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

[Modron]

That's an alt-right dog whistle.

You used the phrase dog whistle. That's a sjw dog whistle.

 

[Late Bloomer]

Bethesda’s Pete Hines Calls Out Former Blizzard WoW Team Lead Over ‘Rushed’ Starfield Start Screen Comments​

Pete Hines (senior vp of global marketing and communications, president of Bethesda male feminist club)

"Or they designed what they wanted and that’s been our menu for years and was one of the first things we settled on", Hines wrote on Twitter. He continued, "Having an opinion is one thing. Questioning out a developer’s “care” because you would have done it differently is highly unprofessional coming from another “dev”."

https://wccftech.com/bethesdas-pete...-over-rushed-starfield-start-screen-comments/

 

[Late Bloomer]

My take regarding the menu is that it looks like something an indie dev learning Unity would make it look.

 

[WhiskeyWolf]

This tweet has made a whole lot of people butthurt, both on twitter and reddit.



Its a pretty bland menu, I dont get why people are so triggered by his take and have a urge to attack the guy and defend the design.

If this was any other studio then maybe, maybe that argument would make sense.

But since this is "King of Bland Gaming" Bethesda, the argument seems very meh.

 

[Butter]

The absolute chutzpah on Pete Hines to call anybody else unprofessional. Best play was to take the L and say something like "It's just the start screen. We figured it was more important to focus on gameplay." Letting the world know that you wanted your start screen to look like a bland piece of shit isn't a great look.

 

[mediocrepoet]

The absolute chutzpah on Pete Hines to call anybody else unprofessional. Best play was to take the L and say something like "It's just the start screen. We figured it was more important to focus on gameplay." Letting the world know that you wanted your start screen to look like a bland piece of shit isn't a great look.

It was decided on early on because it was a placeholder, but then they spent years in development hell so it's just the thing now.

 

[Alienman]

The butthurt of developers recently.

 

[markec]

Its a pretty bland menu, I dont get why people are so triggered by his take and have a urge to attack the guy and defend the design.

He used the word physiognomy. That's an alt-right dog whistle.

 

[GamingConnoisseur]

This is how a SOULFUL main menu looks like:
https://youtu.be/VTEywXktk6U
https://youtu.be/yggxO7JDJ3Y

 

[Caim]

What did Skyrim's main menu look like again?

 

[GamingConnoisseur]

What did Skyrim's main menu look like again?

This menu used to get me hyped, but I grew into a contrarian, so I hate it now and think it's cringe

 

[Moink]

Quite liked Fallout 4's main menu.

 

[Alienman]

All modern Bethesda games look very non-immersive when it comes to UI and menus.

 

[mediocrepoet]

Shitposting aside, does anyone actually care what the start screen of their games look like?

Remember when they were just like black screens with the game title and maybe a prompt like push enter to start, etc.?

 

[Caim]

All modern Bethesda games look very non-immersive when it comes to UI and menus.

How about the likes of Morrowind?

 

[Late Bloomer]

Shitposting aside, does anyone actually care what the start screen of their games look like?

I think having a nice start screen with good music can be inspiring in it's own way. It can also have a powerful effect on nostalgia when you fire up an old game years later. They aren't necessary, but I would expect some effort to be made from a game like Starfield.

 

[Alienman]

How about the likes of Morrowind?

Morrowind looks pretty good and fits the setting. Even if it could use a bit more color (the inventory background that is).

Skyrim is probably the worst of them all. Just white on black.

 

[Butter]

Forget what you know about the game. Tell me this doesn't get you 100x more hyped to press New.

 

[Zeriel]

My guess is it won't be unfathomably broken, but I have been getting "flop" vibes from it all along. It just lacks a major draw and sexy factor that Fallout and TES had, speaking of Bethesda's other recent franchises. All I can really say for it is Bethesda's usual game traits & the possible fantasy of open world space stuff, but that veneer fell pretty flat very quick in, say, Fallout 4 with the settlement system.

TLDR: mods that turn all your spaceship NPCs into breeding machines with birthing hips will save it.

 

[M. AQVILA]

It's going to be Fallout 4 in space. But who knows, we might get a pleasant surprise.

 

[Hace El Oso]

Forget what you know about the game. Tell me this doesn't get you 100x more hyped to press New.

Scrolling paper maps and instrumental orchestral music. Very respectable.

One of the best ideas for something like Starfield, I think, would be the Half-Life 2 menu screens:



Just replace the chapter screens with random live scenes from a bar or spaceship crew compartment, or some alien savannah.

 

[Zombra]

Just replace the chapter screens with random live scenes from a bar or spaceship crew compartment, or some alien savannah.

Love this. I think HL2 also only showed scenes from places you'd explored recently? Like you didn't see some of the big set pieces until after you'd played through them. Been a while though so I may be dreaming this.

 

[The Dutch Ghost]

Some planet views would also be nice. Looking up from a moon at a ringed gas giant for example. Or see the terrifying beauty of a pulsar from a distance.

 

[SpaceWizardz]

I think HL2 also only showed scenes from places you'd explored recently? Like you didn't see some of the big set pieces until after you'd played through them. Been a while though so I may be dreaming this.

Different start screens depending on which chapter your last save was on, Portal 2 also did this.

 

[Zombra]

I think HL2 also only showed scenes from places you'd explored recently? Like you didn't see some of the big set pieces until after you'd played through them. Been a while though so I may be dreaming this.

Different start screens depending on which chapter your last save was on, Portal 2 also did this.

Yeah. Such a nice touch. Starfield could have a planetscape or city scene from wherever your last save was.

Sidebar, Jagged Alliance 3 does the same thing. Even better it shows your most recently active squad overlooking the sector they were last in. Just such a nice connection with my team starting right when I boot up the game. Love this trend (and yes, that means thank you XCOM).