Talking Point: Was Bethesda's Press Conference Brilliant or a Bust?

I think it was a lot better than I expected and it was pretty enjoyable overall in my opinion

Some good games - some very mediocre ones too, some 'funny' moments but also a lot of cringe!! Better than EA's - but that wasn't a difficult bar to beat...

It was good. Some solid announcements here. A DOOM sequel, confirmation of The Elder Scrolls 6 being a PS5 game, a Starfield announcement, and Fallout 76 could actually be fun if it's done right. I'm gonna wait for reviews on 76, but it looks pretty good.

Most of it was trash, but it was saved by the Almighty Todd Howard. Enjoyed the Fallout 76 deep dive (even though I'm not 100% sold on the game yet) and the teaser for The Elder Scrolls VI made me ****

Thought I saw a guy that looked like Adam Boyes in the audience.lol

Never bought or played a single Bethesda game so I was surprised they were the top rated publisher based on Metacritic.

I thought it was pretty impressive - in terms of all the games they had on show anyway. All the devs who came on stage (besides Todd Howard of course) just felt like an unwelcome distraction. I understand them wanting to show off their titles but would have preferred a faster pace before the Todd showed up.

Rage 2 and DOOM were the highlights for me, and of course TES 6 gave me chills. I'd say between "Meh" and "Good".

Obviously I'm joking, THE highlight was Skyrim on fridge.

Wasn't bad. I enjoyed the games. Especially Doom Eternal, Rage 2 and Elder Scrolls 6 teaser. Good stuff.

@Cornaboyzzz The fact that we were joking in the chat about playing Skyrim on a smart fridge and then he was playing it on a smart fridge made that video sooo much better.

I thought it was pretty medicore.

A lot of akwardness/cringe, a lot of filler, and a whole lot of not showing gameplay, or just taking too long to get into gameplay.

Took 12 years to get into Rage 2 gameplay.

New Doom and Wolfenstein DLC?

Neat, but no gameplay.

Fallout 76 looks......weird. Might be cool, but I have to see more.

But am I the only who thought the new Fallout mosters/enemies looked stupidly goofy and over the top?

And duh Bethesda is working on Starfield and the new Elder Scrolls game.

So two like 7 second CGI trailers for each game does absolutely nothing for me.

I was just not a fan of the press conference.

The part that made me think was the announcement of next gen games. I know this is to be expected, but announcing it live made next gen a reality instead of a future event, you know? Maybe it was just me...

I thought it was solid. I'm not a massive Bethesda fan, mostly because I haven't played much of their games. They showed some lengthy enough footage of Rage 2 and Fallout 76, so props there.

The highlight for me was the Skyrim joke. Shout-out to the guy who totally called the smart fridge!

Like I said it before, the best thing for me was the teasers and that's it. I'm not interested on the new new Fallout because it's a mmo, Rage 2 looks fun, but not a priority. I can't wait for more details of games like Starfield, TES 6 and Doom sequel though.

I voted "Meh".

So much better than EA, which is not hard to do. Excited for TES6, but im a bit sad as its for the next generation as I want it now, being a massive ES fangirl. But to know that its coming is makes up for it.

It's a good show with good games for both ps4 and ps5.

It's very difficult to get excited for title screens

@WanderingBullet Never played Bethesda game? Why?

Only really good announcements had no meat to them whatsoever. Voted "meh." I'm eager to see what Starfield, DOOM 2, and TES VI look like, though.

Literally the only thing I'm interested in is Starfield. But I'm not a Besthesda fan in general anyway, usually find their games very overrated.

The two games that I'm most interested in, Elder Scrolls VI and Starfield, had teases that looked like they were swiftly put together and shoved in at the last minute. I voted 'meh.'

I'm let down.

The best games are ps5 games,fallout 76 is Indeed MP,and aside from doom the other highlight wolfenstein dlc but it's coop.

No new dishonored is a disappointed.

@ellsworth004 I don't know, just never fancied them.

I've spent more hours in games by Bethesda than any other developer so I really enjoyed the show with plenty to look forward to

Apart from the annoying music at the beginning it was OK. Rage 2 was the big one and looked awesome, and the other good stuff was just teasers; Doom 2, TES6 and Starfield.. Fallout 76 won't be for me as well as the mobile stuff.

Loved it... And a prey update is awesome. Will be buying the prey dlc

There were plenty of big reveals but they're kinda pointless when they're just glorified logos. Everyone knows Elder Scrolls VI is going to happen, announcing it six years before the fact isn't my idea of fun. I did come away a little more enthused with Fallout 76 though, and out of everything they showed, at least I can play that soon.

I know they bought ID software a long time ago. But it always suprises me how many of their games are FPS. Wolfenstein, Doom, Quake, and even Fallout and Skyrim are essentially FPS...

Not a knock on them, just always suprised when I think about it

My favourite part was genuinely the Alexa Skyrim video, which says a lot. Fallout 76 looks interesting but being multiplayer focused I'll probably still be playing Red Dead in November. I think unless you have the charisma and presentation skills of Todd Howard you should keep developers away from the stage.

Strange to announce Starfield and Elder Scrolls so early if they are still years away but I suppose most people had figured they're making them anyway. Still the short videos were better than having someone sit in the audience and give the name (looking at you Respawn).