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REMEMBER: NO PRE-ORDERS. Safest bet is to wait a year after any Bethesda release to give modders enough time to fix the game.
Am I crazy or has there been almost no pre-release coverage of this game?
Oblivion and Fallout 3 are two of my all-time favourite games (I've played the others as well but those 2 stuck with me the most) but I just cannot get hyped for this game. It's like a black box with people's hopes and dreams, and it feels like people are just hyping themselves up by imagining what could be inside it.
I couldn't imagine pre-ordering this game in particular. Beth has been so quiet I'm worried it may just be a total flop.
Bethesda put out a long video around Summer Game Fest that spent 45 minutes showing most of the gameplay systems in the game. It was honestly a bit overwhelming.
Reviewers are quiet because the NDA is still active. It should end sometime today (Aug 31).
Yeah I watched that. It was almost all dev talk, some views on the major city, and some promises. I meant like, I haven't seen ANY impressions from outside the company that made the game.
But yeah, review embargo is up so let's see