Why Skyrim Sucks

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 Twitter:   / gunmeta1   Twitch:   / gunmetalstug   Discord:   / discord   young scrolls:    / youngscrolls   young scrolls bandcamp: https://youngscrolls.bandcamp.com/ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Shamus Young, Thieves’ Guild: https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysid... Shamus Young, Fallout 3: https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysid... Shamus Young, Bethesda & Fallout:    • Bethesda NEVER Understood Fallout   Support His Family: https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysid... Stoneworks:    • Skyrim's Geography Problem- World Building   The Closer Look:    • The Terrible Problem With Skyrim's Magic (...   FudgeMuppet:    • The Ideal Skyrim - Changing the Lore & Imp...   Nocturnal Rambler:    • Skyrim - Review | A Mile Wide and An Inch ...   Avarti:    • Video   //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Morrowind Guide (Use Part 1 only): https://wiki.nexusmods.com/index.php/... #skyrim #elderscrolls #elderscrolls6 #starfield