• keepcarrot [she/her]
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    2 months ago

    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 [she/her]
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      2 months ago

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

      • FourteenEyes [he/him]
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        2 months ago

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

    • peppersky [he/him, any]
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      2 months ago

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

      • keepcarrot [she/her]
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        2 months ago

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

    • Teekeeus [comrade/them]
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      2 months 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