Hmmm honestly 10 minutes is such a small amount of time for you to have been turned off. I'm guessing because of how scripted the beginning of Skyrim is? Morrowind is definitely better in this regard, you can kill any npc ala NV, custom spells, etc
This has been the trend with InXile honestly. The tone going from Wasteland 2 to Wasteland 3, it was obvious that they were flip-flopping between keeping it at serious as W2 and trying to appeal the audience of Bethesda's Fallouts.
That or they charge for the "remaster" to play on a newer console because no backwards compatibility (admittedly that's more of a problem for PlayStation)
For example, let's say I like the Sly Cooper Series. PS2 games were $50 retail, so I spent $150 to play the trilogy. Then the PS3 came out...
In USD
$700 in America
$915 in the UK
$882 in the EU
$842 in Japan.
No disc drive, so you're limited to Sony's digital storefront :)
For comparison, the PS3's launch prices in America in USD was
$600 for 60gb model
$500 for 20gb model.
Adjusted for inflation in 2024 USD, that's $780 and $936...
I'm not so sure gameplay mechanics should be treated like this in regards to figuring out how the logic of a universe works.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WalkingArmory
i mean the problem with this standard is that it shouldn't be the only burden. something being contrived is worse than something overriding previous lore.
The Enclave being in the East Coast, being the same Enclave from the Oil Rig that decided to cross the entire country, is worse than the...