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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.
The earlier you buy the buggier the next release is.
Or pirate it until they fix it, that's my plan
Lol stealing a game with the intent to pay for it later?
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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