God, TES lore in the hands of Obsidian with an actually supportive publisher behind them would make me overlook the aging engine.

I always fine it incredibly how much bethesda has destroyed any interest I had in the games they make. I really enjoyed Oblivion when it came out, I remember downloading Skyrim the second I could. I played about a hundred hours in Fallout 3, and countless hours in New Vegas. But FO4 stopped all that in its tracks. I didn’t bother with 76 when I heard it was multiplayer only, I never touched ESO, and Starfield was barely a blip on my radar. If starfield had been announced a decade ago I would have been obsessed, something marketed as skyrim in space would have been right up my alley. Now the closest I’ll be to getting excited for a bethesda game is wishing that they’d let Obsidian use their assets/engine to make a better game. Ah well, I’ll stick to indi games and the occasional well-done mainstream game like Balders Gate 3

NGL, I think Avowed has a higher chance of being a good game than a theoretical Obsidian Elder Scrolls game.

kicking open the doors to a heavily fortified and defended bunker in the woods and screaming TOOOOODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Todd Howard, you’re on notice