thats great

the reboot is still probably most fans entry point to the franchise and frame of reference for discussing it, especially during a discussion about Bethesda

that is not any kind of dig at the older games, the quality of them is entirely irrelevant to the point i was making

you dont need to come to the defense of them, especially by venting about games that i also do not care about

the difference is that discussions about robocop are exclusively about the original

if youre convinced the wolfenstein and doom reboots have the same impact and relevance as robocop (2014) youre entirely allowed to stay that way, im not gonna try and shake you out of it

I mean, if someone says “Doom and Wolfenstein” without specifying “Doom Eternal” and “Wolfenstein: Youngblood” (which I had to look up, BTW), I’m thinking of Id.

that makes sense, especially since Doom eternal is in fact still developed by id

Wolfenstein and Doom have both reached significantly more people since they got adopted by zenimax though, so most folks who actually played the games will have probably gotten introduced to them as Bethesda published games

“Wolfenstein: Youngblood” (which I had to look up, BTW),

lol ok

evidently they dont give much of a shit either way

Dude! The original ones were cultural touchstones in a market that wasn’t yet oversaturated. They literally invented and defined the whole genre!

the original ones were undoubtedly MUCH more popular in their time.

i mean sure, but that also doesnt matter to the point i was making

More people might be playing the new ones NOW

which is why most folks are probably not talking about the old games when they say they like wolfenstein and doom

i assumed they were talking about the bethesda published reboots, what with them being significantly more popular than the earlier games

doom and Wolfenstein are published by bethesda

im so glad that blizzards internal culture and conduct align with microsofts values enough for them to skip the hands-on approach theyve shown with other subsidiaries

sorry, but isnt that the exact reason they exist at all

it’s ‘i’m afraid’ for me

because intent isnt relevant to a product that sells based on how well it keeps you engaged in practice

is there any actual footage of said visitor trying to smash the bullet proof glass covering the mona lisa or is this literally just based off the one tweet news orgs seem to reference

this guy also is not associated with just stop oil from what i can tell

it seems pretty disingenuous to judge the demonstration in the post, or anyone supporting it, because ‘some completely unrelated guy did something completely unrelated once’

youre not a loser for playing video games, youre a loser for comparing a game showcase getting interrupted to stabbing someone, or implying that being okay with the first says anything about your opinion on the former

folks need to start causing real, material damage to fossil infrastructure at the least

this wont stop unless the expenses of fossil fuels outweigh the profits, and people need to become those expenses

getting your computer toy showcase interrupted is literally exactly like an old lady getting stabbed, you absolute dork

this article is garbage and built entirely on polygon misreading one word

Extremely disappointed, loved fallout and elder scrolls but sounds like im avoiding this studio indefinitely

im actively hoping they do

im not picking a fight

you said i misinterpreted your comment, i read it back and deleted my original comment, and explained where the misinterpretation came from

being ‘pushed out of big businesses’ because a machine can do the same work for cheaper generally doesnt come with connotations of a stronger position to negotiate for the actual workers

Weirdo capitalist begone

lol

metacritics users score being as low compared to Steam’s user score, which actually requires having played the game iirc, is pretty telling

they cant invalidate the feeling of being upset when something that used to be free (modding games) is no longer free

modding games is still free, so your feeling of being upset wasnt valid in the first place

it’s like theyre making a non profit for the money, except the without the making a non profit part

hiring modders, which is what folks have been telling bethesda to do since skyrim, is bad and lazy actually

this was more a result of them biting off more than they can chew than an actual lack of skill

obsidian seemed like it had a hard time letting go of grand plans even when they proved to be unworkable

i mean it explicitly was the deal they made with bethesda, they both agreed to a deadline

the lack of focus on actual bug fixes and the overconfidence with how much content they could realistically finish in those 18 months was still absolutely on obsidian

They did not treat us badly at all - even the Metacritic thing was something they added, not threatened us with… and if we’d been better with fixing bugs, we could have hit the score needed to prevent layoffs, but nope - FNV when it was released had a LOT of bugs.

Unfortunately, the other interpretation made for a better story… but even Obsidian’s CEO clarified it. That said, FNV needed to be downscoped, and production should have ended and testing begun at least 2 months earlier than it was.

Bethesda’s engine was the easiest to create content for, by far. Source control was easy, iterations were fast, the scripting language was pretty powerful – just easy to work in. Not necessarily easy to change, but if you wanted to do what we did on F:NV, which was make a bunch of new content and new features for the F3 engine, it was great.

scrapping their engine is a terrible idea, and folks need to stop repeating it

just shows that you dont know what engines are, do or how they evolve

valves new games are still running off code from gold source

‘engine old’ means extremely little and i wish people would stop parroting it

a big part of the hate for fallout 76 wasnt even about the bugs, to this day i am 100% convinced that it was stoked massively by folks that bought it expecting a game it was fundamentally never trying to be, never marketed to be and never going to be

iirc they have focused on QA significantly more than with their previous games

disappointing, but thanks

is telltale back with the same scumbag executive suite? because if so telltale wouldve done better staying dead

tldr: yes

meta and any other company can datafarm the fediverse as is, really

none of the data on the fediverse is protected in any particular way

apparently they deleted this right after, but its a sign of some bullshit either way

very few of the issues people have with bethesdas engine are actually issues with the engine

Predatory pre-order bonus skins to get people to buy before they know what they’re actually going to experience (buggy shitshow)

Countless attempts to hype up the game and huge random assurances from the devs

Preemptively admitting the game has jank and trying to make it seem okay lol

none of this is particularly different from their other releases, and 2 & 3 arent even out of the ordinary for AAA gaming in general, regardless of quality or reception

most engines used by AAA studios are just upgraded versions of engines that games were running on 20 years ago