bethesda has become a publisher big time
and some of those games have not been very good
true, they are raking in publishing money with all these games, many of which have been rated poorly. I hope this wont tarnish the bethesda name too badly....esspecially since alot of people think bethesda have developed the game, not just published it.
then there is the fiasco with fallout 3 and the PS3- constant freezing etc- major issues never fixed
i know because i own the game on both consoles - xbox and ps3
Im my opinion.....bethesda just chucked fallout 3 away the moment the DLCs were out and they had the customer's money. At least on the PC we dcan bugfix, but the game would be horrible for a console user, and it shouldnt be up to modders to fix dev mistakes.....helll there wasnt even ever a good bugfixing/glitchfixing patch for the game. They better pay more attention to TES5, or their name will start getting really tarnished.
the economy is not good and games are expensive to make
economy is fine here, last i checked, all that trouble is over.
frankly i do not expect another tes game
there are a lot of good and great games out there now and coming up
other studios do tell people that they are making the next game etc
this company is way too quiet about any games they might be making but they are talking about publishing more games
and frankly other companies have done a better job both in story telling graphics controls etc
I dont see why not, TES has always been the staple of bethesda, throwing away thier signiture name would be stupid....when the previous games have made them so much. last i checked also, there arent that many sword/magic RPGs out there with as big a open scope as the ES series has. Competition would be pretty easy for them, with a strong brand name and few other games to match the ES games, no doubt it would be a success.
ES has always had its main focus on 'do anything, go anywhere, be whoever you want to'. Ive yet ot ever play a game like that, any others always seems to have a linear story line (though iwth choice, though normally just good/evil). Also, you say that bethesa lacks graphics? yet when oblivion, and morrowind, were released they are always acclaimed as some of the best graphics in a game. The industry moves quickly though, so in a few months they start looking older compared to other big name games. Though bethesda needs a better animation department.....or maybe more animaters. If bethesda goes back to morrowind grade writers, the story would be amazing again, rather then the generic drival we got in oblivion.
As long as bethesda focuses on that, then it'll do the ES series justice....if they start forcing linear pathways with few, or meaningless choices.....welll the ES series would be in trouble.....
there are 25 of these speculation threads...i'd say interest in a new game is off the charts
however, to come right out and announce a new installment out of the blue doesn't make any sense to me. has anyone here ever been through one of these long waiting periods between games before? when an almost guaranteed installment of a successful franchise is finally announced, most dev studios and publishers do it in grand style. blog posts and website articles are usually reserved for new IP games or for lower-budget titles...not a 5th sequel in a long running series. i suspect a trade-show announcement followed shortly by a flashy webpage full of info....hell, judging from all the 'hype tv' fallout 3 got on G4, i wouldn't be surprised if they air an hour-long 'preview special' in the same fashion.
don't you see? this very thread is Beth's personal hype machine...and it's working over capacity.
Totally agree, the blog will have it quickly, but at the same time it'll be all over the magazines and press releases. E3 is when i reckon it'll all come out, when people are looking at the industry, then i'll be in the mags.
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