David Houghton: I’m creating a clever (and marginally disgusting) allegory for Bethesda’s broken-as-all-hell PS3 version of Skyrim. It is you see, fundamentally messed up on a level that I view as patently unfit for release. And apparently Bethesda had no idea that the game it had spent years building and testing was so broken. I mean it can’t have known. Otherwise it’s quietly, knowingly released a busted product and cynically dicked over a large part of its fan-base. And the worst part? I saw this coming weeks ago. And it’s partly that very fan-base’s fault.
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i wonder if they will patch the game to where the ps3 version does not have these problems. anyways great game, but the title overdramatises it. if it looked like a ps2 game locked at 10 fps and it fan only at 480p then it would be broken. edited
70hrs of gameplay so far, and my only gripe is the framerate drops, other than that its an amazing game. only froze on me once so far, not as bad as fallout 3 (passed on new vegas).
Man, I'm only 12 or so hours into my playthrough... I'm not looking forward to this AT ALL. However, unlike other Bethesda games at least my PS3 hasn't crashed yet... Yet.
I don't know why developers never max out the PS3. It has so much power going to waste. Is it more expensive or something?
Fallout 3 taught me never to buy Bugthesda games for my PS3. Period. I almost caved and bought Skyrim, but after reading all this nonsense, I really doubt I will buy it now.
Learn to code Bugthesda... it really is sad.
Fallout 3 froze my PS3 over 30 times. Most times I had to switch it off from the back. I do not doubt it lead to my consoles eventual death. Not even to mention the pop up notification freeze at the beginning. What a joke.