I'm sure that drives a good chunk of it, but it's more likely that there are a lot of people that have had their fill of Bethesda games that all basically play the same, just in different settings, and those people tend to be in nerdier spots like this. Feels a little dorky to just blame it all on fun-hating nerds haha, what a coincidence that all the people that disagree with you are just mad losers!

Edit: Going back to this comment after Starfield came out and yeah, it's about what I expected. Skyrim in space lol. Can totally understand why people are underwhelmed or annoyed.