Good, tbh, I think we’ve had to back off Open World RPGs for years now. Smaller scale RPGs can tell a story with far more focus. I think something like Witcher 2 or Baldurs Gate 3 are good examples of balancing exploration and story telling.
Nah they didn’t axe it, they just really limited development. You can still buy and play the game and it’s alright. Frankly if it wasn’t for the battle Royale mode no one would be talking about Fortnite today, I played the testing from before BR mode and it wasn’t that cool.
Personally, I would have opted for just stopping early access to preload but people have gotten angry over stupider stuff before, I guess
I don’t think it looks any different at all, really, just different lighting, probably different time of day or weather or whatever
I grew up on Oblivion too, Bethesda games are great for open world. Having many smaller stories is great if you want to have a whole world.