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

[TVB]

Yep, gaming is pretty much fucked and I'm sure the Microsoft acquisition came with some very specific caveats that makes bailing and retiring more satisfying an idea by the day.

I wouldn't say that gaming is dead, but we've been seeing a repeat of 1983, and it's actually getting much worse, as with most of the media industry these days.

 

[xXx: State of the Union]

Bethesda needed to do a LOT more than they have as far as post launch goes if they ever wanted to keep steady player numbers IMO. Especially with waiting so long to release the modding tools.

Either they're having to scramble to fix whatever it is that have made modders say it's virtually unmoddable, they're scrambling to release something "big" to make the game actually fun, or they're just working on the first promised expansion to get it out and be done with it I think.

 

[Molly White's Breast Milk]

Bethesda needed to do a LOT more than they have as far as post launch goes if they ever wanted to keep steady player numbers IMO. Especially with waiting so long to release the modding tools.

Either they're having to scramble to fix whatever it is that have made modders say it's virtually unmoddable, they're scrambling to release something "big" to make the game actually fun, or they're just working on the first promised expansion to get it out and be done with it I think.

They'll release one, maybe two, DLCs and a couple of over priced Elianora player homes and drop support for Starfield quickly in order to focus on TES VI. If TES VI doesn't do well Bethesda's days will be numbered and I doubt we'll see Fallout 5.

 

[Just Some Other Guy]

Is starfield the most coped over game out ATM? Like these niggas are trying to spin negative reviews as positive because of hours played and shit.

The stats show this game is practically a corpse vs BG3 that came out earlier.

 

[TheHarbinger]

Is starfield the most coped over game out ATM? Like these niggas are trying to spin negative reviews as positive because of hours played and shit.

The stats show this game is practically a corpse vs BG3 that came out earlier.

Last of Us 2, No Man's Sky, Cyberpunk, Half Life Alyx (really just all VR games), Fallout 76, Diablo 4, and a few others in the last couple of years can probably compete for the most astroturfed and shilled title. Starfield not only had he usual Bethestard fans but also faggot Todd Howard groupies and Microsoft and Xbox fans also forming a brigade to drown out any criticism of the game or anyone associated with it.

Just like when Last of Us 2 came out it was shilled also by Druckman and SONY fans. Or Half Life Alyx had moronic Valve and Steam fans rabidly defending the decision to reduce the Half Life series to being tech demos for some nigger female character. And the VR enthusiasts drowning out any criticism of Alyx or VR in general any chance that they could get.

Generally when a game is tied into something else like a major first party brand or something like VR you get waves of coping, seething, and raging autistic freaks that simply cannot accept that their favorite consumer brand is nothing more than corporate garbage.

 

[Get the rope Macaulay!]

At this point i'd be surprised if the DLC people pre-ordered even came out. Starfield is such a black mark theres no way it won't be brought up to him any time he's interviewed about elder scrolls. "how will this new game be better than starfield" "will the characters be better than starfield" "will the gameplay loop be better than starfield" "will this have a lot of unnecessary bullshit like starfield"

Starfield is literally Todd's dream project, something he wanted to make ever since he began working at Bethesda.

We sure about that? i bet in 2 years we'll find out he was bullshitting about that.

 

[Sniperwoof]

This might sound crazy but I actually had more fun playing TLOU2 than Starfield.

It was cringe and almost insufferably woke but it wasn't so boring I fell asleep like Starfield was.

 

[Snekposter]

Makes you wonder whether he's super-depressed about Starfield being universally panned and unpopular after the honeymoon ended, or happy and content that his dream project is finished and became a sellable product played by millions.

Todd was on the verge of a total breakdown during the Video Game Awards when BG3 completely shut out Starfield.

 

[Sniperwoof]

Todd was on the verge of a total breakdown during the Video Game Awards when BG3 completely shut out Starfield.

A couple of different sources have said that the Toddster plans on retiring this year so if true the Fallout from Shitfield will fall in someone else's lap.

 

[Snekposter]

A couple of different sources have said that the Toddster plans on retiring this year so if true the Fallout from Shitfield will fall in someone else's lap.

While it will be their mess to deal with everyone will know damn well that it was Todd Howard who made it. Not like he'd be stuck cleaning it up in the first place since he's never actually cleaned anything up in favor of trying to push more monetization and yet another copy of Skyrim on everyone.

So I'm willing to accept this outcome since its not like I ever gave a damn about Starfield because a decade plus of talk had me unware the game was actually coming out until like a week before it was, so there was zero investment of my end.

 

[YumeNoHero]

A couple of different sources have said that the Toddster plans on retiring this year so if true the Fallout from Shitfield will fall in someone else's lap.

Good, he should go back to the (elderly) chess club. Skyrim's success was a fluke and he should have realized a long time ago, especially when they tried to push the paid mod bullshit on Steam Workshop.

 

[xXx: State of the Union]

Apparently there's a patch in Beta out today.

There was apparently a spooky planet that had a bunch of aliens with the invisibility effect on it that would attack you.

This bug has been fixed, but people are commenting that they thought it was an intended feature to make the planet stand out lmfao.

Edit: I'm also seeing a weird case where a good amount of people are saying they haven't experienced a lot of bugs and are now getting annoyed that all of the updates are nothing but bug fixes they've never seen.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

It really feels like another Diablo 4 situation where there is a massive drop in the interest for the fame after first few months. Meanwhile the BG3 still has conversations.

 

[30+GameOvers]

Did you ever want to see what an optimal Starfield playthrough looks like? What's that, you didn't? Too bad!
One sperg's journey towards getting every single achievement in Todd's Magnum Opus

Notice the wildly varying % achieved number per achievement

Reminder, this was the intended experience

 

[Asian tech support]

Did you ever want to see what an optimal Starfield playthrough looks like? What's that, you didn't? Too bad!
One sperg's journey towards getting every single achievement in Todd's Magnum Opus

Notice the wildly varying % achieved number per achievement

Reminder, this was the intended experience

>129k subs
>4k views
>video has been out since November
Those numbers say more than the video ever could.

 

[The Last Stand]

Walmart is reportedly shelving physical copies of games, with Starfield being the first one in their chopping block. Something about a "point of sale block" to where Starfield copies will be marked down to THREE CENTS.



Now, I remember Cyberpunk 2077 being heavily discounted for $10 at the least during its infamy. Let's see what happens.

 

[30+GameOvers]

>129k subs
>4k views
>video has been out since November
Those numbers say more than the video ever could.

lol, I just noticed that
BTW his "The Failure of Starfield" video has about 150k views for reference
This is Outer Worlds all over again, the game is getting absolutely no coverage mere weeks after the game was shipped. To OW's credit the game was lauded as merely mediocre and forgettable experience, not "below average" garbage with low ratings everywhere and several controversies under it's belt

 

[Sniperwoof]

Walmart is reportedly shelving physical copies of games, with Starfield being the first one in their chopping block. Something about a "point of sale block" to where Starfield copies will be marked down to THREE CENTS.

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Now, I remember Cyberpunk 2077 being heavily discounted for $10 at the least during its infamy. Let's see what happens.

Dead and literally gay game.

I hope pandering to casuals and people who write for Eurogamer was worth it.

 

[Asian tech support]

lol, I just noticed that
BTW his "The Failure of Starfield" video has about 150k views for reference
This is Outer Worlds all over again, the game is getting absolutely no coverage mere weeks after the game was shipped. To OW's credit the game was lauded as merely mediocre and forgettable experience, not "below average" garbage with low ratings everywhere and several controversies under it's belt

Yeah I'm not trying to dunk on the guy or anything. There's just no audience for anything Starfield related unless it's negative.

 

[Super Hans v2]

Walmart is reportedly shelving physical copies of games, with Starfield being the first one in their chopping block. Something about a "point of sale block" to where Starfield copies will be marked down to THREE CENTS.

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Now, I remember Cyberpunk 2077 being heavily discounted for $10 at the least during its infamy. Let's see what happens.

That it's being marked down to three cents doesn't mean anything. Every product has to have a price in a store's system, and marking something down absurdly low automatically blocks it from being sold, which makes sense if it's in the process of being purged. Being marked to something very low but realistic, like $10, wouldn't cause the system to auto-flag it and Walmart's smart to not trust their employees to catch it themselves.