@[email protected] to PC [email protected] • 10 hours agoSkyrim lead designer says Bethesda can't just switch engines because the current one is "perfectly tuned" to make the studio's RPGswww.gamesradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down13
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minus-square@MoonManKipperlink23•7 hours agoThe problem with the latest Bethesda games has not been the engine. It’s the writing and the design choices
minus-squareswitchboard_petelinkfedilink19•7 hours agothe writing, yes but if their engine is “perfectly tuned” then that means their engine is informing their design they can’t make good design choices because they have to work within the limitations of an over-fitted engine
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝linkfedilink3•6 hours ago they can’t make good design choices because they have to work within the limitations of an over-fitted engine Maybe that’s why Starfield has become a 50% game, 50% loading screen.
The problem with the latest Bethesda games has not been the engine. It’s the writing and the design choices
the writing, yes
but if their engine is “perfectly tuned” then that means their engine is informing their design
they can’t make good design choices because they have to work within the limitations of an over-fitted engine
Maybe that’s why Starfield has become a 50% game, 50% loading screen.