alyaza [they/she][Opinion piece] Starfield Killed My Hype For The Elder Scrolls 6
verdare [he/him]I’m honestly baffled as to why people have had any faith in Bethesda Game Studios for years. Even if you liked Fallout 3 or 4, what they did with 76 should’ve obliterated any remaining trust.
- Fallout 3 releases and it's good
- Fallout New Vegas releases and it's great
- Fallout 4 releases and it's disappointing but it's okay because it's just a blip. They had some good new ideas in there, they were just balanced out in the other direction by a lot of bad ones. Bethesda's track record is still solid, if somewhat tarnished.
- Fallout 76 releases and it's disappointing but that's because they've never made (and shouldn't have made) an MMO before. A lot of the coverage is centred around the shoddy launch, which doesn't really matter for a non-MMO title.
Elder scrolls online??? They didn’t “make” it, but they were damn familar with the mmo scene.
FriendshipAs you mentioned, they didn't make ESO. Entirely different studios involved in the two games. They probably should have spent some time with the Zenimax developers before trying FO76 though.