I think Bethesda as a publisher is fine, D00M, Quake, Evil Within, Prey, Dishonored, etc. They've got a nice portfolio. But Bethesda Game Studio after this are going to loose a lot of money, and already have customer respect. BGA needs to at least reevaluate how dated Gamebryo is. And get with the times. They can recover but need to stop being stubborn and arrogant to do so, they can't get away with this a second time.
@Planeforger said:
I'm surprised it took this long for people to be outraged at Bethesda.
Pretty much this, despite Bethesda strengths I thought Fallout 3 was pretty garbage myself. Can see the appeal of the dark fantasy theme, and decapitating NPCs with V.A.T.s but honestly Bethesda Studios have been building games out of mud for a longtime know with outdated and poor mechanics, and reusing these bad assets a lot. They're swimming in money and have the funds to make something better, they even own id Tech 6.
I actually thought Oblivion was ok, mind you I grabbed it later with the Shivering Isles, the base game is a glorified green field with the same dungeons. Dark Brotherhood was pretty awesome though, rest is very hit and miss_
The very fact Gamespot roasted D00M IV when it was shown at pre-e3 (not many in the forums cared for it either) and GS made dozens of articles and videos for how amazing FO4 is, makes it very apparent fans of FO are easily fooled into buying almost anything Todd throws them.
Only reason FO76 got burned is because Bethesda finally reached the level even the most faithful of fan couldn't accept. And this is for no one reason, many are outcrying it's pretty bad at almost everything, even the usual things Bethesda is good at_
FO76 is Bethesda Studios- Andromeda, No Man Sky, Resident Evil 6, Duke Nukem Forever, Haze, D00M III . . . Rock bottom folks! And for most this would result in closure of a developer, as reputation is at an all time low. They're lucky this was a budget product and from one of the richest publishers in the industry.
It really wouldn't surprise me if Todd Howard hides for the next few years at anycase.
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