Starfield - 8 Months Later

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[@pizzaplanetalien5079]

I absolutely love the new maps

[@fpshightide]

Did you forget that the free flow dialogue system is in fallout 4 just turn off the cinematic mode literally took 8 months for them to add a feature fo4 had at launch

[@GeorgeForeman2]

PONY

[@NINJA_INVESTORS]

Boomer

[@MinisterofViolations]

All these extra options, but, The Main Story and The AI, SUCK... The point of STORY DRIVEN !!!! hello? Anybody home? 🧠 Action 1st/3rd player hybrid shooter game. IS TO HAVE A GOOD STORY, ...what is this? NO MANS SKY all over, THE STORY THE STORY THE STORY SUCKS !!! ITS GARBAGE!!! That's the ALLURE, not The Graphics, and The Game play OPTIONS, and GAME PLAY TWEEKS,. THE STORY THE STORY THE STORY SUCKS !!!!, The COMPANIONS ARE LAME !!!!. I'm not falling for THE BAIT AND SWITCH, i don't play MINDLESS GAMES WITH NO SOUL, WITH NO REAL PURPOSE. That's Starfield. All these other changes are DISTRACTIONS from the Real Issues. Like STORY, and A.I., they both SUCK, the A.I is UNCHALLENGING. THE STORY IS MEDIOCRE, THE CHARACTERS ARE NOT INTERESTING, IDENTITY POLITICS RUINS GAMES, THIS ALL INCLUSIVE BS. YOU CAN TALK AND TALK AND TALK, TIL YOUR FACE IS BLUE. IVE NOT LOST SIGHT OF WHAT MAKES A GAME GREAT, THE STORY THE STORY THE STORY, ....all this other BS Bethesda is focused on, WILL NOT DRAW GAMERS BACK INTO STARFIELD. IST IMPRESSIONS, this is not Cyberpunk 2077, ...Gamers 8n MASSES are not sitting around waiting for Bethesda/Microsoft to fix Starfield. Starfield main problem is LAME CHARACTERS, LAME STORY, LAME A.I. And none of these issues have been addressed, none. So, imo , This is a Mind fk, but, I know why I like a game, and why I hate a game. I cannot be tricked. Bamboozled, Hoodwinked, Mind Fkd, The JEDI MIND TRICK DOES NOT WORK ON ME.

[@NelsonPimenta93]

The lastest update finally took the game from alpha to beta. Now we just have to wait for the full release.

[@muzibat]

Full release in ps5?

[@LordAxiom-]

LMAO, this is so true with Bethesda unfortunately.

[@MrRiceGuy95]

Grossly over exaggerated, the entire game is content complete, he maps just got an update and some new ship options have been made available, nothing ground breaking haha the game has hundreds of hours of content. I don't understand this argument at all

[@COMMANDERSARGE1]

​@@MrRiceGuy95 they most likely saw this comment somewhere and copy/pasted it to farm for likes since criticizing is all the rage these days

[@johnlopez5230]

@@MrRiceGuy95 you mean hundreds of hours of walking from point A to point B without encountering anything? or do you mean hundreds of hours of loading screens?

[@awkwardGardener]

Honestly I feel like the single best thing Shattered Space could do for the game is add at least one large, properly handcrafted worldspace to explore. No procedurally generated, randomly placed locations and dungeons. Just something at least the size of Far Harbor for us to wander and see meaningful, handplaced content in.

[@wargames43]

Considering its about the Varun and they seem to be located on 1 planet from what i could gather i do think we might hopefully see a more down to planet experience with a fully handcrafted map

[@AlChestBreachFan7]

You’re a genius. Now I really hope it’s this

[@theitechlab]

This is what I’ve been hoping it would be as well. Now, if they could go make the current city areas the size of FH and add more details/POIs around them, that would do wonders for the exploration around the cities.

[@PsychoMoFoGaming]

Honestly farharbor is too small of a map to make up for the hundreds of other bare planets. If it wants to be worth a purchase it better be the size of Fallout 4 or Skyrims base map. If not it aint worth much of a purchase for me.

[@Nuverotic]

100% This is the only thing they should be working on.

[@DarthPepe_1111]

One thing that grinds my gears is when taking off from a planet, when you get to space, you’re facing that planet. Makes no sense

[@Jasondurgen]

Lmao I never thought about that but it does make sense. I get why it’s like that but still kind of funny now that you mention it

[@ouzykun8796]

I haven't heard grind my gears in so long lol

[@xgcarcherfan8837]

@@ouzykun8796me either love family guy lmao

[@jvazacas]

Yea, this is the only thing that kind of bugs me, but not enough to not enjoy the game

[@MegaDeth859]

Dang, now I'll be thinking about it from here on out 😢

[@t-rexreximus359]

I really hope BGS add: ✅ Optional slow mo ‘k*ll cam’ & finisher animations for combat; ✅ Codex / Bestiary of discovered creatures! (with images); ✅ ‘Space walking’ outside of our ship & space stations!; ✅ Option to have a few Backgrounds for more dialogue options; ✅ Option to purchase furnishings for city apartments (I.e. not craft everything).

[@ghostboi1413]

Eh. Doubt we will see any additions to combat. Bethesda might add the rest though. I actually like all of these ideas btw

[@qjames0077]

They won't. As long as people keep preordering their games, buying stuff on F76's market, and keep giving them money overall, they won't change. You're the problem. The person reading this is the problem. I'm the problem. The people unconsciously supporting the company by giving them money year over year are the problem. Until that changes, nothing will

[@RyanHershberger-ib1wb]

Space walking ? That’s useless. That is not what’s wrong with this game. Not having ability to “space walks” the foundation of this game is garbage.

[@mw2424]

They won't do any of that, they will continue to disappoint

[@alexp6364]

Honestly the universe needs to feel far more alive. I wanna see the militaries battle it out with pirates and spacers on the ground, more missions involving exploration as well more means to travel on planets. Mod support will so so crucial keeping this game afloat, mods that add POI's, weapons and new stories and such.

[@The_Death_Owl]

Something like power play in Elite Dangerous where radiant quests affect the factions in the galaxy and changes their behavior. For example delivering supplies to the UC should trigger events where they attack pirate strongholds on planets.

[@TheMusicolophile]

Mod support has never been and will never be crucial. 🤦‍♂️

[@anthapersephone7311]

It’s only 300 years in the future exactly how much shit to explore is humanity supposed to have left scattered through the galaxies.. fully actualise the cities, they’re so hollow compared to other bgs titles. It was like playing outer worlds in that regard. Dead people dead city. I dread to think how much playing the bad guy would suck in starfield

[@expressrobkill]

It will probably get better over time unfortunately the way games are now, you basically have to wait 1-2 years before its good, the same thing happened with diablo 4 diablo 4 is starting to look really good. If you wait till the next dlc in November to play it it will be a completely different game from launch.

[@alexlyster3459]

I'm hoping that Shattered Space starts to add some of this stuff

[@Geraduss]

What needs a complete rework? Space exploration not planet exploration, make it so your ship can travel through star systems and find space stations, space habitats, large mining asteroids, derelict spaceships to explore, convoys to either raid or save or just trade with. Gods damn it even make it Mass Effect style separate screen where you see your tiny ship traveling around and then generate the location and load in. just give me SPACE EXPLORATION in my SPACE GAME

[@korruptwisdom8688]

Agreed. It would make it a brand new game.

[@billymays5542]

Or at bare minimum make the things you mentioned random encounters. They have a lot of cool ones already in the game but they need some more variety.

[@flyingplantwhale545]

That’s my biggest disappointment. How realistic is it to let a loading screen cover the time of travel. Are we to assume that your guy sat in a ship for months to deliver f*cking coffee to the chick in New Atlantis ? How about introduce jump gates like Freelancer and countless other space sims?? You can manually travel between planets at sub-light speeds and cancel out at any time.

[@jacksonthomas5787]

This. 1000% this.

[@JL-nb1yc]

This combined with random encounters on the surface of plants. Just look at how Fallout does it.

[@Hybrid420]

im sorry but can we please stop this "oh the game comes out and is mid just wait for them to fix it a year later" all these fixes are things that should've been done during dev time.

[@Majewski79]

Exactly

[@Cibbic]

Game is big. They won't do everything or the delays were gonna keep happening. Be grateful it's happening now, if not, don't play it then. Move on and stop stressing over nothing

[@Majewski79]

@@Cibbic No, Bathesda should be grateful, not the people buying an unfinished game.

[@sheriffwolf736]

​@@CibbicDamn how much Bethesda cock sucking have you been doing lately. If games are released in shit states then they should be hit with backlashes. Cyberpunk did it and it deserves the backlash. So did No Man's Sky. Assuming that Starfield somehow through some miracle manages to get good, it should still be dunked on for being dogshit slop.

[@Hybrid420]

@@Cibbic who's stressing? I'm sorry you're so used to accepting broken games at launch.

[@Michal.Jaworski]

Nice update, but I think game still has major problems. What needs to change is : 1. Exploration 2. Crafting and loot rework (compared to Skyrim it's a complete shit) 3. Talents rework, maybe some new exciting skills (like air dash in CP2077)

[@skyriminspace]

1 yes agreed. 2 the crafting in starfield knocks skyrim & FO4 into a cocked hat. + research, a whole other tier of crafting which never even existed before. 3 the skills are waaaaay better than cyberpunk. When i played that game (after 1.5 but before PL) almost half the skills seemed to be +0.5% damage, +1% damage.... & the "tree" (more like a big bush just randomly sprawling on the ground) was unintuitive.

[@jimmygrey6848]

One thing I'd like to see personally; is the ability to have multiple crews all assigned to different ships.

[@jonahthejedai4973]

Poor writing and a bland world is what is still keeping me from returning. And as someone who likes occasionally hopping into Fallout 76, that’s saying something. But that game makes making your settlement a fun thing to share with people. Building outposts in this game isn’t even worthwhile within the narrative let alone as a mechanic

[@Choteron3]

I will wait for the expansion. There is no reasons to go back right now. Only quality of life updates. Nothing substancial yet.

[@Tuningforks85]

yea 100% waiting for shattered space. Should be loads better by then and looking forward to jumping back in

[@Ray-dl5mp]

If they added a land vehicle it would have been worth it. I’m sure it’s a good update but hopefully we get the vehicle next.

[@JuicedOnKids]

@@Ray-dl5mp yup, I've stopped exploring because it's not worth trecking 5 minutes to see 1 of 12 POIs. Hope they actually had a numerous about of new POIs and a few handcrafted worlds

[@316lga]

Yup. exactly. for me, I'll be back when they release the mod tools.

[@chrisabraham3830]

Lmao well Starfield gained over 76% of players so there's a reason to go back. Lol 😆

[@endahannan2085]

I really want this game to have a cyberpunk type rebirth but I feel it's so broken on a fundamental level in a way that game wasn't. It would almost require a complete redesign on a conceptual level.

[@JumptheTrench]

It’ll never have a cyberpunk 2.0 update, it’s Bethesda we’re talking about bro💀

[@judith678]

Yeah I remember hearing that Cyberpunk 2077 was a good game covered with all the issues. Starfield is just a mediocre game plain and through.

[@PeteyPirahna77]

@@judith678 Except Cyberpunk at release was even more broken than Starfield. Let's not do revisionist history here.

[@PeteyPirahna77]

1. Cyberpunk still isnt very good 2. Cyberpunk at launch was more broken than Starfield ever was I don't know if Starfield will ever be good but you're delusional if you think they have a greater hole to dig themselves out of then CDPR did.

[@judith678]

@@PeteyPirahna77 That’s why I said a good game covered with issues. It was broken gameplay wise but the story was still very good and engaging. The characters as well. Starfield doesn’t have anything like that.

[@DebiDalio]

Nothing in this update would bring me back to Starfield. I think the only thing that might would be vastly improved exploration and reduction of cookie cutter POIs.

[@magickaddict]

Yeah. Same. There has to be greater variety of POIs. Also we need Real space travel and communications - 1 min to travel between planets in same system. - 4 min to travel between systems. - During travel you can walk in your ship - Add Space random encounters - During travel you can be hailed by other ships - During travel you can encounter other ships that forces you to stop or get out of hyperdrive - During travel crew members can pick up signals and inform you of something interesting. This will give you an option to make a decision and change course. - During travel get phone video calls from known NPCs or faction groups. If they don’t make space travel interesting and unpredictable then I won’t get the game.

[@skyriminspace]

What level are you? New pois (i believe!) are levelled so more start appearing as you level. Either that or they slipped new ones in with each update without mentioning it in the patch notes but that wouldn't seem right when they were otherwise so specific about what each update did.

[@DebiDalio]

@@skyriminspace I don't remember. It's been months since I played. However, I did play for 300 hours, so I was probably fairly high level. The tedium of running into the same POIs over and over made exploration so boring that I stopped playing.

[@Originalchili]

​​@@DebiDalioI can confirm at very high levels you run into more intricate and larger bases on planets

[@DebiDalio]

@@Originalchili That's cool. Unfortunately, you have to go through a lot of tedium to get to a very high level.

[@SilvyReacts]

2:15 I still don't understand how anyone expects the exploration to improve. The core complaint in regards to the exploration has a lot to do with just the type of game it is. You could add 100 more POIs, and you would still have issues with coming across repeats. I think, expecting any sort of massive change in exploration is just setting yourself up for disappointment. Starfield isn't the same as Fallout or TES. Those take place on a very VERY small map. A tiny region. It's why they can pack everything into it and make it feel like no matter where you go there is something to discover and come across. How the heck does anyone legitimately expect Starfield to do something like that across 1,000+ planets and moons? The only way I could see them maybe finding some sort of balance would be to work on more POIs specifically around the major cities, so there is a lot more exploration you can do around those areas. But if you think the entire game's exploration is going to change, you have unrealistic expectations.

[@anthonypuk5190]

This guy hit the nail on the head.

[@BernardoPC117]

Agree, also give me truly empty planets that are only there for resources, not every planet needs to have human settlements, thankfully there is already a mod that does this.

[@dtube441]

Hey man stop you're making too much sense!

[@cassieudy5718]

Exploration in Starfield is literally just searching for new POIs. There is nothing else to find on the planet surface. What many players don't realize, is that POI searching is best done from space via the planet map. There is NEVER a reason to actually land your ship and search for a new location on foot. Never. Just jump to a different system, look at the planet map, and land at whatever POI you are looking for. I don't know what the point of the new vehicles is going to be as long as this is true.

[@BernardoPC117]

@@tjpatton8562 There is not just 3 or 4 settlements, there is thousands, the capitals should be bigger but it's a videogame, you can either have big procedurally generated megalopolis that only look good from far way like in Star Citizen, or you can have Small handcrafted cities.

[@Quiet_9]

I don't think exploration is really fixable, but i think a good approach would be for shattered space add another capital city and to bring Akila, Gagarin and New Hopestead up to the level of Neon, and add color coding to POIs to make quest hubs and unique POIs much easier to identify.

[@kingcrownDC8912]

I personally enjoy the game. But to be frank this update should have been part of the game at launch.

[@mtthwxiong]

is it actually or are we gaslighting ourselves?

[@ioverslept.]

You're just gaslighting people by saying that though. If you like the game you like it, if you don't - you don't, its that simple

[@r.e.z9428]

Is just gaslighting, like those people who swear Halo will get better.

[@srjwari]

​@@r.e.z9428halo can only get better they can't mess it up any more

[@monody]

There's quality of life improvements, but if you have issues with the lackluster storytelling, the absurdity of the setting, the procedural systems, AI, or other core elements, then it won't be a significant change from what made you drop the title first time around.

[@skyriminspace]

​@@monodyright, & just a reminder to folks that it's ok to not like something & to just move on.

[@99GregPotter]

It’s been 8 months 💀

[@prozoomy3588]

ITS WILD . I forgot starfield existed.

[@beartackle]

Took like 2 years for Cyberpunk, so I'm just waiting for Starfield.

[@jamesadvincola9687]

@@beartackle exactly. People pick and choose lol.

[@EggEnjoyer]

Yet yall glaze cyberpunk which was broken for over a year 💀 And No man’s land took years to get good

[@jimhalpert3409]

@@beartacklesorry but that’s bs. The game was always incredible at its core. The difference between starfield and cyberpunk was that cyberpunk was an incredible game with an incredible story from the start. Starfield is the exact opposite. Idk how they managed to get worse considering their last big release was, what, 7 years prior?

[@erebusrealm]

Make the areas surrounding the main cities fully hand crafted, or give us point lookout/far harbor style mini hand crafted maps for DLC 👍

[@skyriminspace]

Kinda blew my mind that that wasn't the case in this game. Ok, akila is walled & there are dangerous creatures right outside. But jemison? It should sprawl a bit right? On the plus side, there are no loading screens when entering or leaving cities. That means mods can add entire new districts to cities (or handcrafted locations nearby) & the player can explore them seamlessly, like in previous Bethesda games.

[@Tenaciousddp111]

They should use that as their new marketing. Aaron Greenberg "Starfield, it's getting better"

[@terrencewilliams4355]

One of the things I wanna see more of is Dialogue between crewmates on the ship. A ship with a crew of 4-7 should have more chatter between each other. I keep Sam on deck all the time cause Cora talks more than anyone.

[@llwonder]

Starfield just feels soulless without a real exploration gameplay loop. That is what made Skyrim and fallout fun. It was the discovery of lore. Starfield just isn’t designed to be fun to explore. It doesn’t have the Bethesda charm

[@shuriken204]

redownloaded it to give it another shot after the update & couldnt even get through the ship fight tutorial.. rip

[@willroth7521]

Bro not even getting through the tutorial does not count as giving the game another shot

[@shuriken204]

@@willroth7521 it does when the tutorial is fuckin horrible and forces you to do it

[@unk_101_GHOST]

It isn't

[@WeimE28]

My biggest issues are with space travel and loading screens. They fix that and I’ll come back.

[@smhht]

Loading screens aren’t fixable unfortunately, they’d need to remake much of the engine for that lol

[@t-rexreximus359]

@@smhhtthey could hide the loading screens though. They did that in Fallout 4 when you used elevators. Also, when we Grav Jump it flashes white, but then the loading screen goes black. If they had the loading screen as white instead (or continue to show swirly colors) - it would appear to be one continuous animation.

[@jearie]

​@@t-rexreximus359 bc they didnt put any afford in hiding the loding screens i think they are cooking someting up. Otherwise they would have invested in hiding them

[@droid4d279]

1 big issue is why are trees on other planets the size of earths trees or even the monsters

[@smhht]

@@t-rexreximus359 *some* loading screens, they couldn't hide all.

[@naughtycicero1460]

A way to fix exploration is to give the player reasons to actually explore instead of just XP. Have factions for bounty hunting, space trucking, gathering specific resources for scientists, a hunter’s guild for hunting fauna across the galaxy, choosing to set up resource extractors for corporations or the like, or even claim uninhabited planets for one of the main factions to increase your standing and receive unique rewards.

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

My big problem is the lore/world. For example the Freestar Collective is supposed to be a co-equal super power to the UAC, but considering who’s on The Council of Governors and the fact their capital doesn’t even have paved roads, and the Free Star Rangers have only, what, five members at a time, it feels like a scrappy collections of settlements that couldn’t have more than a thousand citizens.

[@Jpow5734]

The problems I have with this game can’t be fixed with updates, in my opinion this isn’t like a cyberpunk situation where under all the glitches and performance issues was a game with a great story, world building, soundtrack and characters so no matter how long has passed this game will always just be a very average and overall disappointing game.

[@xman777b]

yup. Because there's no space travel. Only fast-travel and cutscenes. Until then, I'm out..

[@Valhura77]

That's what your parents said about you

[@Valhura77]

​@@xman777bwhy are all you but hurt Ponies still talking about a game that came out 7 months ago, should you not be spending your gaming time on Hellblade videos l

[@xman777b]

@Valhura77 dude, I don't even own a PS5. I own a Series X, and regard the 360 as the greatest console of all-time. Now how the **** am i a pony ??

[@Ronnet]

I agree that not everything can be fixed at this stage. Open world exploration will never be as fun as in a TES title. For that they'd need to add a ton of handcrafted content on top of the generic content. But the improvements they made do make the game a lot more enjoyable. They're on the right track and right now I'm enjoying another playthrough because of it.

[@Nemisish]

Starfield has finally gone from being pre-alpha to alpha. Looking forward to seeing what the future beta and eventually the full 1.0 release has to offer. 🤡👍

[@4markie]

lmao

[@cochemoche]

I played about 30-40 hours of Starfield, mostly avoiding the main plot, and after a bit I stopped because I see these changes/updates on the horizon for the game and I want to have a more memorable first playthrough experience like I had with Fallout 3, 4, NV, Oblivion, and Skyrim.

[@Dungeoneer710]

My issues with starfield just cant ever be fixed with updates. The world bethesda created just feels too sanitized and 'kid friendly' for my tastes

[@alexlyster3459]

I mean. Those are thi gs they can change up in DLC I suppose. Personally I do like that they went for a sort of hopeful but grounded future, but agree certain aspects did feel quite sanitised. Like they were afraid to lean into the edgier aspects of their world. Especially regarding anything sexual. While the dancers on Neon are genuinely hilarious, it doesn't really scream "hedonistic" the way Neon really needs. It's not a deal breaker for me, but it does feel strange when you consider how fucked up they're happy to go with Fallout for example. Hopefully Shattered Space can start to bring some of that into Starfield, but it is unlikely that they're going to go back and 'remaster' for lack of a better word, the existing parts of the game.

[@sofajockeyUK]

I stopped playing end October 2023 after a very happy two months. I'll be back for the DLC.

[@ControllerCritic]

I love how you can make the combat damage higher for them as well as for you and they don’t punish you for doing it. I hated the bullet sponge enemies and for the enemies that require more damage, it gives purpose and utility to higher damage weapons. Also, the afflictions keep me on my toes. Great feature!

[@KingofFreaks]

Are we seriously overlooking the fact it took 8 months to make a map?!

[@mitch7729]

Bethesda making a city map that doesn’t look like dogshit level impossible

[@alexlyster3459]

They look good now what are you talking about?

[@r.e.z9428]

Yeah, but at least it fits with the bland aesthetic of the rest of the game.

[@castleclash2816]

Its literally a 3d model of the actual city formation...

[@ussliberty109]

Fallout 3/NV and Skyrim were basic but perfectly serviceable. Fallout 4 was awful, especially in dungeons. The new city maps are quite attractive and I think rendered maps on planets would be a good addition. Something like Skyrim's gorgeous overworld map showing off the planet's geography.

[@MassiveGhost-]

Bethesda needs a new senior writer and new junior writers because SF story was so boring

[@Chris-jt4pl]

I honestly thought some/most of the side missions like the Vanguard and Freestar Rangers quests were so fun and interesting. The main story though was just painfully boring I could not give a single fuck about wandering the galaxy to find a piece of metal to place in a house for everyone to stare at and comment on

[@jfkst1]

You don't want to be StarBORN? Do you want to be DragonBORN? Get it?

[@Chris-jt4pl]

@@jfkst1 why did they decide to drop decision making from their hands? I keep reloading saves to see if all the different dialogue choices lead fo different responses and choices but literally every single one leads to the same branch. You can't stray from the path. It's 2024 why is this such a difficult concept?

It's not hard to improve on shite.

[@HaggisDruid]

I didn't really like Fallout 4's dialogue camera. I understood why they changed it, especially to show off the voiced protagonist, but the way they executed it felt off. BG3 is an example of a good cinematic dialogue camera. Ultimately Skyrim's lack of a perspective change really worked well for that game, so I appreciate seeing it in Starfield.

[@fyrestorme]

I acknowledge their improvements. I have a few questions, though: 1) Have they fixed the issue with spacesuits not being required in no-atmosphere environments? 2) Have they fixed the issue with oxygen drain on planets that have an atmosphere where you don't need to wear a spacesuit? 3) Have they given a purpose to any of the procedurally generated cave locations? 4) Have they fixed the issue with falling through the ship floor as it takes off? 5) Did they remove the annoying "cut scenes" for every time you take off/land/dock? 6) Have they fixed the issue with power settings constantly resetting on ships? 7) Have they fixed the clipping through walls/floors to get access to the "cheat" chests? 8) Did they fix the inventory weight / ship inventory weight bug? 9) Have they added dlss3 frame generation feature? 10) Did they fix NPCs clipping/falling through ship floors? 11) Have they improved the romance options at all? 12) Have they made containers/lootables in the environment easier to differentiate between non-lootable/non-containers?

[@drcalliber732]

The biggest issue with Starfield is content. I’m glad to see some sorely needed quality of life improvements have come but they need to fix the core issue, that being lack of content and it just being boring. Having soul less planets that are randomly generated is the biggest issue. Hopefully with future DLC it will flesh the game out more

[@dc8087]

It's still a load screen simulator with boring planets.

[@jvazacas]

And BG3 is an inventory management simulator

[@luizhenriquem1634]

@@jvazacas L take

[@jvazacas]

@@luizhenriquem1634 not really, bg3 is an inventory management simulator with the illusion of player choice.

[@luizhenriquem1634]

@@jvazacas Weak bait, 2/10

[@jvazacas]

@luizhenriquem1634 it's truth. Your choices don't majorly change the story at all and you spend more time in inventory management than playing.

[@ThCuriousPath]

I never understood why someone with such a powerful PC would play primarily on console, until today. Hearing your perspective about your PC being a work space, and switching things up by going to your TV / projector for relaxation makes SO much sense to me. Gotta say, I love your personality dude. New to the channel and will probably be sticking around a while. Thanks for your content dude, much love

[@ifstatementifstatement2704]

My ONLY issue with this game was that it had way fewer quests than any of the previous Bethesda games. And that’s the one thing they literally cannot afford to fix. It is impossible for me to care less about crafting and ship building than I do already. I want quests and story. That’s what I play RPGs for. Not crafting.

[@Raspotnik]

A map.. wow.

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

I am really enjoying playing Starfield with the new difficulty sliders and the maps make tracking down planetary traits a LOT easier.

[@mfvicli]

I'm honestly just happy that I can play Starfield on high settings without dropping below 60 frames. FSR-3 was one of the best additions to the game, hands down.

[@doomslayerforever2858]

It's been 8 months since I played last

[@walterabram7609]

Problem with starfield is that you go trough too many cutscenes and screens to transition from the simplest things such as opening and closing a map.

[@jvazacas]

Oh boo hoo. Have you played inventory management simulator, I mean BG3? No different

[@valentinvas6454]

Yeah and it's amplified by the fact that you can't do much on most planets so you are forced to travel to other ones and watch tons of cutscenes and loading screens. That's why I chose to remain in Neon for a while and do quests just there so the loading screens are minimized in a way.

[@EggEnjoyer]

@@valentinvas6454Only land on maps with markers on them

[@Chevycamaroman317]

@@jvazacasJesus quit meat riding. There’s a reason BG3 won all 3 major GOTY awards (the first of literally any video game) and Starfield barely gets mentioned now lmao

[@johnlopez5230]

@@jvazacas Go back to bed Timmy

[@Boss_Fight_Wiki_muki_twitch]

The problem with Starfield is the things NPCs asks you to do would only make sense in a medieval setting. Those "talk to [person]" quests where you travel to another planet, talk to [person], then travel back to the 1st planet, would only make sense in a future where interstellar comms somehow don't exist, but interstellar travel does.

[@wstorm20]

You should learn how long it takes for a signal to be sent back to you from one end of space to another. It takes voyager 2 18.5 hours to communicate with earth. Now, how long do you think it will take to get a signal from one solar system to another

[@Sorgma]

@@wstorm20Lol. Making this argument in a universe that has literally settled a thousand systems is nonsensical. You think they did it with ZERO communication? How the hell did the UC and Freestar collective even fight without effective communication between planets?? 😂😂 In a universe that allows you to jump to planets with grav drive technology, you’d think maybe even a way to send a text message a bit faster woulda been invented.

[@DeusNyx]

For those that dont know about why aren't the names displayed on the star map; Hold left trigger and right bumper to display the names of ALL the stars. On PC hold Alt.

[@fergusofdalibor4264]

I relate so hard to the "good day shirt"

[@dastardlydan]

I think people should stop celebrating Bethesda barely scraping by, or else they're gonna keep releasing unfinished games.

[@WrangleMcDangle]

Not only does Bethesda expect it's community to fix their games with mods, they now expect us to balance the game as well. They are the most soulless passionless nothing devs i've ever seen.

[@lo-filogic]

I don't think that's true. It's probably a lot more complicated than that.

[@WrangleMcDangle]

@@lo-filogic no. its not.

[@HeEde.]

I’d like them to significantly increase the variation of planets. Go from 90% bare planets to 10% bare planets and increase the amount of buildings to explore and decrease the time to travel to locations on planets.

[@ArtiomSigma]

I actually find the new map system very useful when I'm doing planet surveys. It can prevent me from running into the same traits over and over again.

[@kenmck7802]

"It's getting better". Suurree when there's nowhere to go but UP ANYTHING looks like an improvement. Don't you worry though...evennttuuallyyy you'll get the game you PAID FOR. Couple of...years...maybe...possibly. Who knows in the craaazzyyy industry?

[@qjames0077]

With respect, anyone that still gives Bethesda the benefit of the doubt it part of the problem. As long as you keep buying their games, supporting the company despite all their failures, you are part of the problem. Bethesda is a corporate owned institution that will continue to churn out halfway-okay products as long as it brings in money, no matter how mediocre, no matter how many complain.

[@JumptheTrench]

Exactly, it’s as easy as calling a bad game a bad game

[@INFNIT_]

Todd Howard laughs at you holding all his numerous game of the year trophies while rolling in piles of cash from the numerous failures

[@josphenciso7471]

God forbid us for enjoying a game

[@Zadok1977]

It’s an acquired taste Love FO4

[@qjames0077]

You can enjoy whatever you want, but that doesn't change the quality of a product or the practices of a company. Apple, for example, uses literal slave labor to manufacture their products and charges ridiculous prices for said products. They're literally charging a thousand dollars for a bent piece of stainless steel that mounts their newest monitor, something a machinist could make in a shop for a fraction of a fraction of the price, and probably make it better. Same goes for Bethesda. You must consider the state of the industry, where gaming is now post-Witcher 3. A smaller studio made an empirically better game the same year as Fallout 4, yet because of the mysticism behind Bethesda, people continue to support their products. And I was one of them. I stood in line on 11-11-11 for Skyrim's midnight release. I have the collector's edition of New Vegas (admittedly not Bethesda, but their IP). I have every Elder Scrolls game on PC, the exception being ESO. I dropped out of college once because how much I played Fallout 4 😅 If you truly love something, you're must to constructively criticize it. That's the only way we grow. And Bethesda has not grown, they're closer to EA anymore than the indie studio that put fans first twenty years ago.

[@ebert812]

Not MrMattyPlays, but a lot of initial reaction was "It's just Fallout 4/Skyrim in space" THAT'S THE GAME I WANT!!! I'm just crossing my fingers for the update where it works as that. With everyone writing off Starfield as a non-game, thanks for keeping up on it for those of us who have a blast with it.

[@ebert812]

I did, however, have a bounty mission where I showed up and was absolutely ecstatic that there was a whole ship stealth mechanic I wasn't aware of and needed to load a backup-save and not go for the bounty quite yet. And then realized that the model just didn't load in and couldn't be targeted. That wasn't super rock-n-roll.

[@tyler3201]

You know there is still a modder out there somewhere working on how to make planet explorable areas bigger. That would be an interesting mod if they get that working. People have been trying. They just have to fix the issue with Point of Origin.

[@_S8EN_]

There is no fixing this game. Let it flop so that way Bethesda learns their lesson

[@skyriminspace]

Other than at the awards, starfield has done exceptionally well.

[@freddywright4239]

61% all time and 50% recent on steam begs to differ. Not to mention the player base fell off hard and it’s got far less daily players than fallout 4 and Skyrim, Skyrim being over a decade old at this point and FO4 is getting up there. Can we stop trying to sugar coat this? It was a flop, let it be a flop, don’t lick Bethesda’s wounds for them and coddle them by reminding them that they’re such a special boy for trying. Let this be a fail, let this be the thing they remind themselves off when they make future games so they can avoid a mediocre mess again.

[@skyriminspace]

@@freddywright4239 you sound like a social justice warrior, screaming into the void whilst everyone else gets on with their lives. Bethesda know exactly what they're doing & if you happen to be in the target audience for a game like starfield (which you don't appear to be), it's actually a blast. They haven't failed, they just made a game you don't like. Not sure i can help you any further than that.

[@_S8EN_]

@@skyriminspace how does using facts and logic make them sound like an SJW? The game sucks. Plain and simple.

[@skyriminspace]

@@_S8EN_ the statistic, although largely devoid of context which is necessary for statistics to have any real value, was the only part of the comment that *didn't* sound like something an SJW would say. You are entitled to your opinion.

[@PowderMonkeyJack]

I want the ability to fly into a gas giant or a star. The ability to space walk and fall into the atmosphere of a planet. Make the death immersive and reward stupidity for once.

[@t-rexreximus359]

Agreed 👍

[@EggEnjoyer]

Flying into a gas giant makes no sense in this universe. Their tech isn’t that good

[@zackakers9855]

Purchased Starfield last week on my Series X. It crashed 3 times in the first 45 minutes. If this is better, I'd hate to see what it was like at launch.

[@albertotorresarreola5316]

I noticed you don’t use the thrusters when flying your ship, huge difference when you use them, you get so much more maneuverability!

[@kyriosmalaka2312]

Nothing that's been added or talked about being added to Starfield is going to make much of a difference. There's just too much missing. There are too many pointless systems

[@Zippy_02]

Performance is still much to be desired for. In open areas with not a lot of entities I’ll have a solid 60 fps. Every time I go into a city (mostly new Atlantis and Akila city) it can barely reach even a solid 30. Makes it rough trying to go through the cities. Hopefully they can optimize the performance in future updated

[@GamerGuyOG]

Proof it released unfinished. Back in my day, once the game was on disc, that was it. Couldn't fix it afterwards. Devs have gotten lazy

[@dickyboi4956]

The problem with outposts is its like a rube goldberg contraption to milk a cow, pasteurize the milk, and pour it in a jug in the most convoluted way possible but theres a super market right across the street. Its cool in that i like that you can build these big factories, but it serves no real purpose, is a huge time and perk point investment, and any rewards it gives can be bought for an insignificant amount of money in any city or even random settler outpost. There needs to be something i can do or experience with outposts that are unique to outposts for it to be worthwhile. Maybe add some kind of research projects for ship parts or weapons that requires ungodly amounts of resources you can only get from mass production or make some more quests like the drydock blues quests that actually pay more than random easy bounty board missions that reward you for the space capitalist playstyle or add settlers so you feel like you are really settling space instead of playing with a model train set.

[@Nick-rw3jo]

I bought this game when it came out. Was super excited to play it. Life got in the way and ended up not being able to play. However, finally got a chance to start playing last weekend and really enjoy it so far.

[@Hattori_Fujiyama]

its great the first play through.

[@jondagamer4466]

@@Hattori_Fujiyama great is a overstatement about the experience in starfield.

[@Hattori_Fujiyama]

@@jondagamer4466 i thought it was great. not 10/10 but pretty good. it fell apart for me after that though.

[@bcxb7692]

Starfield came and went and I forgot about it. I think I’ll replay when I can purchase some sort of complete edition when it’s cheap 🤷‍♂️

[@Mikeochan2]

The map isn’t useless for new players. For you yes but for the general public, it should already have been there.

[@stonaraptor8196]

Update was decent, really enjoy the addition of empty habs in the ship builder. But man the main story, the RPG elements, the meat of the game is still lacking. Even on xanax I got bored which... wow that never happened before with a game.

[@trevshove]

I'm sorry but I just dont think this game will ever be anything special

[@judith678]

It’s just not a good game

[@JonathanPerez-yf3zx]

Not interested in this game anymore honestly at least the small amount of players they have are having a decent time with the game

[@FlyingPaladin]

The best game just keep getting better

[@comyxcon4gaming860]

For starters, they could improve enemy, creature, and wildlife, NPC AI, more handcrafted planets, POI; a more robust character creation system, a slide option aka Crysis 2, and male and female options, NO PRONOUNS.

[@Kudryavka_Noumi]

I still think Starfield could have been game of the year if it came out in 2015

[@Choteron3]

2015 was the year of the witcher 3 so no

[@johnlopez5230]

@@Choteron3 and the funny thing about that is Witcher 3 which came out in 2015 had no loading screens

[@Kudryavka_Noumi]

@@Choteron3 Dammit you're right, even my joke failed XD

[@thedonzhorzh]

Fallout 4 came out that year and it's miles ahead of Starfield

[@PsychoMoFoGaming]

Maybe in 2005

[@Mrchair905]

Honestly I’m optimistic about its future. I’ve been enjoying it the last few weeks on pc and I love the new update. Can’t wait for the dlc to come out and get some more substantial content added. It has a little ways to go still, but Starfield is definitely getting better. Also my good day shirt is an old Inuyasha shirt so I feel ya dude lol.

[@GIESL91]

I wanted to make a melee stealth build but it was nearly impossible I would get noticed all the time...did they fix the stealth system?

[@AceVenturaXii]

City maps were a must have for me. Starting out day 1 without a city map was extremely disappointing and I just put it away until now. Finally getting started in this game now.

[@MinorLemming]

Does this update fix the awful writing and terrible RPG elements?

[@evrynameis_takn]

Has someone who enjoys starfield, I love hearing you talk about it

[@j-bod5164]

The map is great for finding a place you want to go that isn't associated with a current quest. I would also love a search feature on the star map. Sometimes finding a system or planet takes ages.

[@adenanichols1988]

I love Starfield, but can't get the gameplay options to work on my current game. I change the inventory size and access to ships storage, then quit the game. When I go back in all the settings apart from dialogue camera and display options are reset. Does this mean I have to start a new game to get them to work? I don't really want to start a new game as I'm nearly finished.

[@chriscolumbas5115]

Oh mattty let’s just stop already we can’t keep waiting for these games that aren’t gonna deliver. I’ve followed you since fallout 3 days

[@sekroz896]

I'm so sick of games being "released" that are half finished. I shouldn't have to wait a year or two or three just to get the game I initially paid $70 for.

[@outcastjedi4444]

Despite the way exploration isn’t what it should be currently, I personally love the new map because when I’m playing games like Skyrim, Fallout, or Starfield, I like to look at the map and see where I am in relativity to certain locations just to know where I am, and where I want to go next. The scanner/map combo is perfect for me. I look at where I wanna go on map, and then scanner I can use to fast travel and just see how far I am from something. When I look at the scanner I’m like “Yeah that’s 1,200 meters away, but where Tf am I.”

[@Nuverotic]

Listen, saying Bethesdas animations can be janky and that’s okay because there are so many other systems is a cop out. Every studio has a team of animators. They’re either good or they’re not.

[@Ollidor]

Starfield came out of the oven doughy and frozen in the middle last September. Right now it’s still about half baked. But BGS turned the oven temp to 450 and rotated it a bit so that it’ll get more evenly heated. So, it’s still baking in the oven. Hopefully it’ll be ready to come out of the oven this fall. And with some butter(mods)

[@thedon897]

we’re not gonna play this game bro😭😭

[@danielbejarano6723]

YES! We need that classic BGS exploration. Hopefully shattered space addresses that.

[@tysonanderson1751]

just wanted to add that the 60 fps is absolutely not consistent on series x maybe it is if you have a VRR display but on a standard monitor it drops frames frequently. both major city's almost always run around 30-40 fps and certain open areas with lots of combat have very noticeable frame dips. I still vastly prefer having the game be 60 fps 85% of the time but that 15% is real and I hope they smooth it out a bit

[@RahzZalinto]

Here we go. The internet hive mind in full swing again. Tell me what to think.

[@johnnykarate3150]

I have really been liking this game. The Interstellar, The Martian, and 2001 Space Odyssey vibes I’ve been getting from this game have been great. The gun gameplay and score are so good in my opinion!

[@natedoog7056]

When i was building my outpost i noticed the two story habitat didnt have much floor on the second level

[@spartanghost_17]

The core foundation of the game is trash. No exploration. It will never be fixed. It's trash let's move on

[@ED-209UHD]

Starfield needs to be never seen again 😂😂

[@2ndrangersww2]

Something they should add that would make the outpost building justifiable and more enjoyable is the ability to make colonies. Either independent or aligned to a faction. Being able to hire or put up advertisements to have npcs and move and work in the colony. Weather it's a mining or a leisure or even a rouge/pirate colony. Lots of potential and probably fairly easy to do since the outpost system is already there

[@DiscordOfDave]

One thing I really want them to do is add a “Titanfall” style mech system. I wanna break some Geneva Suggestions

[@yoimelon7017]

Yea literally everything but exploration is right with the game. Makes doing quests and leveling up character and gear feel pointless if there’s nothing to do outside the main and side quests. With fallout 4 and Skyrim at least you travel to your objective and have what feels like millions of things to do before you even reach your initial destination.