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It feels like when Fallout 3, 4 and Skyrim came out you couldn't escape people posting about them for weeks, especially with Skyrim. Now the most I've seen are complaints about how disappointing Starfield was.

Is the game that much blander or does Internet culture just move on that much faster these days? On the other hand, I do feel like there was a lot more enthusiasm for other games like Elden Ring, and sometimes you get an Among Us that just completely take over the Internet.

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[–] Yurt_Owl@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I haven't actually seen anything pop up talking about starfield for a while yet BG3 memes pop up all over the place. It's not a bad game but not good either. Playing it feels about as engaging as my dayjob once you get past oggling at the pretty bits.

Fallout 3 and Skyrim were more popular for their time due to it being quite unique and new. The idea that you could go off and carve our your own story in these big worlds filled with content was a novel thing not done often. Now open world boring shite is everywhere and the Bethesda formula looks really outdated in comparison.

Also I'm yet to actually find any joy in exploration in starfield. Skyrim had a crap story but it had a very nice world to roleplay in. Starfield seems to have none of that.

[–] ElGosso@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Skyrim wasn't really novel, it was just better marketed than Oblivion at a time where video games were more widely accepted

[–] Judge_Jury@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The new engine contributed a lot to skyrim's popularity too. It's more accessible to casual players because it plays more like an action game than oblivion

[–] RNAi@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

You didn't have to sheat your sword to cast fireball in Oblivion so it will always be better than Skyrim

[–] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

I think you are misremembering, shitting sword was a mod.

[–] Orannis62@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That wasn't a thing in Oblivion, you had a dedicated button to cast whatever spell you had equipped, rather than equipping it like a weapon

[–] RNAi@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

Exactly, the cast button, my beloved

[–] Judge_Jury@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can do a dual-wielding situation with fireball and a sword in skyrim, not that it ever worked out for me

[–] RNAi@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

Obviously tried and it didn't like it anyways, there's a spellsword mod that don't work in my computer, but looks cool