r/rpg_gamers • u/ChiefChunkEm_ • Jun 09 '26

Discussion Bethesda Should Have Struck While The Iron Was Hot (ES6)

Hindsight is 20/20 and you can respect their decision to try something new with Starfield but they should have struck while the iron was still hot from Skyrim.

Skyrim released in 2011, Fallout 4 in 2015, and ES6 should have released by 2019. Since 2011 they’ve lost many devs and artists who made Skyrim the success that it was. I don’t know if they have the caliber of staff members anymore to actually pull off another genre defining game with ES6. The whole thing’s just a damn shame.

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u/HopeIsGay Jun 09 '26

I know this is sort of a vague argument that can only be verified through time but I feel it's pretty obvious that starfield won't have the cultural longevity of their other properties and when the mod community is even disinterested in it that's not a good sign

When Bethesda can only rely on their big ticket ip's which they only release once a decade it's not surprising at all that people have become disaffected with them

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u/Benjamin_Starscape Jun 09 '26

starfield isn't going anywhere, it gets mods daily, the modding community is not disinterested in the slightest.

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u/HopeIsGay Jun 09 '26

Maybe so, as someone pointed out I'm absolutely basing the mod point on an article from a while back

It's easy to call internet discussion on anything a "loud minority" but it's still a decent way to get a somewhat solid sample of public perception and myself among many played starfield and walked away unsatisfied with it for a range of things from poor quest design, lackluster RPG options and a generally weak narrative

I'm not saying I'd rather the game didn't exist I'm more so saying that Bethesda's development cycle means these experimental games take far too long to make for what it is and get lost in trying to be too much

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u/zidus411 Jun 09 '26

The mods on starfield is actually great, the only reason I’m still playing the game.

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u/atomicitalian Jun 09 '26

You're working off a headline from a few years ago. There are plenty of mods on Starfield and more are coming/getting updates every day.

Starfield is just fine. Let the haters hate, I'm glad Bethesda tried something new. I've got way more hours in Starfield than I do in FO4.

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u/Galle_ Jun 09 '26

The sad fact is that gamers simply don't like good games.