Bruce Nesmith, who left Bethesda in 2021, knows a thing or two about rising expectations.
  • antaymonkey@lemmy.world
    77·
    3 months ago

    Honestly I’m expecting a hot steaming pile of garbage given their trajectory. Just another fantasy veneer on the same tired Bethesda formula rife with bugs. My expectations are so low, in fact, my plan is to wait for a good sale to get it, or until I hear that it’s released in a playable state but still post release.

      • antaymonkey@lemmy.world
        3·
        3 months ago

        Yup it is. Most recent example is Space Marine 2. I don’t have a problem paying full price if the review consensus is that it’s good enough to warrant it. So I waited for the reviews, and my most trusted reviewers lavished it so I bought it day one. Lo and behold it lived up.

        I don’t expect the same for ES6.

    • Zozano@lemy.lol
      246·
      3 months ago

      I’m expecting:

      • dialogue choices to be binary.
      • all NPC’s are voiced by Todd.
      • there’s a mandatory 200GB texture pack update on day one.
      • the Creation Club is integral to the main story.
      • skills are distilled down to STRONG, BENDY, SMART.
      • these three skills have a perk tree which is actually just a perk stick with no branches.
      • AI assesses whether your constructed town is good enough and won’t let you proceed to the next mission unless you’ve gone to Granny Earl’s house for three consecutive IRL Sunday’s and sent photos of your freshly baked Sweet Roll™ to the Bethesda’s Antarctic game studio (you incur all costs associated with postage) in the middle of Winter (May).
      • races outside of Imperial are DLC, as is any skin colour besides white, and any genital options besides “Jewish”.