Why Bethesda Games Will Probably Always Have Unwanted Loading Screens

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion remaster has been everything fans of the original could have hoped for. Old mods work surprisingly well and muhc of the fondly remembered quirkiness of the game is still there. Despite all of the improvements in the remaster though, there’s still plenty of loading screens, which are a staple of Bethesda games and an aspect a former developer doesn’t see going away any time soon.

Bruce Nesmith, a senior game designer who worked at the company for nearly 20 years, provided some insight in an interview with VideoGamer. Nesmith said that the notorious loading screens have been “a necessary bane since time immemorial.” The reason for this is that the games Bethesda makes “are so detailed and so graphics intensive… you just can’t have both present at the same time.”

The developers have attempted to eliminate loading screens from its games in ...