I mean, we never got more than half a minute of gameplay before they jumped to something totally different. Nothing to gauge what the actual gameplay loop is like and how all those systems feed into each other. The bigger previews are all kept under closed doors and hush-hush.
I am not saying it is end of the world, I will still buy the game Day 1 since it is Bethesda, but it is kind of unheard of to have no actual gameplay showcased so close to the release in modern gaming era. It definitely do not radiates confidence in the game from MS. It is supposed to be their big game, yet they just show bits here and there
I’m not expecting much myself. Another Skyrim or Fallout launch most likely.
To give (dubious) credit where it’s due though - Bethesda has a history of not providing pre-release copies. Doom is a good example: the press was not given copies before day 1, yet the game came out really good.
(In all honestly I suspect they did that for the very reason to be able to say later: don’t panic, all’s good, remember, doom was the same)
