Temper Your Expectations For The Elder Scrolls 6

is still many years away and a former Bethesda developer with plenty of experience with the franchise wants fans to lower their expectations. Announced with a teaser trailer in 2018, the reveal that another game was in development took the fan base by storm, but unveiling the project so early has resulted in more frustration than excitement. Given that received its first trailer at the same time and took five years to develop, it's safe to assume that won't see the light of day soon.

Per Game Rant, Bruce Nesmith, a former game designer at Bethesda who worked on major titles like, and, told YouTube channel Kiwi Talkz that it will be "" for the sixth game to live up to the hype.

Despite this, Nesmith still has faith in the studio and is confident that is"." Regardless, the player base won't be able to avoid comparing it to older titles, making it harder to meet those lofty expectations.

When it comes to the notorious hype train that's so crucial to marketing a video game, building up fans' excitement for too long can be detrimental. Nesmith has a point regarding player expectations since the community will have waited over a decade since the last single-player . is still considered to be one of the most important, influential RPGs of all time, so the lengthy wait for a sequel has raised the excitement to a point where anticipation is running wild.

Bethesda announcing the game so early adds to the problem as confirmation that is happening only makes fans want the game more. The longer a project sits in development, the more rumors begin to spread about the experience, setting up the community for some major disappointments. Fandoms tend to hype themselves up and expect the impossible for games with lengthy development cycles, as evidenced by titles like, and even Bethesda's own .

Bethesda’s highly anticipated next fantasy RPG is still apparently years away, but another game releasing sooner might have some of the same appeal.

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