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10-22-2012, 05:02 AM
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(10-22-2012, 04:35 AM)Dylan Wrote:(10-22-2012, 01:21 AM)Slick Rick Wrote:(10-21-2012, 06:06 PM)Dylan Wrote: Bethesda is NOT developing S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, they are publishing it. There is a difference.
Either way it's gonna come out for consoles and most likely be mainly a console port (Like they did with Skyrim, after Morrowind and Oblivion being more PC-friendly than anything. Consoles are where the money's at, sadly. More kids with mommy's credit card)
I don't see how that's a valid criticism. No matter how lenient they are, Zenimax needs a profit from Bethesda by the end of the day. Also, Skyrim is as PC-friendly as Fallout 3, New Vegas, Oblivion and Morrowind. I have no clue where you got your facts from, they are essentially the same, running on the same engine, using .esp's and .esm's. Skyrim lost some RPG elements, but that was NOT due to console release, both Morrowind and Oblivion had console releases.
Edit: Actually the PC-version of Skyrim is far more friendly towards PC-users than any other Bethesda game. They offer you HD-texture patch officially and for free (not present in any other game) and they allow you to try patches in beta, before they've been released, giving PC-users features earlier than any other platform (mounted combat, killcams for spells & bows).
Because games mostly directed to the console audience are usually (keyword Usually) more dumbed down and linear (compare Skyrims corridor-like dungeons to any other TES, or Fallout dungeons/vaults, at the end of the damn dungeons on Skyrim there's even an exit, the game spoon-feeds you like a baby) to appeal to a much wider audience, an audience that only plays the game for an hour a day at max.
And no, Skyrim isn't more PC friendly, gameplay-wise (which in the end is what matters most) One of the most important things in an RPG is the user-interface, and the Skyrim interface (while of course it can be modded, which still isn't an excuse) is designed for ease of use with a controller, and compared to Oblivions and Morrowinds UI, it's hideous.
Just because they allow you to test patches and give you free graphical updates, doesn't mean the gameplay itself is more PC friendly.
I know multiple people even IRL who play Skyrim with a controller on their PC, just because it's more easy and fluent, and it is, I've done it