Post a reason why you love Bethesda?

[Haxton Sale]

I love the way they release games. It's so great. Its just out of the blue.

Oh yeah, we've been working on this game for a while. Heres what its about and heres screenshots. Oh yeah you can buy it in 4 months.

<3

[Hildolf]

Morrowind.

[Barlk]

Morrowind.

This.
10Rollies

[Kemdrath]

Yeah, Morrowind was amazing, but I just really love how Bethesda games are always so expansive and deep, and so open. Some of the best RPGs, and even FPS (no s) have been from them.

[GoDevs]

I love how they make games full of empty holes purely designed for DLC. Oblivion had all these locked doors which couldn't be accessed no matter what you did, it also had these strange alters all over the place. Then one day some DLC arrives and (shock!) all of that stuff was unlocked and explained ...

Same with Fallout 3. Oh there's an aliens wreckage .. I wonder what that does.. Absolutely nothing UNTIL you get a DLC pack .. lol

Bethesda = Milk.

[Washell]

Arena: Size of the world
Daggerfall: Size of a continent
Morrowind: Size of a country
Oblivion: Size of a city
Elder Scrolls V: Size of a postage stamp?

Love Bethesda? Nope. Morrowind had a nice balance in size vs content. Oblivion was console fodder. Given the current state of the market, I have little hope the next title will be anything other than console fodder too.

[Locutus of Borg]

Bethesda are awful

[ribbins]

they have created one of the best games ever. (morrowind.) oblivion was pretty good too but it lacks of content and orginality.

[SnugL4D]

Elderscrolls series. Thought Morrowind was much better then Oblivion. but I have high hopes for Elder scrolls 5. (if they even make it)

Thing is they did a lot of good things in oblivion that i wanted. The combat is very satisfying, Horses, Voice acting. ect They just messed up on some other important aspects. If they were to learn from there mistakes with Oblivion and combine the good from Morrowind. We'd have the best RPG ever. :)

[Topless Granny]

Their games are awesome :)

[GrinnyJimmeh]

I love how they make games full of empty holes purely designed for DLC. Oblivion had all these locked doors which couldn't be accessed no matter what you did, it also had these strange alters all over the place. Then one day some DLC arrives and (shock!) all of that stuff was unlocked and explained ...

Same with Fallout 3. Oh there's an aliens wreckage .. I wonder what that does.. Absolutely nothing UNTIL you get a DLC pack .. lol

Bethesda = Milk.

The alien ship did do something. It gave you the Alien blaster.
I never spotted any "locked doors which couldn't be accessed no matter what you did".
The DLC just adds to an already expansive game.

[sweatie6920]

Morrowind was epic, and is still better than the newer games they make, they should seriously remake that game.

[Master_Odin]

Morrowind was epic, and is still better than the newer games they make, they should seriously remake that game.
Why would they waste the time to remake a game that's still fairly easy to acquire?

In any case, I like Bethesda for reviving Fallout series (even if I still like the originals better). However, their release so much DLC that either you pay for the game twice to get all the DLC or wait a year for the GOTY edition is annoying at best.

[lonfar]

Free Roaming! oblivion and Fallout 3 i love so much since you can mod as well as have various places to go with quests

[maturin]

I love how they make games full of empty holes purely designed for DLC. Oblivion had all these locked doors which couldn't be accessed no matter what you did, it also had these strange alters all over the place. Then one day some DLC arrives and (shock!) all of that stuff was unlocked and explained ...

Same with Fallout 3. Oh there's an aliens wreckage .. I wonder what that does.. Absolutely nothing UNTIL you get a DLC pack .. lol

Bethesda = Milk.

Oblivion had precisely *one* locked door. And the altars already had a purpose.

Morrowind had free DLC. One of the devs even made unofficial mods for the game. Most importantly, back then Bethesda managed to write really good fantasy in the context of a clunky RPG. And I mean unique, unusual stuff. None of these Gears of War novelization industry hack jobs.

[Coolspyboy]

Their wonderfully done animations <3

But seriously, I like open-ended games and mod support. While the games they make tend to be somewhat unstable, they're great when they work.

[VASH1291]

I loved the fact that in Morrowind if you could see it, you could take it.

[xxZoZo 13xx]

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[Teraku]

Morrowind and Fallout 3.

And the fact that it's one of the only big companies left which make games that aren't developed for the consoles and then later on lazily ported to the PC. (Yes, I'm looking at you, Ubisoft and Console's Creed 2!)

Thank you, Bethesda.

[MrSmit]

I loved the fact that in Morrowind if you could see it, you could take it.

everything except Vivec's ash mask in one of the temples, ahh it looked so awesome and I couldn't have it :eek:

[Transmeta]

I love the fact that Oblivion is on sale today for $8.50, maybe I can replace my busted discs.

[robert_yphsilon]

FALLOUT 3!!! :D

[Fuzzin]

I liked what Bethesda was, now they're a waste of time.

[Lord Mordeth]

Morrowind, yes.. that game is amazing.

Infact, it was THE game that i bought the original BillBox for, as didn't have a decent computer back then, so getting the game.. one i'd spend hundreds of hours with, was too good to pass up at the time.

Oblivion.. awesome game too, though i do wish it was a little bit 'larger' at times, as it feels somewhat cramped in comparison of Morrowind.

[donzi]

The Elder Scrolls series brought me in with daggerfall -- a bit buggy and kind of crude graphics even for the time but very fun.

I really didn't like Oblivion much in comparison to Morrowind but over time Oblivion grew on me. Still I missed the intricate elements of Morrowind.

I figured it was required for the consoles to dumb down the game compared to MW.

Totally hope one day consoles become moot so maybe more companies will compete in the PC game market again with PC games. I was totally blown away by the poor UI in Mass Effect 1.. Was totally amazing how they could dumb down ME2 even more than ME1... anyhow, that's another story.

I've not sprung yet for Fallout 3, hope they have not gone as low as EA/BioWare did with the console dumbing down stuff.

[italk1337]

Oblivion with mods is pretty damn epic since theres barely any mods for morrowind, so Oblivon + Mods = Pwns Morrowind
Fallout 3 is the same thing, although Fallout 3 and Oblivion tends to have lots of bug that aren't fixed. The games also crash alot, even without mods
;_;

[phill1978]

I liked what Bethesda was, now they're a waste of time.

of course they are. what game did you make again?



fallout 3. the first fsp roleplay (or as close as i was going to get) id become hooked on since eye of the beholder on the amiga.

[dffddsssff]

i just like playing all kinds of expansive rpg games like fallout 3

[MrSmit]

I love how they make games full of empty holes purely designed for DLC. Oblivion had all these locked doors which couldn't be accessed no matter what you did, it also had these strange alters all over the place. Then one day some DLC arrives and (shock!) all of that stuff was unlocked and explained ...

Same with Fallout 3. Oh there's an aliens wreckage .. I wonder what that does.. Absolutely nothing UNTIL you get a DLC pack .. lol

Bethesda = Milk.
If you think that's bad try playing dragon age: origins, great game but bioware(or maybe EA) is greedy

[Tylertc13]

Fallout 3 baby!

[Dethstar]

The entire elder scrolls series and to a lesser extent fallout 3.

I love them because they publish non linear games which embarace user developed content that actually enhance their games giving them a longevity and depth you dont get anywhere else.

Daggerfall, morrowind, Oblivion were great but for me a large part of the attraction was using mods and adding to the world to make them even more alive. As soon as I go into Oblivion as I have it now I can wander through it just to see the beauty of the environment as I have it so heavily modded with HD textures etc its looks phenominal.

The best compliment I can make is that I didnt think Fallout 3 was (for me) half as good as Oblivion. But I still think its 100% better than the next best game I have played for 5 years. Those games are just in a league of their own thanks to the sandbox approach and encouraging mods etc.

[Chewy1015]

Because they made the only really good Terminator games in existence (Future Shock and SkyNET, and some people will say Rampage).

[benhen]

I love how they charge 89.95 USD for Fallout New Vegas in the Australian store (same currency as American store and our dollar has almost reached parity with America's anyway) and only 49.95 USD in the American store. Oh wait, no I don't. They're just as greedy as several other publishers selling on steam like EA and 2k. They can spout "we're trying to protect Australian retailers" all they want, it doesn't make it true, retail will always exist and why should they be protected in charging exorbitant prices? Kudos to those publishers with equivalent pricing everywhere, showing that your integrity isn't for sale.

[EvaUnit02]

They support the modding community. Their engines are highly modifiable and they've thus far always released SDKs.

[gamesstink]

They make fantastic games!
Only problem is, they have so little support for them!

I had Call of the Cthulu for PC, and after much pushing and shoving, got them to replace the PC title with the xbox version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7nn-rdHEok

[myth700]

Being able to get lost in Morrowind or Oblivion for hours and hours without even realising how long you've been playing.

Had a day off yesterday decided to play oblivion for a while..... 7 hours later I looked at my phone and just thought what in the name of sweet jesus!

[Χάρης]

Oblivion and Rogue Warrior,i like these two.

[ILostR2]

Oblivion, the upcoming Skyrim, and what they did with bringing back the Fallout series with Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas.

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[SouljackeR]

The Elder Scrolls series. And it's gameplay system.

[Lavec]

Bethesda the developers = Awesome games. I own and love everyone of them.

Bethesda the publishers = Rip off regional pricing. The worse offender. I'll never pay $90 for one of your published games (Brink & Hunted) or your own games (Skyrim) and will instead have to bother with importing them for around $35-$50.

[Seraosha]

I love Bethesda for the free roaming, sandbox gameplay of The Elder Scrolls. It's utterly ruined me as now I struggle to play the usual textbook, linear rpgs where you're expected to follow some arbitrary on rails story in small cramped environments.

I also loved Oblivion vanilla version with DLC. I didn't need mods to lose 200 hours in Cyrodil..

[hakar]

I love how they charge 89.95 USD for Fallout New Vegas in the Australian store (same currency as American store and our dollar has almost reached parity with America's anyway) and only 49.95 USD in the American store. Oh wait, no I don't. They're just as greedy as several other publishers selling on steam like EA and 2k. They can spout "we're trying to protect Australian retailers" all they want, it doesn't make it true, retail will always exist and why should they be protected in charging exorbitant prices? Kudos to those publishers with equivalent pricing everywhere, showing that your integrity isn't for sale.

blame your own country's stupid laws not the developers that have to comply with them.

[dune297]

Oblivion
Morrowind
Fallout 3

[jbmac03]

I know people are entitled to opinions but I think it's crazy if you love Bethesda for ruining Fallout. I believe Bioware would have done a better job if they had the franchise rights to Fallout. The only thing Bethesda is good at is creating moddable engines for their games. They do this so it is easier for them to create DLC with only a small team. They only support modding because it brings longevity to their game long enough for them to push out a few DLC so they can feed their greed. Bethesda should start caring about their consumers. We shouldn't have to mod their games to make them good. They should be good to start off with and made great by modded content.

Everything they do is for profit and marketing. It may look like they care but they absolutely don't. It seems all developers are at their best when they get their first few games out. Then the big executives come in and ruin everything.

Skyrim looks it may suffer the same. They will purposely leave out areas and story so you have to buy it in DLC. Don't get me wrong. It will probably be a great game but it's going to have that clunky console feel. I just hope they thought about Fallout while making the engine so it doesn't feel like you are playing Skyrim 2 with the same engine and different story and models.

[MrSmit]

I know people are entitled to opinions but I think it's crazy if you love Bethesda for ruining Fallout. I believe Bioware would have done a better job if they had the franchise rights to Fallout. The only thing Bethesda is good at is creating moddable engines for their games. They do this so it is easier for them to create DLC with only a small team. They only support modding because it brings longevity to their game long enough for them to push out a few DLC so they can feed their greed. Bethesda should start caring about their consumers. We shouldn't have to mod their games to make them good. They should be good to start off with and made great by modded content.

Everything they do is for profit and marketing. It may look like they care but they absolutely don't. It seems all developers are at their best when they get their first few games out. Then the big executives come in and ruin everything.

Skyrim looks it may suffer the same. They will purposely leave out areas and story so you have to buy it in DLC. Don't get me wrong. It will probably be a great game but it's going to have that clunky console feel. I just hope they thought about Fallout while making the engine so it doesn't feel like you are playing Skyrim 2 with the same engine and different story and models.
You think Bethesda cuts out content to sell it back as DLC? Then you go on to say that Bioware would be better suited to make a Fallout game?

Think about what you just said there.

Also, whether or not mod support is for profit doesn't matter. It's good for the consumer either way.

[i'm Batman]

Todd Howard!?

He's the last dev that still was that old outlook on games. That " i use to play DnD and i still have tons of ideas that were inspired by it". I feel that in his recent interviews he's been " impatient" with the interviews because there basicly all asking the sames stupid questions and some don't even seem to have played the past games ( g4 interviewers... yeaaah), but thats ok. He's a concepter, but he's so good that he's become the face of bethesda. Poor him.

Oh, and morrowind. Hope Skyrim is based of that and not oblivion.

I do hate there marketing team or there financers or who ever decided to start doing DLC's and releasing there game early ( it wasnt done kids... i'm sorry but thats the main reason why we got DLC's XD).

[yukoko94]

Oblivion <3 :D

[friedricemonste]

reasons to love: Fallout series, Elder Scroll series.
reasons to hate: terrible releases such as rogue warrior. silly lawsuit against the makers of minecraft.

[Cheesewipe]

They make and publish quality games (exept Brink)
thats why

[Dethstar]

Years ago I would have got all sychophantic about this. I loved Morrowing and daggerfall. I got very dissapointed with Oblivion but I bought it on the xbox. When I then realised what modding could do, I got back in to PC gaming so actually it was a win too. Not only did I spend the next 7 years modding Oblivion and creating a very beautiful world with it, I also realised I was better suited to PC gaming. (I dont know why I thought I would be ok with an xbox in the first place. Marketing sucker that I am).

I have been waiting for TES V for years. But over time, (especially the last 12 months) my expectations have been throttled back massively. With so many disasters coming out of Bethesda lately its not difficult to spot a tend towards growing mediocrity. The innovation and love for development has been replaced by hard edged business sense. While this might pay dividends in the short term. I think in the longer term its inevitably going to hurt. Many people I know do not even rate Bethesda as an Xbox game developer these days.

Skyrim however, could be a multiplatform winner for them turning the trend around. Xbox players I know are satisfied and as for the PC, I cant really compare playing Skyrim until I can mod it properly and see if the potential exists to turn an ok lightweight rpg/action game into a legendary classic.

In my humble personal opinion, I believe the modding community will be able to do amazing things with this game to the point it no longer feels quite as dated as it appears to be when compared to some of the best titles of the year.

So as it stands today, I would be very out of love with Bethesda. If it wasnt for the potential I see in the modding of skyrim. But, as someone else put it:

"they publish non linear games which embarace user developed content that actually enhance their games giving them a longevity and depth you dont get anywhere else. "

In a world where so many games are getting so linear that they feel like cutscenes with the odd choice to make in a tunnel while shooting at something random, bethesda is still making the most open and immersive environments.

[friedricemonste]

Rogue Warrior

[Lism]

Modding support on TES games, my god they know how to please the user.

[DesTeck]

Because they make good games, and it's pretty fun to not have to make quests all the time, but explore the land. :D

[TACOARCADE1]

I like Bethesda for the incredible ammounts of time and detail they put into their games. (My favorite game by them is Fallout New Vegas)

[Cloudspit]

This might seem a little weird but as gamers we do not look "up" a lot of the time in video games. Ceilings, clouds, and the night sky are not as appreciated as much as the objects at eye level. Bethesda never lets me down. I love looking up and seeing artwork on the ceiling, spider webs in the corner or even the stars in the night sky and make my own constellations. I have to hand it to them.

[Sp0rkErIsM]

I like Bethesda because they release awesome games and they're the best at open world game (My opinion), although Saints Row does sway it slightly.

[Squirrel Brains]

I like Bethesda because when I bought oblivion, I loved it and now iplay skyrim.:D

[Diego_510]

I Really Liked Oblivion, Then it got better With Fallout 3 and New Vegas. Thats what I Really like about Bethesda

[larrykop]

I like Bethesda due to the countless hours of entertainment they have given me over the years, from Daggerfall to Skyrim, their games are worth the money imo

[d4MLiVE]

Fallout 3 console.

[Boneless69]

I don't love them but that FREE BRINK AND RAGE after mail in rebate was cool

*Over now

75 cents each after mail in rebate LoL

picked up several