Starfield Thread - now with Shattered Space horror expansion

[Vic]

Looking at some of these mods makes me want to do another playthrough. There is no release date for the DLC yet? They said it's coming out in fall but that's kind of soon. Are they crunching?

Rewatching the trailer again, they do seem to add some cool stuff. An ethereal looking new race. New aliens, and something that looks like a minigun that shoots ether rays or something. And zero-g combat. The new planet looks pretty cool and better than anything currently in the game. Story might even actually be interesting too.

Note that they're calling it the "first story expansion", meaning there will be more. Hopefully they'll flesh out the universe a bit and actually add wide reaching changes to the universe that exist outside of the DLC areas.

SHATTERED SPACE HYPE

 

[Vic]

We have some really talented modders working on the game. I like this better than the NASApunk stuff. Good designs.

Spoiler

https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/10750

 

[Vic]

This mod adds a new cyberpunk themed apartment in Neon. Dude, the currently released mods alone make the game at least 50% better than what I played at launch. And it's been what? A couple months after the release of proper modding tools? My expectations were not disappointed so far. It's shaping up quite nicely.

Spoiler

https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/10449

 

[Vic]

Or how about playing with the Doom shotgun?

Spoiler

https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/10567

 

[Vic]

And more mods that add POIs.

https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/10476
https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/10640

 

[sosmoflux]

Vic we can get you help, man
This level of copium will kill you

 

[Vic]

There is no cope, just straight up facts. With hundreds of modders working on the game it keeps getting better and better.

Modders turned Skyrim into a medieval fantasy life sim. Well, with Starfield they'll turn it into a life sim IN SPACE.

There's nothing like it out there.

 

[ind33d]

There is no cope, just straight up facts. With hundreds of modders working on the game it keeps getting better and better.

Modders turned Skyrim into a medival fantasy life sim. Well, with Starfield they'll turn it into a life sim IN SPACE.

There's nothing like it out there.

you could literally patch the game with new elements on the periodic table and add new crafting and research recipes, there's no limit to how much potential Starfield has

modders should just copy the mechanics from Watch_Dogs 2 verbatim, enemy factions fighting and calling backup etc

 

[Vic]

modders should just copy the mechanics from Watch_Dogs 2 verbatim, enemy factions fighting and calling backup etc

The randomized dungeon enemies mod I linked above has that.

Reinforcements
If you are in combat with a human enemy for a random length of time (30 to 90 seconds), they will now call for help. This spawns one to five leveled enemies, either at the front door if you are inside, or nearby if you are outside. They will run toward the level boss, alert and searching for you. This means dungeons are no longer as linear, as you must watch your back most of the time. This doesn't trigger in space.

Assaults
Every time you change locations, there is a 20% chance that another faction is preparing to assault the enemy. They will spawn in random numbers (one to ten depending on the type) and attack the enemy. This includes Starborn if the main quest is far enough along.

 

[v1c70r14]

Todd was found quaking in his crocs under his office table after he found out about this.

 

[MjKorz]

Nevermind, thought this was a Starfield mod.

 

[Vic]

Todd was found quaking in his crocs under his office table after he found out about this.

This some Russian game? I guess they can't get sued for being a blatant ripoff then. Doubt it will be on any of the major platforms though.

 

[MjKorz]

Doubt it will be on any of the major platforms though.

It'll definitely be on rutracker.

 

[Vic]

Doubt it will be on any of the major platforms though.

It'll definitely be on rutracker.

It's actually on Steam. I wonder how they can get away with that.

 

[Bulo]

Nevermind, thought this was a Starfield mod.

It has working vehicles, unlike Starfield

 

[Vic]

It has working vehicles, unlike Starfield

They should be patching them in soon.

 

[ind33d]

It has working vehicles, unlike Starfield

They should be patching them in soon.

did they also patch in that you can see POIs from orbit in your ship with your scanner on or was that always there? that almost cuts loading screens in half. i think most players just have no idea how the mechanics work

 

[Vyvian]

What's the point of vehicles if there's no content to support them?

 

[Vic]

 

[Vic]

 

[ind33d]

what the fuck? does this mean someone could make a Firefly or Star Wars mod and Bethesda can just buy the licensing rights and make it official? or like Beth could pay Bungie to make Halo levels for Starfield?

 

[Vic]

So far it looks exactly like what I was predicting. Bethesda is going to keep adding content in the form of (paid) mods and seems like this is at least part of their "10 year plan" for Starfield. Though I'd even wager it's their main game plan.

I like it. Let's see how this game will turn out in a few years. If you'd ask me to make another prediction I'd say the media will change their tune and hail Starfield as a masterpiece that managed to redeem itself. That would be funny because the potential of this game was pretty obvious to me from day one.

This is the company that invented microtransactions. I wouldn't put it past them to reinvent them now.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

I like it.

Of course you would be ok with payment for content in your game.

 

[Vic]

I like it.

Of course you would be ok with payment for content in your game.

I wouldn't personally pay (probably) but creators being paid means there is an incentive for more and hopefully higher quality content. Especially now that Bethesda is directly backing modders like with these Doom mods.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

I wouldn't personally pay