Where will TES VI take place?

[utopium]

So far everyone seems to assume that the next game will be in one region, but don't forget that Daggerfall took place in both Hammerfell and High Rock. The empire is more divided now and the next game may reflect a conflict between two regions. Personally I am not going to jump to any conclusions about where it will be, but keep in mind that Bethesda can decide whatever they like including the game spanning more than one region.

[Fixadent]

Maybe they'll continue/connect to the stories of the first two elder scrolls games.

Edited November 21, 2016 by Fixadent

[Farvat]

I personally think that, Argonia, will be the title of Tes VI, perhaps as it was filtered. Valenwood is definitely the other possible location, definitely more commercial. But remember that the shadow of Morrowind with its unique setting and original still represents an ideal model for the saga, especially after the half disaster of Tes IV Oblivion.

Bethesda after many years, the publication of Skyrim, will need to distinguish itself from competitors and the winning move would be represented by the alien nature of Black Marsh. The new game in the series will enjoy a new graphics engine, but I have my doubts that it will match its competitors, so it will be the setting on that Bethesda could bet much. Valenwood and Black Marsh offer both original and interesting environments.
Valenwood is certainly very good, given the strangeness of Bosmers against the classic wood elves. The problem is that Valenwood, is completely inside the Aldmeri Dominion, and then the imperial presence, would be too limited and the room for maneuver within a tyrannical regime, could pose some difficulty for an open world game.
The Argonians instead from the political point of view, may offer more room for maneuver, and the philosophical theme of the game concerns undoubtedly the clash between individualism and collectivism, which is one of the issues that revolve around the idea of ​​the Hist, as a beehive mind of vegetal nature, creator of Argonians. Already from the Lore it is apparent that the Hist experiences a fracture on the inside between the fact that one of its nodes has separated showing individual nature, and in fact giving way to a kind of civil war that would offer the possibility to choose as Skyrim, with that faction siding.Valenwood would lend itself better for a future or TEs VII
Of course Argonians, are the race less attractive, have some initial difficulty aesthetic to deal with, for the player, but Morrowind could be the perfect model applicable to Black Marsh, with thematic locations and strongly characterized.

[forskyrimmods]

If they do use Blackmarsh the main quest I hope will be centered around the dark brotherhood or Sithis. It's always interesting whenever something about Sithis comes up (It's the only book I read in Oblivion)

I assume they will use the Hist in the main storyline so they would have to include Sithis. Since Sithis is above the Aedra and the Daedra it would be interesting too see what the thoughts are of his and how they portray him.

[Lachdonin]

It could also be disastrous. Just like they've oversimplified the Aedra down to simple different naming conventions, treating Sithis as anything but a primal force of change would, IMO, greatly diminish the setting as a whole. Sithis shouldn't be a Person, or even a Thing. It's a force, not something with personality or any sort of agency.

[forskyrimmods]

I don't think he should be a person either , but it would be nice if he had a large amount of influence over the world in a main story line. If he could communicate with the night mother than he can communicate with anyone else in the story , and if he is communicating then he must have a personality of some type or at least he had some intentions.

[Lachdonin]

Ah, but is he communicating? There's a not insubstantial amount of evidence that either the Night Mother, or Sithis, is in fact Mephala just screwing with the Brotherhood.

I think that Sithis would certainly play a significant role in a Blackmarsh game, though exactly what remains uncertain. I'd rather it stay as a primal force, no intelligence or will, just an unending cosmic force of destruction.

 

That's not to say that i don't think Sithis shouldn't have a prominent influence in Blackmarsh. It's a force that is well recognised by the Hist, and the Argonians. But i'm not entirely keen on it being conscious in any way.

Edited November 24, 2016 by Lachdonin

[Fixadent]

The story won't center around dragons or daedra, so what are some of the theories about it's storyline?

[TheMastersSon]

IMO Oblivion owes much of its staying power to environmental beauty. So wherever TES VI takes place I hope it's warmer and greener than Skyrim. I also hope Bethesda doesn't find a way to feature a post-apocalypse setting, where everything is already destroyed. It's evident from FO and even ES that they've discovered destroyed environments are very cheap ones to produce. Between that and their willingness to overuse copy/paste functions, I have my doubts about any new ES title. I'd be as or more excited about an Oblivion VR announcement than TES VI.

[Fixadent]

IMO Oblivion owes much of its staying power to environmental beauty. So wherever TES VI takes place I hope it's warmer and greener than Skyrim. I also hope Bethesda doesn't find a way to feature a post-apocalypse setting, where everything is already destroyed. It's evident from FO and even ES that they've discovered destroyed environments are very cheap ones to produce. Between that and their willingness to overuse copy/paste functions, I have my doubts about any new ES title. I'd be as or more excited about an Oblivion VR announcement than TES VI.

I'd like to see lush green forests and grass.