HeyYou Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 I have been a fan of other single player games in the past that went to MMO, and I never looked back. One of my favorites was Final Fantasy. I guess it is still popular as an online game, but I don't really know or care. They lost my patronage the minute they made that decision; as will Bethesda. I will not play them on line, I will not pay to play them on line, and I will not support on line gaming. It is just not my cup of tea. Whether or not it is the death knell for the franchise is another story. I rather doubt that; but still believe it is a big mistake on their part. To take it a step further, it is my opinion that when Bethesda became involved with Valve I believe that they sort of lost their connection with their public, i.e. the gamers out here, and began to focus more on other aspects of their business. Of course there is nothing wrong with paying attention to your bottom line; but somehow I was not under the impression that they were suffering in that department. Anyway, I am just a bit disgruntled by their recent decisions; but doubt that they are overly concerned by my particular disquietude in that regard....:wacko: Right there with ya Granny. Morrowind was a great game, but, beth seems to be sliding downhill since then.... (in my opinion) I don't really care for the direction the company is taking, but, when the almighty dollar makes your decisions, that's what ya get. "Mass Appeal" is what makes the money. Guess I will need to start looking for an indie company for my next REAL RPG. TES has lost that aspect, and keeps drifting further from it. If I had the money/resources, I would indeed make my own game, run it up the flagpole, and see if anyone saluted...... Don't expect that to happen though. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboUK Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 I have been a fan of other single player games in the past that went to MMO, and I never looked back. One of my favorites was Final Fantasy. I guess it is still popular as an online game, but I don't really know or care. They lost my patronage the minute they made that decision; as will Bethesda. I will not play them on line, I will not pay to play them on line, and I will not support on line gaming. It is just not my cup of tea. Whether or not it is the death knell for the franchise is another story. I rather doubt that; but still believe it is a big mistake on their part. To take it a step further, it is my opinion that when Bethesda became involved with Valve I believe that they sort of lost their connection with their public, i.e. the gamers out here, and began to focus more on other aspects of their business. Of course there is nothing wrong with paying attention to your bottom line; but somehow I was not under the impression that they were suffering in that department. Anyway, I am just a bit disgruntled by their recent decisions; but doubt that they are overly concerned by my particular disquietude in that regard....:wacko: Right there with ya Granny. Morrowind was a great game, but, beth seems to be sliding downhill since then.... (in my opinion) I don't really care for the direction the company is taking, but, when the almighty dollar makes your decisions, that's what ya get. "Mass Appeal" is what makes the money. Guess I will need to start looking for an indie company for my next REAL RPG. TES has lost that aspect, and keeps drifting further from it. If I had the money/resources, I would indeed make my own game, run it up the flagpole, and see if anyone saluted...... Don't expect that to happen though. :) As well as indie developers its worth looking towards Europe, The Witcher, Risen, Divinity 2, Two Worlds, Venetica, Sacred and so on. As far as I'm concerned Bethesda haven't made a decent RPG since Morrowind, I thought they were moving slightly in the right direction with Fallout 3 which gave me some hope but Skyrim soon put an end to that thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghogiel Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 No. Because even if the MMO is a massive flop it has absolutely no bearing on the single player games.QFT About the only bearing it will have is that they will probably tie in some of the ongoing TES story line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marharth Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 I just realized the trailer sounded a lot like any other MMO trailer and used the whole "you are a hero, deal with it" kind of thing. I highly doubt they will be able to pull off multiple factions, and it will probably end up forcing you to be a good guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthmoor Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 This isn't the first time a spinoff game has been made. There also exists Redguard, Battlespire, Shadowkey, Dawnstar, and Oblivion for mobile phones, and we still have the singleplayer games of the main series made after they were. Future singleplayer TES games will likely be fine.There's a huge difference between spinoff games that are ALSO single player diversions and a huge MMO that's going to be filled with thousands of screaming children who were bored with WoW and want to see what this TES thing is all about. IMO, this is the cancer that will kill TES some day. No good comes of this, unless the Divines smile on us and cause the MMO to implode in a spectacular way that leaves no doubt about it being a total flop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddieawsome Posted May 6, 2012 Author Share Posted May 6, 2012 Regardless of its impact on the single player games this MMO is setting itself up for failure. I mean with The Old Republic and Mists of Ponadriouma or whatever its called, not to mention Diablo 3 just around the corner. Its like throwing a kid in the middle of a fight between giants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syco21 Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Every MMO wants to be a WoW clone. But there isn't enough room in the world for such games. They need to drastically change the MMO formulas or they might as well soak stacks of cash with gasoline then light them for all the good it will do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboUK Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Another problem could be Bethesdas shocking QA, the community have to fix every Bethesda game, not something they'll be able to do with an MMO. How long will people keep paying a monthly subscription for something that keeps crashing or generally bugging out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marharth Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Another problem could be Bethesdas shocking QA, the community have to fix every Bethesda game, not something they'll be able to do with an MMO. How long will people keep paying a monthly subscription for something that keeps crashing or generally bugging out?Well it probably won't be as buggy considering it is made by a different team and won't be using gamebryo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurielius Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Another problem could be Bethesdas shocking QA, the community have to fix every Bethesda game, not something they'll be able to do with an MMO. How long will people keep paying a monthly subscription for something that keeps crashing or generally bugging out?Jim you have hit the nail on it's head. If it was not for the Unofficial Patches none of the series would be truly playable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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