smh, the fuck? That is a lot of assumptions but ok lol
Assumptions of what? That people use the "it's not a space sim, it's skyrim in space" line to safeguard Starfield from comparisons to Outer Wilds, Elite Dangerous, No Man's Sky and Star Citizen?
None of the game you brought up are like Starfield.
How so? Starfield is a sci-fi action RPG, those are sci-fi action RPGs. Define "like Starfield".
Sooooo I don't really know that in 2013, enough existed that was even near what this was to feel it would be seen that way.
Having a stroke there, man?
So what I'm saying isn't a fucking "defense" its reality, Starfield is a game in space, it setting has a lot to do with its appeal and someone buying this will factor that.
So is Mass Effect 3. What's your point?
What, you gonna tell me that Starfield has bigger scope because you can land on procedurally-generated planets with copy-pasted outposts? A feature that Mass Effect had in 2007, dropped it like an ugly baby in later installments, and was much better for it?
Speaking of Mass Effect from 2007, do you remember that they gave you A FUCKING ROVER for exploring those planets?
Wow, Starfield is really in a league of its own. In filling the game with game design blunders that were solved a decade ago.
We are merely discussing IF released in 2013, would this idea be dated, based on all the games people have compared to Starfield, I don't see how that could be if most of then didn't come out in 2013
It's not the idea that's dated, it's the game design.
And of course a game that's released in 2023 is most commonly compared to games from the last 5 years, and not games from 2013, you bellend.
In the hypothetical scenario where Starfield came out in 2013, there would still be plenty games to upstage it in the sci-fi action RPG space.
And of course you conveniently gonna omit the "It's Skyrim in space!" trope Starfield fanboys have been throwing around. Comparing it to a fucking 2011 game all by themselves.