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The Elder Scrolls 6 Announcement Trailer is Officially Five Years Old (gamerant.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Wilshire@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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[–] Grenfur@lemmy.one 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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).

[–] cambionn@feddit.nl 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] icesentry@lemmyrs.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I highly doubt they've been working on it since Skyrim.

[–] sarsaparilyptus@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I highly doubt they've started working on it even now.

[–] icesentry@lemmyrs.org 2 points 1 year ago

They probably have some sort of pre production going on where there's a few concept artists and writers worming on it but yeah I wouldn't expect much more than that.

[–] Grenfur@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] Cheshire@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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…

[–] Grenfur@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah... I'm trying to remain somewhat optimistic but in all likelihood you're right.

[–] fadedmaster@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Grenfur@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It can't be worse than FO76? Maybe?

[–] fadedmaster@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

...ugh. Thanks for that thought. I had completely forgotten about FO76.