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Two games keep surfacing more than any other, Starfield, which landed a singular nomination for Best RPG, and Hogwarts Legacy, which got exactly zero nominations acros...

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Well calling Starfield impressive but also immediately-boring would be a massive understatement.

It almost feels like a benchmark. With all the gameplay depth and immersion that goes along with running one. It's not bad at what it does, quite the opposite in fact. It's stellar. But there's just so little to it, despite the massive world fulll of blips and bits. It's Skyrim driven to an insane extreme: Even wider, even grander, even more impressive. And even more shallow. Much more shallow.