Isilanka wrote:Anywhere Else But Here wrote:You know, people always complain about them, but I can't recall running into any serious bugs in Skyrim. The odd place where the AI struggled with pathing, and the occasional loading screen freeze (though those could have been down to mods). The only thing I ran into with any frequency was a purely visual glitch where the effects of spells (and flames in the world and such) would stop appearing. For such a big game, Skyrim is pretty impressive.
Well, it does have bugs, but the "lol buggy bethesda" meme needs to die at some point. I've played (almost) vanilla Skyrim since 2012 and only encountered once a lasting, problematic bug (the dragon falling from the sky) and it didn't even do nasty stuff like corrupting my saves and all. And on TW3 (da best RPG of all times, according to the internet) I've already encountered two game-breaking bugs in one single playthrough. Anecdotal evidence is irrelevant, I know, but Skyrim isn't that bug-ridden. It has bugs, yes, and Bethesda could solve them but doesn't because they're lazy, but Bethesda games are a far cry from what the meme makes them to be.
You acknowledge that anecdotal evidence is hardly proof anything, but proceed to make a point that relies on just that. Lel.
I agree that Bethesda gets maybe too much criticism relative to other companies, but the criticisms are fundamentally fair. Their games are super buggy, and I've encountered plenty of quest breaking bugs in Skyrim.
You can tell something is up when the Elder Scrolls Wiki consistently maintains a comprehensive list of bugs for anything gameplay related and even suggests strategies for getting around the really bad ones.