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Side Quest, Episode 29: Bethesda Press Conference Review (E3 2018) (Patreon)

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2018-06-11 07:03:11
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E3 2018: Bethesda Press Conference Review -- CLS Side Quest

This year, Bethesda's showing at its E3 press conference raised a fundamental question: Does the publisher really need to have a showcase like this every year... or at all? Colin's Last Stand: Side Quest is free of baked-in ads, product placement, and other obnoxious forms of advertising because of your support. Please consider subscribing to CLS' Patreon to show your support for independent content: http://www.patreon.com/colinslaststand Listen to the CLS interview podcast, Colin’s Last Stand: Fireside Chats (also available on podcast services): https://soundcloud.com/colinslaststand Listen to the CLS retro podcast, Colin’s Last Stand: KnockBack (also available on podcast services): http://soundcloud.com/clsknockback Twitter: @notaxation Instagram: @clsmoriarty Facebook: /colinslaststand Colin's Last Stand is a product of Colin's Last Stand, LLC PO Box 1233 | Santa Monica, CA 90406 Footage found in this video was acquired from the following sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElUxRbCdlRE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_cNIP3naDc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fX_9HG1veE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oVwrpfo_QA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Paw5oUipc6c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySVBHI2OeAg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p25P-IDMY0Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9FGaan35s0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUobbpHERh8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkFdqqyI8y4

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Ryan Taylor

Colin, I love these quick, snappy and great opinion on the conferences. It’s such a nice change from the usual talk over a stream with a million things happening on the screen at once approaches, followed by a 4 hour break down of every frame. I really hope you find success with these type videos and they continue over events like PSX etc. Keep up the great work!

Brogan Wassell

Well I get your points you gotta admit their awesome tongue in cheek (super special Skyrim version) was pretty hilarious. Besides that though I get what you mean. Plus the reveal that all of the new content for prey was free was dope.

Phillip Guglielmo

Nice one Colin! Just a note - for the Legends card game, you said that it's being ported from PC to PC. :P

Joey Finelli

I cant wait to play elder scrolls VI when my daughter is 6 (4 years from now).

Owen

Even if I wasn't that excited during the conference, Skyrim on the Amazon Echo was probably one of the funniest things I've ever seen at an E3 conference.

Joey Rawlings

Re: Why Bethesda wants to be like Ubi and EA with their conferences - my only guess is that having your own press conference at E3 is something to aspire to; to be able to create good stuff content for you to stand on your own two and say, ‘we are as big as EA and Ubisoft, and here’s why, roll the video’. Agreed that the conference itself was cringy and the concert from Andrew WK was nice, but unnesscessary. Re: Why Bethesda showed ES6 and Starfield - I think they were pulling a Sony in showing something insanely early to say ‘this is coming, don’t forget about it’ in the way that Kojima teased Death Stranding and Naughty Dog teased The Last of Us Part 2, which at the times of their first trailers/looks were pretty far out as well. Starfield is a new IP and will probably be treated as such if it bombs, but letting fans know that ES6, one of Bethesda’s tentpole games, does exist is more of a kinda gesture to rabid ES fans. I’ll admit, releasing DLC for existing IP, having to explain what Fallout 76 is, and the rest of 2018’s conference was nowhere near as intense as their 2015 conference which was 20 minutes of Doom and Fallout 4. They seem to be stuck in this time period of wanting to be as big as EA and Ubisoft, but had to revert to an older E3 playbook in order to do it since they could only use a shotgun approach to their releases. Is it necessary? No. Is it appreciated by fans? Yes, and I think the latter is why they continue, even without their ‘aces in the hole’ 2015 year.

Anonymous

The next Elder Scrolls release is what? like 6+ years away if it's the 2nd major PS5 title?

Brent Lindquist

First of all, it's crazy that you're able to pump these high-quality episodes out so soon after each press conference when it's just you doing them. Nice work Colin, and thanks for doing this! I've enjoyed all of them. Secondly, it's very strange to me that Bethesda did another conference of its own when it clearly didn't have the goods. I didn't think anything looked bad, but the stuff that I'm most excited for (Doom Eternal, Starfield) felt like padding, like you said. I think you hit the nail right on the head: why do a conference if you have to stretch to fill it? Is it because they've set a precedent now? ALSO, Jason Schreier had a great tweet yesterday about how "Single-Player First" Bethesda announced a bunch of multiplayer iterations of its most popular franchises. Food for thought, I guess.

LastStandMedia
>>12999213

Thank you! If they do well (and they are), I'll totally do something similar (though scaled down) for the likes of Gamescom, Paris Games Week, TGS, PSX, etc.

LastStandMedia
>>13003417

I don't agree with your TLoU2/DS comparison. Those games had actual trailers. The latter was definitely shown too early -- I said so at the time and constantly since -- but I don't really see how the two compare. I think Bethesda's dick would swing bigger if it chose the time and place of its engagements.

Phillip Guglielmo
>>13000066

Totally fine, I'm amazed you haven't been making more mistakes with the rate you're pumping this content out! Awesome work man.

Weldon

Hmm interesting.....this is just my observation/theory, but could it be bc of how last year (I think) Sony showed their tendency to present footage via a teaser trailer and not really back it up with any real information i.e. a release date, and because the PlayStation 4 has been dominating the western market this generation with their quality first-party exclusives, a lot of their competitors are now deciding to follow the same PR strategy. ~Colin, just wanted to say how impressed I am on how on top of things you are when it comes to quality over quantity with these very concise reviews of #E32018, and I know this is irrelevant to this post but you are honestly the main reason why I've been more engaged with current events/politics - to the point where I can even hold a round-table debate with my siblings, even if my sister always ends up owning my brother and I haha

LastStandMedia
>>13038037

Thank you so much for your kind words. I really do appreciate it. Pleased you're enjoying the content, and that it's helping you in the real world. =D

strawhatninja

I'm torn on this conference but I agree it wasn't needed.