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[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 188 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (43 children)

I hope this doesn't make them think they can do this again though. This should make them realise they should've always gave the Devs more time to cook or been more realistic with scope from the get go

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 52 points 6 months ago (9 children)

But they can, because it seems like most gamers have goldfish memory, and they forgot/forgave the shitty launch and first years

[–] asret@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 months ago (4 children)

In my experience it was much less buggy at launch than for example Elder Scrolls: Oblivion. I didn't experience any game-breaking bugs, just ones that harmed immersion. There was a bit of T-posing, the occasional floating prop/animation bug, and once I got launched into the desert when climbing through a window. No crashes to desktop, no broken progression. It probably helped that I was happy with the game they delivered rather than getting hung up on what may have been promised.

[–] lemmyaccount01@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

bethesda games are known to be shit and buggy since forever and they mostly don't even fix em after years it's just how they operate . which isnt something ppl should normalize even sea-dogs / not developed by them - morrowind - oblivion all had these issues bethesda is really not a rolemodel on these things

[–] asret@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Yes, just wanted to contrast the reception they got. Bethesda games don't generally attract as much ire for the bugs. People expect them and tolerate them (to an extent). Cyberpunk 2077 was a totally broken mess according to the internet, while the Elder Scrolls are the greatest thing ever.

I had crashes to the desktop about every 4th area transition in Oblivion and it still didn't bother me too much, since it had just saved and took less than a minute to get back into the game.

Some bugs - even total crashes - can still be put up with just fine.

[–] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Anecdotally, I feel like there is some survivorship bias going on here. I've seen plenty of complaints about Bethesda bugs over the years, but people that are truly bothered by it (me!) have sworn off all their games and thus have no reason to talk about them anymore. The only ones left playing are those that still have some enjoyment/respect for Bethesda games. Cyberpunk felt like more of a "mainstream" hit so it makes sense there was more backlash.

[–] lemmyaccount01@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

Because bethesda ( unfortunately ) got grandfathered in to making very good open world games FULL OF BUGS AND kinda got away with it undeservedly so ( kinda like how pokemon gets away with making mediocre games coz they were the first . like imagine call of duty ( as shit as they are ) making 2 versions of games and sellling you different weapons on each and you gottta payy 140 dollars :D if you want full content. but ppl are kinda waking up starfield was criticized more than their last games etc... ( id say cyberpunk was still worse than most elder scroll games though ( but still totally agreee with you different fan bases treat games differently both arent ok.

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