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[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's pretty good yeah

Was just thinking it really says something that anybody else doing Fallout (Black Isle, Obsidian, Jonathan Nolan) just beats the fucking shit out of anything Bethesda can think to do with it

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Wild, they should keep hiring the guys that made the good ones instead of obstinately doing it themselves. That said, what is Bethesda actually good at other than marketing and owning the Ip?

[–] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I mean Morrowind was good but it was the last ditch crazed flailing of a dying company that paid off.

[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago

Plus a good chunk of the people who made Morrowind good left during the development of Oblivion or Fallout. 3

[–] peppersky@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bethesda is very good at gaslighting the entire industry into thinking "RPG" means any game with a level-up system and loot.

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

"RPG elements" as advertising buzz is like "techniques from your favourite novels" meaning words

[–] Teekeeus@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oblivion and skyrim are good because they're enjoyable games, actually

I think entertainment slop should just be entertainment slop. I don't need something "deep" or "complex" when I'm trying to relax/take a break from the troubles of real life

Apparently elder scrolls online is good too but that's a zenimax effort so that kinda goes towards proving your point

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Riding on the coattails of better writers and game designers.