Message from @abeltbuckle
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Fo4 it's four buttons with no trees.
ME1-3 has several prompts which then go into dialogue trees.
Giving several options.
Didnt like most of the old guard developers at Bethesda and obsidian like retire or leave?
Yes after Morrowind and then again with oblivion
fun fact about Bethesda engine: its actually older than Morrowind even
1997 gamebyro
first version of gamebryo came out in like 1997
yeah
Made for MW
Like I know that's the reason why bioware went down the tubes with it's own ip
After battlespire
No, it was originally for some random shitty game
Oh yeah
but Bethesda bought it or licensed it or something I think
I thought you meant when it was acquired by Beth
Which is after BS flopped
they just keep bolting new parts onto it every few years without fixing some of the major issues
its why Bethesda games feel, look, act as if it was still 2006-2008
God I wish we could get another dragon age top down strategic rpg
pathfinder kingmaker
Is it just the case that as developers become more beholden overtime to a parent company, quality decreases? Certainly seems like the case with bioware, rare ware, 343, obsidian, etc. But then what makes rockstar and cd projekt red so different
it depends on parent company
although in Bethesda's case their parent company is basically mostly just a shell company to hold stock and assets, with BGS having more or less complete control
their quality is decreasing because Todd
gog is legit and rockstar is a trendsetter itself so shareholders aren't pushing it any direction it wasnt already heading
both are very traditional developers, both overwork their development teams with some pretty inhumane practices
They become corporatized
So when they get a large publisher added on, or open to shareholders, it becomes less about consistent profits and more about upwards growth.
They want 20-30% growth per quarter/year for years at a time.
Eventually it bleeds not the company but, the industry dry.
We've seen the same effect in oil, steel, and textiles along with other industries and they have a bust after a long boom.
i revoke your permission to use business jargon
This is just happening to video games as since the post 80s crash, it's been nothing but, growth.
It's a newer industry, ala wild west for finance.
None of that is jargon.
growth is the opposite of what we are seeing in the game industry, what's "ruining" it
Yes and no.
You're looking at this year alone, the start of the decline.
If you view say, EA's stock since 2014 to now.
It has jumped from 14 at opening to 87 at peak. This is due to shareholders pushing for growth every year.