Been Bethesda's thing for the past decade. They say nothing then a few months leading up to launch, take over the news like a giant storm.
They really fucked up by announcing it so early. And the lackluster launch of Fallout 76 (only to be patched up to a great state), as well as Starfield not being the cultural GOTY like their other games have really added more fire to the anti-Bethesda crowd.
Skyrim was a lot like a magic trick, amazing and unforgettable the first time but it wears off as you notice the world isn't as deep as it is wide. After doing the same formula with Fallout 4, and the disastrous launch of 76, even though Starfield is built to create that magic experience again it's not as effective because we've seen it before.
I won't preorder TES 6 if it ever comes out, but I will be rooting for Bethesda to shake things up, especially after BG3 showed a more complex RPG can still be a bestseller.
I wouldn't call fallout 4 the same formula as Skyrim. The world building is similar, but the way you interact with it is vastly different. The focus on gunplay keeps things at a distance, vats gives you 360 threat detection in most cases, and can create a system where the game basically plays itself in combat if you want. Fallout has hard level gates, where skyrim is a softer gating which makes the world feel different.
The thing is if you’re looking for something complex like bg3 you’re definitely going to be disappointed in TES6. I’m hoping for a game that’s fun to explore and ideally more interesting and complex than skyrim. It won’t be skyrim. I won’t spend days on end playing it till my brain melts like I did with skyrim. Not because it won’t be good, but because I’m not 16 anymore. Skyrim was the absolute shit as a 16 year old in 2011, but I’m almost 30, I’m married and I’ve grown and changed. I want a game I can explore while I relax and find all sorts of cool shit. And ideally I’d like a decent mage build option for once in the series.
Been Bethesda's thing for the past decade. They say nothing then a few months leading up to launch, take over the news like a giant storm.
They really fucked up by announcing it so early. And the lackluster launch of Fallout 76 (only to be patched up to a great state), as well as Starfield not being the cultural GOTY like their other games have really added more fire to the anti-Bethesda crowd.
Skyrim was a lot like a magic trick, amazing and unforgettable the first time but it wears off as you notice the world isn't as deep as it is wide. After doing the same formula with Fallout 4, and the disastrous launch of 76, even though Starfield is built to create that magic experience again it's not as effective because we've seen it before.
I won't preorder TES 6 if it ever comes out, but I will be rooting for Bethesda to shake things up, especially after BG3 showed a more complex RPG can still be a bestseller.
I wouldn't call fallout 4 the same formula as Skyrim. The world building is similar, but the way you interact with it is vastly different. The focus on gunplay keeps things at a distance, vats gives you 360 threat detection in most cases, and can create a system where the game basically plays itself in combat if you want. Fallout has hard level gates, where skyrim is a softer gating which makes the world feel different.
The thing is if you’re looking for something complex like bg3 you’re definitely going to be disappointed in TES6. I’m hoping for a game that’s fun to explore and ideally more interesting and complex than skyrim. It won’t be skyrim. I won’t spend days on end playing it till my brain melts like I did with skyrim. Not because it won’t be good, but because I’m not 16 anymore. Skyrim was the absolute shit as a 16 year old in 2011, but I’m almost 30, I’m married and I’ve grown and changed. I want a game I can explore while I relax and find all sorts of cool shit. And ideally I’d like a decent mage build option for once in the series.