Square...Bethesda has the right approach.

[Jynx]

I can't say I agree with releasing a game full of bugs and "Fixing them" a year down the road.

[VeranRamaden]

I can't say I agree with releasing a game full of bugs and "Fixing them" a year down the road.

Im not saying releasing a game full of bugs and waiting to fix.
That's not something I agree on.
But, we are on the FFXIV forum lol.
Which we all know how it released.

[Verecund]

SE needs to take hints from Bethesda on how to make an RPG.

Also, the bugs in Bethesda's games utterly pale in comparison to the multitude of shit that was present in FFXIV upon release (and FFXIV is an MMO, you would think there were higher standards)


Let the cheerleading begin

[Cairdeas]

SE needs to take hints from Bethesda on how to make an RPG.

Also, the bugs in Bethesda's games utterly pale in comparison to the multitude of shit that was present in FFXIV upon release (and FFXIV is an MMO, you would think there were higher standards)


Let the cheerleading begin

My experiance with FFXIV has been much more relaxing when it came to bugs then any bethesda game I've ever played. The opening Scene to Oblivion had more bugs for me the first time I played it then every bug thats directly impacted in FFXIV for the last almost year. Including Beta Bugs.

[SilvertearRen]

I can't say I agree with releasing a game full of bugs and "Fixing them" a year down the road.

At least Bethseda does a better job of communicating with its audience. Better than Square Enix.

[Jynx]

At least Bethseda does a better job of communicating with its audience. Better than Square Enix.

No it doesn't. Where would you get such a foolish idea like that?

Bethseda hardly speaks a word to the community once the game is out unless there is a game crippling bug to adress. "There always is" where they say "Sorry" and "It wont happen again" and next time they release the game they repeat the cycle.

"Oh shit corrupt game files?...yeah deal with it for 3 months while we don't work on fixing it."

[SilvertearRen]

No it doesn't. Where would you get such a foolish idea like that?

Bethseda hardly speaks a word to the community once the game is out unless there is a game crippling bug to adress. "There always is" where they say "Sorry" and "It wont happen again" and next time they release the game they repeat the cycle.

"Oh shit corrupt game files?...yeah deal with it for 3 months while we don't work on fixing it."

That's because all they've released are single-player games. Get it? Hur-hur.

[Khalus]

Also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToKIkw3LIoQ

Well, for the record, Bethesda was not the developer of Fallout: New Vegas, Obsidian Entertainment was. You know the ones that royally screwed up KOTOR II, Alpha Protocol and the recent Dungeon Siege III.

[Kaizlu]

Well, for the record, Bethesda was not the developer of Fallout: New Vegas, Obsidian Entertainment was. You know the ones that royally screwed up KOTOR II, Alpha Protocol and the recent Dungeon Siege III.

I actually like Obsidian, they're not THAT bad. And I know this completely off topic, but I couldn't resist posting this image once you mentioned Obsidian.

http://i56.tinypic.com/6ghmq0.png

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As for the topic in hand. Am I the only one that thinks that the main difference between Bethesda and SE, is the old "West/East" thing? I'm not a Japanese game developer, but I actually picture SE spending more time in debugging and testing than the standard American/European developer. And more in FFXIV given the fact that anything they release will be under heavy fire even if it's the best thing ever.

[Cendres]

I actually like Obsidian, they're not THAT bad. And I know this completely off topic, but I couldn't resist posting this image once you mentioned Obsidian.

http://i56.tinypic.com/6ghmq0.png

Yeah I love Obsidian myself. Their games are shock FULL of bugs but their writers are really great. Fallout New Vegas was so much more interesting to me and I loved Neverwinter 2, KOTOR II was such a mess but I even liked that one, again for the story.