Anyone else not pre-ordering elder scrolls 6

[calranthe]

I have been a fan of Bethesda since the 90's, Elder scrolls was the first game I showed my wife and Daggerfall was the game that Turned my wife into a gamer, I bought every collectors edition, built new computers for each of us around every game release.

 

Bethesda used to be the golden child of gaming we gave it so many get out of jail free cards.

 

After these last few years, the lazy Fallout 4 VR port and then 0 support, Creation club, bethesda launcher, Fallout 76 (the last game my wife pre-ordered for me before her death).

 

I have added Bethesda to the Activision and EA list, (haven't bought an EA game since the Mass effect Andromeda debacle).

 

In a way Bethesda is even worse, they release games so buggy that depend on modders to fix lazy coding and then they try to turn modders into a cash cow.

 

Hell lets say it every game since Morrowind has been more dumbed down than the last.

 

I will stick to Skyrim.

 

It is kind of sad, 3-4 years ago Bethesda would have been in my "companies that care" category.

[Mr. Otaku]

I'm gonna be honest here, i've never pre-ordered any game in my life. I don't know, the thought of buying a game that isn't even out yet for evaluation always rubbed me the wrong way. TES6 is way too far into the future for me to care about at the moment, but yeah i'm not buying another Bethesda game either, unless they go back to the drawing boards and reflect on what really made them great once. Since the moment i saw the announcement for Fallout 76 i had a strong feeling it'll be bad news, i had enough reasons to not like the idea of a full online Fallout game already, but something about it bugged me quite a lot, and with the launch and the trainwreck since my fears have been confirmed and reinforced.

 

Right now they're looking at Starfield, this better be fucking good, like really good if they want money from people like me. I'm at a point where i'd rather Bethesda crash and burn than create more broken streamlined cash grabs. And if they fuck with TES i'll drop them so hard. I won't even acknowledge it's existence from that point on, they'd be straight up dead to me.

 

Also sorry about your wife man, RIP.

[Arizona_Steve]

Not planning to buy ES VI until at least a year after release.

 

Edit: Corrected from ES IV to ES VI... I feel stupid now.

[MrEsturk]

I plan to wait a few months after release at least. Get a good idea whether or not it ends up being a total shitshow. And if it isn't give time for some sexy costume replacements to come out. Vanilla Elder Scrolls attire is always painfully bland, and not just in the lack of sex appeal department.

[gregathit]

No pre-orders for me.  I'll consider purchasing once it is out and feedback is given from folks that aren't paid to praise it start rolling in.

[calranthe]

Only game I pre-ordered this year and it was because I had the money spare at the time and knew money would be tight after Christmas was Cyberpunk 2077.

 

 

[GrimReaper]

There's no reason to pre-order digital goods, ever.

[Darkpig]

Pre order? This game needs to be better than New Vegas in just about every way to even have a chance of me buying.

 

I'm talkin about story and gameplay. Graphics are a given.

[KoolHndLuke]

*Yawn*..... no.

[FauxFurry]

The only time that I pre-order anything at all is if there is a decent sale that knocks at least 33% off of the price and I pre-order it at the last moment and I intended to buy it on day one anyway. Even then, I'd pass on doing so for huge, complex games like TES 6 is bound to be (even if only from a technical perspective). Even if TES 6 would go on to be great, I would prefer to allow them to get the game where it needs to be before bothering with it. Skyrim could have been much better had they not rushed it out for a 11-11-11 release date, pushing it back to a 12-12-12 release date at the soonest.

Relatively technically simple indie games are about all that I'd pre-order these days (or crowd fund, at that).

[MadMansGun]

nope, the crapclub will be in full force from day one and the game will also only be available on there worthless website/servers.

i bet it will even be using some retarded game streaming/cloud gameing service that you have to buy a pass for.

[Rockat]

2 hours ago, Darkpig said:

Pre order? This game needs to be better than New Vegas in just about every way to even have a chance of me buying.

 

I'm talkin about story and gameplay. Graphics are a given.

Not really a given with how bad Fallout 76 looks...even in 2015 it'd have looked dated (much like FO4 did).

[Inte]

3 hours ago, Arizona_Steve said:

Not planning to buy ES IV until at least a year after release.

I think you are good to go, TES IV was released in 2006. 

[worik]

I can't remember to ever have pre-ordered a game

And I don't intend to ever do that. Why should I? Pay money to be a beta-version victim?

[Fotogen]

Preorder digital download? No. Why would I do that?

 

But ... if ES 6 comes out, then there would be no more ES 5(Skyrim) CC "patches". Modding for Skyrim SE would become stable. No more mod breaking every couple of months. This is good.

 

 

[winny257]

51 minutes ago, worik said:

I can't remember to ever have pre-ordered a game

And I don't intend to ever do that. Why should I? Pay money to be a beta-version victim?

also never pre-ordered, sometimes for release but mostly much later.
because there is a German saying, Wood eye, be vigilant! 

[NickNozownik]

I'm not going to pre-order TES VI or any other game. I want to see at least a few let's play videos on YouTube and user reviews on LL before buying it. I don't hate Bethesda, I'm simply not interested in another dumbed down game that's almost unplayable without mods.

[LordDarSteel]

I usually wait until close to game launch to see if I'm going to pre-order. And only then if i'm planning to play right at game launch. I'll make up my mind when I know more about the next Elder Scrolls game. Months in advance? Nope.

[Grey Cloud]

14 hours ago, Inte said:

I think you are good to go, TES IV was released in 2006. 

? ? ?

 

"These Romans are nuts. N.V.T.S., nuts"

Mel Brooks - History of the World Part 1

[winny257]

 

[Skewered]

It's a non-issue.  It's never coming out. 

It won't come out until Elder Scrolls Online stops being profitable, because they won't want ES6 to cut into ESO profits by drawing gamers away.  And with the road Bethesda is on, the company will shut it's doors shortly after ESO becomes unprofitable.

[kilmol8]

I never pre-order anyway, so no. I don't even get a game if it's not on a serious sale. For me, it all depends on how they handle Starfield, if that game is as buggy and glitchy as their past games were, and if they shove Creation Club BS in it with reckless abandon, then I have no hope for TES 6.

 

If Starfield turns out to be good and handled with genuine care, then I'll consider getting TES 6 within a year of release (mostly just to make mods), if it doesn't have proper modding support, then I'll get it when it's under $15 with DLCs, or if they really f*ck up, never.

 

Honestly, somehow I still find enjoyment in Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim even after all these years, I'm okay with ending the 'Elder Scrolls' unofficially with Skyrim in my own mind and moving on to other games. Maybe Cyberpunk will be the next bastion of modding and longevity for the next 10 years, maybe another game. But Bethesda won't get any favours, no matter what game they release, and they'll never get a pre-order out of me.

[Doctor Cadaver]

I couldn't care less about Bethesda anymore, so I'm giving this a pass.

[Inte]

7 hours ago, Grey Cloud said:

? ? ?

 

"These Romans are nuts. N.V.T.S., nuts"

Mel Brooks - History of the World Part 1

[AKM]

Not a chance.  Given all the aforementioned problems, add the fact that the mods that will make it the game I want instead of the game they think I want will take at least a year of community work after the developer stabilizes the bug infested pile of dung they undoubtedly rushed out the door.  So that's, what, two years after release, minimum?