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[-] hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 70 points 5 months ago

After Starfield, I don't know if 'increase our output' is a good thing.

[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 27 points 5 months ago

Depends.

If it means doing more deals like when Obsidian was allowed to make New Vegas, might finally mean that Bethesda franchises get some decent entries again.

[-] wccrawford@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

I think you've hit the nail on the head. They clearly skimped on the content for all those planets and handwaved it away as perfectly normal and expected, when it clearly wasn't good. Why? To add breadth without adding time to the development. To "increase their output" without adding more input.

It clearly didn't work there, but it could have worked with some decent mechanics and a little more thought into the content. It worked for No Man's Sky.

Luckily for Bethesda, AI has suddenly gotten a lot better, and they'll be able to use it to generate a ton of content that feels better than standard old procedurally generated content. That is, of course, if they can manage to work it into their tooling for their ancient engine.

[-] amio@kbin.social 6 points 5 months ago

handwaved it away as perfectly normal and expected

"Yes, but space is boring and therefore it's realistic" is still one of my favorite excuses for a game.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 5 months ago

Space is also filled with planets and moons containing several isolated, human built facilities, which is very realistic

/s

[-] Evotech@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

More Skyrim remakes!

[-] cooljacob204@kbin.social 3 points 5 months ago

They are making people crunch and we get an unfinished buggy game on release.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 5 months ago

That's just business as usual

[-] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 2 points 5 months ago

People will fix it for free over time.

[-] hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago

Six months later and still no Creation Kit is saying something else.

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