Why Skyrim Sucks

It’s been ten years since Skyrim released, and a lot of people call it “Bethesda’s Last Good Game”. As a pretentious RPG nerd, I’m going to try and explain why I think that’s just a little messed up, as well as speculate on how The Elder Scrolls 6 can move forward from this past decade of questionable Bethesda titles. TL;DR REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE TODD REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 00:00 - INTRODUCTION 03:15 - The Open World RPG 04:57 - The Ouroboros of Suck 07:37 - PART 1: Open World Game Design 08:02 - Four Core Design Pillars 10:31 - Good Open World RPGs 13:25 - Unravelling the Ouroboros 17:02 - PART 2: Skyrim Bad 18:20 - Art Direction 20:32 - Exploration 27:00 - Combat 32:20 - Writing 47:38 - PART 3: Moving Forward 50:07 - "Unrestricted Freedom" 52:07 - Writing 57:47 - Combat 1:06:57 - Exploration 1:10:42 - Part 4: The End Twitter: https://twitter.com/gunmeta1 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/gunmetalstug Discord: https://discord.gg/qm6dDKUYW5 young scrolls: https://www.youtube.com/c/youngscrolls young scrolls bandcamp: https://youngscrolls.bandcamp.com/ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Shamus Young, Thieves’ Guild: https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=14422 Shamus Young, Fallout 3: https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=27085 Shamus Young, Bethesda & Fallout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8U4k2Ik6yk Support His Family: https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=54513 Stoneworks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caKyujKKNjE The Closer Look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYbl66iLRxk FudgeMuppet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTEoy7jYz5A Nocturnal Rambler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql_Q294RI9k Avarti: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcPnK00OvzI //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Morrowind Guide (Use Part 1 only): https://wiki.nexusmods.com/index.php/Morrowind_graphics_guide #skyrim #elderscrolls #elderscrolls6 #starfield