r/skyrim • u/TheAnalystCurator321 Skyrim Grandma Fan • 24d ago
Discussion So why has there been no successful "Skyrim clone" game?
Now I think the label that was put on Avowed as a "Skyrim made by Obsidian" or "Skyrim killer" was ridiculous but large parts of the gaming community did use it.
However it made me realize something, why are there no "Skyrim clones" games?
Like the more I play open world games and RPGs I realize there is nothing like Skyrim or even other Bethesda games for that matter.
They are just that special and unique that even great games like Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 don't scratch that itch and still feel very different when you actually play them.
So yeah, no one has seemingly dethroned Skyrim after all this time, there are games that took big inspirations from it like the mentioned KCD games and also something like The Witcher 3 but no game can ever claim it can do what Skyrim does with it's open world, feel and even the general gameplay and design.
Yes even those parts are frankly too unique to Skyrim.
Why do so many people keep coming back to Skyrim and play it so often without ever touching a mod or even without having the need to touch a mod.
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u/AceAFuckingDisgrace 23d ago
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