Starfield Pre-Release Thread [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[<3sRichardSimmons]

More hard sci-fi than fantasy sci-fi, with a focus on space exploration
Everyone at BGS is working full time on it, and there's a possibility of coming out next year

Knowing Bethesda's record I don't believe them. Believe that they would make a "hard" sci fi because I just don't think they have the skills for that.
I am also pretty sure that marketing would probably insist to make the game more generic sci fi so that it is more approachable for average gamers who only experience with that genre are Hollywood movies and television/streaming shows.

I do think that Bethesda will advertise it as "more hard sci fi".

People misuse the term "hard sci-fi" all the time. IIRC Bioware initially marketed Mass Effect as hard sci-fi, which is utterly laughable.

 

[DJOGamer PT]

those are probably some old-ass screenshots from 2017 or something.

Assuming that they had an actual playable build all the way back in 2017

You usually have a playable build after a few months unless you are really stupid and start completely from scratch.

Implying Beth is a competent company

 

[The Dutch Ghost]

People misuse the term "hard sci-fi" all the time. IIRC Bioware initially marketed Mass Effect as hard sci-fi, which is utterly laughable.

Huh really.
These people should read some books that don't involve space armies slugging it out with each other or that don't include fantastic technologies such as faster than light drive or aliens that can communicate in English.

Edit: the books that mainstream audiences consider "slow" or "boring" as it doesn't involve laser gun yielding heroes.

 

[Avarize]

More hard sci-fi than fantasy sci-fi, with a focus on space exploration
Everyone at BGS is working full time on it, and there's a possibility of coming out next year

Knowing Bethesda's record I don't believe them. Believe that they would make a "hard" sci fi because I just don't think they have the skills for that.
I am also pretty sure that marketing would probably insist to make the game more generic sci fi so that it is more approachable for average gamers who only experience with that genre are Hollywood movies and television/streaming shows.

I do think that Bethesda will advertise it as "more hard sci fi".

People misuse the term "hard sci-fi" all the time. IIRC Bioware initially marketed Mass Effect as hard sci-fi, which is utterly laughable.

Imo hard sci-fi on an interplanetary scale is a little boring. If you stay planet side it can be great but moving to the stars I prefer soft.

 

[TheDiceMustRoll]

is anyone else bored of retro futurism?

 

[The Dutch Ghost]

is anyone else bored of retro futurism?

If you mean 50s and 60s, yeah.
I have been for a while now suggesting a "used" sci fi setting similar to the old Star Wars movies, original Battlestar Galactica, and the old Buck Rogers show. I always loved a lot of the spaceship and space station designs in those.

Humanity perhaps spread throughout the galaxy, megacorps owning their own sector of the galaxy, Earth having become some kind of galactic backwater. The player being a spacer who is looking for opportunities to strike it rich and against their will being dragged into something that ends up becoming a situation of stellar proportions.

 

[TheDiceMustRoll]

is anyone else bored of retro futurism?

If you mean 50s and 60s, yeah.
I have been for a while now suggesting a "used" sci fi setting similar to the old Star Wars movies, original Battlestar Galactica, and the old Buck Rogers show. I always loved a lot of the spaceship and space station designs in those.

Humanity perhaps spread throughout the galaxy, megacorps owning their own sector of the galaxy, Earth having become some kind of galactic backwater. The player being a spacer who is looking for opportunities to strike it rich and against their will being dragged into something that ends up becoming a situation of stellar proportions.

Sounds like Legend of the Galactic heroes

 

[DalekFlay]

Imo hard sci-fi on an interplanetary scale is a little boring. If you stay planet side it can be great but moving to the stars I prefer soft.

Would have been interesting to see how Obsidian handled this if their Alien RPG had come out. Not saying Alien is fully "hard" sci-fi, but there's no other aliens involved and it's more about space miners slowly moving from one planet to another to mine resources for Earth.

 

[Wunderbar]

Not saying Alien is fully "hard" sci-fi, but there's no other aliens involved

Arcturians tho.

 

[The Dutch Ghost]

Arcturians tho.

He probably means intelligent space faring ones. The Arcturians are the animal type of alien.

 

[Wunderbar]

Arcturians tho.

He probably means intelligent space faring ones. The Arcturians are the animal type of alien.

the guy who mentioned them was talking about sex, which means arcturians are intelligent humanoids.

 

[The Dutch Ghost]

the guy who mentioned them was talking about sex, which means arcturians are intelligent humanoids.

I think it was more implied as a joke of bad taste that some of the marines would actually do animals.

 

[JarlFrank]

The only hard sci-fi RPG I know of is Titan Outpost.

The upcoming Space Wreck also veers to the harder side of sci-fi.

Other than that though...

 

[fantadomat]

The only hard sci-fi RPG I know of is Titan Outpost.

The upcoming Space Wreck also veers to the harder side of sci-fi.

Other than that though...

I would second that,Titan outpost is really good scifi game.

 

[Bastardchops]

Space Wreck looks decent.

 

[Bastardchops]

Also Stellar Tactics.

 

[fantadomat]

Also Stellar Tactics.

Looks like a vapourware,fuck that EA shit is annoying,it is filled with a lot of scams and empty promises.

 

[fantadomat]

Insomnia the ark is an ok scifi rpg.

 

[Bastardchops]

Looks like a vapourware,fuck that EA shit is annoying,it is filled with a lot of scams and empty promises.

Stellar Tactics isn't vaporware it has fairly frequent updates. The last was in October. Not every game in EA is a scam. I think it's overused in some cases like BG3 but for smaller devs it can be good. Battle Brothers was in EA for about two years before full release.

 

[Bastardchops]

Or with games where it doesn't really matter like Kerbal Space Program. Ah remembering Godus that Molyneux scam.

 

[laclongquan]

is anyone else bored of retro futurism?

Not bored as such, but there is clearly no more devs who can pull that off.

The apex devs for that genre, After Fallout 2, achieved the final peak in Fallout New Vegas. After that, they fall to the depth of Outer World, showing even if they can achieve art style, they dont have the writing muscle to finish it off.

So yeah, might as well put the hope for new retrofuturism game to rest and turn to other themes.

 

[Nifft Batuff]

is anyone else bored of retro futurism?

Sci-Fi setting is retro by definition.

 

[Riddler]

So is this going to be walking- or floatingsim?

Aren't all Bethesda games more or less floatingsims?

 

[undecaf]

So is this going to be walking- or floatingsim?

Aren't all Bethesda games more or less floatingsims?

Well, now that you mention it... yes, they are. I didn't think the sentence through...

 

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