Skyrim was already showing signs of being a "modern games" Compare the questlines in skyrim to oblivion. Or the super short dialog answers (even worse: fallout 4). Or muh daily quest or hundreds of dungeons t hat all conveniently have a path to the exit upon clearing it. Or the game being a joke/super easy. Or being able to be super powerful in everything in minutes of play. Or muh freedom of religion.
Skyrim was already showing signs of being a "modern games" Compare the questlines in skyrim to oblivion. Or the super short dialog answers (even worse: fallout 4). Or muh daily quest or hundreds of dungeons t hat all conveniently have a path to the exit upon clearing it. Or the game being a joke/super easy. Or being able to be super powerful in everything in minutes of play. Or muh freedom of religion.
Nowhere near as bad as today of course but still
most of those things have been in problems in elder scrolls since arena honestly