Have you read the books in Skyrim (or previous TES titles)? There’s some pretty good stories.

From what I see, it’s a bit like Skyrim in space and, to be fair, Skyrim is a really good game, but it’s been 12 years. Bethesda has to relearn how to make other games.

That would be the reasonable and rational conclusion, but capitalism is neither reasonable nor rational.

Also, support games made with passion and love (even if technically means supporting a big corporation). Legends of Runeterra is an example of a game that absolutely hit the nail on the head (there are zero predatory systems, despite being a collectible card game!), and now has been punished for it.