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

[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).

 

[Clockwork Knight]

"The title screen looks like shit lmao"
"Nooooooo! Nazi!"

I wonder if Bethesda and their journofans are worried about Starfield being sandwiched between BG3 and Phantom Liberty. I don't think they NEED to be, there are people playing review copies of Starfield and while they don't say much it doesn't sound like a disaster.

 

[Late Bloomer]

I wonder if Bethesda and their journofans are worried about Starfield being sandwiched between BG3 and Phantom Liberty.

You mean to ask if Bethesda is worried they didn't include bestiality and a dick slider? I don't think they are worried. One is a game, the other two are degenerate piles of shit that should be shunned by everyone other than absolute filth.

 

[Fedora Master]

I wonder if Bethesda and their journofans are worried about Starfield being sandwiched between BG3 and Phantom Liberty.

You mean to ask if Bethesda is worried they didn't include bestiality and a dick slider? I don't think they are worried. One is a game, the other two are degenerate piles of shit that should be shunned by everyone other than absolute filth.

None of the three options are good games.

 

[N'wah]

Clutching at straws to make a judgement on the game's development from a start screen, which was obviously going for a minimalist design (even if it's a bland one). Biggest sin is having that "thank you for playing" crap plastered on the top right. Corpos talking in the first person is cringe, please stop it (although of course it's just a placeholder for future dlc/creation content they will advertise there, which makes it even worse).