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[-] Venutianxspring@lemmy.fmhy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

At this point I don't even care. I'm sure I'll still buy it when it comes out, but they've lost my enthusiasm with the milking dry of Skyrim instead of developing something new.

[-] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

They developed Fallout 4, wasted time on 76, then developed Starfield. They can only actually make one game at a time, and the scale they build for takes 4-5 years for a game. I can understand thinking elder scrolls was going to be next before we knew Starfield was a thing, but once we did the best case was always going to be 4-5 years after that.

[-] Friendship@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Agreed, Bethesda hasn't been idle in the time since Skyrim came out. Granted their last few titles have been somewhat hit or miss but to say they've not been making anything new would not be accurate.

[-] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

I didn't love fallout 4, but it clearly had a lot of work put into it, and a lot of people really did like it. It wasn't that far off from what I wanted it to be.

I do think 76 was a misstep, but I don't think it was a metal gear survive level disaster of an idea. It's not like nobody asked for co-op fallout, and a lot of games with similar core ideas around that time were pretty successful. It's just not what I'm interested in and not something they have experience with, and they made some bad decisions.

Starfield is going back to what they do best, which is a single player game with a massive world and complexity from top to bottom. I'm extremely hopeful. Obviously until it releases, we don't know, but that 45 minute direct looked damn good. I just wanted Skyrim/fallout with modern gunplay and in space, but "you can be a space pirate" means it might capture the need I've had since Assassin's Creed Black Flag for the first time, too. It really does look truly expansive, though.

I also absolutely want Elder Scrolls 6, but this looks like there's a good chance it will justify the wait.

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