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What is Zenimax Online Studios’ Next Project? - Bill Murphy - MMORPG.com

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited May 2019 in News & Features Discussion

imageWhat is Zenimax Online Studios’ Next Project? - Bill Murphy - MMORPG.com

As we learned yesterday, ZOS is indeed working on at least one new game that’s not Elder Scrolls Online. Judging by hiring calls on their website, it looks like it may be two new games - one PC and console focused, and one mobile F2P focused. Or perhaps it’s one larger project that somehow merges the two. The question is - just WTF is their next big game?

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  • DecardCainDecardCain Member UncommonPosts: 45
    Can't wait to see what are they working on.
  • LuidenLuiden Member RarePosts: 337
    Romans in space?
  • Panther2103Panther2103 Member EpicPosts: 5,779
    Obviously it's going to be a sequel to their hit game Gubble from the PS1.
  • ChaserzChaserz Member RarePosts: 336
    Agree as ususal Bill. Regardless of the sour grapes types, if Zenimax announces something new their record of successes make it welcome news. :)
  • AngryElfAngryElf Member UncommonPosts: 194
    TL;DR
    Wait and see
  • GreatswordGreatsword Member RarePosts: 428
    Something with ugly animations and horrible combat
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  • RobWhiteRobWhite Member UncommonPosts: 26

    DirtyDozen said:

    Loot Boxes Online... with cash shop, optional sub, and DLC's.



    Just slap an IP on it and ship it.



    This is my dream game. I am throwing money at the screen but nothing happens. What am I doing wrong?
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  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    DMKano said:
    I'll never tell ;)
    I won't either but then, I have no clue.
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  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    blueturtle13 said:
    I don’t have an inkling as to what Matt Firor’s next dream project is.


    Word is it is not his dream project but something he has talked about wanting to do for a long while now.
    Has he talked about that "something" publicly? Do tell.
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  • R3d.GallowsR3d.Gallows Member UncommonPosts: 155
    Weapon designers? Here comes another looter shooter :P
  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,936
    DMKano said:
    I'll never tell ;)
    Can you tell us if we're going to like it? Or if the masses are going to gnash their teeth?  B)
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  • GeezerGamerGeezerGamer Member EpicPosts: 8,857
    Let's see. ESO has been a Rocky road, but I understand it's doing fairly well at the moment. But then SWTOR had this stage too. OK, from there, we have Oblivion, to Skyrim, to SSE with Creation Club. Parallel that with FO3, FONV, FO4, Creation Club to FO76. Do you really need to ask where this is going to end up? Does it really matter what IP they use?  The writing is on the wall. Zenimax/Bethesda's best days are behind them. I fully expect TES 6 to be exploitative disaster. So, I expect little difference from this project as well.
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  • rodarinrodarin Member EpicPosts: 2,611
    Its ironic that all the experts here hate some of the most popular games out there today. WoW and ESo easily the two most played games in terms of population yet if you took a poll here of the forum regulars they wouldnt be graded above 3/10 probably. Add in Fortnite and you have a trifecta.

    So its obvious the orange names here really dont know shit about what appeals to the masses.

    And as a guy who has been around a long long time a mediocre game with a lot of people playing it is a much better experience than a 'great' game that has a dozen people playing it.

    Also there are clearly no 'great' games coming or even being dreamt about yet. So take what you can get and be happy I guess.

    With all that being said the flavor of the month genre is feudalistic era stuff. Way outside Bethesdas comfort zone to be sure but would be interesting to see them give it a whirl. Because it also fits with there M.O. just reskinning something and slapping a new title on it.

    IMO the best concept for a game was Life is Feudal the implementation was shit. They also had one of the very best engines for world building where you can manipulate the existing landscape beyond any other game (that isnt complete voxel/minecrafty).

    Also despite what everyone thinks there has to be a story and goals and advancement of some sort. this whole wet dream of 'sand box' has been exposed as lazy and uninspired. Building (and eventually destroying) isnt a good model for 'content', nor is straight up PvP. You do need an open world with the ability to manipulate and even 'own' pieces of it.You should also have an indepth crafting and economic system that no developer has gotten right yet. One where at most 1% of any given expert can make a specific item or style. that way crafting would actually mean something in games. Where the finished product is actually worth more than the materials it takes to create it.

    Zenimax/Bethesda has never been good on the crafting aspect so I doubt they will surprise here. I also doubt they break anything off thats much more advanced than ESO. I also wouldnt be surprised if whatever they do release is just a reskin of every other game they have already created. Thats why I thought medieval right off the bat.
  • SlyLoKSlyLoK Member RarePosts: 2,698
    Wish they would start work on putting ESO on another engine.
  • bcbullybcbully Member EpicPosts: 11,843
    GoT of course. It’s pretty wild similar the two’s lore are. 
  • MadFrenchieMadFrenchie Member LegendaryPosts: 8,505
    edited May 2019
    I'm having a hard time imagining a GoT game that isn't disappointing.

    Unless it's a game where your most beloved companions get permanently insta-gibbed outta nowhere by your enemies (repeatedly), it's not going to even feel like a GoT game.  And GoT has never been about the actual physical fighting, which makes it a rather precarious IP for a video game developer to approach.

    Telltale was likely the best developer to have handled the IP for this medium, honestly.  Their focus on focusing quick decision-making with hard choices, unexpected consequences, and interactions between a relatively small list of key characters was the best fit for the IP.

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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,936
    rodarin said:

    So its obvious the orange names here really dont know shit about what appeals to the masses.


    To be fair, not one orange name here said anything bad about Elder Scrolls Online or World of Warcraft or any popular name.

    I'd bet, if you made a poll, most people would be able to nail what the masses would love. Whether they like it or not doesn't matter.

    Also, rumor has it Iselin really like Elder Scrolls Online. Shhh mums the word! B)
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  • seratinseratin Member UncommonPosts: 17
    Maybe they're referring to Doom Eternal?  It's being built on Id Tech 7 which is a new game engine.  That checks all the boxes so far.
    MadFrenchie
  • MadFrenchieMadFrenchie Member LegendaryPosts: 8,505
    Sovrath said:
    rodarin said:

    So its obvious the orange names here really dont know shit about what appeals to the masses.


    To be fair, not one orange name here said anything bad about Elder Scrolls Online or World of Warcraft or any popular name.

    I'd bet, if you made a poll, most people would be able to nail what the masses would love. Whether they like it or not doesn't matter.

    Also, rumor has it Iselin really like Elder Scrolls Online. Shhh mums the word! B)
    In fact, I've literally said multiple times "I can't stand the game, but it's a quality game and I understand why it's popular."

    It's always the oranges' fault. :D
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  • gervaise1gervaise1 Member EpicPosts: 6,919
    MadFrenchie said:
    Sovrath said:
    rodarin said:

    So its obvious the orange names here really dont know shit about what appeals to the masses.


    To be fair, not one orange name here said anything bad about Elder Scrolls Online or World of Warcraft or any popular name.

    I'd bet, if you made a poll, most people would be able to nail what the masses would love. Whether they like it or not doesn't matter.

    Also, rumor has it Iselin really like Elder Scrolls Online. Shhh mums the word! B)
    In fact, I've literally said multiple times "I can't stand the game, but it's a quality game and I understand why it's popular."

    It's always the oranges' fault. :D
    I blame it on the apples.
    MadFrenchieRolanStorm
  • LimnicLimnic Member RarePosts: 1,116
    edited May 2019
    seratin said:
    Maybe they're referring to Doom Eternal?  It's being built on Id Tech 7 which is a new game engine.  That checks all the boxes so far.
    That's being developed by id. We aren't likely to have an official announcement regarding whatever game Zenimax Online is hiring for, for at least another year or more. It's unlikely to be any of the currently announced titles from Beth/Zenimax.
    MadFrenchie
  • seratinseratin Member UncommonPosts: 17
    Limnic said:
    That's being developed by id. We aren't likely to have an official announcement regarding whatever game Zenimax Online is hiring for, for at least another year or more. It's unlikely to be any of the currently announced titles from Beth/Zenimax.
    Id is a subsidiary of Zenimax, so that doesn't necessarily rule it out.
  • LimnicLimnic Member RarePosts: 1,116
    But id and ZOE are not the same studios, and id has already been identified as the developer on promotional material. If ZOE had a hand at all in DOOM Eternal you'd see their logo or credits alongside id's.
  • Octagon7711Octagon7711 Member LegendaryPosts: 9,004
    Don't know about Zeni but Bethesda's next project appeared to be plagiarism.

    Bethesda pulls Elder Scrolls tabletop adventure amid plagiarism accusations
    Adventure made to promote Elsweyr expansion appears to lifted from another D&D work
    https://www.polygon.com/2019/5/8/18537481/elder-scrolls-plagiarism-elsweyr-dungeons-and-dragons

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