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

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