Skyrim DLC Packs Fewer but More Substantial, Bethesda Says

The expansions and downloadable content packs for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will be fewer in number, but more substantial, in order to reward players who give their cash for more adventures in the mythical land of adventure.

Bethesda is getting ready to deploy the next installment in its Elder Scrolls series, Skyrim, which is set to appear this November.

This doesn't mean that the company isn't looking forward to releasing more adventures for it, after its actual launch.

During an interview with AusGamers, Bethesda Director Todd Howard confirmed that downloadable content for Skyrim would be made, but they won't be similar to the packs released for the previous Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, or the ones made for the more recent Fallout 3 or Fallout: New Vegas.

"We would like to do DLC; we don't have any specific plans yet, but they've been really successful and we like making them," Howard said. "So right now I can say that we'd like to do less DLC but bigger ones - you know, more substantial."

It seems that, while the add-ons made for recent games tried to tell coherent experiences, there were some rather outlandish offers, including the infamous Horse Armor for Oblivion, which is now a sort of running gag in the industry in terms of DLC.

Howard also admitted that the add-on development for Fallout 3 was flawed, as most of them appeared within short time of one another.

"The Fallout 3 pace that we did was very chaotic," Howard revealed. "We did a lot of them - we had two overlapping groups - and we don't know what we're going to make yet, but we'd like them to be closer to an expansion pack feel."

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is currently scheduled to appear on November 11, for the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms.