What is going on with Bethesda?

[@apocalypselemon2209]

If the developer makes a weapon skin and sells it to you, it's not a paid mod. It's a microtransaction.

[@vintageoriginallegit]

I don’t see the difference?

[@jonny45k44]

​@vintageoriginallegit Because there isn't one. But Bethesda seems to think there is.

[@TheParagonIsDead]

I don’t see anyone complaining for Arkham having paid skins or any other game for stuff like this.

[@jonny45k44]

@TheParagonIsDead Becasue either it's COD of which it's fans have really low standards, or the game started out selling those from the beginning. This is also a single-player game which makes it just stupid to begin with

[@erwinzyx]

@@TheParagonIsDead - Anybody who accepts microtransactions in a full-priced game is an idiot and is part of the problem.

[@AtomAndRose]

Only Bethesda can break a game that is 9 years old.

[@ezekieloruven]

Blizzard: Allow us to introduce ourselves...

[@BuraindoYurei]

Rockstar: 10 years and counting

[@fedbia2003]

You have the choice to not update. Maybe pay attention when you get into modding. Or just roll back your update like literally anybody else.

[@AtomAndRose]

@@fedbia2003 I'm not even playing Fo4 right now buddy just FNV, not sure why you have an attitude about this but either way Bethesda still made a mistake. They actively push mods with their creation club so since it's supported by the actual devs you'd expect the mods from there to play nicely with the game after an update right?

[@fedbia2003]

@@AtomAndRose No, obviously not. Do you not understand how mods work? Do you think Bethesda is literally the only company to give future updates that wrecks mods? It happens all them time. The solution for over 2 decades? Don't auto-update modded games. If that's too much for you then don't mod. Otherwise, you sound like a crying little girl. You can be critical of Bethesda. There's not issue there. But acting like something universal in the mod community is now somehow localized to one company is asinine.

[@Quaggz]

What's going on with Bethesda? They're slowly coming to terms with the fact that they are a bottom of the barrel developer. They've known this but put it off for years by coming out with half games like 76, re-releasing Skyrim, destroying previous games with trash updates, and resurrecting paid mods. After all this time they were FINALLY forced to develop a real game and came up with one of the hottest diapers of the decade: Starfield. People, Bethesda has finally fallen, AND THEY DESERVE TO.

[@mariuszmoraw3571]

They had years to improve. Oblivion, New Vegas, Skyrim was excellent but then it was spiral down.

[@PSYMEDIC]

@@mariuszmoraw3571 New Vegas was literally not made by them. Skyrim is a watered down Oblivion, where Oblivion is a watered down Morrowind. Thr biggest true hit Bethesda ever made was Skyrim and it's all they are selling ever since.

[@mariuszmoraw3571]

@@PSYMEDIC As far as this games were back then I wouldn't call them "watered down". And yeah about New Vegas I know... The only problem I see with Bethesda was that didn't even attempt to push forward from their past.

[@coje7412]

@@mariuszmoraw3571 The rpg mechanics are watered down, each release since morrowind is wider but shallower, with starfield being the epitome of that. Skyrim was the level of depth that casual gamers want, the 70% of the audience that plays for 6 hours a week, starfield was too shallow for even them and performed terribly.

[@jiketagg4251]

The problem is Todd Howard resists change. He resists company size increase. He resists engine change. He resists innovation and yet he still wants to profit like a triple A company, hence microtransactions. He became rich and arrogant and is stuck in 2010.

[@Elunev]

Normally I'd be inclined to agree but I've never seen anything that suggests Todd is responsible for these decisions. It was Zenimax corporate that didn't allow them to work on their in-house engine for several years, that is known

[@sortaspicey9278]

Yeah the interview gave off the energy of somebody who is irritated about the lack of control they have ​@@Elunev

[@DRourkey]

Oblivion turned a generation of kids into gamers. Skyrim was their magnum opus. Fallout 4 was on par with skyrim, but was disappointing because it was just on par, not better. 76 was a cash grab. Starfield, ironically, is where they officially fell from grace and showed they just want you to be happy with less

[@Elrohof]

@@DRourkey Honestly I'd say they don't really have a magnum opus. Skyrim to this day suffers too much from its cut content, poorly written stories and quests that break too easily - As well as its poor perk system which locks you into builds too hard, which was ironic because the class system was scrapped to avoid locking us into builds. Only the Dark Brotherhood is fleshed out, but also stands as a shell of its former self compared to its previous entry. Earlier titles don't fare much better under scrutiny, but latter titles don't even hold a candle to Skyrims low bar.

[@teamacio9043]

Bethesda is 3 times bigger then in Skyrim days. Engine change would make their games lose the bethesda magic becoming static, and scripted like Far cry

[@spicy.tuna_]

The reality is we’re seeing the decline of Bethesda and not in the sense of decline into bankruptcy but the decline into being a soulless shell company like blizzard.

[@Justathought81]

@@spicy.tuna_ I really think it’s an issue that pops up everywhere, “getting older” all the leads at Bethesda are older and have no fire or ambition left, no dreams of the next big thing, they get stuck in a way of thinking, the mind grows solid, not things conducive to artistic endeavors

[@_MaZTeR_]

Complacency

[@Sku11King77]

Idk if it's a shell company cause I don't think this is the result of some higher power - I genuinely think Starfield was just a poor idea for a game which doesn't work with the creation engine, and everything since is a result of that. All the bugs introduced is just lack of testing / lack of a "release only when ready" attitude though, maybe that could be because of higher ups tbf, to coincide with the fallout show.

[@schafandbake3044]

Where u been for the last *checks watch*… 7 years?

[@_MaZTeR_]

@@schafandbake3044 7? How about 8 ever since Skyrim Special Edition. At least Fallout 4 tried something and wasn't Fallout 3 again.

[@krazymist6950]

If Bethesda taught me anything, then it is to NEVER auto-update any modded game you want to play.

[@EldestCoont]

it baffles me every time there's an update and people lose their minds because they don't know how to disable the auto-update feature.. "I can turn Alduin into the Macho Man, but what is this!?"

[@Ripjawz]

Both my Skyrim and fallout 4 will never be updated again :)

[@agentnukaz1715]

Glad I turned auto update off, but I never imagined it'd be this bad

[@dane1382]

@@EldestCoont its because steam doesnt let you disable updates unless you use a mod manager to launch the game.

[@EldestCoont]

@@dane1382 what's holding you back?

[@ElfinE80]

The issue at Starfield's core is honestly the fact that it takes place in a big empty world with only a thin layer of lore to give it depth. And even then, when you try to explore that depth, you find that it's about as deep as a puddle.

[@ivanaleksandartsanev1693]

Exactly. For an RPG, it lacks any sort of energy or real urgency, it doesn't feel like something meaningful is happening. Also, the FPS gameplay is average at best, just extremely mediocre both in style and in the feeling of being engaged in a fight.

[@Ixmore]

But I see what they were trying to do. I honestly saw Starfield as an experiment of trying to create an illusion of a vast series of Solar systems. A comparison I would like to make is Arena and Daggerfall to Marrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim. While Marrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim gives you a scaled down versions of the lands your exploring, Arena and Daggerfall gives of an illusion that your really exploring Tamerial and Daggerfall respectfully through procedural generation and an overworld map. I think Starfield was an attempt to give off the same illusion Arena and Daggerfall gave off while trying to give us set pieces.

[@Oink-FM]

They’re selling a mediocre game, then selling you „paid mods” instead of updating it into an enjoyable experience.

[@LLachs283]

And they keep updating your 12 year old game to make sure your unpaid mods get broken on a regular Basis

[@jackeroo_sundown]

The problem with Starfield is mods can't fix it. You're asking random people to completely overhaul the core of the game, the core isn't good. Its all copy-pasted layouts, boring maps, and shallow features. Modders NEED a good baseline to start from in order to make it good, Starfield just doesn't have it. Some parts are really fun about the game but they're overshadowed by the flaws. I don't think mods can save this one, bossman

[@seanhoffman8990]

Yup. Meanwhile fallout New Vegas was still receiving major mod work over a decade after it’s release

[@StonedApe985]

To be fair Skyrim and fallout 4 were both shitty games that got saved by mods

[@johntitor4287]

@@StonedApe985 Fallout 4 required a script extender and so did Skyrim. Some of their best mods are giga jank. People were expecting Factorio-level extensibility with Starfield, but they just got the next flavor of gamebryo, which kinda killed hype because whatever mods you could make on Starfield you could also just make on Fallout 4.

[@jackeroo_sundown]

@@StonedApe985 True, but every dungeon in those games were still hand crafted whereas in Starfield I recall quitting after finding 2 identical Cryogenics labs on different planets on the opposite sides of the galaxy. Modders are going to have to completely destroy planets and take out an insane amount of modular dungeons which is too much imo. No modder in their right mind is going to spend a decade fixing this mess with such a low player count.

[@molassesman4066]

Fallput 4 and skyrim both had uniqueish looking areas, to the point the only time youd encounrer duplicate structures is the red rockets, starfield is JUST duplicates​@StonedApe985

[@jaumealcazo6386]

Bethesda, Bethesda never changes...

[@psilocybe_reptiliensis]

LOLLL

[@mnemonix1315]

nobody cares anymore what goes on with BGS they're dead to us.

[@jimmyfrench4722]

Disagree, I see a clear fall in quality…that’s a change…but then again, war changes too, soooo….

[@Furzkampfbomber]

@@jimmyfrench4722 True, but usually the face of war changing means they found better and more effective ways to kill you, whereas Bethesda seems to be gung-ho on going the opposite way.

[@sneezyfido]

Something did change. The old core team is pretty much gone and head honcho is preparing maximum bonus in his pending exit

[@xx-qv9tp]

"This was not an issue, BEFORE the update" Welcome to *anything* Bethesda

[@tnatstrat7495]

What's going on is the same thing that's going on with every other major company. Chasing investor dollars instead of creating a quality product.

[@Sithicas]

Starfield just felt like a collection of missed opportunities. Example: an entire questline of being a space ranger and in the end we cannot arrest people and bring them to justice... whole thinmg just fell flat

[@justablindman1443]

They added that with last update tho

[@terryhesticles5298]

that's what happens when you use AI to make your terrain, story, and general content. The whole game screams a quick build for the sake of pushing out money, not this made up story of it being Todd Howard's dream project.

[@TheParagonIsDead]

You can arrest people.

[@markomejac8172]

@@terryhesticles5298 Fact!

[@GriMMSkillz1]

I was hoping to start making big moves as the Pirate's, breaking free from the lock and starting an entire faction on their own. Instead you just get a laughable paycheck and then that's it no more plans for the pirates after all that planning to hit a score big enough to change things for themselves.

[@kevingirard7844]

The Fallout 4 error where you are completely unable to access your mod list I find totally egregious. Since the update this has been broken on my game and I can’t even access my mods to delete them. Adding insult to injury Bethesda has remained totally silent months after breaking the game. For a company as large as Bethesda to continue to push out these kinds of broken and buggy games and updates is beyond unacceptable and is a slap in the face to their customers.

[@Rabbitohsfan]

Bugthesda was a AAA+ developer. Now they are not even a C-. But the worst part is, they will continue to push out broken/buggy games & updates, as long people remain stupid enough to keep paying their hard earned money for subpar games.

[@Ed-ealmighty]

Yooooo we begged them not to use the outdated creation engine for starfield and what did they do 😆

[@paul22180]

So, mods broke your game, but you're blaming the company that you paid what, $50 for it, ten years ago? They didn't break your game, you did.

[@great2831]

​@@paul22180go look at the actual update before you comment

[@great2831]

​@@Ed-ealmightyeven if starfield waen't buggy it would still be a bad games due to the writing and Quest design

[@neil3202]

Fallout has had game-breaking bugs that have literally gone undressed for years. How are people still surprised by this?

[@statixfear]

Let's all be reminded that the excuse Bethesda gave as to why they weren't migrating to more prevalent game engines like UE, and instead sticking with their seemingly dated and easily breakable Creation Engine, is because it was "easier to fix, mod, update, etc.". Yet, their games still, to this day, have the reputation of being the most broken and bug-riddled, despite all the effort they seemingly are putting into them. Bethesda just being Bethesda, even after all these years. Let that sink in 😂

[@stuartward1755]

The biggest problem is Bethesda does this because we let them. Just look at Fallout 76 where they took away everything that made their previous games tolerable and exposed their problems for all to see, and people were STILL defending them and buying the game. They do it because now they know they can get away with it.

[@wem_iii]

Bethesda killed FO4 to get you into the FO76 cash shop

[@Gamers-Haunt]

This. Except they forgot Microsoft is looking at Xbox and laying people off for screw ups like this. Betcha there is a lot of drama and attempted job saving over how screwed up that patch was and how bad their reputation is now.

[@chrishinkley5743]

76 is so borked its as bad as release right now with the crashing and freezing

[@t84t748748t6]

when the done the final dlc the should have made 1 more patch to fix the bugs and leave it alone now i got these garbage mods the forced in my game i dont want them not even free

[@whatif8741]

​@@chrishinkley5743not to mention the plethora of day one bugs that are still there. You don't have to spend any money to get anywhere in F76. I beat the main story in a week

[@Mabra51]

It's always about the money, Shpiderman.

[@LittleCrowYT]

I can't even pause my game without it crashing to home menu right now. It's ridiculous. My second most played game of all time and I can't play it right now

[@JTT197]

@@user-hn3uu3gj2g leave him alone. he just liked to play the game that is now broken

[@XGiveMeLibertyX]

It’s BS that’s how I feel about Hogwarts Legacy. I waited over a year to play because of the exclusivity PS5 got with extra missions I couldn’t play on PC. The new update for Hogwarts dropped a month ago and I’m still not able to play because the game crashes. I can’t get through a mission or a fast travel point without the game crashing!

[@TTVSmileyz420]

Fallout 76 is amazing that's all I know imma wait awhile longer for my fo4 run

[@RandmGhost]

Same I play n replay a alot it’s a headache all I wanna do is enjoy my game in peace. 2 years ago I could be modded building my own for literally three days straight without a problem now I’d be lucky not to crash while opening a door …. Don’t let a bunch (9+) npcs load in immediate Home Screen.

[@rey8229]

@@user-hn3uu3gj2g How about you go touch grass instead

[@JHiggins67]

Starfield had "very good to great reviews." The pre-release rush of hyperbolic reviews are HIGHLY suspect, given how mediocre the game truly is.

[@Duchess_Van_Hoof]

Have you checked Steam lately? The game has plummeted to 59%, with 23% on recent reviews. It must be those accursed playstation fanboys I keep hearing about, buying the game on their gaming computers just to review-bomb it...

[@billy-bg9rx]

The competency crisis is real and effecting every industry lol

[@techpriest6962]

It's all self imposed, they just can't retain talent when run by suits and nepotistic executives.

[@jazzardperi2142]

Its really telling that more people are excited for remasters and remakes of classic games than new Bethesda content.

[@DC-ml6cv]

That goes for any game tbh. I’d give my left testie for dragon age origins remaster

[@ludwigvanbeethoven8164]

because its not technically new when it doesnt marvel. its just corporate trash from the California's valley...true soulless people there.

[@LabiaLicker]

Even though any remaster/remake will never be able to compete with the overhaul modpacks the community has made.

[@mitchondemand5194]

When you have a masterpiece game that was released ages ago, that enough time has passed that you can truly bring a definitive rendition of the game forward, it is almost a surefire win. It's also a big gamble because you are toying with people's memories and things they hold dear to them. So if a company fumbles a remake or remaster, they get crucified. You succeed and make the game even better, while being able to stand on its own? You get a resounding success. Think Dead Space Remake, RE2 & RE4 Remakes, Destroy All Humans. It takes something already incredible and dials it up to 11. It becomes the definitive way to play the game. I know we would all love to see our old favorites remade. The developers just need to ensure it's a 1:1 style remake and to make changes only where it is needed or necessary to connect all the pieces.

[@haribo6669]

Genuinely would be hyped and excited for an oblivion remake, no interest in any of the upcoming content they have.

[@zackhawn5944]

1:00 I remember seeing those same red exclamation marks when The Pitt for Fallout 3 was released in a broken state. Good memories.

[@Korol_i_shut2013]

Your an og I love that

[@aaronbosen6743]

So when you broke it yourself via mods that changed the reference libraries.

[@Rez_97]

@@aaronbosen6743 and you got red exclamation points shooting at you😂

[@profpuffofficial2]

gmod players amd the giant ERRORs

[@no-replies]

​@@Korol_i_shut2013*you're. You are. Use the right words man.

[@Special_Agent_Frank_Horrigan]

Bethesda can't help themselves, they just have to break their old games with so called "updates"

[@lunchbox997]

As a long time Bethesda Fan, there's no way we get more than Shattered Space as a Starfield expansion, not only the optics on the game from the paid mods, but the lack of interest from fans and the fundamental limitations of the Creation engine will break the game in two.

[@ivanaleksandartsanev1693]

Starfield doesn't have good energy for an RPG, there is no sense of urgency or importance to anything, it also just looks bland overall and feels boring. I played it with very neutral feelings for Bethesda, I've never been an Elder Scrolls or Fallout fan, so I had no big expectations. It just bored me to death when playing it, I played probably 30-40 hours trying to figure out how deep the story and mechanics go, but quickly realised how shallow everything is, so that combined with the bad optimizations and how lackluster the graphics looked on my computer, I dropped it eventually. Went back to Cyberpunk 2077 and was mesmerised just how much better the game is, how much better the gameplay and graphics is, but most importantly - there is a specific feeling that great games with great immersion give you and Cyberpunk has that sprinkled like stardust all over the whole journey. Starfield is so incredibly bland by comparison.

[@DavidJG242]

After updating F4 I performed the roll-back patch to the initial condition. Most of the bugs, and performance issues have been fixed by modders anyway, now the game runs super quick.

[@TechFinn12]

Yeah I disabled auto updates and select a file to "read only"

[@Garlan4]

I'm a new "customer" (i took all fallout games on sale on Steam a few monts ago). I just wanna ask: is there a way to NOT download the latest patch for Fallout 4 when i'm gonna install it first time ?

[@TechFinn12]

@@Garlan4 i don't know maybe search on youtube how to downgrade

[@btbarr16]

The fact physics are still tied to fps on PC is beyond a joke for a next gen update. I know there are mods that fix it, but in 2024, after a next gen update, I shouldn't have to mod a game to enjoy high fps.

[@Justathought81]

@@btbarr16 they also didn’t fix the loading time bug, takes minutes to enter/exit cells, with mod fix it takes seconds, f Bethesda

[@btbarr16]

@@Justathought81 I've wanted to play Fallout 4, but don't have an Xbox. Downloaded it for PC on Xbox game pass for PC. With physics tied to FPS where even a locked 60 fps feels weird, I just couldn't play it. Ironically, that was when reports of a next Gen update started coming out. I thought, "sweet, I'll just wait for that. Surely they understand PC players will expect more than 30 fps for a game that's 8 years old" cut to now, the game is nearly 9 years old and you're pretty much stuck at 30 fps if you want the game to function normally. After Starfield's release I shouldn't be surprised since Bethesda thinks HD textures equates to next gen instead of a seamless immersive experience that requires one loading screen... Unless you fast travel, then fair enough.

[@-lollipopsunder-7044]

Guess what??? You can't even mod it to fix things. You're just cooked hahahaha

[@scottydc]

at 11:25 you mention that people who bought premium edition are getting the DLC "for free". no, they paid additional money to get all the DLC, so they paid for the DLC. just because they aren't paying 50 bucks for a single story expansion doesn't mean they are getting it for "free".

[@christiankaiser3885]

According to Todd Howard... I wouldn't trust Todd Howard, after they just released Microtransactions in Starfield, before the DLC that people have already paid money for. "Waiting for that thing you paid for? Well, here's something else you can buy while you wait!" has to be one of the sickest moves ever done by a company to its customers... I feel sorry for the people working there, if this is the level of greed their boss openly show to fans. I'm really suprised they made the Creation shop before the Shattered Space DLC. Shows you their priorities. And probaly also why nobody is playing the game anymore.

[@primarch316]

Same as other triple A companies. The suits took over. The talent left.

[@kyleashley9294]

Unless Bethesda can solve the number of load screens in Starfield, I have no intention of returning.

[@Justathought81]

@@kyleashley9294 exactly, and how did they think it was going to fly releasing a space game in 2023 with skyboxes and zero actual space to explore

[@Ronnet]

They can't solve it but they can reduce it by putting more content in one area, which is what they'll do with the upcoming DLC. However, that sort of goes against the whole space exploration concept. Basically Bethesda's engine is unfit for the type of game Starfield is supposed to be. The problem is that as much as fans hate the engine, they love the mod support that comes from having this engine. Bethesda remains stuck between two parts of the fanbase.

[@e21big]

@@Ronnet They totally can fix it, if you think the problem is their engine, you've never make a mod for their game. All they have to do is to create a set of PoI in space, it's just need some more game play mechanic before you go into the planet.

[@Salvo_Your_Problems]

💯

[@TitusFlavius11]

Honestly, if Starfield’s exploration was worthwhile, and the word building wasn’t shallow to the point of being nonexistent I’d forgive most of its flaws. Bethesda’s writing has always been mediocre but the immersive and living worlds they created kept me engaged with their games.

[@doodtheman2508]

Thank god i learned how to roll back on PC

[@anton6686]

Bethesda got more hype from tv show coming out then anything they've released this decade. Total Joke of a company nearing the no return point.

[@alanq64]

What's killing Starfield is not enough variation of POI's on planets. You can go to a location on one planet, travel all the way across the galaxy and find the same location on another planet. Same enemies, same dead bodies in exactly same positions and so on. Fix that and watch the player count increase. They took too big a bite with Starfield and now they are choking on it. It's a shame.

[@coreyleader6206]

It's boring.

[@starscream6629]

That’s not going to bring anyone back in numbers it’s a fundamentally bad game

[@Horstveratu]

Unless they pull a total reboot on that pos everyone that wanted to buy that trash already did, it's dead. The End

[@TheParagonIsDead]

There is an insane amount of Lunt of variety. The issue is it’s not being rotated. The next update will fix this and I’m willing to bet on it.

[@TheParagonIsDead]

@@coreyleader6206which part?

[@Gamers-Haunt]

GoG allows you to rollback your update and decide what version of the game you want to install. Get the gog version if you want to enjoy a less painful mod experience.

[@KarlRock]

I’m hoping Shattered Space fixes things too. Bethesda can just read KZbin comments to find out why Starfield didn’t connect. Lame quests, lame stories, lame choices, lame companions (except Andreja), nothing crazy and memorable - unlike Fallout series. I really hope the fun comes back to Bethesda. Thanks for the updates.

[@dallasmed65]

I just finished a full Fallout 4 run with DLC and didn't come across one bug on Xbox Series X

[@JuiceHead3]

Did you use mods?

[@ancientking8771]

If their Oblivion Remake was planned to drop in spring-fall25 that would put it squarely in front of the Skyblivion remake and directly competing with the community that had been working on it for around 10 years now which I find is very disrespectful to the people that worked so hard to bring an old game to a modern and maybe younger part of the community that has a ton of potential as it is.

[@incidentalconspiracy]

Don't worry, they're too incompetent to truly be competitive. Skyblivion will beat a Bethesda-made remake any time.

[@Zoabdy]

That's what happened with FO London. Next gen update released right before the mod was supposed to and broke so much stuff that the release was delayed

[@princessamygaming]

I think Skyblivion should be the official remake.

[@dane1382]

wasnt the official oblivion remake fake news?

[@CaptainEffort]

@@ZoabdyBethesda clearly has a mixed relationship with their own community. Despite the community almost single-handedly adding such longevity to their games, they almost seem to resent them since they aren’t able to easily monetize them.

[@yeti112]

When it comes to Starfield, I got 3 major problems: Quests, Writing and Immersion. Taking aside the main quest line and UC Vanguard, New Atlantis is full of uninteresting quests. Get a coffee, flip on some switches, pick up some sensors, escort an NPC to his home and so on. Not really engaging. With the writing it really bothers me that everyone talks to me like we are best friends and that every NPC tries their best not to offend me. Very distracting. I rather have Emil Pagliarulo in Fallout 4 selling me a useless charge card and calling me a r3tard. And immersion, well, Bethesda usually is very good at world building you can get immersed in but with Starfield it always feels like once you start getting immersed into the world, you suddenly get dragged into 2020 the video game. That was a constant thing, switching from Toddfield to 2020field, very distracting since I never experienced something like that in a Bethesda game. I did play the game once and want to replay it but every time I try, I get confronted with these 3 problems and drop it to play Fallout 3, NV and pre-update Fallout 4. I'm still a Todd fanboy but I doubt I'll bother with Shattered Space. I guess I'll see what reviews say. Not a good sign when you are losing your fanboys, Todd.

[@juliusfishman7222]

It's a normal bethesda problem, it was the same for skyrim for me.

[@Th1sUsernameIsNotTaken]

@@juliusfishman7222 Skyrim had a lot of replayability imo. I skipped out on 76. Starfield is the first game where i was looking for something to enjoy, and never found it. Ship building is fun, the space combat is okay, but neither are enough to carry the game as being the only things you like about the game. UC questline is good as was Ryujin, the rest of the game was quite lackluster.

[@nairocamilo]

​@@Th1sUsernameIsNotTakenThat's the thing that most people just don't get: the gameplay loop of Starfield is non-existent. FO4, a game I absolutely hate in regards to the Fallout universe, is my favourite game to play because there are tons of things to do, and a reason for anything I do, evento more so with mods (loot>build settlement>find npc to live in settlement) Starfield? A mumbo-jumbo crockpot of several disjointed mechanics and features that do NOT interact with each other.

[@HummanMammel]

Every empire will inevitably fall.

[@pwnomega4562]

Can they just stop realeasing "next-gen-anniversary" updates to these games? Everytime they do, they fragment the modding Community, making things harder for beginner modders like me to navigate modding.

[@user-ml2bn7xx7e]

We get this video like once a month

[@tylerevers6573]

More like every 2 weeks, I just come for the comments now🫠

[@DayZeroGaming]

He’s become a shell of Bethesda

[@MrSpartan993]

Just unsubscribe. I did.

[@DayZeroGaming]

@@MrSpartan993 true that’s a good idea

[@alkhemia23]

@@MrSpartan993 good idea

[@jacobtaylor5503]

Glad that they made a horrible update vs letting fallout London come out

[@Justathought81]

@@jacobtaylor5503 I really doubt this was coincidence

[@nairocamilo]

​@@Justathought81Oh, that's a juicy conspirscy theory I can get behind

[@TheBrainChew]

It's horrible to say but yeah.... They did this on purpose....

[@witchfynderfinder1882]

Theres leaked gameplay of FOLON on youtube, the mod is nowhere close to being done. Bethesda sucks but the mod authors used the update as an excuse for more time instead of being honest and just saying they werent close to the finish line

[@dreader_gamer.]

Did forget they brought out Microsoft probably not solo Bethesda fault.

[@AndrewLyon23]

People are not coming back to Starfield unless they make it an actual game. The NPC interactions are so fucking empty, I felt no reason to care about the story or characters.

[@gavinsimmonds6150]

I really hope they sort out the last gen update.

[@michaelkean5969]

They won’t because ESO and 76 (their live service slop) exists and that is all that matters to these “AAA” studios anymore

[@user-jh1jt9lo7i]

@@michaelkean5969bethesda is a glorified indie company atp

[@it2spooky4me79]

​​​​​​@@michaelkean5969counter point, ESO isn't BGS it's ZeniMax, and Fallout 76 is being developed by a off branch studio. If they do patch it, it's most likely by someone in BGS, but from the looks of it, they're probably stretched thin.

[@The-Bloat12]

That's what happens with every Bethesda game ever since morrowind... They leave it broken. It's all due to their antique game engine... They would have to keep updating every year that costs money and wasting time.

[@fearlesswee5036]

Tl;dw: Not a lot; things look generally bad, no new announcements.

[@ryansarafin12]

Thank you

[@dingledongus]

ty, he seems to make these way too long and way too often

[@Johnny-fv5wn]

@@dingledongus Juicehead for you or more like clickbaithead

[@marcopride90911]

Having a stroke?

[@Gubbins_McBumbersnoot]

@@marcopride90911TL;DW means “too long, didn’t watch”

[@Necropheliac]

I don’t want to see an Oblivion remaster unless it’s being made in the ES 6 engine.

[@marco0445]

Bethesda should drop Starfield, look seriously at everything wrong with it (shallowness, meaningless choices in most quests, bland dialogue and lore, lifeless and one-dimensional followers/npcs) and improve on everything for the next Elder Scrolls. They seriously need to upgrade their writing staff too. Gamers today dont want a watered down RPG like in the late 00s and early 2010s that plays well on console. We want real lore and more intricate quest lines, meaningful choices and good, exotic writing. Shame that this wont happen.

[@frstudio3640]

People have moved on from Starfield. Only a few are excited for the DLC, some arr waiting to see if its worth it, and most already see Starfield as a failure and fear it shows what the next Elder Scrolls will be like

[@GangstarComputerGod]

I never finished Starfield and haven’t redownloaded to even bother with the DLC. I finally started Cyberpunk after it’s been sitting for 3 years and it’s absolutely everything Bethesda can’t do anymore. I’m actually invested in the world and stories.

[@jacobyrassilon]

Sad...but true(

[@ludwigvanbeethoven8164]

oh yes. once i noticed starfield, i knew elder scrolls 6 would be a massive disappointment. unless Bethesda somehow has a "come to Jesus moment", they will continue to shove progressive ideologies of the 0.1% of Southern California and frankly make horrible content. I unfortunately, like everyone else, had high hopes, but now have literally 0. Not preordering it and not going to follow any News for it, since Todd Howard will continue to lie to rack in his $1,000,000 bonus.

[@thathollow5162]

Can't wait for the dumpster fire that is the next elder scrolls they try to sell is 😅

[@scotianbank]

I’m so excited about the Dark Brotherhood paid DLC for Skyrim, the $5 I spent on the Thieves Guild was really worth it… Oh wait, that’s an even shittier alternate reality…

[@radiospace7071]

starfield had so much potential if bethesda wasen't prideful on their outdated game design

[@harrydbastard]

I wish they'd get on with updating fallout 4. I keep finding new bugs that never existed and it's almost unplayable.

[@t2av159]

works fine for me, 100% platinum on ps5

[@sinisterisrandom8537]

@@t2av159 on the surface you won't notice them, but look deeper, often bugs are hidden in plain sight either when your not looking at it or from a distance where it seems normal to you but isn't for others.

[@user-wh8mb7tm2g]

​@@t2av159same for me loads of mods installed as well and i have no issues

[@pieck5460]

​@@t2av159 same I'm on ps5 haven't run into anything that would make the game unplayable I've crashed 3 times but that was over the span of MANY hours, these issues are either user specific or the ps5 version simply doesn't have as many issues

[@The-Bloat12]

​​@@t2av159Works fine for me on pc aswell... Godrays and weapon debris off. Game locked fo 60fps runs smooth.

[@CRYOKnox]

Bethesda is just loosing it. They definitely don't understand their fan base, but talking about modders getting real development jobs and than shitting into the modders garden applauding themselves for year another broken promise. Honestly I am glad Bethesda sabotage themselves so Fallout Series fans can see them in their full Glory before being fooled.

[@royery]

Something going on with current workers they hire for their projects. They just don't do it with the same amount of quality anymore.

[@ManicCartoons]

I have a gripe with how limited the criticism of FO76s current situation was, the most recent major event was a mess and would crash and kick people who were on teams for hours (which is the only safeguard given to assure you can access a world again aside from a System friend being there), and for both PS4 and Xbox the final event opportunity was not possible to complete because the timing for the event items expired an hour BEFORE the event. Not to mention how prevalent the black screen crash is entering a new area/ fast traveling.

[@zepheth2479]

Think about it. Fallout London dropped. Bethesda updates fallout 4 breaking the game and doesn't fix it. Now players won't be pulled away from their live service title which is more likely to generate more revenue. Especially since, as you said, it is in a better state right now.

[@blaze7211]

Greed lol the downfall of many great things

[@jonevansauthor]

Ummm no. They've been selling a lot of copies of Fallout 4 since the show released so proper support would sell more copies and increase sales of Fallout 76 as well when people decide to try that. "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" - Hanlon's Razor. This is a far better explanation than assuming they've got some hand rubbing cackling laughter, super villain plot going on. They're literally just incompetent buffoons.

[@The-Bloat12]

And shills still defend it.

[@LyricSnowe]

@@The-Bloat12dont cry itll b ok

[@ankkojenkohtalo]

I hate that afaik there's still no statement about the "this operation could not be completed" issue with the mods menu

[@Jinkuzu]

Starfield has fundamental issues that they're likely unable to overcome with the engine. - Loading screen sims everywhere - Boring baren planets - Barely any POIs. - New game plus is frankly boring and removes everything you did prior to entering it. - Main characters are all awful. I got the premium edition cus I got over sold by Todd guilable idiot I am. Im not coming back for shattered space if everything else is still the same.

[@Justathought81]

Not to mention no Space in a Space game, just loading screens and skyboxes

[@Spidder81]

For Starfield, I think a lot of people are just waiting for big substantial mods now CK was recently released, more updates and Shattered Space to drop. I am one of them.

[@GrimmWarrior19]

Just plain wasn't interested in Starfield at all, I played Fallout 4 for a SINGLE playthrough and didn't bother with '76, went back to playing Skyrim or New Vegas. People play the older games because they were actually good and able to be modded fairly easily, Creations set back the entire modding community in much the same way Nexus mods did with collections. Don't particularly want to suspect Bethesda of "conspiracy" with a mainline hosting site against modders but given the tiny window of when all that stuff went down, it is what it is. The modding community has "somewhat" recovered but mostly thanks to version rollbacks keeping the work that good people put in from going to complete waste. People want decent games, not mtx that is only there to please stockholders.

[@pieck5460]

Am I the only one pissed off at the fact that they couldn't atleast update the pipboy sorting in fallout 4 to be more like 76? I hate that i have to scroll forever in the aid or misc tabs to find food or drink or holotapes when they should have their own tabs to begin with same goes for the building and how they didn't even bother to give us a free cam like in 76. Makes no sense considering this was a next gen update and 76 is still running on a last gen version why does an upgrade have less features?

[@loatherofdogma]

Nope, you're certainly not the only one.

[@wolfdwarf]

as always- mods ;) are your answer.

[@millerrepin4452]

@@wolfdwarf until bethesda decides to update and break them

[@pieck5460]

​@@wolfdwarf Time to yap, I'm playing on ps5 vanilla for the platinum trophy, playstation does not have access to mods with external assets the closest we have to real mods is creation club and there is no "better pipboy sorting mod" or "free cam building mod" there is some sorting mods in the actual "Mods" tab but like I stated previously they are very limited and they don't exactly work with every item in the game and the mods authors always seem to forget to sort certain items but I can't even use these mods in a vanilla playthrough since it disables trophies. I just expected the update to add the quality of life improvements that already exist in 76 but honestly I shouldn't be surprised

[@pieck5460]

​@@millerrepin4452 people had years to turn updates off and still act surprised when they don't turn them off and it breaks their mods like duh, that being said this is why I'm not playing with mods to begin with since even the restricted mods on playstation are capable of breaking and I feel like they will update it for a third time since I know there is still bugs they are fixing

[@TheHylianJuggalo]

The cracks were always there ever since horse armor. Don't act surprised. You all kept eating it up for 20 years. "Fanboyism" taught them this is ok. Its just so brazen now, that even mormies can't hold their heads in the sand.

[@DocMoney_]

TES6: I’m in danger

[@john_kramer516]

I think ill die before tes vi is coming out

[@vintagestealth8802]

If it comes out it will be trash.

[@lif6737]

@@vintagestealth8802 But think of the mods!!!!

[@TheFantorius]

You won't However, we will all die before Fallout 4 is fixed

[@michaelkean5969]

Dude they ain’t Working on Elder scrolls 6 they never have ESO and 76 will be the last games they will ever truly focus on because it’s the Live service money printer. Once a Game studio Goes Live service the need for any more installments stops

[@vintagestealth8802]

@@lif6737 it’ll be all paid mods. It’ll be an empty, buggy mess that will only get filled out and get to the point of an actual full experience once you download 100 dollars worth of said paid mods.

[@WastedPot]

Im probably not coming back to Starfield. The dlc isn’t near enough for me. Add to that the whole creations debacle and it’s not looking good. Since they broke Fallout 4 I’m not interested in playing that either. 76 ain’t for me. I’m basically back to various fps games, the occasional bit of OpenMW or TTW and Rimworld is my main. If they announce a remaster I’ll be down for that. Otherwise I’m just filling time waiting for ES6.

[@martywilson6603]

I would just move on at this point. TES6 will probably be just as bad.

[@WastedPot]

@@martywilson6603 I have. I’m not on the edge of my seat waiting for the next BGS game. When ES6 comes along I’ll look at it. Until then I’ll occupy myself with other things, If ES6 is dog I’ll continue to occupy myself with other things.

[@great2831]

Wow how significant a paid weapon camo pack, that only you can see, starfield is gonna be saved guys😭😭😭

[@old_tanker_96]

I play on PC and I have not experienced any issues.

[@eyemagination93]

Started playing Fallout 4 survival for the first time on my PS5....Keeps crashing. It's worse than when I played it on PS4 at launch.

[@phoenixrogers]

I was happy with Starfield when they released it. However when they released paid mini DLCs before they released the promised DLC that made me mad.

[@TheParagonIsDead]

The big doc takes time, be patient. I love the game aswell but I’m still upset at the microtransactions. I wouldn’t mind if they were a bit bigger, like a half dlc.

[@phoenixrogers]

@@TheParagonIsDead I am happy to support the development of additional content and i understand that content takes time to make. However, as a company you should work on fulfilling your promises you made to buyers before asking them to buy additional content.

[@yesteryearr]

That's sad about Starfield because I recently came back and completely fell in love with it this time around. I have like 400+ hours in it and It's an incredible game

[@PandaStyle07]

Bethesda has yet to make a good game that isn't carried by the modders, never understood the hype or high expectations

[@bodeanabernathy5459]

Wow, people are finally realizing that Bethesda has been a scummy, low-life company since Oblivions horse armor DLC? No way!

[@Nopesince2000]

They need to add more content to Fallout 4 every year instead.

[@DebiDalio]

Bethesda used to be my favorite game company. Now I think they're just laughable.

[@jackmeowmeowmeow2177]

what if the broken mods is a ploy to push people away from community made mods and to buy the bethesda mods.

[@Neruson-qi3vl]

I bought the GOG version of Fallout 4 when it was released there. I am so happy I did. With all the "creations" ie. micro transactions they keep hammering into their games I'm probably not buying another Bethesda game again unless it's released on GOG.

[@loatherofdogma]

Preach Brother, I did the same with an offfline installation and what a joy it has been. Boot it up from my desktop and no crappy creation club in my menu.

[@L_H_Bruh]

The simple downgrade patch is a BLESSING, all you do is drag all the files in the f4 directory, click on the executable and that's it, your load order is saved. You can even keep the new content Bethesda added to the update. When it comes to modders it ACTUALLY JUST WORKS

[@IIAnaxiezzII]

For anyone experiencing the pipboy crash I identified a fix (more a workaround). Many may have noticed that when you access the pipboy it has a random chance of crashing. This isn’t actually random at all. But occurs when switching the menu’s in the pipboy while moving the left analogue stick at the same time. Mainly when switching to the map. When switching menu’s in the pipboy, make sure you aren’t moving the left analogue stick and you’ll be fine. The crashes will stop. It’s not perfect, but hopes it makes people realise it’s not a random crash and you have control over the situation :)

[@MrUbister]

Honestly things like this should legally warrant refunds. Just breaking something you bought with barely any incentive to fix it should be illegal.

[@jacobpooler6299]

*me peacefully playing Mojave tunes waiting for either a remaster or just another west coast Fallout*

[@jessiehogue.]

I need to re-mod my New Vegas. Sigh.

[@voltia9893]

You heard of the Fallout Cascadia project? If not, you should check it out.

[@morrigannibairseach1211]

It's a nice dream to think maybe someday we'd get a remastered vegas with console mods. But it'll either never happen or be an absolute clusterfuck. Unless they let Obsidian do it but I very much doubt that.

[@CaptainEffort]

Honestly I’d hate for Bethesda to do a west coast game. Don’t want them to muddle even more lore like on the east coast.

[@stellarhyme3]

I hate Bethesda as a studio now.

[@Justathought81]

@@stellarhyme3 same

[@techpriest6962]

Hype? What hype? Bethesda is a corpse walking at this point.

[@garybass8319]

I find it completely deflating that Starfield’s engagement strategy was to just have players replay the main story over and over with minor changes. Actually, not minor, you have to completely reset ANY base building. Having to repeat the virtually same quests over and over so that I can get max ship upgrades at the complete cost of any base building (after 40+ hours of building) is just not worth it.

[@CalciumOxyde]

Congrats on the new rehashed video. Cheers juice

[@Spartan-bl4pq]

I’m still pissed the merged the mod menu and cc why did they do this?

[@MrDukeharry]

Come on you know the answer to that Edit: Hint - Which of the two menus did you visit the most

[@brandonquist8394]

Bethesda too big, want more money.

[@skyrimaddicted]

"Update" - the worst word for a Bethesda gamer.

[@WarriorLst-sk5qq]

I'm still playing Skyrim and Oblivion bc they haven't released ES6 yet.

[@joshdews1987]

I been having those problems as well especially if I look up in the sky all buggie and glitching hopefully fallout have update soon

[@elzach0]

Bethesda need to pass the fallout & elder scrolls torch along.

[@exilestudios9546]

They won’t, with the massive success of the fallout show they are now more certain than ever that their destruction of fallouts lore and world building is justified since so many normies loved it

[@brucecampbellschin8632]

Wayward Realms look it up. It just got funded on Kickstarter and a ways off but definitely something to look forward to in the future.

[@monody]

@@exilestudios9546 The popularity of the show baffles me with how bad the characters and lot was.

[@MichaeltheORIGINAL1]

@@monody It really was such a mediocre show. A 6/10 imo. I also find it weird that so many people seemingly fell in love with it. I mean, it's okay, not awfully bad, but overall, just kinda "meh".

[@TheParagonIsDead]

Why? You’re acting like they’ve just been sitting back and sleeping at the Bethesda offices for the last 14 years

[@chrisputkamer3249]

I got fallout 4 a year and a 1/2 ago? And it's never worked on my p. C every time I get near sanctuary. It crashes no matter what the settings are at. No matter what mods I have to try and fix, it crashes

[@lax9586]

I was given Starfield for free and chose to give it away instead of playing it. Watching people on KZbin play it was enough for me to skip it.

[@Brando216]

I was able to play a heavy modded xbox version for hours with wifi off. Now this update forced me keep it on and it crashes every 30 minutes

[@btbarr16]

The problem with Starfield for me is not lack of content. The things I don't like about the game are pretty much here to stay because they're engine based issues or Bethesda based issues. They can add expansions and content, but the game will still feel outdated, and I doubt the writing or voice acting will get much better. It's hard for me to get engrossed in Starfield because there are too many things that are immersion breaking. Starfield is not a game where I look at the clock and am like, "Whoa, where did the last 4 hours go?" I never have that moment where I'm desperate to find out what happens next. I played it, got all the way to the final main quest, and then did an 83 hour playthrough of Cyberpunk after the Phantom Liberty release. Then, I started another Cyberpunk playthrough. Mid way through that playthrough I was like, "I guess I should probably finish Starfield." So, I did. Coming directly from Cyberpunk back to Starfield actually made my impression of the game way worse. I was literally playing the last main quest trying to figure how I managed to make it this far into it. I think the only reason I did was because I hadn't been playing anything else recently and there wasn't anything else I was interested in playing when Starfield came out. Bethesda was smart to release it before Phantom Liberty. If they would have repressed it after, I think things would have gone way worse for them.

[@Justathought81]

@@btbarr16 100% this, so many loading screens, space is a skybox… nah

[@sixx2683]

Cyberpunk is great now

[@DigitalApex]

​@@sixx2683 Especially with Phantom Liberty and the 2.0 update

[@joerobins5649]

You dont need to sort through interviews, gameplay, and evidence to figure out whats wrong with Bethesda. Get a job at any small-large private tech company that's been around for a while and you'll see exactly whats going on there. Bethesda is far from unique.

[@maddude3158]

Imagine that an older game unplayable whilst newer games especially ones with micro's seem to be working pretty well, can't imagine why......

[@sicariau6436]

i would buy a new skyrim dlc for double the price before i bought a starfield dlc, and its not even a hard decision. im not crazy about skyrim either.

[@thedarkdojo5115]

Given that the Fallout 4 engine is, as of right now, held together by an Elementary School Glue Stick, and moldy masking tape, with the words SAVE OBSOLETE scribbled all over... I highly doubt they know what they're doing with YET ANOTHER Fallout game...

[@princessamygaming]

Getting rid of the Creation Engine would be a boon for Bethesda. They can’t seem to get it right and fix the issues with the engine with each iteration of it. If they took care of it like the Unity engine & Unreal, then I would be happy with them.

[@thedarkdojo5115]

@@princessamygaming "Bethesda try not to screw over the fanbase, and break the game, by adding useless, broken, buggy "updates" challenge (LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE)"

[@CaptainEffort]

@@princessamygamingThe engine isn’t inherently the problem, after all, most engines are just newer versions of old engines. The problem is that Bethesda refuses to put the time and money into it that it so desperately needs. Unreal 4, for example, is effectively a different engine than, say, Unreal 2. Meanwhile, Creation Engine “2” shares an uncomfortable amount of dna with Gamebryo, let alone older versions of the Creation Engine. So imo they shouldn’t scrap it, but actually spend resources overhauling it. The benefits the Creation Engine brings are worth keeping it around I think. Edit: To be clear they’re not dragging their feet on improving it because they’re lazy or something. Unreal gets so massively overhauled because Epic quite literally makes money selling it, so spending money improving it makes sense - it’s a primary source of income for them. Creation Engine, on the other hand, isn’t Bethesda’s product. They don’t make money by selling it to other studios. So for them it’s much more of a balance between dedicating resources to the engine, and to their next game.

[@544001]

Fallout 76 and the cash shop has ruined the entire company, they refuse to make another single player RPG that isn't trash

[@GameBoyDame]

Whilst I like starfield, I agree with the rest of what you said. 76 is garbage made for whales to spend money in the atomic shop.

[@ionseven]

An army of Todd sycophants keep excusing BGS and aggressively scolding any customers with valid concerns. And everyone wonders why things are bad.

[@PewTheToaster]

On console, I still crash in Cambridge. (Can't even buy the new free "handmade weapons". Which is really funny, if there is any weapons that should be crafted via the Chem Bench or even make a new "Weaponscrafting" Workbench it would be these weapons)

[@samvimes9510]

I guess that's not just a PC issue then. I replayed FO4 last year, and the game would always start chugging until it froze or crashed around the CIT/Cambridge area. Weird thing was it was only specific streets where it would happen. Same thing happened right outside the main entrance to Bunker Hill. It made that one mission where the Brotherhood, Institute and Railroad are all fighting REALLY hard to get through.

[@pieck5460]

Which console?