• salton@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The game is designed in a way where if you really wanted to you could level about as fast as you would like but many of the challenges to spend those points will take you hours to complete so power leveling really isn’t a thing and you are encouraged to specialize because the last level of a perk is usually the most powerful. Many aspects of this game are done better elsewhere but the broad variety of activities combined with improved dialog and quest structure are really appreciated in the setting. It’s not perfect and takes a while to get really engaging but the whole package is the best Bethesda game in recent history.

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      1 year ago

      Fallout 76 came out five years ago. It’s the only Bethesda game in recent history. (I still really like it)

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        Thats not true! Skyrim came out 2 years ago. Before that they had Skyrim which came out 5 years ago, piggybacking off the success of Skyrim which came out 6 years ago. There was also Skyrim back in 2011 which I guess was more than 12 years ago but it feels like just yesterday.

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          Skyrim came out on every platform except Linux. That’s a slap in the face.

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          In other words, they release games at a similar rate to most AAA developers that aren’t making CoD or yearly sports titles?

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        Oof, I would consider fallout 3 to be recent history but I’m an old fart.

        Edit: I bet I’d care more about 76 if I ever played the game. From looking at as Starfield they made some mistakes with it an felt they needed to improve a few things.

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        How often do people expect developers to release AAA titles?

        Guerrilla Games released Horizon Forbidden West in 2022, and the only previous title in ‘recent’ history’ was the prequel 5 years earlier.

        Larian released BG3 this year, and the only previous title in recent history was Original Sin 2 was 6 years earlier.