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The whole situation is fucked. I don't belive Bethesda is capable of embracing the cultural shift necessary to create something new. They've had their formula for over 20 years, with unprecedented financial gains.
From what I remember Microsoft has been releaseing dud after dud since XBOX One's release. Everytime they hype something up as the next big thing it falls flat on its face. Nothing has worked out in their favor apart from maybe the Game Pass thing (which I don't understand how it is possibly going to work out in the long term). I remember that there used to be a problem with publishers messing too much with studios and their ability to make games so Microsoft went the opposite direction of letting studios do their own thing as much as possible. I guess that's finally coming to an end.My understanding is that the Xbox brand and console market in general seems to be in crisis. Consolidation and restructuring are part of being a large corporation, but what you describe sounds awful. Management Hell.
I suppose they wanted to break out of the box they've been in and finally try to create their own thing. The problem is that they weren't even good at designing games in their own box. So what made them think they could possibly design a wholly new game that doesn't use the old formula as a crutch? The only thing I can think of is ego and hubris. They've been making "hit games" blowing so much smoke up their own ass that they gaslit themselves into thinking that they are hot shit. But like I said, their games are trash.What made Bethslop appeal to normies was the sense of "endless" exploration. How they could come to the decision to replace that with loading screens baffles me. Did the higher ups not realise their own strength? Are they surrounded by yes-men?
Preach.I hate the Evil Within is not getting a sequel but Starfield is.
Eh... Nah. The combinations of all the little things in a Bethesda game that makes it what it is isn't quite there in Outer Worlds. On a surface level it is but when we get down to the actual way the game is structured and plays, not really. For example, you can't reverse pickpocket armor onto people and have them wear it.Starfield is also fucking weird because if you want a Bethesda game in space, you have the Outer Worlds by Obsidian.
Oh absolutely not. The way they make games is taking for-fucking-ever to develop a game and it HAS to be THE smash hit. They aren't in the kind of position to afford being able to experiment or develop things on a smaller scale. It's all or nothing.The whole situation is fucked. I don't belive Bethesda is capable of embracing the cultural shift necessary to create something new. They've had their formula for over 20 years, with unprecedented financial gains.
From what I remember Microsoft has been releaseing dud after dud since XBOX One's release. Everytime they hype something up as the next big thing it falls flat on its face. Nothing has worked out in their favor apart from maybe the Game Pass thing (which I don't understand how it is possibly going to work out in the long term). I remember that there used to be a problem with publishers messing too much with studios and their ability to make games so Microsoft went the opposite direction of letting studios do their own thing as much as possible. I guess that's finally coming to an end.
My theory is that they used the TV-show to Bethesda-fy the West Coast. Birthing the new flanderized Todd-approved slop.It's disappointing that so many of the unwashed masses have such low standards that they can't see it but the only explanation I can think of is that because Bethesda has a very specific kind of "formula" to their games that is found nowhere else that means that they remain uncontested in their corner of the gaming space. The one and only time anyone gave them competition was New Vegas and we all saw how that worked out, especially with the TV-Show spitting on the west coast.
But this time around they broke that tradition. They didn't rely on that formula. And all of the sudden people that would otherwise be in their comfort zone of braindead zombie mode aren't in it and start to 'think'. That's dangerous for a braindead zombie mode kinda game, you don't want your audience thinking.
I doubt this will carry on over to the next game they make though. So long as it relies on the same formula it can have the same dogshit quality that Skyrim has and people will lap it up, cause it's the comfort food they want to turn their brain off to after a stressful day at work.
I honestly hope that since Pillars of Eternity 2 failed, they make an offer to Chris Avellone and Sawyer to work on Fallout: Whatever the Fuck You Want To Do.
Was PoE2 a financial failure?
Was PoE2 a financial failure?
At least they can pat themselves on the back for being on the right side of history.It was, and not helping was when it came out, people were noticing the SJW/woke tendencies with weak/incompetent men contrasted with lots of domineering women in high or leading positions. Among other things.
Son of a bitch, they killed off Prey!! Total Death to Bethesda![]()
TTD: Total Todd Death
Slight Edit. Arknane Lyon is still alive, the studio responsible for Dishonored.
Man that stinks! I'm dissapointed. I enjoyed the first game, glad I didn't pick PoE2 up. At least Obsidian reaped what they sowed; hopefully learning something.It was, and not helping was when it came out, people were noticing the SJW/woke tendencies with weak/incompetent men contrasted with lots of domineering women in high or leading positions. Among other things. This was back in 2019, when gamers were hyper aware of anything that was peddling agendas, and sales of said games suffered. (This is also why many don't want current year Obsidian to make new Fallout stuff; they're not the same studio as the New Vegas days.)
TBDSon of a bitch, they killed off Prey!! Total Death to Bethesda
It was, and not helping was when it came out, people were noticing the SJW/woke tendencies with weak/incompetent men contrasted with lots of domineering women in high or leading positions. Among other things.
https://web.archive.org/web/2020091...puts-pillars-of-eternity-3-in-jeopardy/97060/
This was back in 2019, when gamers were hyper aware of anything that was peddling agendas, and sales of said games suffered. (This is also why many don't want current year Obsidian to make new Fallout stuff; they're not the same studio as the New Vegas days.)
normies are now flocking to 76 and defending it. Apparently fixing it in post is a good enough reason to excuse awful game releases.After Fallout 76 it showed Bethesda had lost whatever they had that they made them appealing to normies.
I honestly hope that since Pillars of Eternity 2 failed, they make an offer to Chris Avellone and Sawyer to work on Fallout: Whatever the Fuck You Want To Do.
normies are now flocking to 76 and defending it. Apparently fixing it in post is a good enough reason to excuse awful game releases.
chris avellone got me too'd and blacklisted out of the industry. even though the allegations ended up being turned around and he sued his accusers lol. even if sawyer wrote a new fallout it wouldnt be great, most of sawyers recent games have been shit. if avowed is shit obsidian will be gone as well.
i would take great pleasure if microsoft shut down 76 soon if it was bleeding money. the modern day politics being injected into it and the garbage nature of a live service fallout game annoy me greatly.I mean, it's better than NOT fixing it.
Fallout 76 is good...ish now.
(Worse than Fallout 4 still)
but turned me off the franchise for six years.
I fully believe he was kicked off the Vampire: The masquerade: Bloodlines 2 project because of the accusation, which ruined it.
But he bounced into Pathfinder and a Star Wars game so let's not overstate his situation.
What's wrong with a corporation telling you how much they care by giving you a free Groomer flag icon to display proudly?the modern day politics being injected into it and the garbage nature of a live service fallout game annoy me greatly.
one day theyll run out of chevrons and start erasing the old colors. should be fun when that happensWhat's wrong with a corporation telling you how much they care by giving you a free Groomer flag icon to display proudly?