One thing I'm curious about is the strange reception of the game between the normies, my canary is MrMattyPlays, if he doesnt like a Bethesda title, that means big problems with the normies and... gasp, horror... he doesnt love a Bethesda game... man, that canary is dead, methane exploded and Todd is buried on the same temple as your companions on NWN 2 OC.
I think Bethesda made a few huge mistakes:
1 - They selected the Star Trek librul utopia for a setting but didnt add hostile intelligent aliens.
2 - They overcommited to this NASApunk aesthetic but their design beyond creating some boring looking ships, didnt achieve a design that call upon pop culture tropes nor is powerful enough to be memorable as an original piece.
3 - They also didnt get a design that call upon the collective zeigeist, Fallout is about America that is the most influential western country, Skyrim is about you being a fantasy viking on some nordic fantasy land that also has influence on western culture. There is very little to grab and relate to on a rootless librul utopia.
Okay, AAA safe space, ESG farming, no controversy, it is Star Trek librul utopia, Fukuyama end of History or lower ESG score...
Fine, you know, Chris Roberts is a scammer, however, he is a very competent scammer, he is really good on what he does, he looked to normie nerd fools... NASApunk? Get the fuck out of here. There is the Blade Runner planet, there is the Microsoft Planet, there is the Cyberpunk planet, there is the Pirates in Caribean Space station, there is the Star Wars, Bespin planet. All space ships look like sexy fighter craft or sexy trucks in space.