Bethesda Is a Bastion of AAA Single-Player FPS Games, Bless Them

Twinfinite writes "Let’s thank our lucky stars that in 2018 there’s a publisher willing to shrug its shoulders at the hoopla and deliver us quality AAA single-player experiences. And more importantly, not lose its nerve after what we understand were less than satisfactory sales numbers for, well… all of its most recent titles."

[Chaosdreams]

I'm thankful for the games they are publishing.

[maelstromb]

...With the exception of the Fallout series. Bethesda has proven to be a capable publisher, but they're not a very good developer (at least when it comes to the Fallout series). I think it's time that they hand this IP off to a more capable developer/publisher to take it in a new direction. The potential they have with this series is being squandered by a horribly inept and antiquated game engine with sub-par production and no willingness to address it because people continue to buy millions of copies of each release - thus the cycle repeats. Fallout 4 was a turd of a game with the bare minimum of RPG elements. Instead, Bethesda was so focused on delivering a base-building simulator to draw in the Minecraft and casual gamer crowd, and in so doing, managed to strip away nearly all that was good about its predecessors - I.E. Fallout 1 & 2, and Fallout: New Vegas.

[Chaosdreams]

Oh I agree with the quality of Fallout. I literally had a falling out with the 4th game. Couldn't get past the opening hours. My biggest gripe was with the dialogue options. What once was an immersive experience became meh, and there are just too many other great experiences to enjoy to give my valuable time to a game that doesn't feel worth it.

[Movefasta1993]

New Vegas is my fav fallout game but we're not going to act like fallout 3 is in the same class as 4

[maelstromb]

@Movefasta1993 - You are correct. I very much enjoyed Fallout 3 and you are right in that it is not in the same class as Fallout 4. However, it is also not in the same class as the original Fallout titles or Fallout: New Vegas. I did enjoy the post-apocalyptic DC setting, but my point is that Bethesda (as a developer of Fallout titles) is nowhere near as capable as Obsidian or other AAA developers.

[Nacho_Z]

It's always good to have a mix of SP games to escape into and MP games for a more social experience and Bethesda does their bit for the SP market for sure. That said, I'd probably prefer Rage 2 to be along the same lines as Borderlands than a strictly solo game.

[porkChop]

Yeah I think Rage 2 will probably feature co-op. It seems like a good fit. With id handling the gunplay and combat though, I wouldn't mind some form of PVP.

[DefenderOfDoom2]

I do hope RAGE 2 has Vehicular multiplayer combat like RAGE had . I found it very additive .

[kevnb]

I think they are thinking long term. If they keep building on their engines and some of their studios start getting a really good reputation I think it will pay off big time.

[Fist4achin]

Bethesda is one of my favorite developers. Prey totally kicked ass!

[bluefox755]

Wish they'd branch out to more than just FPS games.

[Lighter9]

Elder Scrolls Legends and Fallout Shelter? Lol, I know what you mean.

[DanteVFenris666]

Evil within

Plus Sony is doing the 3rd person games. We don’t need two studios dishing nothin but 3rd party single player games

[DefenderOfDoom2]

I kinda wish SONY would put a new siingle player FPS focused game this gen. We have only had KILLZONE SHADOW FALL for the PS4 so far. Would love to see INSOMNIAC make another FPS single player focused game again

[Gameseeker_Frampt]

Dishonored?
The Evil Within?
The Elder Scrolls?

As a whole, Bethesda is the one publisher who has been doing things right this generation. Their "biggest" negatives have been Fallout 4 and the Prey review copy embargo. If only EA, Activision, and Ubisoft had such a weak list of negatives.

[DefenderOfDoom2]

Not t me , hardly any publshers make single player focused FPS video games anymore

[AnubisG]

Long live SP games!!

Edit: Wonder who disagreed. You don't like Single pkayer games?🤔

[PowerOfTheCloud]

"Wonder who disagreed. You don't like Single pkayer games?🤔 "

Probably people who love incomplete release-now-add-content-later games much more!

[TargusX]

Shame their latest Fallout 4 Gotey was a joke. No blessing from me there.

[Lovable]

Love Bethesda games. They also don't release it yearly, so gamers always yearns from their games..

[NeoGamer232]

They are developing a rotation on the same tech.

Doom, Wolfenstein, Rage, and Prey will probably be on the rotation.

[Lovable]

Good. Which is the reason why whenever they unveil something, the internet explodes.

[RainbowBrite]

Bless them

[Der_Kommandant]

Bethesda, you will always have my money.

[NeoGamer232]

I think it would be best if gamers rated every publisher on release-to-release. Rather then saying some are defaulting as good and others defaulting as bad.

I agree that Bethesda has a generally good reputation. But, it only takes a release with poor microtransactions to change that.

[chris235]

they are also producing games that are generic asf. so i don‘t see them really in the top 10 of anything gaming. they once were cool ut that was years ago. stopped buying their products long time ago.

[yellowgerbil]

Give us starfield

[Nybz]

They really are... bless their little soul.

They're really good at making all their characters look like heroin addicts too.

[Hardiman]

I'm very pleased with Bethesda this gen! Loved what they did with Wolfenstien , Doom and Prey! The Dishonored series and The Evil Within series are great as well! So glad id went with them because Rage 2 looks really fun and teaming up with Avalanche just makes so much sense on so many levels!!!!!

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Hell yes.. I've been saying this for awhile!

[TheOttomatic91]

I love their dedication to SP and we'll always support them (Despite my dislike of TES and their Fallout games).

[PhoenixUp]

The description makes it seem that single player games have become a hassle to most of the industry rather than just BS that a few misinformed executives have spouted.

[DivineAssault]

Ill give their new games a shot as long as they dont have intrusive MT.. I like bethesda but its about time they create a new engine.. A new IP wouldnt hurt either