• the_crotch@sh.itjust.works
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    7 hours ago

    He’s right. If they’d rushed to get a game out in time for the show it would have been a piece of shit and eroded the brand.

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      5 hours ago

      Plus they made a fuckton on new fo4 purchases when show released for zero additional cost. Steam had a killer sale for all the fallout games when the show released. Seems like no brainer especially because you never know if a show will be a hit. Look at Witcher, it never really caught on to the larger market outside of its already existing fans.

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        4 hours ago

        Fallout 4 took 7 years to develop and still felt rushed. Exactly how far in advance do you think they knew about the show?

        • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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          50 minutes ago

          Options:

          • high quality remaster of older game (FO4, FONV, etc)
          • reuse FO76 engine to make a new game, with a few graphical upgrades
          • story DLC releases for older games

          Any of those could’ve been done in the time they’d know about the FO show release target.

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        4 hours ago

        These Bethesda open world games take a LONG time to make. Even if they knew it was going to be made 7 years from now, there’s no guarantee it will be good or that it won’t be shelved. It’s better to just go at your own pace.

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          3 hours ago

          It’s not the open world takes them so long, it’s the expert writing and amazing animations!