The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has already been updated more times than Fallout 3 and Oblivion, and game director Todd Howard says the company remains committed to ironing out any remaining problems.
"It's hopefully a much smaller number now [post the 1.4 update]. When you put all this time into something and someone can't play it, you feel terrible. They have every right to be pissed off.
"We already have more updates out for this than Fallout 3 and Oblivion in their lifetime. So we're really committed to fixing everything."
Earlier this week, Howard said the issues experienced by PS3 Skyrim players aren't nearly as widespread as reported, noting that, "for the vast, vast majority of people who play the game for 100 hours, it's fine.
"Statistically, it is not nearly as bad as it seems. Meaning, by all the internal and external data, this is our most solid release."
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jamiestogden on 21 Feb '12 said:
Should this really be something that's celebrated? Updates with content and such is all well and good and I applaud them for that but if they released games that worked in the first place we'd all be a bit happier to part with our cash.
kirankara on 21 Feb '12 said:
Agreed, how can having had to update a buggy pos more than your previous buggy efforts, be a good thing? All it shows is theyve had to fix more errors. fair play to them for doing so, but hardly inspiries confidence in a dev for future games. If I actually liked anything they'd made, I'd now wait 8-9 months to buy game and see what state it's in then.
dicky1993 on 21 Feb '12 said:
waaa
general-gaming on 21 Feb '12 said:
http://i42.tinypic.com/2zf75v5.gif
the bethesda fan boys and virgins will be deluded and brainwashed to think this is a good thing.
bethesda rush their games. just slow down, make a good quality piece of software then release it after some serious quality assurance and testing.
lonewolf2002 on 21 Feb '12 said:
Only bugs I have had are unable to finish a few side quests and Dragons that flew away instead of fighting (this one fixed ages ago) and yes I know some people have it had it a lot worse (especially PS3 owners) and some have had zero issues. Admittedly this game has been more buggy than their previous efforts for me(oblivion and FO3 I had none or just 1 bug issue) but I will purchase another ES title anyway. True they need to test more as I am playing KoA at the moment and not one bug so far, maybe they should to talk to 38 studios/Big Huge Games before commencing on the next game in the ES series.
TheLastDodo on 21 Feb '12 said:
+1 to every comment.
'cept dicky's
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Lady Gagagged on 21 Feb '12 said:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5213/5515878014_b10c61ec6c.jpg
My most solid release.
http://www.artnewsblog.com/images/piero-manzoni-s**t.jpg
Does exactly what it says on the tin.
ZeroTime on 21 Feb '12 said:
At least they're slightly better than the self-proclaimed white knights that are Sledgehammer Games, who proudly announced that their game would be "bug-free."
dicky1993 on 21 Feb '12 said:
oh you meanie, to be honest cvg needs to stop giving These articles out , same comments, people complaining, me mocking them
flash501 on 21 Feb '12 said:
Good lord. Are you an elephant?!
gmcb007 on 21 Feb '12 said:
How I feel about this story:
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Lady Gagagged on 21 Feb '12 said:
You really remind me of one of those gobs**te know it alls that tells people to stop moaning about stuff because it doesn't affect them.
http://www.moonbattery.com/barack-sneers-at-hillary.jpg
dicky1993 on 21 Feb '12 said:
calm it grumps and where did i say i know it all
i must be getting to you
BenThomasFoster on 21 Feb '12 said:
Morrowind Release: Unplayable due to hardware constraints and buggyness
Oblivion Release: Broken quests, broken ai and plenty of C2D's
Fallout 3: Pretty stable, broken combat ai and a few bugs
Skyrim: Stable, with a few quest bugs and really stupid but not broken ai
It's their most solid release thus far but still along shot from polish games should have. But how can you blame them for being so ambitious they couldn't dream of being as bug free as say portal 2. RDR has just came to mind, smaller game, prestigious studio. MORE BUGS!!! atill inexcusable
Casssy on 24 Feb '12 said:
I'm so glad i got this game for xbox360:D pheeew...
Tested it on PS3 aswell, and it's realy sh............
Fixi on 26 Feb '12 said:
So a company fixing the bugs in a game be it through several patches is a bad thing now. They should really leave the bugs in the game, is that it?
Would it be better if they release it, get your cash and quit the project?
Bugs in a game are never good, but who can complain about them getting fixed?
lonewolf2002 on 26 Feb '12 said:
Lots of people going by a lot of forums on the net.