That's an interesting topic, and something I haven't really put much thought into. I suppose the reason I like fantasy is because it's so vastly different to our own world, and since most aspects of it are made up you don't really need to bother on whether or not it "makes sense" from a realistic stand point. And for me, it's kind of "the more alien the world, the better". GoT I like, but I still find Middle-Earth and Tamriel to be more enjoyable. More new things to see and learn about, I suppose would be a good way of explaining it. Just in TES itself, I find Morrowind's world (with mushroom trees and living Gods) to be a lot more entertaining than Skyrim's (with the more familiar Norse setting and (for fantasy) dragons), which in turn I prefer over Oblivion, which Magic and Elves aside, is a lot more similar to a real-world Medieval setting. Which is one of the reason's I've never been able to get into Fallout. All or at least most of the places and items can be found in the real world, and I've never found it's Lore to incredibly realistic, since it's actually mean't to be in our world; it's been 200+ years, but the closest mankind's come to rebuilding is a few make-shift towns of a couple dozen people, which somehow have access to 200+ year old food that's still edible. Though I admit I probably put too much thought into how things like that's possible, it just makes things a lot more believabe when it's not actually in our world to begin with. Had Fallout have been based on another planet or have a completely different timeline to our world, I'd probably find it a lot more believable. If TES had a 250 year old box of mac and cheese, I could attribute that to some magic that's been keeping it edible, or making it deteriorate slower or something. But since Fallout doesn't have magic to begin with, I'm forced to believe that my character's eating food from two centuries ago. But again, I probably put too much thought into how food and water can survive hundreds of years, instead of just the playing the game :p

A bit of a tough one here. I've always found Skyrim's Guilds to be a bit dreary, to be honest; the Thieves Guild's in disarray, DB's all but fallen apart, the Companions and College are under threat. The Dawnguard were probably my favorite of the bunch (Though the Thieves Guild did have some good moments), though I also think the Bard's College could've been so much more than three fetch quests. Oblivion's Thieves Guild has always been one of my favorites, followed closely by the Brotherhood. The Mages Guild was quite fun too (I actually think it's the first one I completed through to the end), but I found the Fighter's Guild to be a bit lacking. Knights of the Nine was also pretty good, now that I think about it, though it did feel a bit shorter compared to the others. Morrowind's Guilds were all pretty fun, particularly the Fighters for me. I could never really get into the Mages, though, I guess because they just pale in comparison to the Telvanni. One that I often feel is overlooked is Bloodmoon's East Empire Company, which I found to be quite enjoyable. Having to walk back and forth between Raven Rock and the Fort, then finally unlocking the boat to take you between them felt really rewarding. All in all, I'd probably rate them as Oblivion's Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood, followed by either Morrowind's Fighter's Guild or EEC. Though I feel a bit bad not giving the Dawnguard a place, so they can get honourable mention here as well. This post was edited by Caesar at November 15, 2017 8:55 AM EST

It's really a close one between Tamriel and Middle-Earth (With Westeros coming in an easy third), but I think ME might just take the cake. It's close, but I just think that without it, the fantasy genre could have been a whole lot different. Plus the LotR movies practicaly introduced me to the world(s) of fantasy, so nostalgia's a pretty big factor too.

Rogue said: Perhaps I'm just a cynic, but I believe the whole "waiting on better technology" thing is complete bullshit. The technology IS there. Look at Horizon: Zero Dawn, Assassin's Creed Origins, or the Witcher 3. All three games are a technological wonder. The only reason Bethesda is using this sorry excuse is to further milk Skyrim without having to invest the money like they would have to do with an entirely new Elder Scrolls. Eventually, I think we will get Elder Scrolls 6, as fans are already getting pissed with Bethesda for rerealsing Skyrim 50 times on every console imaginable. The hype will die soon and they'll be forced to make a new TES if they are to remain in the good graces of the RPG fanbase.  I couldn't possibly agree more.

Much as I'd like to see a new Elder Scrolls game, my inner sceptic get's more and more convinced that ES: VI is either never going to happen, or be so far away that most Skyrim fans will be long gone by the time it comes out. And if the latter's the case, I'd also be worried that there wouldn't be enough hype for Bethesda to want to make VII (If such a thing will even happen in our lifetimes, anyway) And I don't really buy into that "the technology isn't here" thing. Couldn't ES: VI be made with the ridiculously horrible tech we have now, and ES: VII be made with this stuff that "isn't here yet"? Who knows, maybe they want to make another Fallout first, so both series would have five main titles. That gives us a release date of about 2020/1, right?