almost nobody aiming for a cool handcrafted style of open world meant for replaying/random shit knows how to make a world that compares to skyrim's and even morrowind/oblivion
Theres devs that know how to surpass it (pic related) but then they completely job at actually putting the map to good use

imagine all the games that could have turned out way better if they werent trying to rip off dark souls for the combat, like pic related
i have nothing against souls but i have everything against people just making blander copies of it ad infinitum