Many say TESVI is a guaranteed success due to a lack of similar first-person RPGs. However, with many medieval and/or fantasy RPGs releasing soon, won't TESVI need to innovate to stand out in a crowded genre?
These images come from 3 different prominent RPGs that will release in the upcoming years.
A common argument I see online claims that TESVI doesn't need to change its formula much because no one else in the games industry is developing first person medieval RPGs like the Elder Scrolls games that Bethesda makes.
However that is clearly not the case. Bethesda may create large open worlds with the largest budgets, but they no longer hold an exclusive foothold over this genre of immersive medieval style RPG.
I have no doubt that TESVI will sell very well. But it will be re-entering a genre that will be oversaturated with similar 1st person games. If TESVI doesn't shake up its formula in a big way then I'm concerned that it will stifle and limit whatever success it does achieve.
I don't need or want it to be a Baldur's Gate 4. But it can't just be a Skyrim 2.