Starfield's hype handle cranks ever-more furiously in the run-up to its September release, and Bethesda has now fired o…
@Sordid@beehaw.org
link
fedilink
46
edit-2
1Y

Hyping up old features as if they’re groundbreaking is a proud Bethesda tradition. I still remember laughing at their pre-release hype around the Radiant quest randomizer in Skyrim, which is virtually identical to the quest randomizer that Daggerfall had been built around fifteen years prior.

macniel
link
fedilink
31Y

Also Radiant Quests were already part of Oblivion as well, which they had to dumb down for whatever reason.

@DaSaw@midwest.social
link
fedilink
English
21Y

“Whatever reason” being that without the dumbing down, the NPCs were so murderous that, however hilarious it was, it rendered the game unplayable.

macniel
link
fedilink
11Y

I only remember that it could render it rather difficult. but not that difficult. thanks for clarifying :)

@DaSaw@midwest.social
link
fedilink
English
21Y

Murderous at each other, not the player.

Create a post

From video gaming to card games and stuff in between, if it’s gaming you can probably discuss it here!

Please Note: Gaming memes are permitted to be posted on Meme Mondays, but will otherwise be removed in an effort to allow other discussions to take place.

See also Gaming’s sister community Tabletop Gaming.


This community’s icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

  • 1 user online
  • 52 users / day
  • 151 users / week
  • 531 users / month
  • 1.72K users / 6 months
  • 1 subscriber
  • 2.65K Posts
  • 42.6K Comments
  • Modlog