bailey//rockruff⚪
i'm gonna be honest, i...kinda don't really care for when bethesda's rpgs have hollow characters i don't care about. because when they do try to make you care about the characters, it's all boring privileged people and their silly problems.
i like skyrim because there's just the bare minimum of lore to keep it interesting, but it is ultimately a game of mowing down skeletons and bandits, riding dragons, and dating lizards. and if you're ambitious, turning the dragons into thomas the tank engine
bailey//rockruff⚪
i don't really want fleshed out characters so much as i want a fleshed out universe. a pretty map that gives me plenty of good scenery to look at, cool shit to explore, various mechanics to play around with, and lots to do. people and their petty problems or futile attempts at questioning morals are usually what i'm trying to escape when i play such a game.
bailey//rockruff⚪
that said, i would super appreciate games with marginalised characters being fleshed out and powerful and dealing with their problems in ways that make the player feel empowered, or allow the player to help fight back against oppressors that they might not be up for taking as extreme actions against irl
but as far as the old fallout/TES games compared to new? i like new better. even if i hate the main stories and many of the characters.
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