Bethesda’s latest can’t help but feel shallow by comparison.

  • Poob@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Bethesda games have always been incredibly shallow. How is there anyone that doesn’t see this?

    • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Idk man, Skyrim felt pretty deep in its time period. I spent so much time becoming a member of the thieves guild, and it felt important and immersive. It’s shallow compared to BG3, sure, but it also came out 20 years prior.

    • Silverseren@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      The problem is people defending the games as perfect 10/10 GOTY. And just the general gamers who get super whiny and mad if anyone complains about anything in Starfield, saying that’s just the “Bethesda genre”.

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        1 year ago

        And people romanticizing bugs like it’s something good

        This starfield is so buggy it sucks!

        What? Bugs are part of the experience, it’s a Bethesda game!!!

    • Crow@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I think it’s the time of development. Bethesda games used to be shallow, but they also came out moderately paced. Now things like starfield take the better part of a decade and it’s still just as shallow, which has some people a bit underwhelmed. Personally it’s been so long since a Bethesda game came out, as a person who isn’t a Bethesda fan to start with, I forgot how shallow Bethesda games were.