I think the biggest sign of the grand βfall of Bethesdaβ or whatever is the fact that Starfield officially released a full calendar month ago today and I literally have zero idea what it is about or what happens in it. absolutely zero cultural osmosis seems to have happened, which wouldβve been unthinkable for a Bethesda RPG like ten years ago
you donβt get it. Skyrim is one of the most iconic video games ever released, the Dovahkiin is firmly cemented in pop culture and stuff like βarrow to the kneeβ and βah, youβre finally awake-β became the bedrock of gaming culture for literally years. New Vegas is a continually surviving series of Simpsons-fan-level injokes about Benny and Courier and Joshua Graham, endlessly quoting every line of dialogue and modding the game with seemingly infinite hyper specific absurd add-ons. even the relatively middling reception for Fallout 4 was followed by months worth of people memeing about The Institute or Dogmeat, hair twirling over how much they were attracted to robots like Curie or Codsworth or Nick Valentine, it gave us THE FINAL PAM for gods sake. even Fallout Fucking 76 had John Denver stuck in everyoneβs head for six fucking months.
the idea that I have not seen a single character or plot point or literally anything about Starfield in the month after its release other then βit looks pretty and runs at 60fpsβ is an impossibility. itβs absurd. absolute downfall material for bethesda
