I dunno, I've heard such fantastic claims before of other games, only to be dissapointed later. This just might be more "shadow hype".
::shakes fist:: god help you if it's shadow hype
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I think this is what an interview with Beth devs would be like:
ME: -Ok, so Oblivion has horses and soil erosion and shading..
BETH: -And Patrick Stewart!
-Yes, and Patrick Stewart.
-And a huge game world.
-Ok, but in no interviews or articles have you spoken of the actual gameplay, story or roleplaying features of the game. Now, why is that?
-Im not follwing you, here.
-Story, roleplaying. Oblivion has those, right?
-Mmm.. no, not really, no.
-But I thought it was supposed to be a CRPG?
-You know.. we uhm.. think its bad to put labels on things. We think of Oblivion more as a roleplaying-game-fantasy-simulator-action-adventure.. with soil erosion.
-And Patrick Stewart?
-Yes!! precisely.
-Isnt this just you trying desperately to hide the fact that your game will completely suck?
-Hey man! I mean... uh.. you knowm theres good games and not-so-good games and we.. you know... good games... thats just not what we do well here at Bethesda. And time has proven us right, there is a huge market out there for not-so-good games! I mean, good games make up less that 20% of sales today so why should we try and make a good game? huh?!
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???
<_< Blasphemy!