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Every year, I do a full replay ofSkyrim.
Or at least, there used to be.
Going back in 2024, I made it to Whiterun, slew a dragon, and quit.
The Bethesda formula was getting tired, and its archaic jank was no longer charming, just frustrating.
Instead, it stubbornly stayed rooted in its old ways.
Starfieldsworld feels shallow and paper-thin as a result.
Starfield isFalloutin space, and Fallout is The Elder Scrolls with guns.
Tracing back the lineage just makes the whole thing feel exhausting.
The foundations laid for future masterpieces become clear.
The Elder Scrolls series itself is no exception Skyrim streamlinedOblivion’s levelling system with perk trees.
Oblivion meanwhile got rid ofMorrowindsinvisible dice rolls to make combat more intuitive.
And Morrowind abandoned the procedural generation of Daggerfall for a smaller, more detailed world.
One of the all-time greats, The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim redefined the concept of the Western RPG. With countless awards under its belt and releases on almost every platform imaginable, you’ll find yourself engrossed in a colossal open world in your role as the Dragonborn. You must face your destiny and save the land from a formidable foe.
Going from Skyrim to Starfield shows none of that progression.
In fact, theres a lot of regression.
The fix it jokes weren’t serious.
Underneath the mountain of mods, these were still great games.
That just isnt true anymore, and it shows with how little passion the fanbase has for modding Starfield.
Or I guess, I miss how Skyrim used to feel.
One of the all-time greats, The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim redefined the concept of the Western RPG. With countless awards under its belt and releases on almost every platform imaginable, you’ll find yourself engrossed in a colossal open world in your role as the Dragonborn. You must face your destiny and save the land from a formidable foe.
That snug, familiar fantasy that always felt like coming home, no matter how old it got.
Starfield ripped away that facade and made all of the once charming Bethesda motifs feel mechanical.
You dont see a future in the making, anymore, you see the first domino falling.
You must face your destiny and save the land from a formidable foe.
