Annihilated posted... It's not. If you delete the cutscenes from the game, the actual loading screen only takes a few seconds. They only make it unskippable for about 3 minutes at a time because they're assholes.
that was my point. It says you can skip but are met with a weak loading icon behind most of it.
and I agree with the asshole part.
However, apparently theres a mod that allows you to skip them. A new one from 2018 and not the ones made shortly after launch.
might have to check it out myself.
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