Honestly, the amount of time it takes AAA titles like this to launch is crazy. Buuut if that’s the price we pay for getting a finished, somewhat bug free experience, then so be it. I’d rather that that crunch leading to burnout and a product that gets rushed out to appease shareholders (stares in 2077).
Expecting a somewhat bug free experience from Bethesda… also, while games take long nowadays, 12 years isn’t a normal amount. Nor is announcing 5 years prior then never speaking of it again… Pretty sure we’re past the “modern games take a lot of time to develop” stage by now.
That’s true. Skyrim is like 4 editions in and still has bugs. I definitely don’t expect something flawless from Bethesda but I guess I’d still rather wait than it be horrible or put undue stress on the people working on it.
I would definitely agree that announcing it and then going radio silent isn’t the way to go. At least give some kind of update as to the progress.
I would agree, if that’s actually what’s happening.
However, looking at how the gaming industry does things… I think it’s more likely that it takes so long because the game has either been put on ice or they have a completely understaffed team working on it slowing, development to a crawl.
And then, once the company suddenly decides they want to release it, they’re going to force crunch time, anyway.
I’d be very happy if my suspicions turn out wrong, but…
Honestly, the amount of time it takes AAA titles like this to launch is crazy. Buuut if that’s the price we pay for getting a finished, somewhat bug free experience, then so be it. I’d rather that that crunch leading to burnout and a product that gets rushed out to appease shareholders (stares in 2077).
Expecting a somewhat bug free experience from Bethesda… also, while games take long nowadays, 12 years isn’t a normal amount. Nor is announcing 5 years prior then never speaking of it again… Pretty sure we’re past the “modern games take a lot of time to develop” stage by now.
That’s true. Skyrim is like 4 editions in and still has bugs. I definitely don’t expect something flawless from Bethesda but I guess I’d still rather wait than it be horrible or put undue stress on the people working on it.
I would definitely agree that announcing it and then going radio silent isn’t the way to go. At least give some kind of update as to the progress.
I highly doubt they’ve been working on it since Skyrim.
I would agree, if that’s actually what’s happening.
However, looking at how the gaming industry does things… I think it’s more likely that it takes so long because the game has either been put on ice or they have a completely understaffed team working on it slowing, development to a crawl. And then, once the company suddenly decides they want to release it, they’re going to force crunch time, anyway.
I’d be very happy if my suspicions turn out wrong, but…
Yeah… I’m trying to remain somewhat optimistic but in all likelihood you’re right.
I’m not sure what to expect at this point. I would hope it’s very well polished. But it is Bethesda. So who knows. Haha.
It can’t be worse than FO76? Maybe?
…ugh. Thanks for that thought. I had completely forgotten about FO76.