• Dirk_Darkly
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    1 year ago

    Skyrim is great because of a robust modding scene. I believe it would’ve long faded into irrelevancy otherwise.

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      1 year ago

      Nah, even as a vanilla game, exploration is still a blast. I remember the path to Whiterun as a top 10 gaming moment. Starfield has none of that.

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        1 year ago

        It’s been a long time, but even “modded” I think I was just running UI and inventory stuff. Also nudes probably… Anyway point being, yes, Skyrim was good without community content/gameplay enhancement.

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          1 year ago

          UI mods are necessary for BGS games. They just can’t seem to learn on that front. But the world-building is usually very good. They just didn’t nail universe-building.

    • M500@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      I did mods at one point, but I have played the vanilla campaign a few times. I think it holds up just as well without mods.