Company News Bethesda acquired by Microsoft

[Glop_dweller]

All these people are over-the-hill (have outgrown this by) now.

 

[Roguey]

All these people are over-the-hill (have outgrown this by) now.

No, Gonzalez wrote an intelligence-insulting story in Horizon Zero Dawn and Avellone is a loser who believes certain topics should now be verboten in games.

 

[Dump Stat]

Give Obsdian the Fallout IP, have Bethesda make Starfield and ES6.

Space them out so one hits about 2 years before the next, maybe inexile gets something out too between the gaps and you have a Call of Duty / Assassins Creed like game factory for churning out a new “RPG” for the masses every couple of years.

After Fallout 4 learned almost absolutely nothing from NV, (except factions), and Fallout 76 blew up on the launchpad, any interest in a Bethesda game was already at an all time low for me. So if this gets an obsidian fallout game to us again, it’s worth it.

Doom 2016 was better than eternal, so I think the honeymoons over at id now anyways.

 

[Wunderbar]

I hope that their first step will be to fucking assimilate Emil Pagliarulo, and make Obsidian responsible for the future Fallout franchise.

i'll take Emil Pagliarulo over current Obsidian any day of the week

 

[Flying Dutchman]

I'm sure Pete Hines would take Emil Pagliarulo bent over a table any of the week

 

[RobotSquirrel]

I'm sure Pete Hines would take Emil Pagliarulo bent over a table any of the week

 

[Immortal]

I hope that their first step will be to fucking assimilate Emil Pagliarulo, and make Obsidian responsible for the future Fallout franchise.

i'll take Emil Pagliarulo over current Obsidian any day of the week

If Outer Worlds is the best Tim and Leonard can come up with.. pfbfbbf..
I don't think I could stomach a Fallout New Vegas 2 in "Nu-Obsidian"

All these people are over-the-hill (have outgrown this by) now.

No, Gonzalez wrote an intelligence-insulting story in Horizon Zero Dawn and Avellone is a loser who believes certain topics should now be verboten in games.

MCA coming in here bitching about Josh Sawyer and his Horrid themes of sexual assault in a post apocalypse setting..

These old fogies are washed up..

 

[Shitty Kitty]

MCA coming in here bitching about Josh Sawyer and his Horrid themes of sexual assault in a post apocalypse setting..

These old fogies are washed up..

THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPEN AFTER THE APOCALYPSE: Rape

 

[DeepOcean]

I mean, when I learned that on Fallout 4 main story, your son is the main antagonist, I thought "Man, that is retarded.", so, the only difference I expect from nu-Obsidian on Fallout 5 is that, this time, your son will be transgender.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

I mean, when I learned that on Fallout 4 main story, your son is the main antagonist, I thought "Man, that is retarded."

Huh? I thought that was one of the few good things in the story. I definitely wasn't expecting it along with the synth you were lead to believe was your son.
Definitely one of the few times I've been surprised by a major twist in a video game.

 

[Shitty Kitty]

I mean, when I learned that on Fallout 4 main story, your son is the main antagonist, I thought "Man, that is retarded.", so, the only difference I expect from nu-Obsidian on Fallout 5 is that, this time, your son will be transgender.

And the antagonist. Except you find out he's committed suicide before you even reach the halfway point of the game.

 

[Wunderbar]

I mean, when I learned that on Fallout 4 main story, your son is the main antagonist, I thought "Man, that is retarded."

Huh? I thought that was one of the few good things in the story. I definitely wasn't expecting it along with the synth you were lead to believe was your son.
Definitely one of the few times I've been surprised by a major twist in a video game.

I believe that someone at Bethesda came up with a twist first, but then struggled to explain it in the actual game.
Your son is now a 70 years old man - why would MIT allow some guinea pig kid to raise up in their ranks, why is Kellogg still looks the same, why is your character never asks himself a question of how much time had passed since kidnapping? Yeah there is a computer terminal somewhere in MIT that tells you about Kellogg's age-stopping augmentations, but it just makes the story even worse because why would Shaun die from cancer if MIT have the technology to make people immortal?

 

[Ismaul]

So they got Arkane?

Might be one of the reasons Raph Colantonio left.

 

[Wunderbar]

So they got Arkane?

Might be one of the reasons Raph Colantonio left.

Colantonio left in 2017, and Bethesda were playing with Sony about timed exclusives mere months ago.

 

[111111111]

In the article, they said the structure and leadership of the companies (including bethesda) will remain the same.

Honestly, I'm of the opinion that game devs do NOT necessarily perform or create better games with more money. I will point out to the indie gaming scene vs AAA dichotomy as one example. It's also one of the reasons why EA divisions like Bioware and its other sister orgs probably suck despite having more cash. Sometimes when you have too much resources money and other shit, it actually limits diversity in the product leading to the popeamole effect.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

The problem stems from a lack of people physically assaulting the devs if they fail to deliver and not forcing them to consume amphetamines to meet deadlines.
I warned you about treating gamedevs like humans bro

 

[Wunderbar]

Honestly, I'm of the opinion that game devs do NOT necessarily perform or create better games with more money. I will point out to the indie gaming scene vs AAA dichotomy as one example. It's also one of the reasons why EA divisions like Bioware and its other sister orgs probably suck despite having more cash. Sometimes when you have too much resources money and other shit, it actually limits diversity in the product leading to the popeamole effect.

limitations are good. Constraints lead to creativity, freedom will allow them to procrastinate and waste resources on shiny objects.

 

[Immortal]

So they got Arkane?

Might be one of the reasons Raph Colantonio left.

As far as I understand it, they bought Zenimax meaning they now have id / Arkane / Bethesda.. The whole shebang.

 

[Blaine]

THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPEN AFTER THE APOCALYPSE: Rape

The Road Warrior and Clockwork Orange depicted rape during a decade when that was quite a risque thing to put on film.

Of course, it still is risque this very year, but for different and extremely degenerate reasons.

 

[Immortal]

I mean, when I learned that on Fallout 4 main story, your son is the main antagonist, I thought "Man, that is retarded.", so, the only difference I expect from nu-Obsidian on Fallout 5 is that, this time, your son will be transgender.

To be fair, that's like saying the story of Titanic was a boat sunk.. or the plot of 1984 was, some type writer guy got in trouble.
You can make anything sound retarded if you want.

All that said, I totally scrubbed the plot of Fallout 4 from my mind because it was pretty shit.. so yea maybe fire them all.

 

[Dishonoredbr]

but it just makes the story even worse because why would Shaun die from cancer if MIT have the technology to make people immortal?

Because they had to make you care about your son in some way, even if meant literaly killing him by the stupidiest reason possible instead building up. It's same reason why you had to die in the ending of fallout 3.

It's meant to be a "epic moment" but Bethesda is unable to make happen in a natural way because their writting is ass.

I would love to see microsoft to fire everyone um Betehsda writting staff because holyshit. Just thinking about fallout 3 plot makes me mad.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

It's same reason why you had to die in the ending of fallout 3.

wait what

 

[Ninjerk]

It's same reason why you had to die in the ending of fallout 3.

wait what

Yep, to be the hero you have to die, so go on ahead and step right over here into this fatally radioactive chamber. Good luck and thanks for all the fish.

 

[Wunderbar]

but it just makes the story even worse because why would Shaun die from cancer if MIT have the technology to make people immortal?

Because they had to make you care about your son in some way, even if meant literaly killing him by the stupidiest reason possible instead building up. It's same reason why you had to die in the ending of fallout 3.

It's meant to be a "epic moment" but Bethesda is unable to make happen in a natural way because their writting is ass.

I would love to see microsoft to fire everyone um Betehsda writting staff because holyshit. Just thinking about fallout 3 plot makes me mad.

well yeah, bethesda can't write, news at 11. At least you can ignore the bullshit main quest and just hike around the world, shoot shit, buy perks and collect rare guns.

 

[Dishonoredbr]

It's same reason why you had to die in the ending of fallout 3.

wait what

In 3 you HAVE to sacrifice youself or your female companion even if you have a ghoul or super mutant (both imune to radiation) to go in a place with a shit ton of rads..


It's meant to be cool EPIC moment. Even if doesn't make any sense or the game shows that there's other possibilities , it needs to happen because that how script/writter wants. It's stupid and shows that bethesda doesn't care or just overlooked their shit.