What if Skyrim is awful?

[Knusper]

I'll cry whilst I download and sort out my mods for it. If you mean rubbish beyond repair, I
guess I could get to work on the Mass Effect series.

 

[XT inc]

It would be added to the laundry list of AAA overhyped flops, where what is given to the press is carefully manicured to look 100 times better than the end result.

Rage, Dead Island, Mercs 2, Ninja gaiden 2, ff 13, Brink, DNF, I mean the list goes on for miles.

 

[Exius Xavarus]

Then I'll laugh in the face of every fanboy that tried convincing me that Dark Souls is a shitty game that tried to copy the all-mighty Skyrim, Holy Grail of all RPGs. Good games don't copy bad ones. It won't affect me either way, because I already have little to no hope for a Bethesda game, considering the fact that I haven't enjoyed any of Bethesda's recent games.

I really don't understand this level of hatred for Bethesda.

I don't necessarily hate Bethesda. I'm just tired of the Skyrim fanboys trying to tell me Skyrim's the almighty Holy Grail of RPGs, and every game that has dragons and an open world is a shitty game trying to copy Skyrim(when, in fact, Dark Souls release its first trailer, with a dragon, mind you, before Skyrim released their first trailer).

I haven't enjoyed any of Bethesda's recent games except 1, but that's just me. And it was Hunted: The Demon's Forge. I didn't enjoy Fallout 3, or Fallout: New Vegas, or Oblivion. I'm not saying that all these examples mean that Skyrim will be a bad game, because it certainly looks pretty, but that's as far as my interest goes. By way of gameplay, Bethesda's first person games are just not for me.

 

[evilneko]

If Skyrim is awful....

it'll be just as good as Oblivion!

Seriously Oblivion was just dull.

 

[RanD00M]

Well it will probably suck to some degree. It will at least not live up to its hype. And I somehow doubt that I will have even close to the same enjoyable as both Morrowind and Oblivion had.
It might be good for all we know, but I doubt it being great.

 

[Bovver]

I guess honestly I will just play it. Just as I did with ME2 it cant be to bad expecially if EA have not managed to sink thier claws into it.

 

[Vuavu]

Impossible... I'm very picky when it comes to games And I just ordered it today, so you can all follow me into the light

 

[jopomeister]

I hadn't thought of that... One of the first comments has sense in it though, turn to Saints Row or Assassins Creed, they seem to have promise.
Definitely not getting my hopes up for any of the upcoming war games though...

 

[DisturbiaWolf13]

Seriously, what if? What if it sucks? What if it's all been hype? WHAT WILL WE DO?

I love you. I have been thinking the exact same thing every time I get excited about it. I'm so scared. Help me.

 

[vivalahelvig]

I played Oblivion 50 times....WITH NO MODS and I enjoyed it THUROGHLY. I don't use mods for multiple YEARS after i get the game, so if skyrim sucks, THEN THAT WOULD KINDA SUCK.

 

[CardinalPiggles]

Laugh in the faces of everyone who bought it most likely. Followed by, 'I told you so'. Come on, it's Bethesda for christ's sake, it's going to be poorly developed.

I'm not buying it day one as you can probably tell, but will happily buy it when a Steam sale comes around, no sense letting a game this big go unplayed. Just got to hope the game breaking bugs will be fixed by that time.

 

[Kestor]

This is a funny thread...
Seriously, its not rocket science, if you didn't like Morrowind and Oblivion, you will not like this, end of story.

 

[Adam28]

Cry.

But it won't happen, it will be great, and then when everyone's enjoying it, I'll turn to the haters and turn back to my screen again because I've got some damn Skyrim to play and they ain't worth my time.

 

[KatChampagne]

You know if I'm being honest with my self I would play it anyways

 

[SUPA FRANKY]

Really, from what I've seen, I haven't found anything wrong with it at all. Pretty much most of the complaints reviewers ***** about I rarely notice. People who have played the game gave thumbs up, the combat looks cool, there are a variety of quest, no more neck seam, better music, more variety in environments, companions, dragons, dual wielding, pretty much everything I want.

Though Soul Charging on the other hand...

 

[DefinitelyPsychotic]

I really wouldn't care either way. I generally dislike any RPGs with swords, shields, magic, and British voice actors.

 

[shinatomaster]

I'd not be surprised, have you played their other recent games? I can't figure out what went wrong, Morrowind was so good.

are you distinguishing between bethesda game studio's and bethesda softworks? remember, softworks is a publisher, so they release games that they havent actually made themselves. Hunted: the Demons Forge, and rogue warrior are two examples. Todd Howard and his team are in charge of this, and they wont drop the ball

 

[Rufei]

If it sucks, I will mod it. If it really sucks, I will mod it even harder.

If it's awesome, I'm still going to mod it.