Sentinel's reveal takes MrMattyPlays back to his Skyrim beginnings
His Elder Scrolls VI discussion pairs Hammerfell details with a personal reflection on the game that helped start his channel.
Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.
We NEED to talk about Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel...
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- 1:10The teaser confirms Hammerfell as the setting and Sentinel as the subtitle.
- 2:42Bethesda's development update contains no gameplay; Matty examines Jason Schreier's report about the remaining wait.
- 4:58Matty credits Skyrim with helping launch his video-making career.
- 6:48He theorizes that Inon Zur composed the teaser music, hearing similarities to Dragon Age: Origins.
- 9:41He reads the trailer's date as potentially setting the story five years after Skyrim.
"Skyrim means the world to me. I would literally not be here doing these videos without Skyrim," MrMattyPlays says in his Sentinel reveal discussion. That gives the week's biggest new upload a more personal stake than simply decoding another Bethesda teaser.
"We NEED to talk about Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel..." has reached roughly 154,000 views. Matty works through the Hammerfell setting and the newly revealed subtitle, then looks for clues in the music and the trailer's written text. He suggests the score sounds like Inon Zur's work, with a Dragon Age: Origins flavor, and reads the date shown as potentially placing the story five years after Skyrim. His suggested release window remains a prediction, not an announced date.
The missing ingredient is gameplay. Matty balances the significance of finally having something to examine with wanting more substantial footage. Viewers keep returning to the long interval since the original announcement, while some describe expecting a cinematic story trailer rather than another brief teaser.
That conversation carried through a seven-upload week, from "Elder Scrolls VI NEWS SOON... (we're starving)" to "Elder Scrolls VI Reveal Backlash Is Getting WILD…". The latter is now drawing views fastest among his videos. Elsewhere, Fallout 4's FEVer Dreams supplied a detour, alongside sponsored Metro coverage and an Aniimo-sponsored Bethesda discussion.
The channel added about a thousand subscribers over the week, and daily viewing is currently well above its usual level. Among nearby gaming-commentary channels, Mind Pulp and Scott's Stash had larger weekly viewing totals, while LegacyKillaHD had a quieter week. For Matty, the substantial conversation is back on familiar ground: Bethesda RPGs, and what players need beyond a title reveal.
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What viewers say
I was expecting AT LEAST a CGI story trailer
@VarthismalSee it on YouTubeThis update feels like the same update we got with the announcement trailer 8 years ago.
@the_jackdaw0See it on YouTubeWOOOOOOOOOOO TITLE YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
@MrMattyPlaysSee it on YouTube
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- Channel
- MrMattyPlays
- Subscribers
- 638,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 679,825
- Videos published this week
- 7
- Video published
- November 3, 2026
- Video views so far
- 154,264
- Views on its first day
- 137,807
The numbers
Here is how MrMattyPlays' uploads and audience moved over the week.
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