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Jordan Gerblick

Skyrim lead admits "Bethesda games could have a higher degree of polish", but some jank "could be forgiven" because of how much you can do in the RPGs

Skyrim.

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim lead designer Bruce Nesmith admits in a new interview that Bethesda games aren't the most polished, but reckons fans are forgiving because of how much freedom the studio's signature RPGs afford them.

Bethesda admitting its games are janky is hilariously belated; most games have bugs, but the bugs crawling around this particular studio's otherwise beloved games has long-since become one of the most prominent memes in gaming. This isn't the first time a Bethesda dev has acknowledged this aspect of the studio's games, but as far as I can recall, it is one of the most explicitly phrased examples.

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