Bethesda Confirms Modding for Skyrim
Bethesda has confirmed that Skyrim's new Creation Engine will support modding.
Confirmation comes via Big Download, who point to the official message board where a Bethesda community manager confirmed that the PC version of Skyrim specifically will support mods, just as previous games in the series have done.
'Like the Elder Scrolls Construction Set for Morrowind and Oblivion, we plan to release Creation Kit so you guys can mod Skyrim,' said the community manager in question.
Skyrim will move players to the northernmost reaches of Tamriel, where The Elder Scrolls have prophesied the rising of a dragon that could destroy the world. You, the last Dragonborn, must avert this catastrophe.
Skyrim is currently set for a November 2011 release, but until then you can let us know your thoughts in the forums.
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Discuss in the forums Replyalso joe do you ever leave the office?
Still, it's certainly better news than it could have been with the decline in developer-supported modding as of late.
Releasing a game that doesn't need patching 5 minutes after its launch would also be nice.
ROFL, dillusional bethesda fanboy, hardcore? Stay tru to their form? LOL, Oblivion was the most watered down, dumbded down, shallow, broken RPG I have ever seen.
Troll more. I wasn't a huge fan of Oblivion, but it wasn't as bad as you make it out to be. I suppose you prefer the Treyarch/IW model of recycling the same engine and putting it into 3-4 different games, charging ridiculous prices (MW2 still costs upwards of $50, and if you include all the MW2 DLC, it quickly approaches $100) and basically adding a few new features to the game? Save yourself some embarrassment and just admit you're trolling.
Its got nothing on Morrowind but Oblivion was still a cracking game. Maybe not an rpg in the traditional sense but still awesome.
HUH? Nice job of assuming, I have not played or bought a COD game since cod 2..............
And no im not trolling, here we go again, someone doesn't like a game they troll, if they love it they are a fanboy? Bit-tech, where kids post.
No one can look at oblivion and say with a straight face it was a good RPG, or hardcore in anyway. The game, levelling system,. loot scaling, lack of depth, hand holding, linearity of almost all quests, lack of dialog, wooden NPC's. Mods are the only thing that made it playable so that is a plus i guess. For a game so open, it is one of the most linear, straight forward RPG's i have played. Im a massive orc with zero magic skill, but I became arch mage of the mages guild, how logical. You hear the fighters guild is hiring, everyone in Cyrodill has, because its all they say for weeks on end. Its a RPG designed for the afore mentioned COD gamers on Xbox.
The lack of variety in the environment, caves also made it a repetitive bore, and the worst main story in years. Close another Oblivion gate? No thanks. I suck at writing I think i could have written a better main quest line.
its not all bad, Dark Brotherhood was fun, enchanting items made the loot scaling a little less terrible. The game was pretty before you realised everything was the same everywhere,
+1
I Lol'd!
How the hell do you know what the enhancements in skyrim are? The game is 10 months away from release!!
I loved Oblivion, wanted to play it for months n months.
And then i experienced Oblivion's leveling system and i haven't been able to play much, i just hate that system.
What's so bad about a generic xp leveling system anyway? Innovation is good and all but not when it ruins the entire game.
Ah well just another thing the modding community sorted out hehe
@mastorofpuppetz - you would rather they didn't include stuff from the community?
Or just wanted to laugh at a game company for recognising that their community is awesome and churns out some pretty good stuff that if included in future games would make everything better all round...
Same here, the levelling system was horrible.
I restarted the game with AF levelling mod and Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul (OOO) and still love to return to the game for a few hours every now and then.
Please show me where I said I rather they not? in fact, i said the exact opposite, not sure what your even getting at. Still no game company relies on the community for ideas then bethesda. Really, many of the community enhancements were no brainers for oblivion to begin with.
Yeah I much preferred Morrowind to Oblivion.
Gotta say I wasn't a fan of the levelling system either..and the UI! Don't get me started..
I didn't say you was or wasn't, i was asking you hence the question mark at the end of the sentence.
I wish more game companies took note and ideas from their community rather then blindly bumble about adding stuff in that might seem good to them.
Yeah, not sure what Bethesda were thinking when doing the UI, worst Ui ever, and for those saying it was consolized, it sucked on console to, just a terrible UI. Again, mods to the rescue.