Skyrim:
> Production costs: £70 million
> Massive development team behind it
> Uses an engine descended from Morrowind's engine
> Riddled with bugs, still unfixed after years of countless ports (some of them funny, most of them game-breaking)
> Some editions are hard-coded to 16:9, despite diversity (including different aspect ratios) being a huge part of PC gaming
> Apparently there's a story, but with so many scripting glitches, how would we know?
> "More white and grey environments. What else is new."

Miasmata:
> Production costs: hardly more than £4000~ (judging by Kickstarter)
> Made by two Minnesotan brothers, who previously made surprisingly fun Windows Mobile Pocket PC games[www.ionfx.com]
> Uses a proprietary engine built from scratch (albeit reliant on DirectX)
> Satisfyingly distinguishable from Skyrim, both gameplay-wise and visually; less white-and-grey, more nature colours (and plenty of bright-green!)
> Smoothly handles every aspect ratio I try, including 3:2; pretty good for a home-made engine!
> Still some technical quirks here and there, but nothing particularly game-breaking, and understandable considering the engine's in-house, from-scratch nature. (I personally find most of them charming!)
> Play as a plague-stricken scientist who washes up on the island of Eden looking for a cure
> You could immerse yourself in Eden's ambience (for which headphones are highly recommended) with no generic NPCs bothering you. Just you and the island. Until the creature finds you…
> "Mmmmm! Who knew nature could be so relaxing? Wait, whawazzat??"

11/10; would happily plummet down a mountain again!

[h1]Skyrim vs. Miasmata[/h1] [u]Skyrim:[/u] > Production costs: £70 million > Massive development team behind it > Uses an engine descended from Morrowind's engine > [b]Riddled with bugs[/b], still unfixed after years of countless ports (some of them funny, most of them game-breaking) > Some editions are hard-coded to 16:9, despite diversity (including different aspect ratios) being a huge part of PC gaming > Apparently there's a story, but with so many scripting glitches, how would we know? > "More white and grey environments. What else is new." [u]Miasmata:[/u] > Production costs: hardly more than £4000~ ([url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ionfx/miasmata/]judging by Kickstarter[/url]) > Made by two Minnesotan brothers, [url=https://www.ionfx.com/]who previously made surprisingly fun Windows Mobile Pocket PC games[/url] > Uses a proprietary engine built from scratch (albeit reliant on DirectX) > [b]Satisfyingly distinguishable from Skyrim[/b], both gameplay-wise and visually; less white-and-grey, more nature colours (and plenty of bright-green!) > Smoothly handles every aspect ratio I try, including 3:2; pretty good for a home-made engine! > Still some technical quirks here and there, but nothing particularly game-breaking, and understandable considering the engine's in-house, from-scratch nature. (I personally find most of them charming!) > Play as a plague-stricken scientist who washes up on the island of Eden looking for a cure > You could immerse yourself in Eden's ambience (for which [u]headphones are highly recommended[/u]) with no generic NPCs bothering you. Just you and the island. [i]Until [spoiler]the creature finds you[/spoiler]…[/i] > "Mmmmm! Who knew nature could be so relaxing? [i]Wait, whawazzat??[/i]" 11/10; would happily plummet down a mountain again!