The Elder Scrolls 6 will be part of a long series of games developed by Bethesda.
Bethesda gained a reputation for trying to make open-world RPG games as immersive as possible.
In the studio’s quest to achieve realism, it managed to create a system seen in Skyrim that should be continued in The Elder Scrolls 6.
The System
The so-called system is the survival mode included with The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Special Edition, and the one we’ve been presented one year after Fallout 4 was launched.
Depending on how one sees Bethesda’s involvement during the development of New Vegas, it’s easy to say that it was the first Bethesda-made game to feature a survival mode (or hardcore mode).
The survival mode added the challenge posed by realism – Players had to eat, sleep, and traverse the open-world without fast travel.
Those are all features that we take for granted in most games of the present.
The Impact Of Survival Mode
Survival Mode wasn’t featured in Skyrim right from the start. The developer needed six years to eventually release Skyrim Special Edition with the survival mode and all DLC.
When the mode is activated, the difficulty remains the same, but the game gets more challenging.
Playing the game on legendary difficulty with survival mode enabled would be a real challenge, though.
The three main changes add a layer of immersive to the experience.
First of all, food becomes useless as you now have to eat in-game. Food used to be extremely useful as it barely restored any HP.
Second, sleeping affects the maximum Magicka levels a potion efficiency and regeneration powers.
Additionally, the climate affects the character! Players can experience the biting cold of Skyrim!
