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That explains why they look that way, it doesn't explain why a AAA game in 2023 was allowed to ship that way, though.
Because based on the amount of sales they've made and the combined player numbers between those and gamepass players, lots of people don't care.
I started gaming on an Amstrad in the late 80s, I've lived though multiple groundbreaking leaps in graphical quality since then and now and frankly, it doesn't impress me anymore, especially with how incremental it's become. I'm more impressed by the scale and world building of Starfield and how all its systems come together than how it's character models look.
I think this is it. I enjoy making fun of the NPCs in starfield but mostly when I'm playing I don't notice them at all. I do have a few very pretty screenshots of the game. It's not perfect by any stretch but the scope is impressive and most of it really is pretty good
I don't think Bethesda has ever sold based on graphics no matter how much they want to pretend it. Morrowind and oblivion both looked under par when they came out as well.