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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (3 children)

REMEMBER: NO PRE-ORDERS. Safest bet is to wait a year after any Bethesda release to give modders enough time to fix the game.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

The earlier you buy the buggier the next release is.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or pirate it until they fix it, that's my plan

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Lol stealing a game with the intent to pay for it later?

Press x to doubt

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Am I crazy or has there been almost no pre-release coverage of this game?

Oblivion and Fallout 3 are two of my all-time favourite games (I've played the others as well but those 2 stuck with me the most) but I just cannot get hyped for this game. It's like a black box with people's hopes and dreams, and it feels like people are just hyping themselves up by imagining what could be inside it.

I couldn't imagine pre-ordering this game in particular. Beth has been so quiet I'm worried it may just be a total flop.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bethesda put out a long video around Summer Game Fest that spent 45 minutes showing most of the gameplay systems in the game. It was honestly a bit overwhelming.

Reviewers are quiet because the NDA is still active. It should end sometime today (Aug 31).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah I watched that. It was almost all dev talk, some views on the major city, and some promises. I meant like, I haven't seen ANY impressions from outside the company that made the game.

But yeah, review embargo is up so let's see