Skyrim gets much attention and praise as an incredible game. Many videos on YouTube have given the impression that its a great game. I somewhat agree with this, mainly because of how the game makes the player feel like they are in the province of the Nords. However, the game quickly becomes stale, and the most glaring issue is that its wilderness lacks depth outside the frozen northern section of the map. The cities are also too small and feel like afterthoughts in the game. People tend to overrate this game and ignore that came out. The reason that it’s so popular is the same reason that people are so nostalgic about Mario 64. It is a game that people had the most exposure to and its aesthetics, while quite colorful have put gamers into a bind where the only thing they care about is small slice of styles in games.
Starfield is a game that seeks to create a new course for Bethesda. While they respect Skyrim and the immense success it has given them, they want to try new things. Gamers have a tendency to go back and forth on this issue. Skyrim was more streamlined in comparison to any other Elder Scrolls game. However, Starfield seeks to combine cozy with a Role-playing game.
That sense of cozy is one of the unique aspects of Starfield which people are not paying enough attention to when talking about this game.
Starfield is not a game for everyone. I get such sentiments about it.
However, what is has that Skyrim does not have is the sense of being a game that does not have high stakes. What matters is the exploration for its own sake.
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