Board Thread:Future TES Titles/@comment-27941695-20160408000338/@comment-24218133-20160610154425

I've seen a lot of people say they want TES VI to be in Akavir, Valenwood, Elsweyr, some people even suggested Atmora (as awful as that would be). I want to make my points clear:

If I were to create a ranking for where I want TES VI to be located, this is it.

Hammerfell > High Rock > Summerset Isles > Black Marsh > Elsweyr > Valenwood > Morrowind > Akavir > Anything else

Hammerfell: Hammerfell is on top because, when compared to the other provinces we haven't been to, Hammerfell is so diverse. You have the Alik'r Desert, Dragontail mountains, Sentinel which is one of the largest ports in Tamriel, and so much more. It's not all Desert or African as so many casuals seem to think. The Dragontail mountains would be so much more different to the rest of Hammerfell, with Orc Strongholds, Dwarven ruins, and snow, compared to grasslands in the east (probably like Cyrodiil) and the desert to the west. It's also one of the most maritime places in Tamriel, something that we haven't really seen much of before.

High Rock: Many people hate the Bretons "uugh they're so generic" but I spit on them. This is exactly why I want to see High Rock, if Bretons are considered the most "filler" or "bland" race in TES, they should cease to be so, and the only way to really do that is to have High Rock as the setting for a future game. The only problem here is that this could easily be butchered by Bethesda. High Rock is a very political province (basically Tamriel's Westeros) and if this element is dumbed down I would find it hard to forgive them. If done right however, it could easily turn out to be the best TES game to date. They wouldn't take a chance with the climate (Not very diverse, but I find highlands to be more appealing than swamps and deserts, personally).

After this, if Hammerfell or High Rock ISN'T the setting, I'd be somewhat dissappointed.

Summerset: Here's the thing, I have no doubt Summerset would be a nice place to see, it looks good and it's not that bland, but how is this gonna work out? You're fighting the Dominionin their homeland? Nah, I don't think so. That would be way too predictable. Oblivion's story wasn't hinted at in Morrowind (except for maybe Wulf, but that was ambiguous), nor Skyrim's in Oblivion. If you're supposed to destroy the Dominion in Summerset, this would make for extremely limiting play, you would basically have to complete the MQ before anything else. I certainly wouldn't like that. This doesn't need to be the case however. I have no problem with the 2nd great war taking place between the games. But that would kinda be adding insult to injury, people want Summerset because they want to fight the Dominion. If not, what's the point?

Black Marsh: The Argonians are probably the most interesting race in TES next to the Dunmer. I'd really like to see them, but the problem is Black Marsh. Swamp, Swamp, Swamp. It would get boring so quickly. The problem isn't that Black Marsh would kill any non-argonians, I think that's a metaphor actually. Black Marsh is thick and moist, and Argonians are experts of guerilla warfare. That's what makes it difficult to invade. No doubt it has fierce animals and dangerous diseases, but I think that would be good actually. Makes a point about survival that TES hasn't done before (the wilderness isn't a playground like it often appears to be in Skyrim/Oblivion, Morrowind handled this a bit better because of the Blight, but it suffered nonetheless.) The fact that Black Marsh seems like a very isolated place doesn't sound very appealing though.

Elsweyr: Sorry, but the Khajiit culture doesn't appeal to me, and neither does their homeland. I'd rather be exploring Black Marsh surrounded by tree-worshipping lizards than be stuck in a jungle/desert with cats an entire game. That being said, if done right it wouldn't be too bad, but that seems like too much wishful thinking.

Valenwood: I must say no. A giant forest with giant trees and short elves is not something I want to see. Personally, I consider the Bosmer to be the most generic of all TES races and I dislike them. Only cool part about them is the wild hunt, bu that doesn't warrant a game in my eyes.

Akavir: A game set in Akavir would be a big slap in the face to the TES fandom. They would abandon everything they made in Tamriel just to move to another place that should remain mysterious? How will they even do that? What's the story? Apart from Valenwood and Elsweyr which could be okay settings for a TES game, there is no way this would work. No way.

Everything else: Pyandonea, Atmora, Yokuda, all of this is definetly not worth talking about.

Of course, all of Tamriel would be nice, but it's far to ambitious to be possible.