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It's the name of the main setting of the game. It's not like a one off, it's literally where the entire game takes place from the looks of it.Pilaf The Defiler wrote:MK works at TellTale games now, specifically on their new Batman game, but he does contract work for Bethesda during pre-development of ES games, mostly in the form of region specific religious and cultural norms, as well as a few books like Song of Pelinal in Oblivion.
I think this is probably an easter egg by one of the other employees. Sounds like something Kuhlmann would put in there as a wink-nod.
I'm pretty sure as long as the string (ooh, coder talkAKB wrote:Google Analytics is hard to use for this one sense Talos Principle is the singular way to identify that game, while Talos relating to ES can come up in dozens of ways. For examples, talos skyrim, talos es, talos oblivion, talos morrowind, talos shrine, talos amulet, talos god, etc.
) "talos" is anywhere in the search it should be counted as a hit, so all of those should be counted. But I'm digressing from the main point.Glad I'm not the only one! To be honest, while he certainly did some good work on TES, I think he is given too much credit for some of the series' lore successes and heavily overrated. I don't find C0DA appealing in the slightest. Much prefer Ken Rolston's work to be honest.Rezalon wrote:I really hope this is just a nice nod and not a hint at Kirkbride returning to Bethesda, or the Elder Scrolls. I know I sound like a broken record, but his lore is complete nonsense, and the day TES games start to even look at C0DA, I am jumping ship.
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It's still an easter egg, IF it's a reference to TES at all, just a very prominent one. It could be a general D&D or Greek Mythology reference, for that matter. It's pretty likely the actual reason they named it that was because of the TES deity, but it's supposed to be set in a future-Earth type scenario, so in that context the vessel would have been named after the Greek god in-universe.AKB wrote:It's the name of the main setting of the game. It's not like a one off, it's literally where the entire game takes place from the looks of it.Pilaf The Defiler wrote:MK works at TellTale games now, specifically on their new Batman game, but he does contract work for Bethesda during pre-development of ES games, mostly in the form of region specific religious and cultural norms, as well as a few books like Song of Pelinal in Oblivion.
I think this is probably an easter egg by one of the other employees. Sounds like something Kuhlmann would put in there as a wink-nod.
This is a bad comparison. The name 'Talos' has existed outside of TES lore for hundreds of years, dating back to the days of ancient Greece. Ulfric Stormcloak is a name specifically given to a particular character, from a particular video game - at least most people with a basic understanding of Greek mythology will know that Talos did not originate from Skyrim. I think you guys are reading too much into this, I think Metacthulu is probably correct.AKB wrote:So as the publisher for the game, do you not think you would veto someone reusing Talos as a name, though? Ulfric Stormcloak is a technically valid name, but it's not what you'd think of if Bethesda were to release a new game starring a character named Ulfric Stormcloak.
Leliel wrote:This is a bad comparison. The name 'Talos' has existed outside of TES lore for hundreds of years, dating back to the days of ancient Greece. Ulfric Stormcloak is a name specifically given to a particular character, from a particular video game - at least most people with a basic understanding of Greek mythology will know that Talos did not originate from Skyrim. I think you guys are reading too much into this, I think Metacthulu is probably correct.AKB wrote:So as the publisher for the game, do you not think you would veto someone reusing Talos as a name, though? Ulfric Stormcloak is a technically valid name, but it's not what you'd think of if Bethesda were to release a new game starring a character named Ulfric Stormcloak.
It didn't originate from ES, yes, like the parts of Ulfric Stormcloak, which also date back hundreds of years. I'm saying the more recent references make this a bit odder.Leliel wrote:This is a bad comparison. The name 'Talos' has existed outside of TES lore for hundreds of years, dating back to the days of ancient Greece. Ulfric Stormcloak is a name specifically given to a particular character, from a particular video game - at least most people with a basic understanding of Greek mythology will know that Talos did not originate from Skyrim. I think you guys are reading too much into this, I think Metacthulu is probably correct.AKB wrote:So as the publisher for the game, do you not think you would veto someone reusing Talos as a name, though? Ulfric Stormcloak is a technically valid name, but it's not what you'd think of if Bethesda were to release a new game starring a character named Ulfric Stormcloak.
Then I'd say the naming thing is just a nice nod to older fans of the series, and nothing too elaborate or more than that - I doubt we'll be seeing cross-franchise lore intermingling anytime soon...though deathclaws in Tamriel could be interesting.AKB wrote:It didn't originate from ES, yes, like the parts of Ulfric Stormcloak, which also date back hundreds of years. I'm saying the more recent references make this a bit odder.Leliel wrote:This is a bad comparison. The name 'Talos' has existed outside of TES lore for hundreds of years, dating back to the days of ancient Greece. Ulfric Stormcloak is a name specifically given to a particular character, from a particular video game - at least most people with a basic understanding of Greek mythology will know that Talos did not originate from Skyrim. I think you guys are reading too much into this, I think Metacthulu is probably correct.AKB wrote:So as the publisher for the game, do you not think you would veto someone reusing Talos as a name, though? Ulfric Stormcloak is a technically valid name, but it's not what you'd think of if Bethesda were to release a new game starring a character named Ulfric Stormcloak.
Prediction: it will be the first Batman game where the Batsuit is molded around Bruce Wayne's phallus.Pilaf The Defiler wrote:MK works at TellTale games now, specifically on their new Batman game,
People who got to play it at e3 praised it for its pacing and its focus on Bruce Wayne as a character, independent of the Batman persona.Minor Edits wrote:Prediction: it will be the first Batman game where the Batsuit is molded around Bruce Wayne's phallus.Pilaf The Defiler wrote:MK works at TellTale games now, specifically on their new Batman game,
Seriously, though, Batman games are either entertaining or unplayable. I hope this one is the former, though it's impossible to tell from the trailer.