REAL" endings where you could see the consequences of your actions.

[@blemishednicely8402]

That is also positively GLORIOUS Alexa got a Skyrim app...that is the absolute cherry, hahah - I had NO clue they did that extra bit until I saw this vid, lols...awesome stuff, Zaric!

[@Deathblazer96]

I disagree about the release of Starfield they showed us the trailer just like they did with Skyrim in 2010 and it released the next year. Therefore I think that Starfield will release next year and since they did confirm in an interview with Todd Howard that multiple studios work on the same project at once and since they now have ever increasing man power I think it is reasonable to assume that Elder Scrolls VI will be a 2020 release. Keep up the good work Zaric I am a huge fan of the work that you do here on the channel!

[@romko4496]

And? How did you like your Elder Scrolls 6? 😂😂😂

[@ShadowAimai]

4 years later and Bethesda has still to released *any* of the games. Just re-releasing Skyrim *AGAIN*.

[@mfdoom4467]

Best conference by far.

[@veldrensavoth7119]

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO!!!

[@Mary42877]

i was waiting for this, I never know what you'll say so it's always this new perspective, something I didn't think about.

[@ashes_blue]

I love hearing the Arena/Daggerfall music in the background. It fills the video with happy thoughts...

[@michaelperrino8506]

You weren't surprised by them announcing - or "acknowledging" - Starfield and TES6? You even said it yourself, Bethesda has been very adamant about not announcing titles until right before release. Most speculation have these games at least 3 years from release, so why wouldn't it surprise you when they announced them so far out from release? We all were fairly certain they were working on Starfield and we were all positive they were working on TES6, so the titles them self weren't surprising, but the timing was.

[@mikegilroy7660]

As always Zaric, I thoroughly enjoy your content as well as the way you analyze things.

[@david4309]

Mr Matty does worship Bethesda but he is my favorite person to listen to while I take a shit.

[@Andres_W]

Great video, as always.. I hope you feel better soon.

[@satchboogie2058]

He looked uncomfortable to me too.

[@HansWurst1569]

Watching this now, funny how spot on you were back then (not couning the covid delay).

[@daocvet]

Just seeing this video now, and you said the exact same thing I said(I even tweeted it when they did it) about them being self aware of Skyrim being nothing more than a meme lol. I thought that was brilliant on their part and much needed at the time. Time will tell if that actually means anything though, and if they take that to heart in regards in TES VI.

[@hrghrurgrg9134]

I’ve always thought Todd seems uncomfortable on stage. He always seems shy or like he doesn’t want to be there. I don’t think it was just this E3.

[@James-xv8xv]

This guy should be lead designer of ES6

[@jameswayton2340]

Thanks for this video. its seriously good and a learned a lot from it. Thanks. subbed.

[@fyngolnoldor4891]

Zaric, what do you think about Camelworks' video in which he says the land depicted in the TES VI title screen is Hammerfell and that, as a consequence, TES VI will take place at least partially there?

[@specialagentddd]

Amazingly insightful. As always you are on the cutting edge of delivering people the truth albeit in a way that also alienates the feeble minded. I would love to hear your breakdown of 76!

[@benjaminthompson2923]

I just hope it doesn't suck . Skyrim felt halfway done . and a lot of the quest didn't feel like there was a lot of thought put into it . Whiterun was missing an entire section . all of the DLC and they couldn't complete Whiterun . It would be cool if we could have rebuilt Helgen .

[@S.A.O.D.A]

22:56 This is one of the greatest sentences a gamer has ever said.

[@fen7662]

[Writing in field notebook] "It was then when I realized their sentience"

[@andrewlebus4850]

you finally made a video on the topic

[@BanefulOtter]

Todd himself said that Austin was maintaining Fallout 76, and Montreal and Maryland are working on Starfield

[@HazarTulum]

As Montreal are the developers whose main focus are the mobile games, I'd say that they're either going to be making a Starfield mobile style game to coincide with the release of Starfield, or maybe another Fallout mobile game

[@BanefulOtter]

Skullcrusher430 Do you not watch every single interview ever? You should. A lot gets clarified.

[@HazarTulum]

Yeah I watched the noclip documentary, and I'm sure that the Montreal Studio will be working on Starfield to some degree, but that studio is the one that is mainly focused on making mobile games. Theres no way in hell that they're not going to make another one to coincide with Starfields release. Whether thats a TES title, a Starfield title, or a Fallout title, I couldn't say. But since Fallout Shelter had more players than every single one of their games combined, they're going to be making another one after the lifespan of Blades has run its course.

[@BanefulOtter]

Zaric Zhakaron I totally concur. It's just that I live in Canada and I'm super excited to see them working on a big Bethesda title. Also, blades looks pretty cool.

[@imo098765]

While Montreal will be making mobile games, Todd Howard said that Montreal and Maryland are working on Starfield while Austin keeps FO76 content cycle going. We can only take what he says to be true, and why would he lie about Montreal working with them

[@billywingrove27]

Zaric its seems you have not seen that interview that Todd did a few months ago. It was the game maker notebook or something. Todd said how they work on game. A small part of the team works on the next next game, while most of the team works on their current project. And when they release this full project and go to the next project, they alrady have the groundwork for it. At an interview at this E3, Todd said that they will not support Fallout 76 post release, they will hand the game to the Battelcry studio and they will do all the dlc and updates. From what we have seen its seems that the game is ready and i can say for sure that Starfield is worked right now by Todd and his team. He look tired on stage because they are probably in the middle of development of Starfield and they are wasting his time. Starfield is a 2019 game release. At E3 2019 we will see gameplay of startfield and a release date of November the same year. Todd said that they have been working on Starfield since 2014. The game is nearly done at this point. And from my observation I can say that Elder Scrolls 6 has been in development since 2016. Todd never shows gameplay of their games if the game is not fully done. You get what you see from the gameplay with no changes, except bug fixes in the day 1 patch. Point isI belive from how Todd and his team work that Elder Scrolls 6 will release in 2020. It will be annouced at E3 2020 with some gameplay and then with a release date the same year. Todd always lies. Bethesda said that their next 2 game will not be Fallout or Elder Scrolls ...... but what do we get now ? Thats right their next game is Fallout 76. SO do not believe them when they say the Starfield and Edler Scrolls 6 are ways off. You probably wont believe me but I just had to give my 2 cents. I love when Todd tells me little lies but from those lies I can get an understanding of the situation in their studio.

[@kylethomas9130]

Wish they'd give Daggerfall the Skyrim treatment, can you imagine playing a deep game like that on a mobile device?

[@lamedrawings]

Kyle Thomas Nah I think Morrowind for mobile would be more entertaining.

[@kylethomas9130]

Rafiq Animated I was thinking Daggerfall, since the combat would translate to swipes and taps quite easily. You could already play the whole game with a mouse, just update/improve the interface and it would be quite enjoyable. Morrowind is smooth with keyboards and controllers, idk how you'd translate at without mimicking Daggerfall or Arena.

[@raburto8984]

Was waitin for this

[@coronisk.1564]

yo Todd deadass bout to make us wait 15 years for ES VI smh

[@chrisscorpio5651]

Skyrim for the Turbo Graphics 16!

[@shawnberry760]

Hope you are feeling better sir, welcome back.

[@Fallen420chan]

Informative and logical as always Z, good to see you back and recovering from the evil virus of immobilization. I've been playing a lot of D2 online recently. There is a sizeable resurgence of people playing again since the stealth announcement of Blizzard head-hunting for a new diablo project. You can easily find games on USEast/USWest servers now. Bots are gone.

[@dinofacedindividual9462]

It’s pretty sad that at this point. People are going to get mad at Bethesda no matter what they do.

[@joebaggins8850]

Vincent Wilder yeah a lot of crybabies here.

[@joebaggins8850]

Zaric Zhakaron that's a fair point because no game is perfect and Bethesda games do have flaws of course. But they are still at their heart, amazing games with beautiful world's, brilliant environmental storytelling, fantastic lore and of course amazing soundtracks. I think people are taking the hate too far though, if Fallout 5 was online I would understand the backlash, but people are acting like Todd raped their mother. It's insane.

[@Nemenon]

That ESO video sounds amazing, I'm really excited for that.

[@BennysGamingAttic]

I'm gonna have 8, 9, 10 years to speculate about ES6. I doubt it is going to hit my expectations. Oh shit...I forgot about Starfield

[@jjverona8249]

They only showed the title. Of course you'd easily forget.

[@khoshekh5668]

Imperator Phil Sci-fi and post-apocalyptic are different genres

[@alexhodgkinson6718]

John Angus And Fallout is both

[@khoshekh5668]

Alex Hodgkinson That depends on your conception of sci-fi. Naturally, most post-apocalyptic settings will include elements of advanced technology, such as lasers. However, sci-fi is usually set at the height of civilization where such technology is more widespread. Before the apocalypse, basically. But once again, it does depend on your conception of sci-fi.

[@alexhodgkinson6718]

John Angus just from the fact that it's set in a different universe where humanity went down a different path with cryogenic chambers and energy rifles and the like puts it under the sci fi genre. Take something like Mad Max. That's post apocalypse and western. Not sci fi. I don't actually see post apocalyptic as a genre. It very loose. Anything that's post apocalyptic falls under other genres. But even with this being the case, everything falls under multiple genres now anyway. Nothings just clear cut one genre. Fallout depends on the title. 3 was a sci fi post apocalyptic western for the most part. 4 drops the western but Far Harbor is a sci fi post apocalyptic neo noir.

[@eddiereekie2403]

That re releasing skyrim joke was honestly great! However I hate how people are excited about fallout 76. We probably would of got es6 by now or at least it would be in production if it weren't for eso and putting skyrim on every console imaginable. If fallout 76 is a blockbuster (which I highly doubt it's lifespan surpasses two months) I can see them putting off fallout 5 until they have to. Like they did with es6 because why work on an rpg when you can put out an mmo and mobile games!

[@Seraphim_Belisarius]

I’ve been waiting for this.

[@KitchenSinkSoup]

Todd is like the Peter Molyneux of RPG developers.

[@JayVon_Ro]

Bout time. Thanks for the vid Lord Zaric

[@realMG420]

Fantastic video. You really understand Bethesda and gaming as a whole, and you know how to analyze and explain what they do unlike any other KZbinr. And I completely understand why you aren't going to break apart the Elder Scrolls VI teaser. There probably isn't much to go off of, and it's still at least a few years away. But I am still curious as to what province/provinces you think the game will be set, considering your extensive knowledge of Bethesda and the Elder Scrolls series. I'm going with Hammerfell, but we'll have to wait and see.

[@yeetleslaw8529]

Watching this video in 2021 is kinda hilarious, because nothing has changed. Starfield and ES6 still seem like far off in the distance. I think we will get another kojima game before ES6.

[@nepnep1453]

his prediction of starfield releasing in 2-3 years was close, he just didn't know covid would happen and didn't know he would have to add another year

[@aktivitat6397]

I was waiting to hear your thoughts on this.

[@mobiusbelmont]

Been waiting for this video, thank you

[@pelinalwhitestrake1176]

What region do you live in? It’s like 6am on the east coast. EDIT: I am excited for tes6 I’m a fanboy at heart and probably will be forever. Still love your criticisms and thoughts on all of this.

[@Walht]

William Hickey home town Alabama

[@pelinalwhitestrake1176]

Walht Really? Or is this one of those Alabama jokes😂

[@Nethan2000]

I think he said once that he lives in rural California. I could be mistaken though.

[@pelinalwhitestrake1176]

Zaric Zhakaron Got you

[@viveka2994]

@@Zhakaron your name seems slavic based, are you from central europe?

[@eccoakadicco]

I specifically remember seeing a teleprompter when Todd was on stage. So obviously, what he said was premeditated.

[@needparalegal]

Why would they release VI as long as ESO is profitable? Why compete with yourself?

[@libenhagos9335]

you should play Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodline

[@genesisexodus4687]

Lol your "that me died in my early 20s .." got me laughing so hard .. lol I'm 21 and I feel the same way .. I want to pick apart the small details and what not but the soul to do it now and actually maybe be right / even to speculate when none of it could Be close to to true is futile .. lmao nice comment you made though and great video as always brother !

[@BrandonHartmanGuitar]

been watching this guy's videos for a couple days now. I like this guy.

[@davidwineholt]

Been waiting to hear your thoughts on what went down at e3. I think your spot on as usual. Also i think with the news fallout 76 is entirely online with no NPCs BGS had to let the fans understand they still were focused on single player games. Along with they needed to take all the rabid fans minds off the the fact that they could of been developing StarField and TES6, devoting more manpower and time to those projects instead of trying to cash in on the battle royale type games that are trending in the industry. Still pretty insane BGS had those ads about saving Player 1 while developing a game that eliminates the single player style for a small mmo with the option to do things solo.

[@zackarynation5562]

I'm perfectly fine with a new BGS game every 5 years as long as they keep the quality that they have been which allows us to enjoy their games throughout their lifetime and longer.

[@philippplein4974]

Bruh I swear to god... Mrmattyplays is the biggest Bugthesda fanboy

[@robinwu91009]

God, Lord Zaric is explaining the new branches of CHIM in the TES universe

[@WarDoctor42]

In one of your older videos, you were talking about companies not making original ideas alot and them running with known series. I wanted to know your opinion on BGS making an original sci-fi game, a genre done alot, but new for BGS?

[@DaggrYTB]

Never have you ever sounded less like a person who enjoys Bethesda's games..

[@MrROTD]

They always announce things last minute I'm happy to just wait and see what comes out rather than speculate

[@aintfalco7968]

2 years later

[@aintfalco7968]

@@Zhakaron I'll be an old man -_- Also can't believe the man himself responded within 3 hours. You're awesome. Been binging your elderscrolls content all day.

[@MrGeneralPB]

so FO76 in 2019, Star field in 2021 and Es6 sometime around 2023, add a year or two to that for stability and dlc before it is worth investing any time and money into or a lot more years if they go creation club only or otherwise limit mods

[@EmperorWu21]

what's the mod in the background?

[@Varil92]

21:20 @Zaric Zhakaron, do you know what causes that issue when sometimes closing the menu you get an extra annoying frame from the MCM (which means from SkyUI)? I have this issue too and no one has ever been able to explain me how to fix it. Can anyone please help me?

[@Syphonfllter]

Elder Scrolls 6... I don't want a clone, and I don't expect it to be perfect. I want to feel how I did as a youngin, when I first played Morrowind.. THAT'S the feeling I want. Now FO4, I for one do not regret purchasing it. FO4 has many different aspects that make it very entertaining. I can mod as I want, and play it as I wish. That's what I at least expect with ES6, and hopefully the story telling/lore are more enthralling than before. That's what makes Elder Scrolls what it is after all right? As for 76, I was excited when the trailer came out... and now it's completely online with no NPC's I hear? I'll pass.

[@felixseven8958]

Nice video again! :) Some really good thoughts. Those couple of jokes they've pulled at E3 got me too. I'm curious however, why did Todd insert the "I read it on the internet... so it's true" salty line finishing the joke about the bugs? That was not necessary really, it's completely opposite of what he was saying seconds before, and a bad punchline too.