The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim To Use New Engine

Still glitched to fuck, but hey tessellation and shit!
 
I can't wait for this game.

Oh thank god the other reports were wrong. Quite the relief. 
 
This is, of course, also good news for future Fallout games. Let's hope that Gamebryo is finally in the ground. And let us salt the earth so it may never rise again.

That engine was spectacularly average on the release of Oblivion, my jaw was on the floor seeing no major improvents in the New Vegas Quick Look +4 years later.

" Still glitched to fuck, but hey tessellation and shit!  I can't wait for this game. "

Awesome, excited about a new engine.  Now if only we can get some decent animations and at least a livable 3rd person view.  If that happened I might be terribly addicted to this new game.

whats the betting its still going to be buggy as shit

So long Gamebryo.

Thank the lord that is Todd Howard. Can't wait for this.

I am so utterly excited for this game, it's hardly believable my pants don't have a gaping hole in the crotch from the massive erection I have for it. The Elder Scrolls have been my favorite game series to date, and I honestly wish I could go into a coma until it comes out.

This early trailer, has got me pretty intrigued, because it's already looking epic, and not because there's no gameplay.    

I might just have to give Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, another try again someday on the PC.  I really wanted to love it, but I got bored after wandering around all the time, and that was because I didn't want to follow the plot.   
 

 

I'm still taking a wait and see approach. I dislike busted-ass games and I don't trust Bethesda until I see the proof.

"Bit old-ish this news but that's good nonetheless. Could've sworn I heard a certain Todd Howard say that they're were going to use a heavily modified GameBryo engine though which I guess this sort of is?... "

" whats the betting its still going to be buggy as shit "

Never a fan of GameByro.

Hopefully it's not as glitched as oblivion.

Is it just me or is this console cycle defined by developers really taking lessons from previous games to heart? Maybe I'm just a pessimist, but I really am shocked and impressed most of the time just how much the developers fix/improve in the sequels over the originals. New engine seems like a drastic, yet much needed, step in the right direction, although I am surprised they would make two engines in one generation. Surely, they won't be using the same one in the new console generation, will they?

The engine wasn't the problem with Bethesda games, it was just their crappy programming. Look up the games that run on Gamebryo and the Bethesda games are the only ones that look the way they do with so many bugs. I love their games but they really gotta go through some more testing before release.

This is great news! If these types of open-world games ship with less bugs, their reviews will finally reflect the joy of playing them. It's always been: "It's GOTY, but, only if we were to set aside critical bugs".

If it's anywhere near as great as Oblivion was in it's time this will be bloody brilliant.

" The engine wasn't the problem with Bethesda games, it was just their crappy programming. Look up the games that run on Gamebryo and the Bethesda games are the only ones that look the way they do with so many bugs. I love their games but they really gotta go through some more testing before release. "

with a new engine comes new bugs. but maybe the bugs will be less noticeable than previous gamebryo games.  even if its the buggiest engine ever, ill still play this and love it, because oblivion and fallout 3 have the most hours logged into any game i have ever played.  ever.

Personally I can't wait to do more thief guild queSTOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM!

New engines are always exciting!

" @mosdl:  True but you must also remember, that  new engine= less shitty therefore, new bugs=less shitty which makes no sense.  "

November 11, 2011 - a date which will live in infamy, the United States of the World was suddenly and deliberately attacked by game and movie releases from the Empire of Multimedia.

The old engine was good but it will be nice to see the franchise go beyond its post apocalyptic counterpart.

" That engine was spectacularly average on the release of Oblivion, my jaw was on the floor seeing no major improvents in the New Vegas Quick Look +4 years later. "

"@MJHAYLETT said:

" whats the betting its still going to be buggy as shit "

Thats a given.  EVERY Bethesda game going back to Arena has been buggy as shit.  Christ you should have seen Daggerfall, and the glory that was randomly generated dungeons.  Bethesda does one thing well, huge open world games that look great for their time.  I really wish they would focus more on atmosphere and personality.  The towns, and NPCs have absolutely none.  Also :-/ really hoped they were going to use Rage....I think not having to waist time on a engine would have been great for them, let alone using something as great as Rage. "

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New engine? No more havoc engine?  New engine!
 
BURN IN HELL HAVOC ENGINE!!
 
Alright so maybe that's a bit much, just happy to see it finally being retired.

Fallout and Oblivion were great games, but had more bugs than a cheap motel bed. Oblivion ranks as one of my favs of all time. Horse armor aside :). Can't wait for this.

best news all week

" @RsistncE said:

" I just don't understand why they didn't go with id Tech 5 "

I have a feeling the reasons will present themselves once Rage gets a little closer to release. "

" New engine? No more havoc engine?  New engine!
 
BURN IN HELL HAVOC ENGINE!!
 
Alright so maybe that's a bit much, just happy to see it finally being retired. "

after oblivion, fallout 3 and new vegas on the old engine, i think it was about time. another game on that engine and they would have been vastly behind graphically compared to other games coming out next november.

Just because other sites are covering tweets doesn't mean you should, too.

" Just because other sites are covering tweets doesn't mean you should, too. "

As long as they still allow mods and the community to fix the problems that they refuse to, I'll be happy. Seriously, the PC version of Oblivion was fine after you got the fan patches from the wiki. That said, I'm super hyped for a new Elder Scrolls game. It has been far too long since my last 200 hour playthrough of Oblivion.

"Just because other sites are covering tweets doesn't mean you should, too. "

" @gladspooky said:

"Just because other sites are covering tweets doesn't mean you should, too. "

If it's tweets involving how a Bethesda employee shaved his moustache.. then yeah, I agree, there's no reason to cover them.  Even if it was discussing something trivial.. like the different colour of horses that will be available I could maybe see your point.  But when they're announcing new information about the core gameplay mechanics, or in this case how the game will be running on a totally new engine, why wouldn't it be covered?  It doesn't matter if this is coming from Twitter, Fox News or a gaming event, it is big news that a lot of people have been worried about. "

Glad to hear. I haven't even played New Vegas simply cause I've had enough of that relic of an engine

Great, I hope the interactions with people will be more interesting. Perhaps like Mass effect or dragon age

The old engine was capable of some pretty amazing graphics. Oblivion still compares well to the latest games. All they really needed to improve on is the crazy load times it would randomly choke on. And the crazy random AI.

Hopefully a new engine will also lead to a better (as in more fun) combat system. That's always been my biggest complaint about Bethesda games.

Just thought I'd share this since we're talking about a new engine. Eurogamer is reporting that this is quite possibly still Gamebryo just heavily modified to the point where they are calling it a new engine. There seems to be conflicting information out there. I guess we'll have to wait and see gameplay. The article links out to an interview they did in August with the executive producer (Todd Howard) where it was stated "Howard wouldn't be drawn on many details about the game - thought to be a new Elder Scrolls title - but said the technology was derived from the engine that powered Fallout 3, albeit with significant modifications. "  If that's true, it seems unlikely that it's a new engine since the game has surely been in development for years already.
  http://bit.ly/g7JLZx

Best news ever.Can't wait to see the glitches in this one :)

I need This

THANK FUCK!!!!!!!!!! its been a long time coming :) 
 
edit: actually i rekon it would be quite funny if they used that engine for all their games lol