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The elder scrolls vi news5/21/2023 ![]() Bethesda may be under a new banner with Xbox, but most of the in-house leadership still call the shots. That being the case, Starfield needs to be a hit. If they mess up again, they aren’t just damaging their reputation, they’re besmirching Xbox’s. But, the issue at hand is not many flops get a second chance, and you worry that Bethesda may have used their one. Sure, Fallout 76 has somehow survived its poor arrival, being one of the few live service games to pick itself up off the ground. ![]() Even more so, they’ve already had a flub, with Fallout 76’s disastrous launch that was underlined with terrible microtransaction practices and bait and switch helmet bags in the Collector’s Edition. Yes, Cyberpunk 2077’s rebound rivals that of the much maligned turned inspirational No Man’s Sky, but it’s a reminder that even the best fail.īethesda has made some of our favorite games, but that doesn’t remove them from being subject to criticism. I don’t remember the answer, but even with the critical acclaim, the hidden console issues and horrendous glitches soured the staunchest of CD Projekt Red defenders, showing that even pivoting to the flashy neon of Night City didn’t make up for bad design choices. I remember being in an analyst’s live chat (shout-out Benji-Sales) when Cyberpunk hype was at its highest and asked the question “ What if Cyberpunk 2077 is bad?”. It sounds like a silly assumption to make, but we all would have thought something like this would sound silly of CD Projekt Red before Cyberpunk 2077 was released.
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