I didn’t listen to a single bit of hype before Launch. I didn’t watch a single preview of gameplay, graphics, didn’t read articles on the proposed mechanics, and absolutely love skyrim and fallout games. I barely knew about starfield other than “Bethesda is making a space game”.
Starfield is a good game. Consider that maybe you are just a spoiled brat, or terminally miserable.
So, maybe it isn’t the game you thought it was gonna be. Idc, that’s a you problem. I’ve got ~100 hours in it, and only just now started slowing down on playing it. And that’s more if a “less time on the computer in general” move, less of “starfield doesn’t sound fun right now”.
Stop believing corporations when they hype shit up, be a smarter consumer. You don’t get any cool points for being a fan boy of an entity that exists to take your money. Stop worshipping at the feet of that which entertains you. It honestly super pathetic, and makes you seem simple, and makes you way more likely to make up expectations that are unwarranted, or believe hype that’s premature.
No, multiple of the core skill trees are flat out broken.
You can invest skill points in outpost building, only to eventually realize that they give you no way of even building flat ground.
You can invest skill points in stealth, only to eventually realize that the stealth mechanics are either utterly bugged out and broken, or if working as intended, were designed by a sadist who hates stealth games.
You can invest skill points in unarmed combat, only to very quickly realize that there is flat out no quick way of going unarmed.
And through these and several other broken skill tree paths, you can learn that there is never any way to respec and you’re stuck having wasted skill points in cool sounding stuff that is actually useless. There are aspects of this game that are fundamentally broken.
Note the ‘CONSIDER’ which leaves the reader with a choice on if they want to qualify themselves as that or not… I see Lvl.1 reading comprehesion isn’t in your skill tree yet. Keep grinding bub.
Opinions aren’t subject to being believed by others or not, idk how you can read and write but haven’t figured that out.
Ah, sorry master reader, I’m trying to read your words but my skills are clearly not enough for this high level text. All I see on my screen is “someone disagreed with my opinion so I’m throwing personal attacks on them because I feel invalidated”.
Starfield isn’t even mid, it’s abyssmal. The sheer embarrassment of the fact that they spent hundreds of millions of dollars making it should make them reconsider their career and life choice.
I didn’t listen to the hype either, and was sucked in for like 70 hours, but knowing that >!the universe I’m in is gonna cease to exist as part of the main storyline!< makes it impossible for me to care about any of it. Why would I >!try to finish a side mission or make an outpost or build a ship if it’s all gonna be wiped away in a few hours? Why would I finish the game if it means wiping all of that away?!< Why would I play the game if I want to not finish it? There’s a fundamental disconnect there that kills my motivation to play
I noticed that while I was playing, before discovering how the game “ends,” that I was at least keeping myself occupied, if I wasn’t even really having all that much fun. Mostly, I was idly ticking boxes.
Once I learned about the end game, all motivation to play disappeared. Why waste my time ship building, outpost building, doing anything at all if I’m just going to have to start over? But I can’t even change my skill points, so I’m stuck with ever-increasing amounts of XP just to get new skills.
It could have been made so much better if instead of >!wiping universes, it just added them, and you could jump between them at will.!< It would probably make the game much larger to account for >!potentially ten sets of ten custom ships, ten sets of 27 outposts, and 10 sets of NPC interactions to keep track of,!< but at least it wouldn’t piss off anyone who’s spent more than a few hours building the perfect ship or finding that mythical 7 resource outpost
No, and I see your point. You’ve given me a better understanding of my own position. It’s not that it isn’t worth doing things in a temporary universe (that’s what we’re doing right now, actually), it’s that I’m actually just not having fun with the journey. I’ve built essentially the same outpost a dozen times in FO4 because it’s fun. I’ve landed on the Mün in KSP a thousand times with essentially the same ship because it’s fun. I’ve played through the thieves guild and Dark Brotherhood questlines in Oblivion on every character I’ve played because they’re fun, regardless of the fact that I know that eventually I’m going to drop this character and play as a new one. The difference is that I’m having fun with the process in those other games, and I’m not having fun with the process in Starfield.
Edit: but also, it is the temporary aspect of the universe that’s the problem. Part of the core gameplay loop is to destroy your progress. That’s fundamentally disconnected from the gameplay aspects of completing side quests and building things. We’re talking about a video game, not real life.
I didn’t listen to a single bit of hype before Launch. I didn’t watch a single preview of gameplay, graphics, didn’t read articles on the proposed mechanics, and absolutely love skyrim and fallout games. I barely knew about starfield other than “Bethesda is making a space game”.
Starfield is a good game. Consider that maybe you are just a spoiled brat, or terminally miserable.
So, maybe it isn’t the game you thought it was gonna be. Idc, that’s a you problem. I’ve got ~100 hours in it, and only just now started slowing down on playing it. And that’s more if a “less time on the computer in general” move, less of “starfield doesn’t sound fun right now”.
Stop believing corporations when they hype shit up, be a smarter consumer. You don’t get any cool points for being a fan boy of an entity that exists to take your money. Stop worshipping at the feet of that which entertains you. It honestly super pathetic, and makes you seem simple, and makes you way more likely to make up expectations that are unwarranted, or believe hype that’s premature.
Edit: cope harder cry babies
No, multiple of the core skill trees are flat out broken.
You can invest skill points in outpost building, only to eventually realize that they give you no way of even building flat ground.
You can invest skill points in stealth, only to eventually realize that the stealth mechanics are either utterly bugged out and broken, or if working as intended, were designed by a sadist who hates stealth games.
You can invest skill points in unarmed combat, only to very quickly realize that there is flat out no quick way of going unarmed.
And through these and several other broken skill tree paths, you can learn that there is never any way to respec and you’re stuck having wasted skill points in cool sounding stuff that is actually useless. There are aspects of this game that are fundamentally broken.
When I take that much time to write out a comment, which is clearly opinion, and I see a reply which has the first word “No”, I stop reading.
“I think Starfield is a good game” is an opinion.
Is a statement of claimed fact followed by spraying in the dark character attacks against anyone criticizing the game for any reason.
How are you attempting to twist an objective qualifier like “good” into definitively stated fact? Fuck off lmao get a life. And consider.
People can disagree with long texts, why is that a surprise?
“Consider that maybe you are just a spoiled brat, or terminally miserable.”
Note the ‘CONSIDER’ which leaves the reader with a choice on if they want to qualify themselves as that or not… I see Lvl.1 reading comprehesion isn’t in your skill tree yet. Keep grinding bub.
Opinions aren’t subject to being believed by others or not, idk how you can read and write but haven’t figured that out.
Ah, sorry master reader, I’m trying to read your words but my skills are clearly not enough for this high level text. All I see on my screen is “someone disagreed with my opinion so I’m throwing personal attacks on them because I feel invalidated”.
Once again, opinion isn’t subject to external invalidation when the qualifiers are based on personal preference. Bye
Being closed-minded isn’t the gigachad moment you think it is. How about talking to a mirror instead
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Starfield isn’t even mid, it’s abyssmal. The sheer embarrassment of the fact that they spent hundreds of millions of dollars making it should make them reconsider their career and life choice.
If it was actually abysmal, then it wouldn’t be enjoyed by so many people.
Stop pretending like your opinion is universal, because it clearly isn’t.
Lots of people enjoy abyssmal things all the time. It’s sad, but what can you do?
No ones opinion is universal, stop reaching, and stop coping. Find a better game to support.
Damn, gamers are fucking children. It’s a video game, dude. Go read a book, or take a nap, or eat a snickers or something.
Sure, I’ll go do all of those things, your mother, and then I’ll go play some better games.
Maybe you should consider doing some of those things instead of making pointless comments supporting your favorite garbage purveyors.
Yeah no shit. Redfall was abysmal. Nobody is out here defending that game.
Breaking news: rando on the internet plays a game for the first time in his life.
I didn’t listen to the hype either, and was sucked in for like 70 hours, but knowing that >!the universe I’m in is gonna cease to exist as part of the main storyline!< makes it impossible for me to care about any of it. Why would I >!try to finish a side mission or make an outpost or build a ship if it’s all gonna be wiped away in a few hours? Why would I finish the game if it means wiping all of that away?!< Why would I play the game if I want to not finish it? There’s a fundamental disconnect there that kills my motivation to play
I noticed that while I was playing, before discovering how the game “ends,” that I was at least keeping myself occupied, if I wasn’t even really having all that much fun. Mostly, I was idly ticking boxes.
Once I learned about the end game, all motivation to play disappeared. Why waste my time ship building, outpost building, doing anything at all if I’m just going to have to start over? But I can’t even change my skill points, so I’m stuck with ever-increasing amounts of XP just to get new skills.
Bad game design, overall it’s at best a 6/10.
It could have been made so much better if instead of >!wiping universes, it just added them, and you could jump between them at will.!< It would probably make the game much larger to account for >!potentially ten sets of ten custom ships, ten sets of 27 outposts, and 10 sets of NPC interactions to keep track of,!< but at least it wouldn’t piss off anyone who’s spent more than a few hours building the perfect ship or finding that mythical 7 resource outpost
So you mean to say why should you enjoy the journey if you don’t like the supposed end?
No, and I see your point. You’ve given me a better understanding of my own position. It’s not that it isn’t worth doing things in a temporary universe (that’s what we’re doing right now, actually), it’s that I’m actually just not having fun with the journey. I’ve built essentially the same outpost a dozen times in FO4 because it’s fun. I’ve landed on the Mün in KSP a thousand times with essentially the same ship because it’s fun. I’ve played through the thieves guild and Dark Brotherhood questlines in Oblivion on every character I’ve played because they’re fun, regardless of the fact that I know that eventually I’m going to drop this character and play as a new one. The difference is that I’m having fun with the process in those other games, and I’m not having fun with the process in Starfield.
Edit: but also, it is the temporary aspect of the universe that’s the problem. Part of the core gameplay loop is to destroy your progress. That’s fundamentally disconnected from the gameplay aspects of completing side quests and building things. We’re talking about a video game, not real life.