“Skyrim was generic” says Witcher 3 game Director

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PullusPardus said:

to be honest, they're just taking their characters from the writer, they're not doing anything themselves either, so he shouldn't slam them like that, at least they have original material , not based on a book.

ES world is about as original as the other 5000 magic and swords Books, Games and Movies, we have seen over the years, and since we are talking characters I would rather have good characters based off a book than none at all. Characters and stories are the reason people will revisit these games in the future, When Skyrim's graphics & already broken mechanics have faded and ES6-7 are out no one will have praise for Skyrim any more other than "Well, I played 200 Hours! It must have been good at something then"