Todd Howard responds to Starfield review bomb!

[@kadefoulk8492]

Modding made this game fun for me again

[@moonstar-bp3kn]

Do you know which mods are still achievement friendly? I’ve yet to update since the vendor chest glitch so I can’t see the mods dashboard. Thanks

[@ShaggyShagz13]

Same here. I'm focused on my ships and enjoying the mods I'm playing with. There are already many cool free mods. Stairs and ramps are nice, just need a door and ladder placement mod to go with my up to 200 crew.

[@Notasheepleandneverwillbe]

Mods have been available for the game since day one pretty much . That's one of the biggest problems with the pricing on the creation club . That ship module take for instance for $10 , Nexus has had mods that are better than that for 9 months already .

[@josephgandy4585]

Creation club has never been free

[@timothyarnold1679]

On the Mariner- you also get a full hi res furniture and decoration set, which you can use anywhere.

[@hansolo-mx4xt]

NO PAYED MODS EVER!! GET IT?

[@damiansmithey1420]

Not that concerned about it, I'm glad there's incentive for small modder groups to make some money aswell as the same people who have an issue with mods being paid say absolutely nothing about skins or an emote coming out every few weeks on fortnite for 3 times the price as a whole quest mod.

[@ShaggyShagz13]

People shouldn't buy mods that aren't worth it to them and the free mods will be 99% of the selection by the end of the year.

[@Dee-cn3iq]

I'm more a fan of "buying the author a coffee" etc. That i felt went to the creator (and wasn't taxed on the way past.) like if someone does some building work for me I pay the contractor not the company that made their hammer. As for the Vulture thing well personally I'm going to leave it and see where it goes, if it gets added to with more bounties then maybe but if you're going to have to buy each bounty at that price then well...

[@Grogeous_Maximus]

I find it so strange that Bethesda had no problem with modders working for free since Morrowind in 2003. But when the big mods like Enderal suddenly had Patreon support that directly funded the modders? Suddenly Bethesda cares about setting up a system that gets modders (And Bethesda) paid. Funny coincidence.

[@helmburgers]

If they were really concerned with modders getting compensation they’d buy the rights from the modders for a negotiated price

[@RED_Theory038]

Or they'd hire them on and give them a regular pay check and some creative control

[@rcsanders2154]

And how do they pay new employees if they are putting out hard work for free?

[@pizzaman6784]

I would buy a new faction for 700 credits/$7, but selling each mission for 700 is a little extreme.

[@michaelracine3986]

Tried to buy quest with credits on Xbox and it’s glitched, can’t buy credits! With the other dozen quests I have which are glitched including main quest, I am almost done with Starfield. Still like the shipbuilding but quests are done for me…

[@Grimjitsu]

Meanwhile, people are spending thousands on Star Citizen ships, and it’s not even a game yet. It is a paid demo at best. Blizzard charges $60 per character boost, $20 for a wow token, $25 for mounts in the store, and you pay $15 a month to play it. New world charged $30 for a two hour quest and mounts, which was supposed to be free, oh and their new zone was a reskin of an existing zone you can’t access anymore. People paid for each Destiny 2 expansion, only to have all of them sunset, and no longer accessible for players who already owned them. I could go on and on. My point is, don’t buy it if you don’t like the pricing.

[@dinosore4782]

And my point is that you’ll eventually get tired of the Bethesda gameplay loop cause it remains the same/ gets worse with every game and you will also feel like the there is a hindrance on this company too

[@Grogeous_Maximus]

That other companies are money-grubbing bastards doesn't excuse Bethesda. You're muddling the discussion and moving the goalposts.

[@Grimjitsu]

@@Grogeous_Maximus No, I was saying they dropped the ball and made a mistake in the way they did the content creation tracker alliance mission no doubt, but they were selling a cosmetic/weapon pack with a quest attached. They were not selling it as a dlc, they made a costly mistake in that regard. But to act like they are trying to gouge people is stupid, it is optional content. If it had been a mandatory mission to progress the main story or something, that’s entirely wrong and a different subject altogether.

[@danhensley]

Those mtx arent good either. But also, aren't all those online multiplayer games? Not offline single player?

[@Grimjitsu]

@@danhensley doesn’t matter what type of game it is, devs are starting to put cash shops in all types of games, cosmetic or otherwise, mmo and single player games both. It’s a crappy 20 minute mission that is optional, you aren’t missing anything by skipping it. Hate it, love it, ignore it, up to you. Already talked about this too much.

[@cyrus05w]

At 3:32 you might want to read the paragraph having to do with the UGC under terms and conditions in starfield. It's so weird people keep saying that the developers of the material on creations need to get paid. I don't think they've read the terms and conditions either. If it helps I believe it's section 18 or section 19 but there is always the key in terms and conditions you can read yourself and then go to the corresponding information. Notice they did not change something.

[@ionageman]

Is it possible to fire the ceo

[@aerion4077]

well, yes but is it possible to get one that isnt worse? probably not. is it possible to change the entire economic model?

[@aaronmurphy9353]

Hey, I'm playing it on console without any mods because I can't get access to any of the Xbox mods on my system and I'm still enjoying the game.

[@dazofengland]

The credits system should be banned. You buy 1000 credits for something priced at 800 then your stuck with 200 you cant spend. That's a way of short changing your fanbase. Pure scum

[@Buzz_329]

That's literally what every single game does. Call of duty, fortnite, etc.....been doing it for years.

[@ionageman]

@@Buzz_329 yep , that’s true .. and why is it so .. if every supermarket did this .. you can only shop in our store if you buy our store credit in bundles .. it’s crap & terrible marketing .

[@moonstar-bp3kn]

Yea email the state ag they’re hungry for cases like this rn

[@leehelck4606]

so? don't like it don't buy it. no one is forcing you to spend money on something you don't want.

[@secondchance6603]

@@leehelck4606 I like how you miss the point completely, well done you!

[@sano0311]

Tod Howard is such a stubborn man. He does not have proper vision for Fallout. Whoever designed Fallout New Vegas should replace him.

[@ldrockmusic]

I forgot his name, but the quest designer went to Guerrilla Games for Horizon 1 and 2, then moved to Smilegate to work on Crossfire X.

[@Themistocles30]

The stuff is lacking... The new evo suit is nice though.

[@js2765]

Imagine players telling you that they created an empty universe and planets with. Nothing on them. Only to be trolled back by developers saying that it's realistic because the universe is empty. You get what you deserve as a gamer if you bought into this garbage in the first place. Fool me once....

[@rory-red]

its single player game why do they need monitize it not like its a MMO. Why they using game paid mods and not NEXUS mods.

[@tonepilot]

I don’t mind paying a few bucks each for good mods and if it keeps Starfield devs on Starfield then that’s a good thing.

[@OzzyFan80]

I thought to myself "they just pulled a Bungie" by charging this much. I didn't like it fromt he get go but i also don't do micro transactions of any sort. I have about 400 hours into Starfield and that's enough for me. I may get Shattered Space if the reviews come out smashingly good otherwise if it's a mid-expansion I will just move on from the game as the NG plus is just boring after the first run.

[@Doudou27930]

I pretty sure if, there were not Mods for Starfield, I wouldn't spend 1100h on it. Starfield is great because of Modders. BGS should pay them for, not us. Espacialy m8r98a4f2 who made Star UI Inventory, HUD, Workbench, Outpost, Ship Builder and Configurator. I certainly wouldn't played that many without his work.

[@FurryGram]

At this point they should have expected this after the last two creation clubs. They could at least have done away with that stupid credits system so you can just pay what you need to. I'm not completely against payed mods assuming they're actually quality work and the modder gets higher than 90% of the cut. Personally a mod like the tracker's alliance quest should be far more appropriate somewhere towards $2-3.

[@AndrewJohnson-oy8oj]

This is all just smokescreen for them pushing to a "game-as-service" model and that they are going to keep pushing that model. Note that at no point did he say that they were going to stop. This is a case of corporate greed and corruption torpedoing what could have been a good, profitable game. Giving us a freebie is MISSING the point. There is no right way to do a wrong thing.

[@joeyallen6960]

Tbh some more achievements would be great some for skills, and craft items and more for the exploration and finds on planets and space I miss games have achievements like that they made finding things feel really rewarding,, id like to see added a flora/fauna library with pictures of them plus the trait features that have been cataloged on each planet, also should add new ones here and there or have planets start to thrive with life that are close to it, and one of the biggest things Id love to see in it is we should have some better galactic beast hunts like some bigger crazier form of a planets fauna say a evolutionary off shoot of them or something that you can hunt on planets or can just stumble across while on a planet that would be tough, would hold good experience points plus unique rewards like possibly achievements tied to them, new mounts of said hunted creatures or use there hides or parts to craft at a workbench like new skins for weapons, spacesuits, helmets or even spacecraft modules plus could add new discoveries of flora and fauna that are also achievement friendly or a mod from Bethesda themselves that's a add on

[@kenmck7802]

For $7 bucks a quest I'd better get...TWO KIDS in a fridge.

[@thegamegallery8091]

I have eight free wonderful mods from the creation club.

[@ZombiUnikorn3]

I was stoked for this Creations kit being added. But so far it seems to be quite the pain in the a$$ more than what it's worth. 😑👀😪🤣

[@MarioP9511]

They should allow us to gain credits by playing the game.

[@numb1gxfan]

Just don't buy them? Never understood why people get so upset over something they will never buy anyways. What exactly are you losing by giving players a choice? Modders deserve something don't they? Now I will agree prices are way too high, i'm not going to buy most of this stuff either. At this point, Cod has made so much money off of microtransactions, it's going to be in just about everything moving forward. If you want to blame anyone, blame the Cod players buying $30 bundles every month.

[@Grogeous_Maximus]

Nope, I'm gonna blame the CEOs that hired psychologists and behaviourists to figure out how to turns fans into whales and addicts

[@acyour]

I will not pay for any mods.

[@lonewulfmo9128]

I'll pay Modders directly

[@TheMrGlum]

I love how everyone is complaining about Vulture but the derek follower is also shit he isnt even a follower and will block your ramp in your ship

[@TheMrGlum]

Like i get vulture was done by Bethesda but i expect some sort of greed from companies nowadays hell look at blizzard/activision's call of duty and 343's halo

[@hankdedalus]

At this point they missed the window of winning fans back about half a year ago.

[@MFReggieB]

I don’t know about that. They have me playing again and having a ball of fun.

[@hankdedalus]

@@MFReggieB I could give Bethesda a half the size of an essay list of things they could do to pull back in ex-fans.

[@hankdedalus]

So wanting something worth money is bad taste and whining? Wow ok then enjoy your gray slop then.

[@josephgandy4585]

They are on a better arc that cyberpunk especially with ground vehicles and shattered space.

[@lonewulfmo9128]

If you are not a fan and don't play statfield then you didn't need to watch this video, don't need to be here. This video and this revolt is for fans who love the game,play it and want best for the game don't want BG to over price it.

[@chawkes70]

Howard is living in his own reality and doesnt have a clue.

[@timothyarnold1679]

I've got more than five gigs in free mods installed, basically made it a SW conversion. 1700hrs in this game and counting.

[@dinosore4782]

Howard has ruined Bethesda and needs to be fired dude is a monster

[@acyour]

Mr Matty is by far the biggest Todd Howard Fanboy. It is not like he went to hassle waters.

[@leehelck4606]

lol. these review bombers were the same ones who trashed the game on launch. they are all on a bandwagon looking for validation. if the mod in question was free they would find something else to complain about. some people will never be satisfied. newsflash haters: if you don't want to pay for mods, don't buy them. a simple solution for simpleton people.

[@isthisoneunavailable]

I don't care about paying modders for their work. I care about Bethesda shipping an overtly intentionally barebones game and then taking a cut of community made content's revenue. It's a very obvious something-for-nothing scheme.

[@Grogeous_Maximus]

I never paid for lootboxes or day 1 DLC, yet it's still packed so hard into AAA games that the games break. Suicide Squad was ruined because CEOs feel that a game that isn't bigger than Fortnite, is a failure. So no, simply not buying the content won't help.

[@Elderester]

I'm still hopeful

[@darkbatman-vk4tw]

Man look at all these people whining about it not being something they didn't like when games have been doing this for years its you're fault for getting something you dont like so thats you're problem not his he only want to have people that make mods get paid for what they made so stop you're damn whining and just expect that doing this is making you look stupid i mean really didn't we go to school to get smarter

[@lf7877]

Well said 👍

[@Grogeous_Maximus]

Some people learned punctuation in school.

[@TinBin-Craig]

Ripoff prices i will not buy .... cheers

[@CoolToysandCoolThings]

😎 You should be able to earn FREE in-game credits to use for all mods and Expansion packs. And They could sell it for real money at a reasonable price, If you're the type of person that just wants to buy everything now Without the grind And you have the money! 💰 What do you think?

[@ThaMoose.]

when we gettin mods on steam? im not paying for theres. and not using 3rd party sites.

[@scubasteve2189]

Uhhh, bro, they are built right into the steam version. 🤦🏻‍♂️😂

[@Grogeous_Maximus]

@@scubasteve2189 Starfield has no Workshop on Steam, probably because Bethesda intend to put Creation Club htere as well

[@markharrison8308]

Overpriced

[@TimothyVDWoude]

I bought like 1000 credits and it is useless! Without the question to turn of achievements. I rather wait until some one made a modd so the game doesn't cry about the mods. Meanwhile i have other modds installed with no problems. Thank god for nexus mods.

[@scubasteve2189]

No, it’s not good if people are “kicking off about it”, it’s good if people VOTE WITH THEIR WALLETS and don’t buy it. Complain all you want, but if you still buy it anyway, you’re part of the problem, and nothing will change.

[@Grogeous_Maximus]

I haven't paid for a Bethesda product in 20 years, so no I'm not part of the problem. But I do think you're projecting, and you're the one buying Bethesda's slop.

[@Reynolds128]

People will never get off the stairfield hate bandwagon😂... KZbinrs especially desperate for clicks🤡

[@Grogeous_Maximus]

And shills will continue to pay Bethesda to slurp up garbage

[@palpaladin315]

Lol, all anyone has to do is actually watch the episode, man. 😃

[@mkmfan3197]

This game is still alive? Pfft move on to Fromsoft guys! Look at the DLC. Its fire

[@scubasteve2189]

Ah, yes, I forgot I can only play one game or games from one company ever. Thanks for the reminder. 😉👍🏻

[@mkmfan3197]

@@scubasteve2189 absolutely. It's only right I help people move on from useless games to far superior ones if I can 😜 you're very welcome

[@scubasteve2189]

@@mkmfan3197 Funny story: I played about 10 hours or less of Elden Ring and was bored to death. I’m at about 100+ hours on Starfield, multiple playthroughs, and still loving it. Now with the mods, it’s even better. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@mkmfan3197]

@@scubasteve2189 ahh couldn't get past Margit? Understandable. No skill and No Taste. Right. You do you bro.

[@Grogeous_Maximus]

People are allowed to dislike or even hate Starfield. You just go play your game, and we'll stay here and sh!t on Todd

[@ChristopherSmithNYC]

Take a nap.