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Skyrim Is 13 Years Old, But Elder Scrolls 6 Is Nowhere in Sight While Bethesda’s First Four Games Took Only 12 Years (questalerts.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

this doesnt make any sense at all. they made the game

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

But it holds up thanks to the mods that are available for it now. Mods which are all developed by not-Bethesda. Vanilla Skyrim doesn't hold up in 2024, modded Skyrim does.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

really? hmm weird, because 95% of my playthroughs are unmodded, and i still play it regularly. i would be extremely shocked if im the only one in the world not using mods

and hell, before mods were on consoles there were STILL plenty of people playing it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Skyrim is a classic game, and there are always going to people playing it, like there will always be people playing Half Life 2, Mario and Tetris. But I think what makes Skyrim stand out is that it's still exciting a decade later because it's still changing and improving. Amazing groups of people are dragging that game into every new generation and changing it in every way imaginable. It has infinite replay value. So it has the draw of just being a great vanilla game but also the benefit of mods. It's safe to say it wouldn't be anywhere near as popular today without the huge library of mods.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

i disagree with the last point. mods definitely helped, but skyrim was a complete cultural phenomenon even to people who had no idea what mods even were. it was extremely highly praised and sold great on consoles. i think it would have been a classic regardless

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I agree it would have been a classic without the mods. What I'm saying is it's better than a lot of other classics, as a gaming experience, because of the mods.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I played it vanilla first time in 2022 and it was amazing