I asked someone outright, "What was new in Starfield? What new gameplay did they bring to the table?"
They had no answer other than "It was just a really solid gameplay experience".
The reality is, nothing it does is unique nor done very well. But people have the memory of goldfish and don't want to go against the corporate hegemony that is the broader zeitgeist, so they will comply even if they know something sucks.
I asked someone outright, "What was new in Starfield? What new gameplay did they bring to the table?"
They had no answer other than "It was just a really solid gameplay experience".
The reality is, nothing it does is unique nor done very well. But people have the memory of goldfish and don't want to go against the corporate hegemony that is the broader zeitgeist, so they will comply even if they know something sucks.