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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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[–] 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