Starfield - Bethesda's new space IP: will probably be full of fun and easily trackable bugs

[Sithis]

It's No Man's Sky with better graphics and Bethesda RPG mechanics. I might've been impressed... 8 years ago.

Disagree on the better lol
It might have sharper textures but what it gained with that they sacrificed with any life or color in the game. Even the scenes that had color looked drab and boring. No Man's Sky may look goofy sometimes but it manages to look goofy while looking visually appealing. Even the dark dank caves underground can look stunning with the color combos the procedural generated plant life underground can throw up.

As far as I can tell Starfield might as well be a companion game to the new Lightyear movie.

 

[Breadbassket]

Bethesda is going to be using the Creation Engine until the end of time aren't they.

 

[Ser Prize]

I thought it looked okay, the gun combat they showed seemed like it was missing some flare. With them using the Creative Engine it's guaranteed to have that Bethesda jank we know and love. Hey, at least it'll be on Game Pass on Day 1.

Yeah I definitely want more impact. Some gore could go a long way unironically.

 

[God of Nothing]

Bethesda is going to be using the Creation Engine until the end of time aren't they.

todd wills, so will it be

 

[Vault Boy]

If nothing else, the game makes The Outer Worlds look like the mediocre nonsense that it is (charging AAA prices for a "AA" game is shit).

Can't believe people were saying Bethesda should've been "scared" of Obsidian for such a mediocre effort on their part.

 

[Ser Prize]

If nothing else, the game makes The Outer Worlds look like the mediocre nonsense that it is (charging AAA prices for a "AA" game is shit).

Can't believe people were saying Bethesda should've been "scared" of Obsidian for such a mediocre effort on their part.

That was just New Vegas cultists. And they still can't admit TOW was garbage.

 

[SlipNHonk]

7 years in development. Bear that in mind lol.

Edit; People need to stop blindly pointing fingers at Gamebyro (the engine Bethesda uses has been forked for over 20 years) for all the woes of their games and come to terms that Bethesda hires garbage programmers.

 

[The News Crews]

Almost everybody hated the settlement building in fallout 4, why the hell did they bring in back?

 

[A Sentient Cloud]

And I fucking hate it. So much.

I mean, whatever. It really is just a question of how customization options are laid out; nothing is being meaningfully changed. 99.9% of players will make a character that is either male or female and it usually has little to no effect on the game anyway.

Saints Row 2's "body shape" slider was the only interesting deployment of this concept, it was 15 years ago, and nobody cared one way or the other.

 

[Tootsie Bear]

Looks like they got rid of gender for character creation.

also lmao @ "over 1000 planets to explore!", this is Bethesda, there'll likely not even be enough unique content to fill 5 planets.

I remember when my friend told me about Spore and how revolutionary it was because there would be hundreds of worlds that players can interact with... Well, I wouldn't hold my breath. If someone uploaded this with "Halo 2022 trailer" I would believe them. First-person games look too alike in my opinion.

 

[Flabba Wabba Jabba]

Bethesda is going to be using the Creation Engine until the end of time aren't they.

It would feel weird if it actually looked great, fluid gameplay and a smooth 60+ fps. It's just not Bethesda if it isn't falling apart half the time and becomes fantastic through modding.

 

[Soycast Guy]

It seems like it's the new rule in the western gaming industry.

Can’t offend any genderspecial autists after all. Fuck it gets on my nerves.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

I mean, whatever. It really is just a question of how customization options are laid out; nothing is being meaningfully changed. 99.9% of players will make a character that is either male or female and it usually has little to no effect on the game anyway.

They're trying to erase the fact that the gender binary exists through culture, it might not noticeably change the content but it's still retarded.

 

[Zero0]

How hard can it be to get decent voice actors?

Most characters seem like they're bored.

Vampire: The masquerade still has some of the most impressive va and that shit came out two decades ago

 

[A Sentient Cloud]

They're trying to erase the fact that the gender binary exists through culture, it might not noticeably change the content but it's still retarded.

But if it doesn't result in meaningful change except giving freaks the option to play as dickgirls without having to download a mod, whatever? Ultimately it adds more customization (not the sort that *I'll* use, but that's true of most customization options in these games) and if it has no effect on gameplay or story then so the hell what? As far as pandering to tronks goes, this is about as trivial as you can get.

 

[Polarity]

Skyrim worked as it was pretty impressive for the time. Graphics were decent, lots of generic content and quests, moddable. That isn't going to fly in 2022 with stuff like the Witcher 3, which had just as many quests, but they were relatively well written and interesting instead of CLEAR BANDIT/SKELETON/BEAR CAVE.

I'm guessing this will have the bullet-soaking combat of Mass Effect 1 with shitty Fallout gunplay and the storytelling/questing of Skyrim. Gonna be so bland. I hope I'm wrong.

They should capitalize on the popularity of Skyrim smut mods and just sell an 18+ DLC where you rail space-sweethearts. Would sell a trillion copies.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

But if it doesn't result in meaningful change except giving freaks the option to play as dickgirls without having to download a mod, whatever? Ultimately it adds more customization (not the sort that *I'll* use, but that's true of most customization options in these games) and if it has no effect on gameplay or story then so the hell what? As far as pandering to tronks goes, this is about as trivial as you can get.

Like they're going to stop at "just" erasing gender and pandering to freaks with character creation. Give them an inch and they'll take a mile, I don't know why anybody would have a problem with the criticism about this. It's gay bro.

 

[Übertroon]

I'm concerned with how boring everything looks. It's the same problem No Man's Sky and Star Citizen has. Okay, so you got starships, space pirates, and alien creatures, but what's the lore and context for everything?
I think one of the reasons why Freelancer is one of the more memorable space sims is because it came with a decent enough story that introduced you to the setting and delivered some intrigue to the game.
Blasting generic space pirates for hundreds of hours is not my idea of fun. A interstellar conspiracy involving every faction in the game is far more in my interest

 

[Hikaru86]

Man, you can already see the jank in the trailer. Nice.

 

[White Devil]

This looks shit. Some of you retards will buy it anyway though because you can't not consume, like the poor souls in the Call of Duty thread forking over $70 for the latest copy and paste of 2007s hottest game.