What the Hell is Going on With BETHESDA?

Bethesda thinks fans expect too much from them...do you agree?

[wavezDDS]

I'm convinced Todd and Emil haven't played a video game in years.

[watchout]

Why must we LOWER our expectations, but UPGRADE our Hardware???

Edit: DAMN GUYS!! I posted this last night, have mercy I beg you!
Also, thanks, I'm glad so many agree we must stand against these blatantly anti-consumer practices.
I will continue to vote with my wallet and hope you do too! Thanks again!

[JaelaOrdo]

They aren’t listening to the criticism from longtime fans (haven’t for years) and it’s finally starting to have an effect on their products. Fans aren’t criticizing to be jerks, the criticism is because people want better games. I just wish they could make a new RPG with the depth and storytelling of Morrowind, but in a way they’re no longer the company that made that game.

[pokepizza]

I lost respect for Bethesda the minute Fallout 76 was released. It was only then that I realized that this wasn't the same company I remembered back when I played Skyrim and Fallout 3/4.

[CosmicButters]

My expectations were on the floor, and bethesda brought a shovel.

[Ant-bmqk]

It’s Ego… they think they don’t need to evolve because they’re “Bethesda” .

[thearchives]

Customer: Excuse me waiter, I don’t like this food.

Waiter: you’re eating it wrong

[wusashicat]

I hate when companies say consumer expectations were too high. They have a marketing department devoted to those expectations, if their high? That's your fault as a company.

[rotciv]

Imagine critizicing fans while being a company like Bethesda, basically the only Triple A company in the world whose games depend on the fanmade mods in order to be good or even function properly.

[reviewingmovies]

They arent the same company that made the amazing stuff in the past. That's it. It's different people who aren't as capable.

[TheMoonShepard]

They're trying their best to convince themselves their 2006 game design is still above anything else, that their audience doesn't understand what a good game is.

[BullyHunter]

Gameranx actually being critical is nice to see

[AthulMiju]

I wish Emil would put this much energy into his writing.

[Luke-cpto]

The buggy is great and all, it's a nice QoL, but you know what I hate about it? NO city has roads. NO ONE else has a car. The world around you does NOT acknowledge the car. This game was not built for a car, besides the vast stretches of nothingness on planets. It's a cool feature but the impact is so miniscule that it might as well not be there 90% of the time.

[coreyyoung]

i just dont care about bethesda anymore. dishonored is gone, es is 14 years old. i was in highschool last time i truly cared. im supporting other companies now

[TheBossManBoss]

The worst part of the game is it’s just boring, but that’s what they wanted. They wanted a realistic space game. Real space is pretty boring. Beautiful, but boring.

[sergeymelkumov]

What I hated the most about Starfield is that random generator populated same planets and even same spots on one planet with identical content. Imagine I am landing and going to a random base, cleaning it out, reading content, finding named dead NPCs, moving to next base... AND IT IS AN EXACT CARBON COPY! That was when I deleted Starfield and vowed not to touch it again.

[EndlessNamelessHopeless]

And they say videogame journalism is dead! This was insightful, well thought out, and restrained. Nicely done, guys.

[raider_reaper_]

1) Todd Howard
2) Microtransactions
3) Under Paying Employees
4) Releasing Unfinished Games
5) No Upgrades in Tech

[ThisGuy-kklp]

The game could be fun, but there’s just nothing to do. I get the realism of how empty spaces but they shouldn’t have made it an open world if they were gonna allow you to travel to different worlds and not do anything.