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Bethesda Is Officially Obsolete (The Jimquisition)
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I don't know if Bethesda is obsolete, but TOW is basically a Bethesda game that's better than any game they have put out except Skyrim, so
Considering the numerous human being employees at Bethesda are not actually automatons, this comparison/title feels forced and painfully unfunny.
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Eh. We'll see what happens the next time Bethesda tries to make a singleplayer game (Starfield?).
Obsisdian and CDProjekt have outclassed it when it comes to quests and writing in 3D open-world RPGs, but when it comes to systemic sandbox gameplay in 3D open-world RPGs, no one else really does what Bethesda does in the mainstream space. The only RPG since Skyrim that kinda feels like Skyrim in that respect is Kingdom Come. Then again, not even Fallout 4 replicated that kind of gameplay, so it and Fallout 76 might be proof Bethesda itself is focusing less on systemic worlds and more on loot grind.
Obsisdian and CDProjekt have outclassed it when it comes to quests and writing in 3D open-world RPGs, but when it comes to systemic sandbox gameplay in 3D open-world RPGs, no one else really does what Bethesda does in the mainstream space. The only RPG since Skyrim that kinda feels like Skyrim in that respect is Kingdom Come. Then again, not even Fallout 4 replicated that kind of gameplay, so it and Fallout 76 might be proof Bethesda itself is focusing less on systemic worlds and more on loot grind.
Its probably a stretch to call Fallout 4 straight up bad, but I think it was easily surpassed by its contemporaries and ofc something like The Outer Worlds.
Fallout 4 was bad. It would be torn apart if it launched today with that many blatant, fundamental issues in design and technical makeup.
yeah, fallout 4 was a really good game that sold well. 76 on the other hand sucks
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I would take all their games on switch tbh🤷🏾♂️
Fallout 3 released and was excellent. Since then, they faceplanted with 4 and 76, and have demonstrated that they know nothing about the IP or the genre other than surface-level aesthetics. They of course have Skyrim which every single person on Earth has played, and Elder Scrolls 6 has potential, but as far as the Fallout-esque games go, they're done. Obsidian is several tiers above them.
Fallout 4 and 76 were both pretty shit lets be honest. And they were both also incredibly janky and buggy the engine also being total garbage doesnt help. Its amazing what can be achieved with a compitent engine and freedom in the creativity side.
Fallout 3, 4 and, 76 were all bad games. New Vegas is the only modern FO worth playing. Don't @ me.
Honestly I am not so sure about that. TOW's setting is infinitely better than NV's, which always to me felt... drab.
Bethesda is fine. Just because one studio is bad doesn't mean the rest of their studios are. Bethesda Game Studios is fine. The new studio that made Fallout 76 is terrible though.
Gonna @ you anyway to say that New Vegas is overrated garbo and Fallout 3 is better.
I count Oblivion, Fallout 3, Skyrim, Fallout 4, Fallout 76. That's five bad games.
Fallout 4 isn't bad, holy shit. It's at worst underwhelming, it's still way above average.
Fallout 3 being bad is literally one of the worst opinions I have seen on this site.
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"Officially".
Narcissist. Still don't know why threads are still allowed every time this idiot farts.
Narcissist. Still don't know why threads are still allowed every time this idiot farts.
Fallout 4 is the worst modern Fallout game after 76 and, even then, the only actually good modern Fallout game is New Vegas in spite of being hampered by Bathesda's shitey engine and cunty management.
It was inevitable that Bethesda (as in the publisher, not just BGS) started to GaaS-up their games after their single player games tanked commercially.
Hence Fallout 76 and Wolfenstein Youngblood.
But Doom Eternal looks amazing, and there's still a lot of talent in Bethesda's studios. So I think they'll find a balance that works for next gen at least. I wouldn't write them off just yet.
Hence Fallout 76 and Wolfenstein Youngblood.
But Doom Eternal looks amazing, and there's still a lot of talent in Bethesda's studios. So I think they'll find a balance that works for next gen at least. I wouldn't write them off just yet.
I thought it was the Fallout world I was in love with but now I know its just that type of RPG I really like. I can now do without Bethesda because OW did it so much better.
Grand Theft Auto V, Red Dead Redemption 2, The Witcher 3, Assassin's Creed Odyssey...
Other franchises are successfully innovating on the Open World RPG genre.
Bethesda is not :(
Other franchises are successfully innovating on the Open World RPG genre.
Bethesda is not :(
Fallout 4 got damn great reviews and excels in areas that Outer Worlds isn't even trying to compete with. You can not like it if you want, I certainly don't, but the narrative that it's a universally panned disaster in the same way 76 was is just complete bullshit. Plenty of my friends enjoyed it way more than New Vegas, and would have enjoyed it more than Outer Worlds were they at all interested in the linear, narrative dense offering Outer Worlds is selling.
I really hope Outer World's unique brilliance isn't just buried under a sea of people using it to take pot shots at Bethesda.
I really hope Outer World's unique brilliance isn't just buried under a sea of people using it to take pot shots at Bethesda.
3 and NV were great FO4 was a technical and creative mess that only got away with it cause it was Fallout.
The only positive I can think of with Bethesda as of late is how they've turned ESO around. Sure it's not perfect but it's a hell of a lot better than how it was at launch. Other than that, yeah I'm not too hopeful for their future titles based on recent decisions. FO76 was such a disappointment in almost every way.
You're right, some of them are just kinda mediocre and boring.
I hadn't watched the video yet, but BGS has achieve nothing but complete incompetence with the Fallout IP the entire time they've had it.
New Vegas was the perfect template. All they had to do was improve on it with Fallout 4. Instead, they made a horrible rpg with terrible writing, bad quests, a fundamentally broken settlement system, and an open world that can't even match up to their last effort on the Xbox 360.
They should stick to Elder Scrolls.
New Vegas was the perfect template. All they had to do was improve on it with Fallout 4. Instead, they made a horrible rpg with terrible writing, bad quests, a fundamentally broken settlement system, and an open world that can't even match up to their last effort on the Xbox 360.
They should stick to Elder Scrolls.
Worst decision Bethesda ever made was renaming Battlecry Studios. They could have totally used that as a scapegoat for 76.
A bad studio whose namesake was canceled was responsible for 76, no?
And now Bethesda makes bad games?
A bad studio whose namesake was canceled was responsible for 76, no?
And now Bethesda makes bad games?