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  • HerbalGamer@lemm.eeEnglish
    43·
    1 year ago

    Not rushing devs? Good thing.

    Devs still shoveling the same shit but a year later? Bad thing.

  • Chainweasel@lemmy.worldEnglish
    29·
    1 year ago

    I’m 36 now and we’re still at least 6, probably 8, years from Elder Scrolls 6. If there’s going to be an Elder Scrolls 7 I probably won’t live to see it.

    • whatisallthis@lemm.eeEnglish
      14·
      1 year ago

      Honestly it’s just stupid how few good open world fantasy games exist.

      At least Elden Ring exists.

      • VelociCatTurd@lemmy.worldEnglish
        71·
        1 year ago

        I feel like you could put on a blindfold, click around a few times on Steam and end up picking an open world fantasy game.

          • Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            3·
            1 year ago

            The definition of “good” can be adjusted, depending on how desperate you are.

            That said, I m against sacrificing my standards when it comes to paid things, I want to get what I paid for, and definitely back the people praising BG3 and want games of that caliber now that Larian has shown everybody that it’s possible.

  • Bobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachtsEnglish
    246·
    1 year ago

    and that’s perfectly fine? As a Zelda fan, the wait for TOTK was absofuckinglutely worth it

    I swear to god, I don’t know how anyone could be impatient about this. Have you played every other video game that’s been released during the ~50 yr history of video games? No? Ok, go play one of those or touch some goddamn grass

    • dub@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      I mean there’s definitely a limit right? Like if you take too long you’ll need to scrap some tech to keep up to date. Or you get into dev hell. Look at Duke Nukem and other crazy long sequels

    • bighi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      Doesn’t that mean that for you the wait is even longer?

      You’re not getting it on release date like most people, you’ll get it at least a year later.

      • cod@lemmy.worldEnglish
        71·
        1 year ago

        By the time I get to playing a series usually several games in that series have come out. I usually play games that are 5+ years old, I don’t have time to keep up with current releases and that’s more expensive anyway. Playing on a multi-year delay keeps me away from over-hype of game releases and by the time I play them they’re patched, have all dlc, whatever else is applicable. I don’t do it for every game obviously but it’s my typical way of buying games

  • teruma@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    We also expect much more from sequels these days. Most old games’ sequels are just more content on the same engine with minimal new features. Spyro 2 was Spyro 1 with swimming, ice, and powerups. I don’t remember Crash Bandicoot 2 changing anything but the hub world. Did Guitar Hero make any major changes between 1, 2, or 3? Nowadays, Elder Scrolls gets significant engine upgrades between each game, as does Halo, as did Horizon. Totk’s biggest critique is “its just DLC cuz it’s in the same engine”, even though there have been some substantial, non-graphical, physics based upgrades.

  • Glide@lemmy.caEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    Good.

    The less pressure companies feel to churn out the next entry in their critically acclaimed series once a year, the better games, as a whole, will be.

  • popemichael@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    31·
    1 year ago

    I’m just glad that there is Elder Scrolls Online and Fallout 76 so that we can get new content and not having to wait a long time.

  • stopthatgirl7@kbin.social
    21·
    1 year ago

    I mean, Dragon Age Dreadwolf has been in development for a full decade now at this point.

    I’m ok with games taking longer to come out if it means they’re actually finished when they come out. The problem is games are taking longer to come out, but when they do, they’re generally a buggy mess.