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[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As an enjoyer of both Oblivion and Morrowind I'm going to say that I think it's more likely that the people at Bethesda who were key at making their past games good have either been promoted beyond their positions of expertise or simply left for greener pastures. Bethesda hasn't always been trash, and people are quick to forget transgressions from nearly a decade ago (yes! It's been that long!)

[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's been 21 years since Morrowind, and 17 years since Oblivion. Been longer than a decade. Two in Morrowind's case. I would put Morrowind down as "peak Bethesda," and their games have been slowly turning to crap since. I agree, I think they lost a lot of key players who worked for them, and they've never been able to regain their footing.

[–] karmiclychee@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

21 years since Morrowind

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