I wonder when and how Bethesda is going to react to this. And how they are handling it now.
Could someone please give me some facts that could explain why wouldn't they announce it now?!
Sorry for double post.
Sure, I can help.
There's more to announcing a game than just letting the world know the game exists. The fact is, the world of games is huge. And, in that world, developers simply cannot financially justify developing specifically for their hardcoe audience (us) - it's too small a group. The average gamer is the target, because the average gamer is the one that's going to be able to pay back all those expensive development fees. So the announcement, while pleasing for us, isn't really
for us - it's for them. It's for the average gamer. And it's a sign that the developer ready to start doling out information about their game in some fashion. Some have different strategies, but all follow up an announcement with information eventually. That's because the public will demand it. They'll want information. They'll want screenshots. They'll want trailers. If you want your game to persist in the minds of that public, you'll have to consistently feed that information to them because, as I said, the world of games is huge - if you don't keep feeding their interest, they'll move on to other games that will.
Summary: Annnouncements kick off a long period of information and content provided by developers, and getting the timing right is crucial to ensuring the public cares about your game - even when it comes to heavy-hitters like Bethesda.
So if they're doing voice recording for the game now, does that mean the game is finished? How long does it usually take for voice recording.
Voice work is usually done after the story and overall game structure is in place, but before polish. They'll work with placeholder voice work (usually recorded by someone on the dev team) or subtitles for the time leading up to actually getting the talent into the studio.
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