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

How do you think Starfield will turn out?

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moocow said:
Not enough people know about the X series and that makes me very sad.
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For better or worse the X's series does a good job gatekeeping by putting all the autism of the series right up front.

God I even remember from the first X game they make your slow poke your ass between stations until you can afford the time delineation device to speed up moving between crap.
 
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TVBForever said:
And Starfield isn't the first and only game that has brought out the negative aspect of hardcore gaming. Most other video games 2010s onward prior have also ruined gaming culture, and Starfield happened to be the next in line to be a big ass failure.
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You're currently partaking in what I'm talking about, just so you're aware.

There has barely even been anything shown of Starfield, even with the leaks, and you're acting like a bit of a sperg about it.

Never forget, love and hate are two sides of the coin.
 
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moocow said:
Not enough people know about the X series and that makes me very sad.
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It's impressive that Egosoft has been iterating on the formula for over 20 years now. I've tried getting into the series a couple times, but it feels a bit too much like Euro Truck Simulator in space for me. I'll proabbly give X4 another shot and try more combat missions than delivery/escort stuff, maybe something will click.
 
Mr.Miyagi said:
it feels a bit too much like Euro Truck Simulator in space for me
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Heh. That feeling will go away once you're building your own fleets and declaring "fuck [race] in particular" as you go to war. While you're free to do pretty much anything you want in the games, my experiences have always gravitated towards building up some wealth in early game (with fighting, space trucking, etc.), building up infrastructure and income streams in mid-game (factories for cash flow first, then factories to equip and sustain ship building and repair), and all-out war in late-game.

It's fun to roflstomp entire Xenon sectors with a fleet of missile boats, destroyers and carriers that overwhelms even the biggest Xenon fleets and super capitals. Missile spam is so glorious...
 
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CyrusHowler said:
Are there any games you guys actually DO like that aren’t 20+ years old or clunky pieces of shit from 2010?
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I genuinely love Fallout 4. Writing is subpar but the base building and companion system is amazing.
Skyrim (2011 so not QUITE 2010) is a game I could play forever.
Just Cause 3 is fun but the controls fucking blow.
Bioshock Infinite is fun but the writing sucks.
I enjoy a lot of games from the modern era. old clunky games like Daggerfall and the first 2 Fallout games have NOT aged well. Standing right in front of a rat and swinging your sword only to miss while the rat kills you because you didn't spec enough in long blades is fucking bullshit.
 
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CyrusHowler said:
Are there any games you guys actually DO like that aren’t 20+ years old or clunky pieces of shit from 2010?
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A few. But I like my old enough to drink and clunky garbage better than soulless unfun ESG compliant new products thank you very much.

Do we have any word on what the side content of the game is like? Side quests and miscellaneous stuff?
 
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McNigger any% Industry Blacklist Speedrun Glitchless.

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Steinercard said:
McNigger any% Industry Blacklist Speedrun Glitchless.
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I'm guessing somebody at Bethesda/Zenimax just assumed he was fine to give this stuff to, considering his previous stuff with id (is that still going?). Wonder what company he'll try to latch onto if Zenimax blacklist him, too.
 
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Mr.Miyagi said:
I'm guessing somebody at Bethesda/Zenimax just assumed he was fine to give this stuff to, considering his previous stuff with id (is that still going?). Wonder what company he'll try to latch onto if Zenimax blacklist him, too.
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For whatever reason Bethesda were giving out keys to any old fucker. Including a bunch of Poo Skin hackers who may or may not be leaking a cracked build soon. Most likely the PR person in charge of key distribution was gassed up about the quality of Starfield. Got a big head and decided to show it off to as many people as possible to "prove" how good the game is. And this was all done very thoughtlessly without checking who the keys were going to. Just fire and forget.
 
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It's really fucking weird.

If they are so confident in the quality to give codes to anyone, why have such a long embargo in place? Why have such a strict NDA?

I'm sorry, but when you have an "early release" perk, that's the real fucking release so don't give me that "the embargo ends a week before release" shit.
 
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Tsukasa Kadoya said:
-you have to make interest payments on your fucking home
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I hope that it's similar to how Daggerfall worked; where you can go to a part of space under someone else's control and borrow money there, while never coming back to that part of space. I'd assume they would send bounty hunters after you/etc; tho in Daggerfall you could borrow money from another province and never return there and thereby keep said money permanently.

Example: https://youtu.be/W3IC_R3wa88
Edit: https://youtu.be/0NaIIu8hWZY

Daggerfall is definitely my favourite Elder Scrolls Game. The sheer size of the world, cities, dungeons, mountains, etc is something to behold for what was capable in 1996. If you want to try it, I'd highly recommend the Unity Port of it. This port fixes quite a few of the issues that plague running the OG dos version on modern system and ads some nice QOL features into it. However, I will warn that the game isn't for everyone as the playstyle and controls are quite on spot for it's time period; tho it's cool that I can play it in 4k this way, with increased FOV. Lastly, with mods you can have the draw-distance and quality of trees, etc turned up that can greatly show the scale and beauty of the game.
 
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Adroc Thurston said:
I hope that it's similar to how Daggerfall worked; where you can go to a part of space under someone else's control and borrow money there, while never coming back to that part of space. I'd assume they would send bounty hunters after you/etc; tho in Daggerfall you could borrow money from another province and never return there and thereby keep said money permanently.
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The space debt collectors and space repo men have the best (and unavailable) warp drives and run around like Skyrim couriers.
 
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