Starfield Thread - Shattered Space expansion coming September 30th

[ArchAngel]

I really wish people would stop calling Starfield a space game. It's not. It's your typical Bethesda RPG with space game elements.

that is why it is "space" and not space. Everspace 2 is also not really a space game, it is looter shooter in space :D

does it have good loot?

typical diablo loot with 5 levels of rarity.

but is it good? actually unique items that you can design a build around etc.? Starfield has shit loot

Best I found so far are Legendary items, they do not really have some extra unique stats. Some mods can be interesting but it is more about what base weapons can do and how you combine them with ship class you chose (9 ship classes, each is basically like a class in standard aRPG but you can buy additional ones and switch at base as you want) and other abilities and items at your disposal.
It is certainly better than Starfield in shooting and exploration.

OK let me correct myself about Everspace 2. I found one top tier item, and it did have unique ability. Not something that you can build around but pretty useful. When you lose shields it creates two copies of your ship that distract enemy attacks until your shield is back. For couple of crafts shields are not main line of defense so this is very useful

 

[Baron Dupek]

over a million more month later?


and they forgot most important part

 

[Vic]

Pillars of Eternity has more annoying loading screens

 

[Rhobar121]

Pillars of Eternity has more annoying loading screens

You are talking about a game created at a relatively low cost, financed via kickstarter and came out 10 years ago

 

[Yosharian]

Pillars of Eternity has more annoying loading screens

You are talking about a game created at a relatively low cost, financed via kickstarter and came out 10 years ago

Indeed. On the other hand, this is Vic we're talking to

 

[Vic]

Pillars of Eternity has more annoying loading screens

You are talking about a game created at a relatively low cost, financed via kickstarter and came out 10 years ago

so?

I’m playing pillars right now and the loading screens are more annoying than they were in Starfield

just another thing blown out of proportion because hating on Starfield was the cool thing to do

 

[whydoibother]

Pillars of Eternity has more annoying loading screens

You are talking about a game created at a relatively low cost, financed via kickstarter and came out 10 years ago

so?

I’m playing pillars right now and the loading screens are more annoying than they were in Starfield

just another thing blown out of proportion because hating on Starfield was the cool thing to do

How frequently do you get 2-3 or even 5 loading screens within a few minutes in Pillars? Because in Starfield, you easily could, if you want to get out of a room in one planet to go visit a room on another planet. This is a frequent thing. Playing the game as intended often results in multiple loading screens in a row, with little player input between them.

 

[Shaki]

Pillars of Eternity has more annoying loading screens

You are talking about a game created at a relatively low cost, financed via kickstarter and came out 10 years ago

so?

I’m playing pillars right now and the loading screens are more annoying than they were in Starfield

just another thing blown out of proportion because hating on Starfield was the cool thing to do

How frequently do you get 2-3 or even 5 loading screens within a few minutes in Pillars? Because in Starfield, you easily could, if you want to get out of a room in one planet to go visit a room on another planet. This is a frequent thing. Playing the game as intended often results in multiple loading screens in a row, with little player input between them.

In Pillars 2 you could easily hit 5+ loading screens in few minutes, every time you had something to do in the main city. It was ridiculous.

 

[ArchAngel]

Pillars of Eternity has more annoying loading screens

You are talking about a game created at a relatively low cost, financed via kickstarter and came out 10 years ago

so?

I’m playing pillars right now and the loading screens are more annoying than they were in Starfield

just another thing blown out of proportion because hating on Starfield was the cool thing to do

How frequently do you get 2-3 or even 5 loading screens within a few minutes in Pillars? Because in Starfield, you easily could, if you want to get out of a room in one planet to go visit a room on another planet. This is a frequent thing. Playing the game as intended often results in multiple loading screens in a row, with little player input between them.

In Pillars 2 you could easily hit 5+ loading screens in few minutes, every time you had something to do in the main city. It was ridiculous.

Pillars 2 has much faster loading screens than Pillars 1.

 

[Vic]

Pillars of Eternity has more annoying loading screens

You are talking about a game created at a relatively low cost, financed via kickstarter and came out 10 years ago

so?

I’m playing pillars right now and the loading screens are more annoying than they were in Starfield

just another thing blown out of proportion because hating on Starfield was the cool thing to do

How frequently do you get 2-3 or even 5 loading screens within a few minutes in Pillars? Because in Starfield, you easily could, if you want to get out of a room in one planet to go visit a room on another planet. This is a frequent thing. Playing the game as intended often results in multiple loading screens in a row, with little player input between them.

most of my time spent in Starfield was running dungeons for loot. There's only 1 loading screen separating the dungeon from the overworld, and another loading screen separating the cells. That's about one loading screen every 10 minutes or however long it takes me to clear a dungeon and then either port to a different cell or run to a nearby POI. I've also spent a good amount just hunting wildlife to level up and there I've gotten no loading screens in hours.

If by "as intended" you mean doing quests, I don't remember it being too bad either. It's the same as playing Skyrim and then fast traveling every few minutes to a different city and entering/leaving houses and then complaining about too many loading screens because you're rushing the quests. I've explored all the environments and talked to every NPC and didn't rush it. Well, after rushing the main quest and getting into NG+.

Not saying Starfield doesn't have its fair share of loading screens but it's not as bad as people make it out to be, by far. I'm much more annoyed by the loading screens in Pillars right now and that's an isometric oldschool type CRPG, wtf are they loading so long.

 

[Shaki]

Pillars 2 has much faster loading screens than Pillars 1.

Yeah, looking at some videos, Pillars 1 might be even worse. I played it looooong ago tho, while the torture of POE2 loading screens is still fresh in my mind.

 

[Late Bloomer]

Yeah, looking at some videos, Pillars 1 might be even worse.

Shows someone playing on a console.

 

[abija]

just another thing blown out of proportion because hating on Starfield was the cool thing to do

There are 2 factors with loading screens:
- wasted time -> definetly blown the hell out of proportion. You can get to another planet, enter a house, get an item and get back in the same time you take an elevator ride in cyberpunk.
- immersion wise -> it really really sucks

 

[SpoonFULL]

I thought this review was about Starfield:

https://www.gamespot.com/parkan-ii/user-reviews/2200-78711/

then realised it was about a 2007 game called Parkan 2!

 

[Vic]

imagine having no opinion

 

[adddeed]

An SSD was a must for PoE1 and PoE2.
I remember playing PoE1 when it came out on a slow drive, and the constant, LONG, loading screens nearly ruined the game for me.

 

[Grampy_Bone]

Its not just long load times, Starfield straight up crashes and dies on an HDD.

 

[Fedora Master]

HDDs are completely outdated hardware now

 

[adddeed]

HDDs are completely outdated hardware now

They can still work fine with majority of games, but why would you do that when you can get a much faster ssd.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

I just saw a bunch of Doritos with this in ….. the discount market where shit is marked down to get rid of LOL.

 

[Vic]

that's right haters, eat up those doritos

 

[Elttharion]

I just saw a bunch of Doritos with this in ….. the discount market where shit is marked down to get rid of LOL.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

HDDs are completely outdated hardware now

They can still work fine with majority of games, but why would you do that when you can get a much faster ssd.

What will come after SSD? Faster SSD? Obviously ones with more storage but WE WANT FASTER AND MORE LIKE AN SEX-CRAZED ADDICTED WHORE NOW!!!

Yeah! Pumping programs for all that high speedy data so fast the SSD screams in ecstasy as it gets filled up. Then you dump that bitch and get a faster fatter SSD than can hold even more.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Why not get Star Explorers? It is on sale for $4.24….

No need for Starfield….

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

Starfield no longer in the Steam top 20.

BG3 is number 4.

It's over.