Never ever over-hype a Bethesda game based on anything Todd Howard says he has used car salesmen stench on him
and thats what the xbots pretty much did because of lack of titles they over over-hyped a bethesda game to extodriany levels that it had to be a 99 on metacritic or it was gonna be viewed a flop score wise.
This is from a guy with
100+ hrs in Morrowind
oblivion
Skyrim
fallout's
and now Starfield
all very fun games but aren't earth shattering which must games are not.
Facts though. Like I said before, I know people professionally who work at Bethesda. They told me it was a mess.
Regarding the hype, for years:
Zelda
Final Fantasy
Baldur's Gate
GoW
Elden Ring
Horizon
Metroid
Octopath Traveler
etc.
People in these communities were trying to have discussions about their GoTY contenders and truly good games all for xbots to butt in concern trolling or talking about "Starfield about to change the genre. Starfield about to change the game!" All that hoopla to go 7/10 around the board and low 80's on Metacritic (and dropping).
Cats annoyed people in those threads around the internet that had nothing to do with them. For years. Now all those communities are getting their revenge back.
I'll be real and I'll do it without a concern troll: I skipped the last Xbox and only bought the new one because all the PS5's were sold out. No bullshyt, the second I bought a PS5 I've stopped using my Xbox. PC is fine. Xbox there is literally no point this generation nor while Playstations are around for that matter. There's nothing (good) on it exclusively that interests me to the point I want to get one. Xbox 360 for MW3 for the player base was the last time I bought an Xbox that I was excited about and that was over 10 years ago. Many of those people either moved to PC, use a PS5 for their choice of console or stopped gaming altogether. People either own both or they only own a PS5. When you have a decent PC there is no point to owning a sole Xbox by itself in 2023 when you can have a PS5. shyt, I have enough money to build or buy a baller top-of-the-line PC but I still only have a PS5 because that's all I really need.