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Angelus on 15 May 2018
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shikamaru317 said:

It looks great graphically and the gameplay looks even better than the original Rage. Now we just need a story trailer at E3 to see if they ruined it by making it full on comedic like the marketing suggests, or if it's still mostly serious like the first Rage.

Speaking of graphics, for years we've heard the excuse that Bethesda Game Studios couldn't use the id tech engine because it was unsuitable for open world games, and yet here we have an open world game running on id tech 6 seemingly quite well. This is what Elder Scrolls, Fallout, and Starfield could look like if BGS weren't so darn stubborn about using the Creation engine, a modified version of the Gamebryo engine that has been around since the 90's. Not expecting the situation to change with Starfield either sadly, Todd Howard suggested in recent interviews that Starfield is still using Creation, and also suggested that the next AAA RPG they have after Starfield will use Creation too, but with new animation tech *sigh*

I'm not sure stubborn is the right word there. It's simply convenient for them to keep using the engine that they're most familiar with, and as long as they're selling like hot cakes, getting GotY awards, etc.....why bother? I mean don't get me wrong, I sure as hell wish they'd upgrade, but the truth is if you're BGS, it's a math equation. Will the time - and therefore money - investment of having our team(s) familiarize themselves with a new engine (be it id or whatever else), building all assets, game systems, etc from the ground up provide a worthwhile boost to their bottom line? Clearly, they see the answer to that as being a resounding no. Short term, that's not surprising. In the long run though, I'd imagine they must identify a point in time where a shift has to occur, or else they risk falling behind, both in terms of what the engine is capable of, and standards customers expect from these type of games. I would guess that if they haven't committed to a change by the end of next gen, they will be digging themselves a hole that's actually costing them money. Until then, they'll likely ride this tech out for all it's worth.