Why are Bethesda games so unstable?

[bootz]

http://www.videogamer.com/xbox360/the_elder_scrolls_v_skyrim/news/bethesda_skyrim_bugs_with_entertainment_value_to_stay.html

Because they like to keep bugs in there games! All there debugging is done once the game is out.

 

[Your Fearless Captain]

Bethesda games have always been stable for my even with a ton of mods.

 

[NinjaCatStudios]

Yeah, hopefully the new creation engine will do good for skyrim.
It would be very hard to bugfix, there is bound to be TONS of numbers to deal with.

 

[Bvenged]

New Vegas is not Bethesda's fault. They game the engine to someone else, Obsidian, to build a game with. The engine is flawed from obsidians tinkering. As for Oblivion, I have played that game with as many as 50 mods with no problem, back in the day, where the old glitches were caused by the mod makers forgetting a texture or something.

 

[Nazgual]

Probably because their games have massive environments and complex AI and gameplay systems. Also they probably don't leave themselves much time to bug test.

"complex AI" HA-hahaha, thats a good one.
but yeah betheda is one of a few companies who let bugs stay in, or even down right maintain them, if they're funny/improving the game somehow.
unfortunately they also happen to be the only company to do this who forgets that there are bugs that make gameplay shit.

Oh sorry, I meant do slightly more than stand around and shoot things.

 

[IronicBeet]

Bethesda is an incredibly lazy company when it comes to optimizing and bug fixing. Not saying they don't make good games, though.

Well, okay, Fallout 3 was basically a non-canon mess, and I didn't particularly enjoy Oblivion, but overall they make pretty good games.