#Size of the elder scrolls games series#

The worlds of games like Skyrim are condensed, but they are not evenly proportionally condensed. The Elder Scrolls 6 having a larger game world has many implications of other aspects of gameplay, but it also offers Bethesda an interesting opportunity when it comes to the place of magic and magical creatures in that world.

#Size of the elder scrolls games series#

It was used for parts of Oblivion and SkyrimвЂ™s wildernesses as well, though Todd Howard indicated at Brighton Digital 2020 that The Elder Scrolls 6 would make significantly more use of the tool to create a larger game world with more realistically sized towns and cities than the series has had since The Elder Scrolls 2: DaggerfallвЂ™s enormous UK-sized generated world. For those unaware, procedural generation is a tool used to help create large game worlds thatВ generates parts of the world automatically, but then allows developers to go back in and add their own details and NPCs. The Elder Scrolls 6 will use procedural generation to create much of its landscape. RELATED: The Six Cities We'd Love to See in The Elder Scrolls 6 These implications could have a positive impact on some players' immersion, but could also come with downsides that Bethesda will need to be aware of if the next game is going to live up to or even surpass SkyrimвЂ™s legacy. This increase in size could have implications for how the game handles and integrates its more fantastical elements, including magic and magical creatures which are rare in the lore but more common in the condensed worlds of the games. Howard revealed the potentially huge scale of The Elder Scrolls 6вЂ™s map and the method through which this could be achieved by the studio. However, earlier this year, Todd Howard revealed an interesting detail about the way the gameвЂ™sВ world would be created that could have big implications for other aspects of the game. Not much news has been released about The Elder Scrolls 6 since the game's teaser trailer was releasedВ by Bethesda back in 2018.