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Comment on Starfield's first DLC is one of the worst Bethesda and DLCs of all time

scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

I don’t know why anyone decided that that engine was the right way to go. The number one thing that killed the game for me was the endless loading screens. Constantly. Whenever I started feeling immersed, a new loading screen would pop up and it ruined it for me. We have engines left and right that don’t need to do this anymore, but starfield, the game that’s trying to base itself to be a realistic exploration game, decided that endless loading screens were still the best way to go

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acosmichippo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
even without the loading screens it would still be terrible. get a quest, go to your ship, take off, travel to other system, land, exit your ship, walk to destination… it’s just a tedious experience.

the best part of Bethesda games is just being able to wander around aimlessly in a pretty environment, likely stumbling upon little easter eggs or side quests along the way. none of that exists in Starfield.

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- ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Reading it like that, the loop sounds straight off Diablo 1 on PSX. Get quests, head to the dungeon, loading screen, wipe the floor, loading screen, wipe next floor, back to town, loading screen, turn in.
  
  That kind of loop is not bad in itself, but Bethesda applied it to the wrong type of game.
  
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- BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  You just described mass effect
  
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antithetical@lemmy.deedium.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
That was one of the things that really helped with the immersion for me in Witcher 3 and even Cyberpunk. You walk into a building, house, etc and the world outside just continued and was present. I’m still quite impressed with their engine and it is a bit sad that they’ll be switching to UE5 for the next Witcher.

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- scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  I know! Red engine honestly is pretty great once they got the bugs worked out, I’m sad they’re leaving it. It was extremely immersive, and there’s definitely something about it that feels different.
  
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  - Pieisawesome@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Red engine was hitting its limits.
    
    UE allows them to focus on gameplay and contents over building the core engine.
    
    Think about cyberpunk? The engine was fine (if unoptimized) but the gameplay and contents were missing.
    
    UE will allow them to focus on their missing skillset
    
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