We've been going back through the PC Gamer vault looking for stories to revisit, reassess, or just have an honest "weren't we naive?" chuckle about, and few have ticked all three boxes as much as our February 2012 "Armchair Designer" column, "Ten things we want to see in Elder Scrolls 6."
It was a scant three months after the launch of Skyrim, and little did we know that we'd be waiting on TES 6 in the future year 2026, seven years after the setting of Blade Runner, and just one before Deus Ex: Human Revolution (also released in 2011).
By the way, I say "we," but I was still in high school when this article ran, and the unattributed author is likely no longer a member of our team—though we do have plenty of decade-plus veterans on both sides of the Atlantic. I've shared images of the original article at the bottom of this story, but here's a summary of the wishlist:
- A 200+ year time skip, returning to the Iliac Bay region of Daggerfall. 2:1 odds
- Depart Tamriel entirely in favor of the oft-mentioned continent of Akavir. 50:1 odds
- Return to Morrowind's sensibility for NPC permadeath and reactivity. 100:1 odds
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