Still catching up!
From Kotaku, then:
From Kotaku, then:
On the one hand, well, it's about goddamn time already, isn't it? Thank the Lord. Much as I've enjoyed the wastes of Fallout 3 and New Vegas - and I have, albeit to varying extents - I'd been wondering when word would finally get out about the next Elder Scrolls, and though this isn't it, not in any sort of official capacity, I think we can safely take the leak as confirmation of a sort that yes, would you believe it, there's another Elder Scrolls in the works.
Good stuff!
On the other hand, a direct sequel to Oblivion? Oh.
Well, that sucks a bit. For me most of all, probably. Twice I've played through Oblivion, would you believe it: the first time on the PC, where I got perhaps 50 hours in, then again on the Xbox 360, with which version I spent in excess of 100 hours before my save files somehow became corrupted. And on neither occasion did I manage to finish the story quests; being prone to distraction in a game positively founded on the prospect of hiding missions in every nook and cranny turned out to be something of a nightmare for me.
A nightmare I very much enjoyed, I'll say - and both times - but given what Oblivion's put me through, I don't know that I have the will to go back to it, the better to be ready for The Elder Scrolls V.
Still. Sign me up, thank you very much. I've kind of lost heart in the Japanese RPGs I grew up in adoration of... they just didn't grow up with me, you know? Western-developed equivalents, on the other hand - Mass Effect, all that - tend to have enough maturity about them to hook me into the open worlds and familiar old levelling mechanics I used to love.
So I say again: good stuff! :)