People liking Bethesda watered down rpgs is whatever, people like what they like.
People celebrating games getting wattered down just to appeal to the wider margin tho, that's just bad for the medium. People defend all the shit Big Publishers do because "they need to make money" even when that involves what amounts to cultural vandalism and anti consumer practices. Not to mention this deluge of Unpaid PR squads who go all ballistic when ANYONE dares criticize a company for very obviously dumbing down a series to appeal to people who only play one type of game. "Gamer" culture is pretty much a huge joke.
It goes beyond just quality of games as well, When you mention Anti-Consumer practices. I don't know how it is in South America, Central America, Carriban or whatever that neck of the woods are. But i'm sure it's the same.
I practically hate how when a company breaks an ethical legal policy placed for the benefit for US, The consumer. Just because of hype, They like the game or whatever, Defend the living shit out of it, Even though they should be sued or outright boycotted until forced to do so. I hate people who try to think because a corporation presents a EULA, They think they can have a legal wavier to do what they feel like.
It's called theft when someone buys the game only for that to be revoked and their money not back. That is theft, That shit will never fly in any court of today. Thanks to agencies like Federal Trade Commission and better business bureau.
Anyways, Getting a bit off topic. I tend to go on rants. But yeah, I wanted to chime in on this unpaid PR manchildren that unanimously defend products and can't see any reason to defend them. This happened with WarZ, DayZ while it was being development. People need to use their fucking craniums in their head and have a logical dissonance between what they like and don't like. It's better to be cynical and not get your hopes too high and try to analyze the game being presented than being overly optimistic and have a blind eye in reality.
At the end of the day, People. Use extreme caution with any product you intend to buy. See who is making it. Think back on their other games. Try to understand what makes a good game good and a bad game bad. Form a well rounded hypothesis of the game being release and don't buy on day one unless you've done all your homework and have a lot of good reference points/sources to back up your reasoning. This might sound like the scientific method because it is.
But when it comes to Bethesda? It's quite obvious, Immense skepticism is needed.
tl;dr Don't be afraid to criticize bad developers and demand a better product.
