Image says it all. Bethesda's being overhauled and Starfield is not on its list of focus/priority.

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[–] 23 points 4 months ago (19 children)

Meanwhile we're still 10 years out from an announcement for a fallout sequel.

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  • [–] [S] 21 points 4 months ago (14 children)

    which will probably be another 76 type game.

    cause infinite monetization is the way forward for games from big companies it seems.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (12 children)

    That's OK. There are plenty of other developers that are worthwhile.

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  • [–] [S] 9 points 4 months ago (11 children)

    unfortunately they don't own and probably wont be able to access the licenses of my childhood properties that i love and want more of. 😭

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago (10 children)

    No, but you can find new things to love. Some may even be better than what you currently love.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 4 months ago (9 children)

    Yeah, but its not the same man. and theres precious little in the Fallout and elder scrolls veins that are actually worth anything.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago* (5 children)

    Try new stuff though! Have you played KCDII, for instance? Or BG3?

    I grew up on ES and Fallout too, but the nostalgia kinda weakens once one witnesses how far AAA RPG sandboxes have come.

    ...Also, its entirely possible we get some fan ES/Fallout games modded into newer engines.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    I've played, but never finished KCD 1, I want to play BG3, but its way to expensive.

    Honestly I'm kinda fed up with AAA in general. Its nothing but trend chasing tripe, the same shit regurgitated over and over again, or.. in Starfields case, a glimmer of a good idea drowning under a fast fecal sea of stupid management and implementation.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago* (3 children)

    Honestly I’m kinda fed up with AAA in general.

    Don't be

    Play BG3 when you can afford it. It's sublime.

    So is KCD2. It's not really like KCDI, which was jank; on a technical level, and in terms of sheer polish and breadth, II is mind boggling. Its existence is an embarrassment to Bethesda.

    Cyberpunk 2077, when modded to make it feel less bullet spongy, is also really something.


    In other words, avoid AAAAs.

    Play AAA gems. And AAs.

    Fresh, "mid sized" studios are where gaming is at. I... don't really think I can go back, TBH.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I've been waiting for 3 years for the sale price to come down, but it refuses to go below 45.

    and honestly, why should it, when hordes of people are still willing to pay 45 dollars on sale, theres no financial point in putting it on sale for 15.. and out of all the games on the market, its the only game I would say actually deserves the price with just how much fucking replayability and work they've put into it to account for every possible ludicrous decision and combination of decisions you could ever do.

    Its just not a price my finances can allow.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    No rush. Patient gaming is the way.

    There are some "older" AA RPGs or 'cinematic RPGs' you may have missed though, like Stray, Outer Wilds. Or leaning into the "sandbox" direction, Starsector. These should be cheap by now.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 4 months ago*

    Yeah, Definitely, and I got humble bundle.. I got a whole steam backlog full of unplayed humble bundle subscription games, If life ever stops being such a miserable cunt maybe i'll make a concerted effort to tackle the dreaded backlog.

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    They consider Quake a "key franchise"?

    Could have fooled me. Why aren't we getting Quake games then?

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago (12 children)

    Quake is an odd inclusion, right? I mean, I liked Quake Champions, but that released like eight years ago?

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (11 children)

    Fingers crossed that they go back to its roots. The atmosphere in the original was phenomenal and made such a great successor to the Doom franchise. While the latter has been resurrected quite well, we could hope for a similar treatment for Quake.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    i never got into quake.. but has there even been a quake game in the past decade?

    it does seem a weird thing to focus on, but then again its a big name and valuable property.. so I can see microsoft having bethesda shit out some quake titles.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    Quake got warped into the first arena battle franchise, completely losing sight of its origins. By Quake III Arena, the game was unrecognizable from the original, and while they tried to bring it back to FPS in Quake 4, it was another samey "pew pew aliens" title.

    They'll probably focus on the arena part and ignore the atmospheric cosmic horror aesthetic of the original.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    that sucks. I've had experience with games doing that before.. like H1Z1, which no longer exists. Started as a zombie survival game, ended up being a pubg clone.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Ha, you're exactly right about H1Z1.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 4 months ago

    Had such promise as a DayZ alternative, since it popped up right around the time DayZ started to suffer from a terminal case of KoS, and the fact that they said that firearms would be very rare and that most weapons would be makeshift or non-firearm based like bows and shit.

    You know, deliberate, slow weapons that could encourage player interaction vs having a DMR and shooting fresh coastal spawns from a radio tower or something from 1km out.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Quake got warped into the first arena battle franchise, completely losing sight of its origins.

    Quake had both a single-player game and a multiplayer deathmatch. And it came out very early in the genre showing up and was very influential in the creation of multiplayer deathmatch games. I'm not sure that it's reasonable to say that it lost sight of its origins so much as that it focused on one part of those origins.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    For me, at least 30% of the Quake appeal was the Nine Inch Nails soundtrack. It hit hard.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Absolutely a vital part of the atmosphere, which is why I chose that word. The music, the textures, the sound effects, the characters (as they were), all together creating a never-before-seen mood in an unprecedented 3D environment.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    As a kid, Quake 2 was the only game which ever made me stop and be like "ok that's enough computer for today." I have no idea if it holds up, but it was very intense compared to the other shooters of the day.

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  • [–] 21 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    this is being posted everywhere today. starfield was dead a year ago, 2 years ago, and 3 years ago as well. wonder if itll be dead next year and then the year after that too

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    Brother if you cant tell the difference between community sentiment a year ago, and an official announcement now, then theres no help for you.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Think they're going to fire Todd?

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    At least we got Fallout London.

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  • [–] [S] 10 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    Yeah, but, meh.. Its okay, but I think its a bit overhyped.

    but maybe i'm a bit jaded after having to restart my game over half a dozen times because of game breaking bugs.

    granted the latest version did clear up a lot of the issues, so i gotta give it that

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    I thought everyone hated starfield? Maybe I should give it a shot.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    It was already DOA

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    [–] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    I had my fun with Starfield. May even play it more in the future. I couldn't care less if ever gets a sequel though.

    It simply doesn't have the franchise sauce that Fallout and ES have.

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