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[McBryBry]

And if so, do you think they'll play a major role?

I was thinking about Skyrim and how the dragons are the main plot of the game. Then I remembered back to when the game first came out in 2011, and I remember any game player in high school was excited for it because "Dude, do you see this?!? Look at these dragons! You get powers from these badass dragons!"

The hype for the game amongst my peers had a lot to do with the fact that it had and focused on badass looking dragons and their abilities. I still love the game for much more than that, but that was the gateway, and I feel its a big reason why it had large success from the start.

So do you think they will be implimented to a lesser degree in the next game? Or maybe to the same level or not implemented at all.

 

[60EffPeeEss]

I fucking hope not.

Before Skyrim, they were considered extinct, and they only returned thanks to Alduin.

I love Elder Scrolls because it isn't typical fantasy fare, but Bethesda are all too happy these days to weaken its uniqueness by troping out on stuff like dragons as a plot point.

 

[strafer]

I hope so, I wanna ride dragons like I was promised in Skyrim.

 

[Gamer @ Heart]

I hope so, I wanna ride dragons like I was promised in Skyrim.

But you could....

 

[Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule]

It will have even cooler big creatures.

 

[DOWN]

Skyrim had them too frequently. Dragon sage Inquisition did it best.

 

[Trogdor1123]

But you could....

You could? Really? How?

OT:

I hope so but not as common as in Skyrim, maybe just one that is kind of hidden and hard to get to.

 

[Onivulk]

I feel like there is an expectation of dragons now. It would be like Fallout without deathclaws If they take away the dragons.

 

[McBryBry]

It will have even cooler big creatures.

What though? One reason I can see them pulling dragons again is because the regular consumer can look at the game and go "Yep, that's a dragon" like my peers did when Skyrim came out. I don't know what creature could be more iconic.

 

[Baraka in the White House]

Dragon fights in Skyrim never really lived up to my imagination.

Then again, the "every weapon has the feel of a foam bat" combat didn't help at all.

 

[Gamer @ Heart]

You could? Really? How?

OT:

I hope so but not as common as in Skyrim, maybe just one that is kind of hidden and hard to get to.

Well, you do in the story at the end.

But with the dragon born dlc you get a bend will shout that lets you control and ride them

 

[ckohler]

I think there are some hints that the next game will be set in Elsweyr.

 

[lokeloski]

I hope not, but Bethesda sure loves to kill the uniqueness of Elder Scrolls.

Maybe it's too late for them to go back, since they love to swim in monies.

 

[Plumpbiscuit]

I'm pretty sure it will have dragons after the success of Skyrim. Dragons have been in since Arena.

 

[Fata1moose]

Not like the Dragon born killed every Dragon that was brought back to life. So there should be some Dragons flying around Tamriel. The game should have them far less frequently though, it'd be cool if it only had 1 or 2 in the game.

 

[ReaperXL7]

My guess would be yes, or they will have to figure out something as big to fight instead. I'm also expecting F4s town building to end up in VI as well.

 

[Effect]

I hope not. At least not how they were done in Skyrim. I hated having them appear all the time after a while no matter where you went.

 

[strafer]

I hope not. At least not how they were done in Skyrim. I hated having them appear all the time after a while no matter where you went.

Well, all you have to do is not do the first kill dragon quest and they stay gone forever.

 

[DSix]

My understanding is there will be ride-able dragons if it's set in Argonia.

 

[Loxley]

I could do without them. They were a cool novelty in Skyrim but I don't need them in every ES game going forward. I sort of wish that dragons in Skyrim were more like the ones in Dragon's Dogma - few and far between and hard as balls if you're not prepared properly.

It kind of ruined their mystique a bit with just how frequently you encountered them in Skyrim.

 

[Masterspeed]

I think it will. I'm sure Alduin didn't release all the dragons only in Skyrim, I'm sure it would of been most of Tamriel.

Also, I just hope it's a case of one or two dragons that are huge bosses for none Main Storyline quests.

 

[yanipheonu]

My bigger question is if they keep or replace getting Words of Power. That was a fun mechanic.

 

[King_Moc]

100 odd dragons, everywhere, all the time. And with combat where you just run up to them and mash the trigger. Nah, it was pretty bad in skyrim. These big epic fights clearly aren't one of Bethesda's strengths.

 

[jooey]

But you could....

no, RIDE dragons, wink wink

 

[PedroLumpy]

I don't think they fit in the world without the context from Skyrim's story. The world is crowded enough that dragons would immediately be in conflict with humans, even without a Dragonborn running around. Humans and dragons would have to fight until one side is pushed to the brink of Extinction.

That being said, it's a game so fuck it, do whatever.

 

[C.Mongler]

Probably, and it'll probably have god damn unicorns and gnomes too.

 

[TissueBox]

Elder Scrolls has always had dragons. I'm betting Bethesda will let it wind back down for EVI and focus on something else though.

 

[Sou Da]

Before Skyrim, they were considered extinct, and they only returned thanks to Alduin.

Super Mutants, Jet.

Bethesda does not care. They will be back.

 

[Masterspeed]

Super Mutants, Jet.

Bethesda does not care. They will be back.

What does that imply? It's been years since I beat Fallout 3 and that's the only one I've fully completed. Was there some reason for both not to be in other locations in America or something?

Also reminds me of the purified water in Washington just being... There.

 

[belmonkey]

If anything, I think that maybe there would only be a few dragons left at that point. Dunno if they would turn out to be friend or foe though.Perhaps they could even go for a Dark Souls covenant sort of approach where you follow in the "path of the dragon" and can become a sort of dragon hybrid? After dragons as a main theme though, I don't know what they could have to top it.

no, RIDE dragons, wink wink

Oh bby

 

[Bubba_Sparks]

I think they will probably use a different mechanic for the next Elder Scrolls game. Something to go with the change of location.

 

[Rickenslacker]

no, RIDE dragons, wink wink

Bad dragons?

 

[lazygecko]

Dragons are in every Elder Scrolls. They are just invisible and very very quiet.

 

[JPS Kai]

Space dragons, maybe.

 

[DMiz]

Given the way that the series has evolved with Fallout 4 (and by 'series', I'm referring to most of the Bethesda games in general), I'm more concerned with how much Bethesda will take out rather than what they will put in.

I don't have much confidence in an ESVI unless they show me that they will meaningfully respond to criticisms to FO4 (and why it doesn't have, at least to me, the same draw as FO3 or even Skyrim itself) and address those changes.

"Base-building", "voiced main characters", and tepid action gameplay is not what sold me these experiences when I started with Oblivion. And other open-world games have done a fantastic job of increasing the feeling of exploration and world-interaction in the interim time.

So, whether or not the game has dragons, Bethesda needs to show me more meaingful GAMEPLAY before i will hop in like I did with FO4.

 

[Mesoian]

I hope so, I wanna ride dragons like I was promised in Skyrim.

Um...you totally could.

Given the way that the series has evolved with Fallout 4 (and by 'series', I'm referring to most of the Bethesda games in general), I'm more concerned with how much Bethesda will take out rather than what they will put in.

I don't have much confidence in an ESVI unless they show me that they will meaningfully respond to criticisms to FO4 (and why it doesn't have, at least to me, the same draw as FO3 or even Skyrim itself) and address those changes.

"Base-building", "voiced main characters", and tepid action gameplay is not what sold me these experiences when I started with Oblivion. And other open-world games have done a fantastic job of increasing the feeling of exploration and world-interaction in the interim time.

So, whether or not the game has dragons, Bethesda needs to show me more meaingful GAMEPLAY before i will hop in like I did with FO4.

Yeah, TES6 is going to have a lot to prove after Fallout 4 and TESO (which I GUESS is not a bad game, but is not the experience that people who enjoy TES series are looking for).

 

[Nheco]

It's not like that all of them had died on Skyrim, so I expect them to be present, but waaaaaay less present than in Skyrim.

 

[BetterThanNothing]

They'll find some excuse to have them or something very similar.

I hope they actually do something with water in the next one, Argonians can fucking breath that shit and they never take advantage of it. There's almost no point for water in the game at all, and it's something that's severely missing in almost every RPG. Then again, if the trend since Morrowind is any indication, the next game won't even really be an RPG. Just a FPS with really shitty combat and some very limited options in skillsets.

Do you want to be a mage that shoots blue or red?

Do you want to wield axes, or swords?

Want to shoot arrows? You can do that.

Now watch these shit animations take place in slow motion.

 

[Rellik]

Probably, and it'll probably have god damn unicorns and gnomes too.

A gnome you can carry around with you and launch into space?

 

[TDLink]

Ask in a few years when they actually start working on it

 

[PulseONE]

More than likely, I doubt the Dragonborn killed ALL of them that got resurrected

If they are in though, I'd prefer it be a rare thing...

Maybe they can have just one dragon as a quest giver on a side quest or something

 

[Emperor_Uriel]

Doubt it, for a few reasons. The dragon fights mostly sucked, especially in a post Dragon's Dogma world, and I hated knowing what the strongest enemy in the game was right from the start.

The next setting is probably Hammerfell, which means Sword Singing will replace shouts. No need for dragons without a dovakiin MC.

 

[Brokun]

I actually really liked the dragons in Skyrim.

But I don't need dragons in the next Elder Scrolls. Actually, not only do I not need it, I don't want it. Let's give dragons a break.

There are totally going to be dragons in the next Elder Scrolls though.

 

[Transistor]

It can have whatever it wants as long as it has meaningful exploration again

 

[JeffZero]

Given the way that the series has evolved with Fallout 4 (and by 'series', I'm referring to most of the Bethesda games in general), I'm more concerned with how much Bethesda will take out rather than what they will put in.

I don't have much confidence in an ESVI unless they show me that they will meaningfully respond to criticisms to FO4 (and why it doesn't have, at least to me, the same draw as FO3 or even Skyrim itself) and address those changes.

"Base-building", "voiced main characters", and tepid action gameplay is not what sold me these experiences when I started with Oblivion. And other open-world games have done a fantastic job of increasing the feeling of exploration and world-interaction in the interim time.

So, whether or not the game has dragons, Bethesda needs to show me more meaingful GAMEPLAY before i will hop in like I did with FO4.

My thoughts exactly. Fallout 4 did next to nothing for me. It soured my hopes on The Elder Scrolls VI: Redguard,

Spoiler

coming to PS6/Xbox Omega/PC on November 26, 2026, lol.

 

[Hadoukie]

Fuck dragons. Brought nothing to the game.

I'll only be interested in ESVI if it's set in Elsweyr.

 

[PulseONE]

It can have whatever it wants as long as it has meaningful exploration again

Quest design that doesn't mean you're arbitrarily following quest markers is a dream that will never see the light of day again I feel

 

[Vincent Grayson]

I doubt they will feature heavily in ES6. I do suspect they'll find a reason to give you cool powers beyond normal character stuff though. Shouts were kinda fun, but needed something more.

 

[Transistor]

Quest design that doesn't mean you're arbitrarily following quest markers is a dream that will never see the light of day again I feel

Sadly, I agree. Morrowind was the last Bethesda game that did it right

 

[SL128]

My guess: there will be one pseudo-hidden quest along the lines of the Daedric Prince quests with a dragon.