Honestly, the amount of time it takes AAA titles like this to launch is crazy. Buuut if that's the price we pay for getting a finished, somewhat bug free experience, then so be it. I'd rather that that crunch leading to burnout and a product that gets rushed out to appease shareholders (stares in 2077).
Expecting a somewhat bug free experience from Bethesda... also, while games take long nowadays, 12 years isn't a normal amount. Nor is announcing 5 years prior then never speaking of it again... Pretty sure we're past the "modern games take a lot of time to develop" stage by now.
They probably have some sort of pre production going on where there's a few concept artists and writers worming on it but yeah I wouldn't expect much more than that.
That's true. Skyrim is like 4 editions in and still has bugs. I definitely don't expect something flawless from Bethesda but I guess I'd still rather wait than it be horrible or put undue stress on the people working on it.
I would definitely agree that announcing it and then going radio silent isn't the way to go. At least give some kind of update as to the progress.
I would agree, if that's actually what's happening.
However, looking at how the gaming industry does things… I think it's more likely that it takes so long because the game has either been put on ice or they have a completely understaffed team working on it slowing, development to a crawl.
And then, once the company suddenly decides they want to release it, they're going to force crunch time, anyway.
I'd be very happy if my suspicions turn out wrong, but…