Comment on Starfield's lead quest designer leaves Bethesda to join other RPG veterans making a new open-world game

• dan1101@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  It’s atmospheric and good, but player choice is lacking.

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  • GreenMario@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    UC Secdef: choose to remain undercover or go double agent and side with pirates

    UC Vanguard: choose how to handle not just Terrormorphs but what to do about [Subject REDACTED]

    Ryujin: I think there’s three possible outcomes there.

    There’s also a few side quests that can go either way, like the beer run mission. There’s quite a lot more choice and consequences for a Bethesda RPG.

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    • droans@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      You also have options that change depending on your skills and progress.

      You can choose to bribe, persuade, manipulate, flex your muscles, or do them a favor. Sometimes you can choose to kill them if they’re not cooperating.

      The whole no choice paradigm was much more true for FO4 than for Starfield.

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• Wogi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  It’s fallout 4 with a different texture painted over the top, with all the charm removed and replaced with loading screens.

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  • Fredselfish@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Yikes I couldn’t even finish Fallout 4 it was so bad.

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    • Marsupial@quokk.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Eh 4 was fine.

      3 was the worst, they turned such a great series into a mediocre and janky FPS.

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      • Haui@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        NV got me in an aggro loop and kept me from finishing the game. Worst experience yet.

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• GreenMario@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I really like it. These people are hating because it’s memey to hate Bethesda.

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  • Phanatik@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Yep, no legitimate criticism to be found. None whatsoever. Just wait for mods, they'll fix a game for free. The multi-milliom dollar studio did nothing wrong.

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    • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      There is legitimate criticism, but there’s a lot of complete shit. I’ve heard people complain about procedurally generated planets that you have to go out of your way to interact with. There’s complaints of bullet sponge enemies from people who insisted on going to level 40 areas at level 20. Both of those complaints are bullshit

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      • sirfancy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        "Why do planets have borders, I want to circumnavigate Mars"

        • Statement spoke by the utterly deranged

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• TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  The game is fine. It’s on Gamepass so I’d play it through that, I wouldn’t pay the full retail for it.

  Mostly I was referencing that the quests are fairly flat and uninspiring.

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• AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  It’s a firm 7/10 without mods. It’s a great framework but it lacks content past a certain point

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• Renacles@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  It’s really good but the Bethesda hate train is still going strong. It’s definitely not for everyone though, it’s not a space sim by any means.

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