You're focusing too much on the shooting and taking for granted the overall game. The AI was ahead of its time, the physics. Boobs jiggling on the spec ops enemies in 1998 was ahead of the time
Hmmm honestly 10 minutes is such a small amount of time for you to have been turned off. I'm guessing because of how scripted the beginning of Skyrim is? Morrowind is definitely better in this regard, you can kill any npc ala NV, custom spells, etc
This has been the trend with InXile honestly. The tone going from Wasteland 2 to Wasteland 3, it was obvious that they were flip-flopping between keeping it at serious as W2 and trying to appeal the audience of Bethesda's Fallouts.
That or they charge for the "remaster" to play on a newer console because no backwards compatibility (admittedly that's more of a problem for PlayStation)
For example, let's say I like the Sly Cooper Series. PS2 games were $50 retail, so I spent $150 to play the trilogy. Then the PS3 came out...