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“I would love to be proven wrong.

Got this feeling AAA is feeling more and more disconnected from the audience zeitgeist every year.”

Oblivion Remastered screenshot of NPC preaching with eyes shut

But there’s more to this than fans and studio execs seemingly quibbling over creative differences or nostalgia.

It’s a harsh and somewhat arbitrary argument how manymoderngames “hold up” to Elden Ring?

Does fellow Game of the Moment REPO “hold up” to Elden Ring?

A screenshot of a character holding a sword overlooking the Imperial City in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered.

Arguably not, but tell that to the millions of people playing and promoting it.

But there’s a second world here, too.

Oblivion Remastered looks good really good and… oh, it crashed when I tried to leave.

Oblivion Remastered

We are so back."

Oblivion Remastered

A screenshot of the Adoring Fan seen in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered.

The Elder Scrolls� Oblivion�s most annoying fan holds a torch

An Argonian character looking over the Imperial City in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered

Post Trauma screenshot

Baldur�s Gate 3 Drunken Master Monk in the House of Hope screenshot

A screenshot from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, showing a man named Verso covered in dirt and blood, looking into the camera.

Oblivion Remastered at night

Oblivion Remastered

Baldur�s Gate 3

Lewis Pullman as "Bob" in Thunderbolts*

A screenshot of the upcoming PS5 game, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

A sprite sheet for Hollow Knight Silksong

Podracing on a screen in Andor season 2 episode 4

Articulate box, cards, board, and tokens on a wooden table

The cast of Thunderbolts standing in an elevator during the trailer for the upcoming Marvel Phase 5 movie.

Logan Kim as Hershel and Lauren Cohan as Maggie in The Walking Dead: Dead City season 2