Starfield could've been amazing - just like how well Cyberpunk 2077 or No Man's Sky turned out. But that would've required Bethesda committing to long term QoL updates, DLCs, etc., for little to no profit.
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Necrifyre@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 hours ago
They banked really hard on Starfield being the game that’ll determine how things will go for them. Starfield ended up not being that good of a reception because it was simply overhyped. Now everyone’s expectations on TES VI and Fallout 5 are all but lukewarm because they’re expecting more of the same which is Bethesda’s model.
But really, Starfield was that game for Bethesda and it under-delivered.
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ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 26 minutes ago
Exactly, if Bethesda had put half of the effort CD Project Red and Hello Games put into fixing their games, they could have polished Starfield into a great game. The potential is there, it has some interesting ideas, it just has some very rough edges.
The way they just abandoned it vs how CD Project Red keeps releasing “final final final” updates to Cyberpunk like they still have something prove shows the huge gap between both studios culture.
Hegar@fedia.io 2 hours ago
Wasn't it also just not very good? Plenty of games were overhyped or rushed then their rep picked up after people's expectations leveled off, or the game was patched.
I barely ever hear about starfield, and when i do it's only about why it's not good.