Bethesda's games got less and less "immersive" and impressive in terms of gameplay over time, both because of watering down to reach a broader audience and, lik

Bethesda's games got less and less "immersive" and impressive in terms of gameplay over time, both because of watering down to reach a broader audience and, likely, because of some complacency due to their success. Even so, even a game like Skyrim (a DECADE old game) is vastly more "realistic" than 2077 in any number of ways. As just one example, nearly all the NPCS (barring random encounters) fully exist in the world. They have places they sleep, places they hang out during the day, and schedules they keep. Shopkeeper aren't just props forever hovering by their stands, they arrive in the morning, and close up at night, not by disappearing into space, but by WALKING HOME. To my knowledge, 2077 has none of this, and this is just one small example.