Settlements will make TESIV a timeless game.
Totally subjective take but FO4’s settlement system is why the game is still enjoyable to this day, largely thanks to Sim Settlements.
A proper settlement system in the Elder Scrolls universe would add so much value in terms of longevity, modded content, and player experience. The potential is too much to note in a single thread. This is my take after imagining how great settlements would’ve been in Skyrim, beyond Hearthfire’s functionality and identical to FO4’s mechanics.
Starfield backpedaled a lot of expectations for me personally. I say this as a 20+ year Bethesda fan. Starfield’s settlement system was ambitious and added more complex resource mining, but failed to make settlement building as intuitive (said loosely) as Fallout’s system. However, the ship builder in Starfield shows the current development team is capable of doing great work for the next Elder Scrolls.
My hope is settlement building is planned for TESIV. Ship building has been speculated amongst YouTubers, but building outposts, villages, and holds excites me most.
Totally subjective take but FO4’s settlement system is why the game is still enjoyable to this day, largely thanks to Sim Settlements.
A proper settlement system in the Elder Scrolls universe would add so much value in terms of longevity, modded content, and player experience. The potential is too much to note in a single thread. This is my take after imagining how great settlements would’ve been in Skyrim, beyond Hearthfire’s functionality and identical to FO4’s mechanics.
Starfield backpedaled a lot of expectations for me personally. I say this as a 20+ year Bethesda fan. Starfield’s settlement system was ambitious and added more complex resource mining, but failed to make settlement building as intuitive (said loosely) as Fallout’s system. However, the ship builder in Starfield shows the current development team is capable of doing great work for the next Elder Scrolls.
My hope is settlement building is planned for TESIV. Ship building has been speculated amongst YouTubers, but building outposts, villages, and holds excites me most.