Starfield (Skyrim in Space)
 

Let's gooo! 11-11-22

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So excited…def. right up there for my most anticipated game of 2022.

You just know it’s gonna be amazing…

Just the fact there is a place called "New Atlantis" makes me want to play this.

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it's like kamino met kessel

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Especially when the modders take over the game adding new content and fixing the bethesdabugs

We're going to get some awesome Star Wars content.

I was just telling my buddy wait until a full Star Wars conversion hits...man what a dream. :)

I'll do my whine and just say I hope this is more FO:NV/Skyrim, and less FO4.

FO4 modded is pretty good right now, I'm hoping the new engine is a lot better than the old buggy one. Just give us a playground and let the modders take over and it's going to be beautiful.

This is why I hate these big companies snatching up all these studios. This game does not appear to be coming to the PS4/PS5. This platform exclusive stuff is annoying.

From the studio that used to produce great games but in the past decade or so have churned out hot diarrhea and ****ed over the consumer comes ppphhhhhhhhrrrrrrbtttt

I used to be an astronaut but I took an asteroid to the knee

Every bethesda game is a feeder /trial game to the next elder scrolls.

a lot of fluff

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Any guesses on a release date? I'm thinking like 2025 at this point.

Nov 2022

Oh right I think I remember now, Gonna be a good Autumn :)

I was thinking of the next Elder Scrolls I guess

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A "Han Solo Simulator" :)

Starfield and Redfall delayed until 2023 DOH, the 2 AAA games I was looking forward to this year...of course.

https://www.polygon.com/23068389/sta...-bethesda-2023

First half of 2023, whatever that means.

****ing figures. :shake:

Sucks to be honest, probably be out this time next year. I'm guessing May of 23 at the earliest.

A feeder to the next Elder Scrolls game coming soon just in time for Xmas 2034.

Sweet. I should have my PS5 by then.

uhhhh

https://scontent.fmkc1-1.fna.fbcdn.n...uw&oe=62AD2AFC

You seem surprised

It's all about modding, just keep repeating that....

Bethesda makes playgrounds, I never have enjoyed a Bethesda game vanilla.

omg

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YES

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Starfield is our first new universe in over 25 years. We can&#39;t wait to see what stories you tell in it. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Starfield?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Starfield</a> <a href="https://t.co/tWfqjC3MCc">pic.twitter.com/tWfqjC3MCc</a></p>&mdash; Bethesda Game Studios (@BethesdaStudios) <a href="https://twitter.com/BethesdaStudios/status/1667971591681064961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 11, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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Don't care about the romance options but I do care about it being optimized for AMD, Geforce might be taking the shafteroni.

I think Ill just see Dune 2

Downloaded and starting playing last night. Looks incredible. It was late, and I was tired, so I didn't get very far. Definitely still getting acclimated with the ship controls, which my fingers don't seem to like very much. :D

Ship controls are kind of a pain, I'm not much on the flight sim stuff so I'm hoping I can skip it or put it on autopilot and enjoy the rest of the game. The best part is this is BY FAR the least buggy Bethesda game ever. I only played an hour or so but it looks pretty good. It's harder than I had anticipated so SAVE OFTEN unless you like losing progress.



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For NVidia RTX owners:

Starfield doesn't include DLSS. But one has already been created for free. Here's a DLSS 3.5 mod for Starfield: https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/111/

Haven't tried it yet, as the game doesn't hit XBox Gamepass till next Tuesday.

I refunded this. Big miss

Please Make Video Games Movies Stop

Up to level three now. Even though I'm familiar with Bethesda games, it's still quite a learning curve. Slowly starting to figure things out.

I miss the days of strategy guides.

can't wait to play this after football season

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I've never been a strategy guide person. Rarely ever even read the manuals that used to come with games. I'm more of a just pick it up and play and figure it out as you go gamer player.

I think I'm up to Level 7 now, and am finally starting to figure shit out to the point where I almost know what I'm doing. While I don't think this will reach the levels of Skyrim or Witcher, it's definitely got its hooks in me now. I wouldn't call it "Skyrim in Space"; it's more like somebody threw Fallout and Mass Effect in a blender with a dash of Freelancer. But that's cool, because I really enjoyed all those games and I'm digging this one. Haven't encountered any glitches yet, either.

That said, this game has one really annoying flaw - the map. It does not display specific locations, so if you are unfamiliar with a settlement, good luck finding the merchants you'll need to unload accumulated items, or even exits to get to quest markers beyond town limits. Took me about ten minutes to find the ****ing gate to leave the settlement during the last quest I completed. It is annoying as hell, especially if you're carrying too much stuff; not only can you not fast travel, but moving normally will actually damage your health. It seems like upgrading the ship is a priority, so I'm usually hauling around too stuff that I need to sell. Having followers negates this somewhat, but of course they are no help in finding locations, and mindlessly follow you around while you look for shit in locations they obviously should be familiar with. But the gameplay and story are good enough make up for it.

Getting better with the space travel/combat, but it is still way too clunky. The interface in Freelancer was so much better, and I was playing that 20 years ago.

But despite the warts, overall I'm really enjoying it.

I haven't played the game yet, but IGN has pretty good guides most of the time. Link to guide.

I do miss buying a strategy guide and sharing the book with all my friends.

Thank God today is the day. **** them very much for charging $35 for people with FOMO to play 5 days early, but my patience has paid off.

Free on XBox Gamepass. May give it a whirl.

You mean you don't see the value in downloading the soundtrack? LMAO

Good on you. I am impatient by nature, and since I'd already dropped two grand on a new rig to be able to play the goddamn thing, I figured what was another $35?

As for the game itself, I think I'm up to Level 17 now. Several aspects are still pretty much incomprehensible to me (like shipbuilding, which I have dabbled in, and creating outposts, which I haven't even attempted yet), but right now I'm focused on getting my piloting skills up to the highest level so I can get a Level 3 ship, and earning the credits necessary to buy said Level 3 ship. I finally got a decent low level ship for combat, but it has shit for storage, seems incapable of accepting any storage upgrades, and that is a huge pain in the ass. One thing that is now better is that I realized that I could use the arrow keys to more quickly and efficiently allocate ship power, which is a major improvement over using the assigned keys.

It's a slog, but it's a fun slog. Mostly. Oh, another thing about this game that sucks - the lockpicking. Far more annoying than Skyrim or Fallout, or Mass Effect for that matter. That will probably be the next thing I try to level up, which detracts from what I really want to level up, which is being able to upgrade stuff. Definitely a long haul game.

Go on....

Thanks for your impressions. I'm jonesing.

I would definitely recommend starting with a character class that gives you an immediate boost to piloting. That's a big deal. I added some combat skills early on that don't seem to be all that necessary or useful, since you start to pick up fairly powerful weapons from fallen foes early on. Kind of wish I'd spent those points elsewhere now.

I'm seeing a lot of that sentiment on YouTube. Lots of people refunding this game and I'm not really sure as the reason to why?

"Unfinished buggy mess" is the consensus I've seen. Some people already beat the game (less than 24hrs) & reported it is "worse than Diablo 4" (oof, shots fired).

Not a surprise: gaming has turned into HUGE business. Timelines and marketing matter more than complete/fun for many developers these days.

I put games like this on my wishlist & wait for the "major patch" release + hefty Steam sale discount. Example: I am now playing Cyberpunk 2077 and loving it. It was an absolute dumpster fire of a release... so much so it tarnished CD Projekt Red's sterling reputation (after Witcher 3 it was thought they could do no wrong).

Bethesda already pulled this shit w/ several of their series, so trust is low.

I (like most) have been following this game's development for years as the premise sounds awesome.

I just....every time i watch gameplay footage the world seems kinda dead to me. Im worried that it'll be vast, slow and mostly empty.

It seems like it could be another gorgeous, empty game.

Don't know what people were expecting then. If it's just the status quo for Bethesda why the outrage? Just seems a bit odd to me is all.


Edit: Cyberpunk 2077 is actually a pretty great example of a game that folks were justifiably pissed about. Completely tanked the reputation of CDPR and I'm not sure they'll ever recover back to where they were. Bethesda, OTOH, is pretty much known for porting the same games they had success with a decade ago in perpetuity.

Would be nice if these companies would stop obsessing over making the world's as 'big' as possible when they subsequently can't fill it with anything interesting. Once read the criticism 'the vastness of the ocean with the shallowness of a puddle' and it's perfectly applicable to all these overly ambitious shitfests. Cyberpunk. No Mans Sky. Apparently this game. There's nothing wrong with being compact.

I think RDR2 managed to pull off the vastness while making the world rich with content and character.

GTA V pulled it off. But their sandbox seemed big in 2013 and feels quite small in 2023.

But yeah....not everyone is Rockstar.

Witcher 3 did it as well. But agree that not many pull it off anymore. Bethesda has been going downhill for a long time and it’s sad.

I'll go back and reiterate, Bethesda games have always been about the modding community adding in 99.9% of the content. This seems far less buggy than their previous titles. This and all the other Bethesda specific games have been about building a sandbox with assetts and letting the community add that in. The last game I played like this with great content was Mass Effect 3, this isn't that at all.

This game sorta feels like No Man's Sky and Mass Effect had a baby, but it's a diet version of both of those games. I'm only an hour and a half in so far; it's probably too early to judge. One thing I speculate might turn off some Bethesda fans is the lack of focus on exploration. For those who got their kicks out of venturing into a countryside to find random points of interest, this game (so far) feels a bit more on rails.

Quibbles aside, it's pretty good. Feels like a near endstate culmination of polish which most Bethesda games don't reach out of the box. Gorgeous environments and lighting, the most human looking NPCs they've managed to create, and a decent enough job so far with the writing. The soundtrack is great; I'm getting nostalgic vibes for some of my favorite science fiction. If you are a science fiction junkie and are curious to see Bethesda's take on it, this seems like a can't miss.

Its fallout 76 in space with more loading screens.

The game is hollow. Space flight Compared to a NMS or elite dangerous its like a 2d version of that. Ground game is unfinished, 2013 graphics, and 2006 gameplay.

Oh and did i mention the loading screens? lol

Its as if someone told AI what a cool space game would be, and the AI painted a picture, but really didnt know what it was painting, just that it had read about it somewhere.

No Mans Sky is incredibly boring, ya it looks pretty but it's about Survival and not much fighting other than space dogfighting.

So this is free on my X-Box Game Pass, at least the basic version anyway? There's a Premium Edition for $99.99, so I don't really know the difference. This type of game really isn't my thing. I typically get into them for awhile and then get bored. I've never finished a version of Fallout or Mass Effect, for example. But it's free, so I'm downloading it.

Oh i agree. But the space game, planet transitions, flora fauna etc are light years beyond starfield

get it.. light years ayoooooooo

Well, I got my level up into the 20s, but as has been the case with every other Bethesda game I've ever played, I'm abandoning my initial run and starting over after realizing how many things I ****ed up/missed/could have done better. So I just hit level two! LMAO

Really enjoying this, though, despite the warts. Only encountered a couple of buggy missions. I'm wondering if they'll still be buggy on the replay.

One thing I recommend - join Vanguard early. They have a space combat simulator you can use that counts toward the kills you need to rack up to advance piloting. Huge oh shit moment when I realized I missed it. Also, apparently there are certain types of beverages you can drink which will increase the rate you gain experience. Never paid any attention to that, either.

I did because of woke bs. I was fine at first and then I the span of 30 mins two companions were sexual preference rping me and I figured at 10 hours in that was the writing on the wall the dialog designs did not have me as a target market at all.

Sleeping and hour gets you a long xp boost too and they stack.

Yeah, I didn't care for that shit at all. But it's a small thing I can click through quickly. Barrett is especially creepy - the way he says "I have something for you" sounds like he's some deviant using candy trying to lure you into a windowless white van in a dark alley.

Because I neglected the main storyline I didn't come across the Russian chick until really late in my first playthough. She can lure me anywhere she wants to. :D I'll be keeping her as my primary follower and relegating Barrett, Coe and his bratty kid to shipboard duties.

Wow. Actually put some time in after the Chiefs game to wind down and the criticisms are valid. If you like the Bethesda 'experience' you'll love this game, but the problem is it shows it's age badly and so far I've seen next to no actual evolution to he formula.

Game is dangerous. A 45 romp turns into a 3 hour bender real quick.

Besides a couple of inconsequential crashes, the game in all intents and purposes, is really good (IMHO). The game is also very good looking on full ultra settings. I'm not entirely fond of the spaceship fights, but I'm sure it'll be easier with a better ship.

Enemies are too easy, even on hard. I may try very hard on a new game+, though. Don't restart because of this! Just finish the first round and try other stuff after you start a NG+. Evidently you can keep doing NG++, +++, etc., but I'm not entirely sure. There's an item that gets better every iteration. Not that it matters now, but when mods make the game even better, I'm sure it'll be nice.

I'm not sure why people are complaining when there's tons to do and so many side quests to find. If you do this, then the world won't feel "empty".

Sure, there's "tons to do", but it's literally the same shit people have been doing in Bethesda games for over a decade, outside of the space combat. So it's pretty ****ing stale.

A lot of quests in this game are amazing….even the small stuff can turn on a dime into something interesting with twists and turns. The main story has me hooked and the faction storylines I’ve played through so far are ****ing awesome.

Far from “****ing stale”….

Starfield is an amazing game, love it.

I mean what did people expect? A Bethesda game to not be a Bethesda game? They simply took their same formula and added a ton more to do and put it in space. Not sure what everyone was expecting.

Exactly.

They promised a lot more than a typical Bethesda game, and that's really all this is. I can boot up Fallout 4 right now and have more or less the exact same experience minus jumping from System to System instead of walking from Settlement to Settlement to look for barren planets to set up mat farms on. Exciting.

That's why I said the mods are what makes the difference, this is simply a playground ready to fill up with all kinds of different events. They actually did add a lot more quests and such compared to their normal games, what was everyone expecting?

Heh
 

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First Vanguard mission was really cool.

So realistic...

https://i.imgur.com/kGNS6XA.jpg

They have Taco Bell in space, now?

Pirate bitches beware. I gots the lasers.....

https://i.imgur.com/g67psOt.jpg

Still waiting for an autopilot before I jump in heavily, I can wait and for some great mods too :)