I was watching "...why Skyrim?" by Razbuten on sloptube this aft and it's so weird that it finally took Starfield for people to realise. Like Fallout 76 wasn't enough, only now are negative things people were first saying about Skyrim in 2012 finally bleeding into mainstream consciousness. It's so wild, like wow they ruined the magic system? The game has worse writing than a PS1 era Mega Man X game??? Skyrim is just shitty Game of Thrones?? Welcome to thirteen years ago!!

Bethesda hasn't made a really good game since 2002, but it'll probably be years before that realisation sinks in.

  • ashinadash [she/her]
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    4 months ago

    xi-clap This is easily the best explanation (for my silly brain) of probably how a lot of people enjoyed Skyrim at launch. Sounds almost fun frankly. Also map-based fast travel was a mistake probably.

      • ashinadash [she/her]
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        4 months ago

        Yea, I mean sometimes you just don't wanna tread the same ground 90 times but the diagetic fast travel (silt striders, boats, carriages) are better anyway.