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Bethesda

To be janky, glitchy, or unpolished.
Wow, this game is really bethesda, I already found five and a half glitches!
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Bethesda code

A term used to describe a program, game, or piece of code that has little to no optimization and was poorly written in ways that break the application associated with it.
"Do you know how to fix this program?"
"Dude, this is literally Bethesda code, I can't fix this."
by mp1player July 18, 2023
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Bethesda Syndrome

A pattern of amnesiac, delusions of grandure & even signs of borderline insanity related specifically to media, mainly BGS, in a perpetual state of self reassurance in their products to be of above average quality & justifying their reliance on free public labour. Ie, modders, to finish their incomplete games claiming it instead as "community building" (this lies in contrast to a plethora of game releases throughout the industry releasing finished game titles that go onto gather a substantial modding community) and largely relies mainly on the nostalgiaic experiences over merit & quality.

All of which are contrary to both their ever increasing subpar quality of the studio but also their chronic declinining quality & delay of releases.

Example:
"...skyrim is undoubtedly one of the best games to have ever been made imo. it has such a large map to explore, interesting dialogue with SO many npcs, and i believe there are 18 different skills that you can master..."

While not abjectly terrible or bad, Skyrim is one of the most, buggy, janky, barebones rpgs & a downgrade from its graphically inferior but otherwise more indepth & quality releases, Oblivion, and since then has increasingly released worse titles & products that have always been outclassed & outmatched by other game studios in almost every way.
(Examples of such games: Deus Ex, Balders Gate II, Fallout 1 & 2, The Witcher 3, NieR - Automata, Kingdom Come, Deliverance, etc)
"Bethesda is gonna remaster Fallout? Dont people remember Fallout 4 Next Gen? This is a serious case of Bethesda Syndrome"
by The Super Tendant February 8, 2026
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