I think I've seen more 'meh not this time Todd' reactions than in previous games. Maybe FO76 did more reputation damage than we realize. Maybe 'the Bethesda formula' isn't cute and quirky anymore. I don't think Baldur's Gate 3 releasing when it did helped Bethesda either.
One thing I keep seeing that I didn't expect is the 'waste of time' complaint. People aren't digg'n the intentional time-sink game design elements. Engagement isn't entertainment, etc.
It would violate their own TOS, but that's never stopped them before. Dark0ne banned the IPs of an entire country to teach ONE TROLL a lesson and then there's the typical Western 'diversity and inclusion' hypocrisy. But this isn't about Dark0ne being a knoblicker or his shit stain site. Back to Starfield!
Bitchthesda removed Russian localization from Starfield. Made-up pronouns, transvestite NPCs, ugly characters, and now real world politics. FUCK Bethesda.
TOO MANY FACES. Betcha they did that amateur hour high poly count BS to save on texture rendering. Evidently bump maps and hirez normals are no longer a thing.
Typical Bethesda fans. And how many tired tropes can they post? Muh diversity and inclusion! You're a Nazi if you don't agree with me!
They're goddamned morons.
FO76 taught them nothing. I look at it like this; Bethesda is a lost cause so if low expectation dumbasses want to reward them with their money and time then let them do it.
Bethesda is out of the loop of 'hold them accountable so they make better games'. Bethesda has their bullshit formula and they won't deviate from it so...don't buy anything they make. Toddler stepping away from the helm solved nothing. Forcing Emil Pagliarulo into another position solved nothing. Bethesda's reputation is shit and they only held the Skyrim 'what to aspire to' gaming crown for a few years. If 'peaked in high school' was a corporation Bethesda would be it.
Wokesters: 'Stop making game characters attractive."
Also Wokesters: 'All the Starfield characters are ugly because racism.'
Sane People: 'There's just no pleasing these dumbfucks.'