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

[EvilWolf]

It's a testament to FNV's writing that even bigots and narrow-minded idiots can appreciate it

It's just like what Warren Spector talked about with Deus Ex: you present the story in a way that both parties think you're catering to them.

 

[Atlantico]

It's a testament to FNV's writing that even bigots and narrow-minded idiots can appreciate it

It's just like what Warren Spector talked about with Deus Ex: you present the story in a way that both parties think you're catering to them.

Warren Spector is doing a bit of revisionist history there. What they did when they made Deus Ex, being the soy-liberals they actually are, was to hoover up all conspiracy theories and crazy shit they found on the late 90s internet and boil it together into this batshit crazy fantastical plot, i.e "lol dudes what if there was a world where ALL the conspiracy theories were TRUE?"

—— DUUUUDE that's so cool, let's make that the plot of the game lmao, crazy ultra-rightwing nuts might even like it lulz

As the years go by the various "kooky" theories in Deus Ex start to look less and less "out there" and all too familiar. Then Warren Spector starts talking like they totally always intended this. Give me a break.

In 2023 the number of conspiracy theories and dystopian factors found in Deus Ex that seem "crazy coo-coo out there" are becoming fewer and fewer. That should not have happened, not if it was just crazy conspiracy theories. That's concerning.

 

[Moink]

"We have Edgerunners at home"




EDIT: according to this post they will be releasing new information/trailers every Tuesday until release.

 

[Drakortha]

"We have Edgerunners at home"

Bethesda shitting the bed once again. This is nothing new.

 

[Zombra]

What a weird stylistic choice. Why promote the game setting as an old school anime when the game setting is not an old school anime?

Still, nice to see some setting sketches of the "big three" major cultures.

 

[cpmartins]

It's a testament to FNV's writing that even bigots and narrow-minded idiots can appreciate it

Bigot here, this statement is correct. New Vegas simply presented a word, not conclusions.

 

[Late Bloomer]

So the first cartoon features a black mutt dude.
The second one features some mutt manchild EDIT holy shit the second one is a female. They have the stories in the description. Notice how the whore saves the old white dude from surprise surprise an evil white dude.
The third one features some non binary / female (I cant tell) teaching the impulsive evil white dude between right and wrong while saving some guy.

I remember when WoW started doing these cartoons. It was decline then and decline now.

 

[Old Hans]

Just briefly watched a random part of the video. That person seems incredibly unstable. On edge, ready to have a meltdown at any moment.

I know. this person looks more suited to pushing a shopping cart around the city, collecting bottles and cans while yelling at strangers

 

[Cross]

It's a testament to FNV's writing that even bigots and narrow-minded idiots can appreciate it

It's just like what Warren Spector talked about with Deus Ex: you present the story in a way that both parties think you're catering to them.

Warren Spector is doing a bit of revisionist history there. What they did when they made Deus Ex, being the soy-liberals they actually are, was to hoover up all conspiracy theories and crazy shit they found on the late 90s internet and boil it together into this batshit crazy fantastical plot, i.e "lol dudes what if there was a world where ALL the conspiracy theories were TRUE?"

—— DUUUUDE that's so cool, let's make that the plot of the game lmao, crazy ultra-rightwing nuts might even like it lulz

As the years go by the various "kooky" theories in Deus Ex start to look less and less "out there" and all too familiar. Then Warren Spector starts talking like they totally always intended this. Give me a break.

In 2023 the number of conspiracy theories and dystopian factors found in Deus Ex that seem "crazy coo-coo out there" are becoming fewer and fewer. That should not have happened, not if it was just crazy conspiracy theories. That's concerning.

Warren Spector doesn't seem to want to take credit for the accuracy of Deus Ex's predictions. Like the obedient liberal boomer he is, he has since denounced Deus Ex for its wrongthink and dangerous conspiracy theories.

https://kotaku.com/warren-spector-thinks-deus-ex-is-too-real-for-2021-1846479651

“Interestingly, I’m not sure I’d make Deus Ex today. The conspiracy theories we wrote about are now part of the real world. I don’t want to support that.”

 

[AwesomeButton]

These were so boring that I started from the third one and couldn't bring myself to start the first.

 

[Cross]

These were so boring that I started from the third one and couldn't bring myself to start the first.

I had pretty much the same experience.

The only thing worse than anime is western imitations of anime.

 

[Zombra]

These were so boring that I started from the third one and couldn't bring myself to start the first.

That was my initial reaction, but after flipping through and seeing nothing of interest I ended up watching all three, and enjoyed them as "vibe setting" even with an almost total lack of narrative. Still definitely think this was a weird choice.

 

[Infinitron]

Latest Starfield autism:

 

[Kem0sabe]

The videos truly are horribly scripted and animated. Not sure what the point was to release this shit, maybe to try and steal a bit of BG3's thunder? For a game releasing in little more than a month, their PR has been abysmal.

 

[Moink]

Really blueballing players by showing mechs in the animated trailer and not letting you have any land vehicles in game.

The videos truly are horribly scripted and animated. Not sure what the point was to release this shit, maybe to try and steal a bit of BG3's thunder? For a game releasing in little more than a month, their PR has been abysmal.

The marketing has been all over the place, they had the whole "ask the team" stuff that lasted like 1 episode and a few others that never went anywhere either, my guess is the delay screwed up the planned schedule and now they've had to wing it for a year.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

Beht is just trying to see if they can get a bit of what Edgerunners did for CP2077.

 

[thesecret1]

Beht is just trying to see if they can get a bit of what Edgerunners did for CP2077.

CP2077 had a cool cyberpunk setting. What does Starfield have to pull people in? My impression was it's gonna be pretty generic sci-fi

 

[Kem0sabe]

Beht is just trying to see if they can get a bit of what Edgerunners did for CP2077.

CP2077 had a cool cyberpunk setting. What does Starfield have to pull people in? My impression was it's gonna be pretty generic sci-fi

BG3's setting is also generic as fuck, but even so Larian is managing to sell it as the biggest and bestest rpg ever made, and people are crazy with hype.

Larian managed to capture the zeitgeist, while Bethesda seems to be floundering with no clear direction... They even went as far as saying that only Tod can talk about the game.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

Todd is the master chief hypeman that can make people buy Skyrim several times. I would shut up and let him speak too.

They describe the setting as "NASA-punk", which they came up with but from what we've seen it means somewhat realistic looking technology from present/near future. We don't know much about the setting itself other than the factions, the general frontier/settler vibe and the ancient alien tech that looks like magic.

Starfield is set in an area that extends outward from the Solar System for approximately 50 light-years called The Settled Systems. Around the year 2310, the two largest factions in the game, the United Colonies and Freestar Collective, engaged in a conflict called the Colony War. The game takes place 20 years after the war, with the major factions enjoying an uneasy peace. The player assumes the role of a customizable character who is a member of Constellation, an organization of space explorers.

 

[Child of Malkav]

I ain't watching that shit. What is it about? any gameplay? Mechanics? Features?

 

[Shaki]

They describe the setting as "NASA-punk", which they came up with but from what we've seen it means somewhat realistic looking technology from present/near future.

I bet this "realistic" setting exists purely to be able to fit as many virtue signal moments as possible - there is no longer any need to wonder how to show in a roundabout way that the bad people are christian straight wypipo, and the heroes fighting against them are rainbow trannies, now they can unapologetically just say all this shit straight up, because it's a "realistic" setting that is supposed to be close to our current world. I'm 100% sure the game will be absolutely full of most blatant woke propaganda ever seen in gaming.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

Maybe, Bethesda is usually not completely gonzo about this sort of stuff as other companies, but Skyrim is from 2011 and according to the Skullgirl guys that was a different era entirely, so who knows. Thus far it amounted to "the guns are blocky because they have to work on space".

 

[Crispy]

I'm 100% sure the game will be absolutely full of most blatant woke propaganda ever seen in gaming.

Has there been any evidence of this so far anywhere?

 

[Caim]

Maybe, Bethesda is usually not completely gonzo about this sort of stuff as other companies, but Skyrim is from 2011 and according to the Skullgirl guys that was a different era entirely, so who knows. Thus far it amounted to "the guns are blocky because they have to work on space".

Bit bigger:

They're going with 11mm on the rifle, which is in the balllpark of .45 ACP. The racist shotgun (middle right) uses 15x25mm shells, which doesn't say a lot to me. Also the Coachman shotgun reminds me of the Sturdy Caravan Shotgun from New Vegas.

 

[Shaki]

Has there been any evidence of this so far anywhere?