Jumping from Fallout 3 to Fallout 4, we also saw huge improvements to the shooting and combat. But when looking at melee combat in those games alongside The Elder Scrolls series, most players will tend to avoid close-up combat at all costs. There are modern RPGs aplenty that have done sword and hand-to-hand combat extremely…
Bethesda’s subsidiary developers were arguably the only redeeming factor of the conference; we got a glimpse at updates coming to last May’s Rage 2 and an extended look at Doom Eternal courtesy of Id, and we saw a few snippets of gameplay from Machine Games’ two upcoming Wolfenstein spin-offs, one of which will be a…
There was also mention that NPCs and the cities they reside in would play a larger role in Starfield. This could simply mean larger cities with more NPCs, but it could also imply that cities and the NPCs that inhabit them will have more depth, unique mechanics, and adapt to the player’s actions and progress…
Considering last year’s E3 showcase was so big for Bethesda, it will be interesting to see how/if the publisher can top it this year with newness, while addressing recent failings. As the tweet jokes, keep refreshing Walmart Canada to look for leaks — a subtle jibe at RAGE 2’s release being spoiled ahead of time…