And they didn't make that... That was Obsidian.
Right, I'm always getting that wrong.
Turns out they had 18 months to make it, and the deal was they'd get royalties if the game scored at least 85% on metacritic.
It received 84%. Wounding.
I'd say Skyrim was a huge hit. I sunk (and am still sinking in hours here and there) hundreds, if not thousands at this point into it. It's one of the most popular games of all time.... Oblivion before that was even better.
Fallout 4, I have no comparison, I never liked the Fallout settings. Fallout 76... I'm hoping they learned their lesson.
So given that track record, I'm a little hopeful for this. As long as it's not based on that god awful outdated engine.
Okay so Skyrim was a good game for sure and sold by the truck load. But coming from Oblivion (or Morrowind), you understand it's easy to put Skyrim in its shadow. And since Skyrim we got FO4, which was utter garbage. They basically changed a winning formula into an open world FPS with pointless base building, whilst trying to masquerade it as the RPG it used to be. Total mess of a game and a massive disappointment.
Then there's the MMO. I know nothing of it, but I'd wager it must be pretty decent and it's probably the reason we've been absent another Elder Scrolls since Skyrim. And honestly I'm not all that optimistic for the trailer we saw a few years back, but would be mildly hyped just because it's been so bloody long.
And not forgetting FO76 of course. The buggy nightmare with zero NPC interaction lol. Action RPG then, just like FO4.
So you see, I don't think their track record over the last decade is anything to inspire confidence. Seems to me they're drifting away from their RPG roots and catering more for the 'gun-ho' crowd these days.
I'll also blame Bethesda for modern day micro-transactions as I reckon they started it all with that horse armour
Can't wait for Todd Howard's presentation(s) about how there is 16 times more detail and it's the most work they have put into a game.........
Which game was that in reference to?
Other sound bites.
'Radiant AI'
'Infinite Quests'
'Over 200 endings'