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

[Sordid MCA/Prosper Hybryd]

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Starfield is set in the Fallout universe - CONFIRMED.

 

[Drakortha]

It's almost like this is a website dedicated to computer roleplaying games or something.

Is Starfield a Roleplaying game?

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Is Starfield a Roleplaying game?

First we must define RPG.

 

[La vie sexuelle]

Is Starfield a Roleplaying game?

First we must define RPG.

Sometimes is easier to star from posting the question "what is not X?". I tell you - Shooters with rudimentary statistic and/or not important statistic.

 

[Zombra]

Is Starfield a Roleplaying game?

First we must define RPG.

 

[Silverfish]

First we must define RPG.

"Games made by Todd Howard."

 

[deuxhero]

I could kill anyone I didn't like in Fallout: New Vegas. There were no exceptions.

Also Yes Man, Gun Runner vendor, and Lanius/Oliver (essential during battle of Hoover Dam if you're on their side).

 

[Drakortha]

I could kill anyone I didn't like in Fallout: New Vegas. There were no exceptions.

Also Yes Man, Gun Runner vendor, and Lanius/Oliver (essential during battle of Hoover Dam if you're on their side).

So like 3 NPC's? nice job.

In Fallout 4 there are more invincible NPC's in one meaningless settlement than there are in the entirety of New Vegas. The ratio is like 1000/1 if you try to compare both games so don't even bother.

 

[BruceVC]

Is Starfield a Roleplaying game?

First we must define RPG.

But Zed you notice there is one question that no one can answer with certainty " should Starfield be considered a blobber " ?

 

[ERYFKRAD]

should Starfield be considered a blobber " ?

Depends on how fat the player character is.

 

[La vie sexuelle]

Should Starfield be considered as a game or just experience?

 

[ArchAngel]

If you spend 5 minutes on each different planet, that's > 80 hours of play.

How many planets do you actually intend to visit in your first playthrough? A million?

Zero, why would anyone with taste play this game?

Because I am already paying for gamepass and this is coming day 1 on it..

 

[ArchAngel]

Well, looking at the Starfield info... turns out the problem solved itself for me: my trusty toaster can't even run it.

DAS RITE, Starfield's min reqs are actually far higher than Cyberbug77's, even AFTER the Phantom Libbytits addon. No surprise here tho, as FO4 also had higher reqs than Twitcher 3 while looking like an Xbawx Threeshitty launch title. Coding is just not Bethesda's core skillset... neither is writing actually.

This time it's even less of a surprise tho, as they are now owned by Microsoft, and they suuuure want to peddle their Xseries or whatever it's called. Incompetence meets marketing in a perfect union. "It just works."

That is not the reason since achieving whole 30 FPS on Xbox Series X is not a way to get people to buy that console for this game.

 

[Zombra]

Should Starfield be considered as a game or just experience?

It's a recreational pastime governed by rules and systems which determine outcomes. That's a game.

Of course the real answer is that the label isn't important; what's important is whether you derive joy from it.

 

[La vie sexuelle]

Should Starfield be considered as a game or just experience?

It's a recreational pastime governed by rules and systems which determine outcomes. That's a game.

Of course the real answer is that the label isn't important; what's important is whether you derive joy from it.

There are different kinds of joy. And not all joys are joyful. Eudaimonia is real, brother. We need proper ways to achieve that, just like Platon said. RPG ways.

 

[Child of Malkav]

Should Starfield be considered as a game or just experience?

Simply as what it is: a 1000 planet wide piece of shit.

 

[Caim]

Is Starfield a Roleplaying game?

First we must define RPG.

Sometimes is easier to star from posting the question "what is not X?". I tell you - Shooters with rudimentary statistic and/or not important statistic.

As always, it's choices and consequences.

 

[Goldschmidt]

You will be able to romance a planet.

Why do you think the moon is white and has holes?

 

[Sordid MCA/Prosper Hybryd]

I guess that's why Bethesda's design philosophy is to give the player as many options as possible, and as much as you may or may not dislike their writing, characters and world building, they do give you the options to do mostly what you want.
Also...it is only a game after all

I couldn't side with the raiders at the start of Fallout 4. I couldn't murder Preston Garvey, either. The only choices you really get to decide on is what color to paint your power armor or what weapon to use to shoot things. Wow, so many options. Thank you Todd!

I could kill anyone I didn't like in Fallout: New Vegas. There were no exceptions. I could side with or betray anyone I wanted from beginning to end. This was a big part of what defined your character.

In Starfield it will be the same type of bullshit choices they gave players in Fallout 4. Want to be a sneaky player? or a shooty player? or a settlement player? Which of our game systems do you want to distract yourself with, today? These are the choice on offer. And whatever crap, garbage, and shit story and characters they came up with they will shove down your throat in their nonsensical and retarded game world.

Because Bethesda don't make believable and immersive game worlds. They make theme parks filled with "distractions". Where "player choice" just means what ride do you want to get on today, Timmy?

Dude, you shitpost so much here, I thought you actually had some taste. And now it turns out you like shit like Fallout New Vegas. Which is literally a Fallout 3 mod with a lot of words. I am disappointed.

 

[Child of Malkav]

Huh, seems my comment upset the resident bethesda single cell lifeforms around theses parts. Are you sure you're where you're supposed to be? Maybe not, maybe you're lost, here let me help you: Click me and I'll take you to all things shit--shiny!

 

[Late Bloomer]

I am unable to watch this at the moment. Perhaps there might be something worth sharing.

 

[Late Bloomer]

This is a summary of the video I linked above this post. I would like to state that the hosts are absolutely insufferable and did not add anything of quality to my day.

Starfield direct took a lot of time to make

Was pleased to be able to highlight so many people on the team

There is a faction for being a space pirate

There is a large font option

Steam deck compatibility will be something they talk about later down the road

When players compare character builds they will be unique and varied

10% of planets have life on them

If you start to add to many things to a planet it starts to feel gamey

The exploration is different than they than they have done before

There are a lot of biomes with different temperatures / radiation etc. The players suit helps with these

Some planets have multiple biomes some just have one

If you survey everything on a planet that information is worth a lot of credits

Will need to play the game to see if there are special creatures like how fallout has deathclaws and elder scrolls has dragons

There will not be land vehicles or the ability to ride wildlife.

Your boost pack will have skills

There will be low gravity planets

Companions are optional

You can spend traits and skills for a more solo centric character

Companions relationships can change

Four companions have full questlines and romance options

Music is one of the first things they start with along with concept art

Said the music Inon Zur made for Starfield could be his favourite

Music gives the feeling of what the world is like

There is one small radio station for a certain location

Has never had plans to be an in game radio host

All ships are upgradeable wether you buy or steal it

If you do steal a ship you have to spend credits to register it

You dont start the game being able to afford ship building as it is more of a long term thing in the game

The modules you attach to the ship effect the internal area of the ship as you walk around inside of it

There is lore in the game to explain how travel works

Very happy with current version of the creation engine. Loves the lighting model, volumetric fog, physics, happy with quest system

Never looked at taking features, graphics away for frame rate sake as they want consistency over a performance mode

Best feeling game to control they have had

There will be one-off type sidequests and thats ok

Will be a modders paradise

Outpost is a deep system like ship building that requires a lot of resources. Going to need to develop character skills. Like ship building it is meant for longer term playing

Outposts can be connected between planets.

Outposts can be an income generator

Worked really hard on Starfield. They put everything they learned from previous games into it. They love it and hope everyone else feels the same

Xbox has been very supportive

Will not answer if there are black holes

Vosco (the robot) cant wear a hat like codsworth / mr handy

Asked about why they don't make smaller projects and he pointed to fallout shelter and some unannounced mobile game but said as a player he likes big worlds

 

[AwesomeButton]

Dude, you shitpost so much here, I thought you actually had some taste. And now it turns out you like shit like Fallout New Vegas. Which is literally a Fallout 3 mod with a lot of words. I am disappointed.

FNV is not a bad game. It just needs the right mod list.

 

[Mebrilia the Viera Queen]

This is a summary of the video I linked above this post. I would like to state that the hosts are absolutely insufferable and did not add anything of quality to my day.

Starfield direct took a lot of time to make

Was pleased to be able to highlight so many people on the team

There is a faction for being a space pirate

There is a large font option

Steam deck compatibility will be something they talk about later down the road

When players compare character builds they will be unique and varied

10% of planets have life on them

If you start to add to many things to a planet it starts to feel gamey

The exploration is different than they than they have done before

There are a lot of biomes with different temperatures / radiation etc. The players suit helps with these

Some planets have multiple biomes some just have one

If you survey everything on a planet that information is worth a lot of credits

Will need to play the game to see if there are special creatures like how fallout has deathclaws and elder scrolls has dragons

There will not be land vehicles or the ability to ride wildlife.

Your boost pack will have skills

There will be low gravity planets

Companions are optional

You can spend traits and skills for a more solo centric character

Companions relationships can change

Four companions have full questlines and romance options

Music is one of the first things they start with along with concept art

Said the music Inon Zur made for Starfield could be his favourite

Music gives the feeling of what the world is like

There is one small radio station for a certain location

Has never had plans to be an in game radio host

All ships are upgradeable wether you buy or steal it

If you do steal a ship you have to spend credits to register it

You dont start the game being able to afford ship building as it is more of a long term thing in the game

The modules you attach to the ship effect the internal area of the ship as you walk around inside of it

There is lore in the game to explain how travel works

Very happy with current version of the creation engine. Loves the lighting model, volumetric fog, physics, happy with quest system

Never looked at taking features, graphics away for frame rate sake as they want consistency over a performance mode

Best feeling game to control they have had

There will be one-off type sidequests and thats ok

Will be a modders paradise

Outpost is a deep system like ship building that requires a lot of resources. Going to need to develop character skills. Like ship building it is meant for longer term playing

Outposts can be connected between planets.

Outposts can be an income generator

Worked really hard on Starfield. They put everything they learned from previous games into it. They love it and hope everyone else feels the same

Xbox has been very supportive

Will not answer if there are black holes

Vosco (the robot) cant wear a hat like codsworth / mr handy

Asked about why they don't make smaller projects and he pointed to fallout shelter and some unannounced mobile game but said as a player he likes big worlds

Is safe to say they been way more ambitious than everything was showcased recently. Granted Bethesda has many flaws. But is nice to see they want to actually do something different than many others. ((Insert generic FPS masked as RPG here))

 

[Modron]

Insert generic FPS masked as RPG here

I imagine this will describe at least 95% of the time spent in Starfield.