hey guys, guess what!! I officially started the Fallout show!! I am LOVING it so far
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikqeyi0kqMQ&t=513s

You're right that No Man's Sky and this were two very different situations.
1.) A relatively new, inexperienced team with single-digit number of members VS. Bethesda which has more resources and bodies to throw at problems and the experience to fucking know better
2.) A very technical and shy team leader who did the interviews and openly admitted to being terrified doing them VS. Todd the Hype Man that keeps talking up his games with unwarranted confidence that people somehow keep giving second and third chances to even after messes like Fallout 76 and now Starfield
3.) Going silent and getting back to work VS. Constant corporate speak and empty excuses
4.) ACTUALLY FUCKING FIXING THEIR GAME and then going above and beyond to add tons of new features and content for years  for free VS. Cash shop nonsense, the nonsense with the bag and bottle, and paid DLC/expansions

It's not even just night and day, they're operating in different realities.

The fact people saw all this happen in real time and then STILL pre-ordered or day one bought Starfield when Bethesda released it as an equally buggy, under-developed mess is still mind blowing to this day.

It's honestly astonishing that Bethesda has any fanbase left, but some people really are the "just shut up and consoom, bro" meme personified.

The default stance Bethesda takes whenever any decision needs to be made is to "Skimp and cut corners as much as possible."

Can you imagine them getting a 400 pages rant on how incompetent they are when asking for the essay?

This video doesn't even go into the fact people kept asking for a friends-only game mode and modes with PvP completely disabled, so Bethesda did add "private worlds" but required the monthly subscription to use, and then for a good while, while starting a private world did work on startup, then randoms would just pop into it from picking to join random servers, and they also had to add a "pacifist mode" to avoid PvP, while the whole change it made was automatically declining PvP challenges.

Internet Historian and Fleekazoid collecting Vtubers like the infinity stones and I am all for it.

31:52 another fun fact these “reviews” are written by characters from previous Bethesda fallout games and have nothing to do with the rum

"imagine getting booed like this on a public venue..." Diablo Immortal comes to mind ... that has to be one the most embarassing game announcements.. dont get me wrong we got a ton of bad afterwards.. but that was during a time blizzard had still some fans left

I recommend "Bethesda is worse than you thought" by Big Boss. He goes into their early days, and goes over the rise and fall of Bethesda.

12:39 fun fact Diablo 3 was infamous for having an online auction house where players could buy and sell in game items for real world cash

15:28 Fellow physical media enjoyer! 💚
I had to get rid of my VHS collection a few years ago due to moisture/mold damage, but I still have a huge DVD collection.

Remember “All of this just works”.
The Ghibli movie was “Whispers of the heart”

Bethesda is under the mistaken impression that bigger scope always means better game.

They could not be more mistaken.

It's actually quite impressive how quickly Bethesda eroded their goodwill with gamers with just one game

We love internet historian ❤

Another fun fact that IH missed. One of the end game enemies in 76 is called a 'Scortched Queen' and when people first fought it something felt off. Eventually people did some digging and found out it was using the same fighting ai as Skyrim Dragons. They didnt even change any of its moves. It is essentially (or at least at the time was) a reskin of Skyrim dragons

37:45 and then starfield happened

I think the Ghibli movie that uses Country Roads was Whisper of the Heart