My honest review, I had fun with it. It’s best described as an ocean of content but only 1” deep. The ship building was really the only unique thing in this game and it was really well done I thought. Beyond that it was the usual Bethesda mess that I expected. So I wasn’t totally put off by the jenk. Except for the late game crashes…. In the end game on the series S, I would crash ~ 40% of the time I paused to save if I was in action. Really frustrating.
First time I played Myst in 93, that was mind blowing. I didn’t see that level of graphics for a long time after that.
Also a friend let me play Half-life Alyx when it first released and it seemed to be a monumental shift in what gaming would become…… it wasn’t or hasn’t yet, but it blew my mind at the time.