Bethesda started doing that shyt with Fallout 4 by making you create your own settlements and cut out original towns and npcs. Mad that the only real city you encounter are the really 3 cities. Big regression from FO3 and new vegasAfter Starfield there's zero reason to get hype for ES6. Get hyped for what?? It's going to be the same old as fuk game engine, loading screens. NPC will be Mannequins with no interactions. Facial animations will be trash.
Rockstar and The Witcher 3 has ruined a lot of open world games for me. Especially Red Dead Redemption. They set the standard of what open worlds should be.