Skyrim is over a decade old. I think it says something that the last halfway decent game anyone still talks about is that far in the rear view mirror. All the big '90s/'00s studios are in terminal decline. So of course the TradCath gamer communities are left floundering in nostalgia, scrambling to find meaning in a reskin of a reskin of a classic setting from 30 years ago that doesn’t bruise any of their priors.
Say what you will about Lord British, but the smartest thing Richard Garriott ever did was hang up the Ultima franchise and go off to do space tourism. I’m glad I don’t have to watch my childhood game setting of choice dragged through the mud like this.