Starfield expansion release info, Fallout 4 patch + Tarkov implodes | This Week in Videogames

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[@joejoe2658]

you need to state US dollars, bloody drongo.

[@quantum9964]

Where those chapters at mate?

[@johnvaldez5236]

Kinda crappy how you didnt mention the new zealand/ australia contest restriction at the beginning of video. Clickbaiting people into taking the time signing up and following on the 6 different platforms, and fooling me into thinking i have 6 entries. Lost alot of respect for you on this one skill up😞

[@Scantronacon]

Bro you always sh*ttin on Xbox but you live somewhere Xbox don't even do good or is popular. MS doing more than Sony at least they wanna share. Can't wait to play Spiderman 2 on PC 2030....Sony and Nintendo gatekeep so much and get passes....why??

[@Xienne1]

Note: competition is only open to those living in Australia or New Zealand. :( This needs to be stated out in full. No ones gonna know what "(ANZ only)" means.

[@MESSINGAMING]

“Could you imagine paying $150 for content and then having it yanked away after 6 months” Says the Destiny player

[@CertMediocre]

Owned

[@FrostedMike]

Damn it, I was just about to comment that.

[@chrisanderson7820]

Why I stopped playing half way through Destiny 1. Most vile monetisation I have ever encountered.

[@Shaderox]

I was thinking the exact same thing as he said it

[@OmegaRejectz]

Well, he’s a Shill for Destiny so it makes sense

[@georgetrinc]

Ubisoft must be looking at Tarkov and thinking " Damn, we could have charged more "

[@animewacht]

Ubisoft: so much potential

[@Biofan813]

Dont give em any ideas

[@Renagale]

You missed something massive in the tarkov news aswell. In the new mode they added despite it being an offline mode it is completely online and cheaters can force their way into those lobbies and break the economy of the game in both online and offline play and offline play has ping limiters so you can be kicked from "offline matches" because your internet isn't fast enough.

[@kevinthecleric]

😂😂 what a flop

[@KitePerson]

Oh brother .......

[@ArnoldJudasRimmer..]

This right here is peak snidyness... I LOVE it! 😂😂

[@uhurunuru6609]

Get your facts straight, it was never described as "Offline Mode" (Single Player) though some may have wanted that, it's a Co-op (PvE) mode, for a PvP game. Obviously it's going to require online, to do a co-op mode in a previously PvP game, they were never going to remake the game a Single Player game with split-screen co-op. Tarkov Devs have made enough insane moves, no need to start inventing equally insane "offline modes" for unfinished PvP game.

[@nickg01]

Lol wow that’s crazy. Thanks for the info.

[@DannyboyO1]

Bonus comedy on the Helldivers 2 tweet... that armor was already 250 sc, and the armor perk actually does actually give you +2 stim capacity. It wasn't a mockup. They didn't change anything for the tweet.

[@Keithustus]

Also great that it mentions not being free for Super Citizens aka deluxe-edition buyers. We weren't offered anything for that extra upfront cost except some cosmetics and the Stratagem Hero arcade game on our ship, so no one would be mad.

[@artyomnoss6464]

​@@Keithustus don't forget the mp 98 knight smg as well as part of that deluxe content. So not just cosmetics lol

[@Keithustus]

@@artyomnoss6464 ah yes, one mediocre primary. :) Definitely not P2W

[@CookiesFTA]

The only stuff you can't earn from just playing the game are the Super Citizen cosmetics. Literally everything else is available and pretty easy to farm in game ​@@artyomnoss6464

[@selectionn]

Bethesda and INI file tweaking is the most iconic duo in gaming. If only Bethesda could figure out how to put those settings into the ingame settings menu....

[@kevinpalmer9942]

They’re gonna try to monetize the INI file next.

[@TheParagonIsDead]

@@kevinpalmer9942and yet they’re already doing that and tons of other stuff… for free. There still isn’t any paid content 7 months after release…

[@thelaughingrouge]

​@@kevinpalmer9942QUIET YOU FOOL! THEY'LL HEAR YOU AND GET IDEAS!!!

[@smtnbad]

​@@kevinpalmer9942.ini file fixes in the creation club lol

[@tronam]

Yeah. Thankfully it's a super easy fix on SteamDeck to switch it back to how it worked before where it launches with the graphical options.

[@BlankFor_ms]

20:50 I wrote the music for Pine, and as a longtime fan of the channel you made my day by mentioning our little game ❤😊

[@ranulfthevast2180]

I remember discovering the original artists beautiful and heart wrenching work years ago; I never expected something like this!

[@micheljolicoeur6094]

Battle State Games NEVER aplogized. Nikata said "I am sorry for how players feel" and "I am sorry for not foreseeing this reaction". NEVER did he say he was sorry to the players for scamming them out of $150 for Edge of Darkness Edition.

[@Duke_Silver77]

Bro is Russian, being scummy is in their blood lol 😅

[@zepho100]

Typical Russian behavior. They never apologize for anything.

[@aspinnycracker]

I think the worst thing about the Tarkov news, is how when people pointed out on their website that the PvE mode was going to be included for EoD edition, Tarkov updated the webpage to remove that message Absolutely scummy

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The SkillUp PC offered by the sponsor will presumably arrive the day after all hardware makers have announced their newest hardware.

[@SkillUp]

Bruh

[@not_parker]

☠☠☠

[@ArnoldJudasRimmer..]

😂😂😂​@@SkillUp

[@jadedj5385]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Nickulator]

LMAO! 😂

[@shahzadpod]

"Indie Shoals-Like" is a one of my favorite lines from you ever

[@majesstic8]

I audibly groaned at this one. Well played. I hate it.

[@Specuh]

"Just because you all want it to become a DLC it wouldn't mean it is one." Speech: 0

[@Alorand]

"Just because it is content that you download does not make it Down-Loadable Content" - Tarkov devs, probably...

[@strawberik]

Just want to say I loved the “sands between” joke for another crabs treasure lol

[@ethoface9410]

dark shoals like

[@rutterer9684]

If you liked that, you should check the game out!! The coverage in this episode really undersells how great it is. I picked it up Friday and spent the weekend binging through it, and now I’m running around the internet evangelizing it. It truly rules.

[@blakbear6528]

@@rutterer9684paid actor

[@rutterer9684]

@@blakbear6528 wut?

[@HydroTRI]

@@rutterer9684 Undershells*

[@eb9782]

I just want to give props to the editor for 3:24, popping a one-second shot of a BLOODBUG into the vid as Ralph mentioned game bugs. We see you

[@esaedvik]

11:40 Yes, I can imagine a video game giving access to paid content for a few months and then archiving that content - it's called DESTINY 2!

[@NoahSteelyee]

You missed some of that Tarkov story, Lvndmark was streaming while discussing the changes with the new edition and caught BSG editing previous promises on their website in real-time…

[@xensonar9652]

They don't care because they don't need to care. Gamers will pay for the new edition. They vote with their wallets, and almost always vote to pay. That's the reason more and more studios feel so comfortable milking and scamming their players.

[@NoahSteelyee]

@@xensonar9652 Maybe in places like the states but the UK and Australia have very strong consumer protection laws, bsg have broken some of those laws, I got a refund and so did all my buddies. I think personally think people are done w the BSG at this point but you're probably right.

[@Xl_Fenrir_lX]

@@xensonar9652no they definitely do care. There aren’t enough whales to carry tarkov through this unscathed. They basically exchanged all their goodwill for this.

[@xensonar9652]

@@Xl_Fenrir_lX Their actions say otherwise.

[@R3GARnator]

@@xensonar9652 Voting with your wallet has always worked, and it has always been effective. The catch is: The silent majority vote in favor of predatory practices with their wallet.

[@AsianLing]

Wait a Bethesda "next gen" update which underdelivers and breaks more than it fixes ? where have I seen this before *cough* *cough* Skyrim Anniversary Edition

[@DV-ou1yu]

Update was pointless.

[@greed-1914]

Yep. That is why I didn't mess with it. The Skyrim update did basically nothing and the mods had to be fixed.

[@fred6907]

Every single Bethesda game in history is a buggy mess, even years after release. Can't for the life of me understand why people praise these games. Their game engine is so janky and outdated, every game looks like complete shit. The character animations alone are just laughable, yet they just recycle the same garbage over and over.

[@kamurotetsu4860]

@@fred6907 Correct. It's like everyone forget just how bad Fallout 76 was on release. A complete mess.

[@njsteere]

Bethesda changes nothing about their approach lol. I guess “it just works”

[@KorenLesthe]

Remember the words of Marques Brownlee : "Never buy a product based its future updates". Man, 150 $ for an early access game ? It's Star Citizen levels of bullshit.

[@leobustos740]

Funny you'd mention Star Citizen as Tarkov also has a weird pathetic cult thing going on as well.

[@Scantronacon]

Sad they're both sci-fi games too

[@c0ldsh0w3r]

@@leobustos740 I was briefly in a discord group where a star citizen employee was a mod member of the group. One of the group rules was that you weren't allowed to talk negatively about Star Citizen. Very odd indeed.

[@fixo5132]

Star citizen is pushing new tech , Server meshing is set to revolutionize gaming network infrastructure and more. Stop being negative about star citizen for no reason. You don't get the hype ? Fine , but stop saying its a scam, because its clear its not.

[@ariaharies3594]

​@@fixo5132it surely seems like a scam m8

[@corgistaniel1150]

Bit of an update on the Fallout 4 Steam Deck situation: Valve released a Proton hotfix that fixes the half frame rate issue on the Deck OLED (the issue never occurred on LCD models). Additionally, you can get the launcher (and thus the graphics options) back by adding "SteamDeck=0 %command%" (without the quotation marks) to the launch options.

[@yomamasohot6411]

You gotta love Valve. Fixing the problems that developers should have.😂

[@naterod]

Same thing I had to do with Skyrim. I already knew the fix from that. Both games have the launcher on my deck.

[@UlfMTG]

these videos need chapters

[@joink25]

The Square Enix stuff is super sad but they 100% deserve everything they get with the NFT/blockchain nonsense they were peddling.

[@sadmarinersfan8935]

I agree but I feel bad for the devs and the great games the nft shit and 2 horrible games have overshadowed all the great stuff they have put out

[@joink25]

@@sadmarinersfan8935 Agree as well, that's why it's sad.

[@oukeith]

Yes they do and greenlighting that garbo forspoken.

[@JIKI2005]

Nothing wrong with blockchain or nfts. It's how they are implemented.

[@Deliveredmean42]

​@@JIKI2005it is fundamentally wrong in the end. Especially NFTs once you get the right facts on what they actually do in execution.

[@teamtdatdg2280]

Borderlands has an optional HD texture pack in the in game store for free, fallout is obviously way different but the fact that gearbox figured out how to do optional updates years ago and Bethesda STILL messes it up is insane lol

[@brethnew]

Fallout 4 and Skyrim also have free optional “high resolution” texture packs on the steam store. Yeah. it just got more dumb.

[@quicksilvertheelegant3964]

As someone who honestly couldn’t care less about high resolution mods for games (or in this case the free texture packs), the fact all this damage was done just for, at the end of the day, *”wOaH lOoK aT dEm gRaPhIcZzZ!!1!!”* is an incredibly impressive display of ineptitude lol

[@Steve_ATL]

31:00 There was an 8-bit Sega Master System Sonic, but yes, it started with the 16 bit Genesis and went backwards to the SMS and Game Gear.

[@noah9942.]

11:40 yes, it's called Destiny.

[@bunnerkins]

Escape From Tarkov has had an illegal mod for offline PVE mode for years. For Free. So ... yeah time to refresh interest in the mod. Thanks Nikita!

[@eterickstonely8548]

I want to call out Ralph for saying that Starfield will improve over time as Bethesda patches it, because it followed the news block about Bethesda patching and breaking Fallout 4. Are we talking about different Bethesdas?!

[@josie_the_valkyrie]

Also, cannot fix broken gameplay loop…

[@C64Mat]

Sonic was never an 8-bit game... Except for all the Master System and Game Gear titles that we all played growing up, right?

[@tropictiger2387]

I'm happy that Manor Lords is doing so well. Its exactly the type of game I wish large studios would make. Dave the diver also falls into that category. Instead of trying to make one game that is the biggest block buster ever, make multiple smaller limited scope games that mix genres and cross pollinate ideas.

[@heidisparklebottom]

It's been such a great year so far for underdogs hitting it out of the park

[@WdawgSmith]

Dave the diver is quite simply an amazing game. When I first started it I was like okay…. So it’s shooting fish and doing some little mini game at night I put it down Then after trying multiple huge budget titles (including 70 hrs in ff rebirth but I’m just a fan of that stuff) I was like man I just want something simple And 40 hours later I’m still playing Dave the diver everyday Fucking love that game Tried sand land No thanks Tried stellar blade ( as I get older I just can’t keep up with the difficult for me combat And felt like a pussy playing on story mode) But Dave the diver is just so so so good at what it does

[@02_Nman]

Perfect listening to gaming news while at work.

[@mentorassassin0282]

You need to talk about Tango gameworks, Redfall's Arkane studio and more cuts in Bethesda in the next video

[@Prime_D7]

Thanks for covering Tarkov, there is more to it now but im glad you are helping us be ''un(heard)'''

[@JH-ql9fh]

The helldivers bit is gonna age well for the next this week in gaming lol

[@JongiB96]

Honestly, I love the fact that Everspace 2 is still getting love from the devs. When I played No Man's Sky, I always wanted a bit more from the spaceships, both in combat and utility. Everspace 2 does that really well. (And the in-game music is banging)

[@L1mp1nB1zk1t]

For XSX: The new grenade launchers in FO4 are literally invisible. Thanks, Todd. Very cool.

[@Vimes86]

Sad about alone in the dark. I really enjoyed the reimagining

[@CataclysmDM]

The Fallout update really should have been opt-in only. An optional download from the store page, perhaps.

[@R3GARnator]

Creative Assembly had been doing that.

[@davidjray26]

That requires Bethesda to actually care

[@GuacJohnson]

im 100% convinced that bethesda is an "all news is good news" type, so people complaining is great as long as they're still talking about their products (it's not like they're ever gonna address the complaints with their approach to game design when they make bank with minimum effort)

[@markmurex6559]

Yeah. I always have to refuse an update on XCOM2 because it was really bad. I get it.

[@RariettyC]

I'd love to think the Sonic Google Play thing was just a cute example of a brand account being dumb and out-of-touch, but, as someone who works in marketing, I believe the fuck-up was the intentional decision of a social media manager. A Twitter account gets a lot more attention when engagement is stirred up, and hardly anyone would have cared to respond if accurate Sonic facts were posted. Even moreso if other corporate accounts with huge followings (i.e. the official Sonic account) were enticed to respond.

[@Legz-sy4mg]

I can imagine Google AI division is less than pleased by these antics

[@concinnus]

@@Legz-sy4mg Yeah: if it was intentional, many will still assume it was AI instead and that Google's AI is garbage.

[@Legz-sy4mg]

@@concinnus Yes, exactly

[@ehwhocaresanyway]

For those interested in Everspace 2, it's on sale on Steam until the 6th of May.

[@padmoch2207]

the success of Manor Lords is even more impressive when you realize that only one person worked on the game, bravo

[@TroyHuch]

So I’m one of those people who has gotten back into Fallout 4 after watching the TV series. I had been steering clear of the game for a while as it had become the most played game on my PC (that has since been overshadowed by Cyberpunk 2077, which probably says something about me and my tolerance for janky games.) outside of a few mods not working, I haven’t had the same issues others have had with the recent patch, but I have noticed something odd with it. In addition to the various fixes and “upgrades” the new patch is supposed to come with some new content including the addition of some new Enclave missions and encounters. Problem is that the content is tied to Creation Club for some reason. What that means is if you get the game on GOG which sells games without DRM and in the case of Fallout 4, no Creation Club. I decided to get the GOG version for my new play through of the game, even though I already have the game on Steam, because I was able to get it on there for cheaper (I think I spent about $10 AUD for it) and it might make it easier to get the Fallout London mod when it comes out (to my understanding the mod is going to be hosted on GOG, it doesn’t require that you have the GOG version for it, but it might make things a bit smoother.) I then found myself switching back to Steam for the game due the new content not working with the GOG version. Weird thing is it looks to me that the files for this new content is in the GOG version, they just don’t do anything due to them being tied to Creation Club for whatever reason. If the intent was for this content to be available to all versions, then maybe it should have been put in like DLC. There was a thought that maybe this was to get people to look at Creation Club and maybe spend some money there, but that would make sense if you had to go in there to download or activate the new content there. Seems to me that’s not necessary, it’s installed with the new patch, it just tied to Creation Club for no reason other than to create this stupid situation. Great work Bethesda.

[@bigcrazewolf]

Bethesda management needs to retire.

[@lolusuck386]

They need to be retired like in Blade Runner

[@ArnoldJudasRimmer..]

​@@lolusuck386via way of killer Simulant?..

[@cletokings4302]

Bathesda and XBOX

[@ryandiaz6314]

The thing that needs to retire is the engine they use imagine what ES6 would be like 😮

[@popatsot1]

Yup

[@muruburu]

Started looking forward to this series everyweek. Thanks for the excellent journalism and entertaining content!

[@daftkon]

Journalism lol!

[@Skooskah]

Same here! So great to have these updates

[@KulturalnyWilk]

Love the energy which is coming from both the commentary and the editing. Keep it up!

[@baundiesel]

The Fallout 4 next gen version works well on consoles. Not sure why they even released it on PC though.

[@chaddyb7579]

Ive still not been able to activate the automatron content on ps5. Deleted and reinstalled the game twice and still. Works fine on ps4 version ( i passed on updating that version)

[@VemoNotRated]

​@@chaddyb7579Something broken on your end it works for me just fine The PS5 version should have the DLCs auto downloaded onto it

[@DeadheadYates]

I still had to manually load all the dlc packs, not a cardinal sin but I've seen wildly varying reports on what's not working for whom. The trophies not carrying over kinda sucks but whatever, the real crime is how this update isn't even skin-deep. A truly pitiful offering, even for free

[@netiturtle]

its their xxxx-th attempt to make money with Creation Club. Very good mod support and decent base game has kept players with the game, there's always going to be incentive to skim some extra revenue

[@justanormalguy4885]

Apparently there are deeper changes with the way they're compiling things now, so makes sense why it's on all platforms.

[@aaronb9363]

“Shoals-like”

[@greenchile6554]

Just picked up Everspace 2 this last weekend (50% off everywhere still I think) and it's fantastic looter shooter with Descent/Freelancer vibes. Really glad they moved away from the roguelike style from the first game and the control is just spot on. Lots of cool RPG elements to play with too.

[@JDLT420]

Shill, love that your giveaway is for your own people in Australia and NZ! Supporting your community. Props

[@beccangavin]

Working on my day off but enjoying my weekly dose of Skill up. Thanks!

[@SilverGeFer]

Escape from Tarkov greed is truly “Unheard” of

[@Peeps86]

Can we get timestamps for these videos?

[@notsosolimshady21]

I always enjoy the whole Kit and the Caboodle. Thanks Shill up! 🙏🏼

[@andothersuchnonsense2685]

Sonic was retroactively in 8-bit on the master system and you've never once pronounced "Gris" the correct way in either language it exists. I love you and the show and hope you're having a good week friend :)

[@mattfick5502]

1:23 "...every man and his mum" I'll have you know, my mum has been doing dailies and flying the Fallout 76 flag for years. She's nearly 60, I taught her well

[@animegaming4057]

The tarkov news is unbelievable, but it’s not the first offender. I can think of 2 games that has done something similar, battlefield and destiny. Destiny took away expansions and said “pay me more” for the next expansions, and battlefield gave you priority in Que’s for premium members

[@johnlocke4715]

It truly makes you wonder how much people are invested in Destiny 2, including expansions/DLC, season passes, storefront. People would be in for thousands of dollars easily.

[@mealbaffler]

great segues, this is the type of long-form video i can watch all the way thru

[@th3rods]

Small, subtle yet got me cackling : "Grieving Lumberjacks" XD

[@seriousspikesam7770]

He's a lumberjack, but he's definitely not okay.

[@Ceece20]

Meanwhile Helldivers just keeps being a blast and fun. Do AAA studios remember games are supposed to be fun? Make games fun, not product.

[@chriswinchester679]

AAA? Pffffft. Haven't you heard? We're on to *AAAA* now.

[@Chopzi11a]

I wish I had more time to spread democracy 😣

[@Proxyincognito]

@@chriswinchester679 AAA is soooooo 1990's

[@mericanignoranc3551]

Capitalism = ONLY profit matters, not your life or even the planet

[@Ziggyvu]

Shareholders can’t hear you over their yachts

[@Acedia982]

In Todd we trust.....to fuck things up.

[@Darkrunn]

The Manor Lords story never fails to get a smile from me. Can't afford extraneous purchases (or gaming time) atm, but I've been excited about Manor Lords for years, so happy that it seems to have landed well.

[@PhallacEye]

Re: Tarkov, you should also note that PvE was promised to be a fully-fledged feature when Edge of Darkness Edition was available in the early days. That feature was basically dropped and now they're trying to charge more for it.

[@mikeg5039]

Tried the everspace 2 demo and bought it immediately

[@axxjazz.]

"bar the xbox" seems like it gonna become a common saying

[@toptiertech7291]

Only for unimportant games. Xbox players buy less games because of all the free gamepass games so it makes financial sense. Plus Xbox sales are low because so many Xbox players are moving to PC

[@chalk-one]

For console gamers, Indika is not a PC exclusive. It's arriving on ps5 and xbox consoles later in May.

[@Silverguise]

Damn you Ralph. I've been eagerly anticipating Neva since it was announced, and here I was thinking you were going to tell me of a release date that I missed.

[@user-ej7xi2ib7g]

My week just got better

[@durp312]

Have fallout 4 running in perfect 40fps on steam deck. When I heard about the update i immediately turned off wifi so it wouldn’t automatically update. I knew Bethesda would mess this up and I wasn’t about to ruin my experience.

[@LogicalError007]

Turn off Wi-Fi? You can turn off auto update.

[@R3GARnator]

On steam you can turn off updates for games, might have to do that from an actual PC, don't own a deck.

[@durp312]

@@LogicalError007 I did turn off the auto update. But I know with some games if there’s an update waiting and you’re online it won’t let you play the game till you update. I know it’s like that on console wasn’t sure about steam deck so to be safe I just turned it all off lol.

[@michaelschade1389]

Thanks for the coverage! Great show as always.

[@Legion640]

my favorite parts of your videos are all of the neat games you introduce to me. Centum and INDIKA look right up my alley! Most excellent, thank you!

[@bobmcme12]

Producer: "it cost us this much money to make this 60$ game" Me: sounds like a you problem, bruh.

[@mandrews6282]

Bethesda outright gaslighting players and saying the XBox version is ‘working as intended’ is absolutely insane and for all the pitchfork mobs we’ve seen with games lately I am shocked no one cares about this. When lamenting that the XBox version not only runs at lower visual settings than the One X (to get 60 fps I’m sure), runs noticably worse than PS5 in Performance Mode, and is completely MISSING the ultra settings Quality Mode, people told me to ‘shut up, stop pixel counting, and play the game). This was clear as day when comparing them myself at launch and now that DF have confirmed this it is even crazier. I almost believed Bethesda and thought I was crazy. All of my saves are on XBox and I wanted to play the game at the new ultra visual settings. I don’t mind getting the plat on PS5 as I love the game, but the fact that it launched in this state on XBox’s own console from a now first party studio, these are glaring bugs and the patch is missing a major advertised feature, is unacceptable, and even moreso Bethesda gaslights players who pointed this out to boot. Nevermind the shitshow that is the PC version. People should not be defending this whatsoever. But this is what happens when we mix console wars into major bugs. The blanket defense force doesn’t want to hear it. And this happens far too often with both Sony and XBox fans alike. Bethesda needs to address and fix this asap. This is ridiculous.

[@digitaldruglord1815]

You dropped this king 🍼

[@xXFallout2]

Damn almost like it’s a 9 year old game that was dead AF before the show dropped?

[@justanormalguy4885]

​@@digitaldruglord1815 LOL

[@philipreid2542]

Gaslighting...

[@Buttz2Buttz]

Careful there, you are actually.....making sense. Wouldn't want to hurt those "real gamers" feelings.

[@mjcampillo]

Another Thursday morning, another great video. Good work fellas 👍🏽

[@atma101]

Thanks for the updates as always Shill!

[@Darkflo23]

Don't really think a DLC can save Starfield, they would need to rework the entire game to make it less tedious and so lacking of soul. Especially after the new F4 patch disaster.

[@wedgearyxsaber]

You'll have to experience the base game consistently to play the dlc, and subjecting myself to that wouldn't be worth it unless the dlc revolutionized the game itself.

[@slyseal2091]

They don't either, but they have to get their money out of the stuff they cut from the release version

[@ferrite1707]

In all honesty, the only thing that really bothered me enough to disincentive me from playing Starfield anymore is the too-constant loading screens. If they somehow reduced those, then I'll jump back in. Even as someone who already has paid the cost for Shattered, I can't see myself reinstalling it until that particular issue has been at least partially resolved.

[@fish5645]

@@ferrite1707 Well that is entirely engine limitations which will never be fixed. They can't just magically make the game work outside the bounds of the foundation they used. It's like people saying "Just let me fly through space to each planet" there is a very clear disconnect with reality. It's like you buying a car and pointing at the salesperson and demanding they make it fly and move at the speed of sound. Not happening.

[@R3GARnator]

Their engine is ancient and needs tossed out. I bet their buried in tech debt.

[@anshitgupta1294]

Damn. Can't believe it's still so far away. I just hope they are taking their time with it and not rushing it

[@UnSeenDeath88]

The tarkov copypasta I've been seeing is "at least it doesn't cost $250." Great video, and great breakdown of the tarkov stuff. At least i didn't have to pay 250 dollars to watch this video.

[@interlinkedMedia]

I've been following this SkillUp 1M guy from day one. Good stuff.

[@kcmsterpce]

Just got my new laptop which needs to be replaced with updated WIFI7 card, and to install my own 2x M.2 drives. Perfect accompaniment. Thanks!

[@bufosp]

totally forgot that Starfield exist. got me thinking "was it the bethesda failed game or the neverending crowdfunding game that has never been launched?" meh. kinda same

[@LogicalError007]

Definitely not a failed game.

[@vintageoriginallegit]

What failed? It sold gangbusters

[@TheParagonIsDead]

Not failed and not bad.

[@markmurex6559]

It failed in being a great game at the very least.

[@bufosp]

lmao, keep seething xbots

[@VincentAdultmanbearpig]

No mention of Animal Well, coming out on Thursday for PC, PS5 and Switch. Metroidvania puzzle platformer and debut release for VideogameDunkey’s publishing company BigMode. Developed by solo developer Billy Basso, who built a custom engine to simulate assets as 3D models and rasterize them in 2D.

[@Paladinbaroque]

Cheers for another week bub, Much love to you, Stew, Austin and Edmond Take care folks x

[@EnsignRedshirtRicky]

Bugthesda finds a way.

[@SNAREWILD]

i firmly believe starfield will never truly "fix" itself and address all of the problems people had with it. tons of it's core design traits are things people complained about other bethesda games for years and starfield just doubled down on them but against all odds, there will still be people saying things like "bro it's good now i swear" or "starfield was always good" like how fo76 got or cyberpunk (neither games were good at launch even if cyberpunk has improved greatly now)

[@chenoir]

Cyberpunk was good at launch. It was a technical mess, absolutely, but the core game was amazing. That's why the redemption arc was possible. Because they didn't have to redo the whole game from the ground up. Starfield on the other hand? They'd have to change the whole game for it to be worth something.

[@Nyoteng]

Theae always come at my lunch break. Friggin love you Skill Up!!

[@ashleyhands7717]

And once again, pretty big Starfield news drops straight after.

[@aino10shi]

just in time

[@MassiveScore]

Calling it "The Kinda Funny Show" when the name of the show is on the screen is endlessly hilarious to me

[@Whayles]

I started playing FO4 again recently in anticipation for the show and Fallout London. Had such a great time and download it on my steam deck before the update, it ran SO WELL, literally no frame rate issues and the steam deck didn’t sound like it was taking off. After the update, not terrible, but now the fans get kinda loud and frames aren’t as consistently high.

[@VemoNotRated]

Make sure god rays are lowered, they eat up ram and always auto enable when you reload

[@Evolved-]

Chapters would be really nice.

[@GameTesterBootCamp]

21:45 Not calling it the "PlayStation 5 Plort" feels like it should be a crime.

[@r.k.5031]

1:08 "Bethesda man... Bethesda never changes." [continues to shit on Beth for the next 5 minutes] 6:10 "...there's every reason to expect that [Starfield] will improve substantially over the coming months and years" *pick one*

[@shinypooka]

You do know that people can have multiple opinions about one thing, right?

[@TheShawnMower]

Yea the cognitive dissonance here cracks me up

[@R3GARnator]

They will improve it, at a snails pace compared to several companies in a similar position of buffing out games over time.

[@shinypooka]

@@calin2491 huh

[@halilsavas4808]

this is for shi**ing on bethesda cool but I blacklisted from bethesda so I should tone down a little bit

[@crouching0tter]

I tried Fallout 3 once, and didn’t gel with it. Watched the first episode of the TV show, didn’t gel with that either. So I’m the one person on the planet who’s not playing a Fallout game right now 😊

[@kivikaze]

13:40 well that Arrowhead comment aged quite badly XD

[@zeballer9230]

I was just thinking the same thing haha

[@roippi3985]

This comment, then in turn, aged poorly

[@kivikaze]

@@roippi3985 not really, arrowhead CMs are still incompetent :)

[@thelaughingrouge]

Fix one thing, break 4 things that worked fine. There's a reason we call them Bugthesda.

[@gladiator_gamerbr6061]

Arrowhead is doing the same strategy with Helldivers 2

[@vintageoriginallegit]

No every developer does this but only Bethesda gets hate

[@muzamilnabinadroo]

​@@vintageoriginallegit every developer does this but the reason Bethesda gets called out is that while every developer breaks things in updates they themselves fix them on the otherhand in Bethesda case, developer doesn't bother to fix the broken things and instead calls in modders to do so.

[@vintageoriginallegit]

@@muzamilnabinadroo I mean I think most people who say this haven’t even played any Bethesda games and if they have they haven’t experienced any bugs. I platinumed fallout 4 on PlayStation and beat it fully modded on Xbox no problems I’m currently streaming new Vegas trying to get the platinum 40 hours in and just two freezes. Fallout 3 was great for me same with Skyrim I played on consoles so never had modders fix anything for me

[@thelaughingrouge]

​@@vintageoriginallegit How the hell do you have 2 crashes in 40 hours in NV?! That game crashes every 15 minutes.

[@RaveDecoy242]

Let the expansion flop, please. Bethesda needs a series of flops to learn its lesson. The damn show saved its ass, because it actually just works. But I'll bet my chess set that Todd and the team he's leading couldn't make another good game even if his company's reputation and future depended on it.

[@arronstone177]

Agree. I bought the Starfield expansion with gamepass early access and have no intention of reinstalling the game just to play it. Don’t get me started on the Fallout 4 update…..

[@ebonbehelit9763]

"Proving that that franchise has long legs, even if its stars do not." That's a grudgin'.

[@adreanmarantz2103]

Only greiving lumberjack I thought of was Jack Lumber

[@Chrytin]

Shartfield

[@johnlocke4715]

Shitfail Slopfield Starfail Stinkfaeces

[@Mous3v2]

Hey man, Gris isn't pronounced with the "S" it's french for the word gray. It's Gri pronounced Gree

[@Keithustus]

Alright, so maybe 1% of its total players ever say it correctly.

[@Mous3v2]

@@Keithustus yeah, still doesn't mean it's not wrong. It's a French word it's not like gif and jiff it's actually something that has a definitive way to say it.

[@markmurex6559]

I'm not French.

[@Mous3v2]

Cool, would you mispronounce someone's name just because youre not from there and then say something like "I'm not French?" That's one way to do it. But you do you. Some people understand the correct way to say a word is all.

[@markmurex6559]

@@Mous3v2 I don't like the French, and I don't care if it offends you or them.

[@AcencialAMV]

Really looking forward to the Promise Mascot Agency game, Paradise Killer is one the most fun games I've played recently, hope they get the same guy for the OST

[@George_M_]

Thank god I thoroughly finished (and enjoyed) modded FO4 like..10 years ago.