Starfield (XSX, PC) 9.1.23

[Bryan Danielson]

 

[Bryan Danielson]

CHUNKS

 

[Arcavian]

Right back in it
Right back at it

I started finishing up the Shattered Space DLC

and looking for some more mods

 

[TripleAgent]

Game looks.and runs way better, and a lot of mods are cool. Shattered Space being 30 and paid mods are bullshyt though. They can eat a dikk for that.

 

[Arcavian]

got a new car

and got the luxurious Midas as a mansion

and now we the power rangers with guns

 

[IsThatBrothaMouzone?]

The point I'm trying to make is that these games seek to achieve different things in their own ways. I played RDR2 to play RDR2, not to play GTA: Horse, and frankly it didn't try to be that regardless of the parallels people try to draw. Cyberpunk took heat for months because it didn't play like GTA or have narrative structures like Witcher 3 (specifically the Red Barron quest, let's tell it like it is). It was simply the anime that turned public opinion around on it because after they fixed the major bugs and performance issues, the gameplay didn't fundamentally change at all - I haven't revisited after the DLC release. But all the while it played and functioned as its own game.

To your point about being disappointed, I get it, and it's all subjective, but I just don't understand what people expected out of Bethesda. They're going to ride some version of Creation Engine until the sun fizzles out. Their gameplay formula rarely changes. Other than the story we could have anticipated Starfield every step of the way.

Like I said it's all subjective. Starfield is Bethesda does space. You can blaze through the main quest quickly and grind NG+ multiple times in a row and it probably won't be fun. I have a feeling that's what people did and that's why a lot don't like it. Torrent it and see

Facts.

I'm lvl 113 and still on my first vanilla run.

I looked over at reddit to see what kind of advice people were handing out....and you could tell most folks hadn't put much time into the game. People on level 60 but NG+8 (mostly posts from late 2023).

Ask people "best ship" and they'd all say get a Class A because it's fast. Anyone that's actually spent time in the game knows a well designed Class C is almost mandatory for high level systems. You can use perks and well placed turrets to offset speed. A dinky/fast Class A is going to struggle against 3, Level 70 Starborn ships.

Then people would ask about the best guns and nearly everyone would say "Beowulf, Grendel" or anything fully automatic. These folks hadn't invested into any combat perks, isolation perk etc. If they had, they'd realize fully auto guns waste a lot of bullets and aren't as effective/efficient as powerful rifles like a fully upgraded Advanced Breach or a fully upgraded Advanced Coachman with Hornets Nest ammo. Hell an Advanced Orion with points in the Laser tree or Advanced Va'Ruun rifle with points in the Particle Beam skill make those weapons pretty damn OP.

All the advice came from the perspective of people that had beaten the game many times but didn't level up enough to understand the game mechanics. They played the game like low level players that hadn't unlocked shyt.

 

[Dallas' 4 Eva]

Facts.

I'm lvl 113 and still on my first vanilla run.

I looked over at reddit to see what kind of advice people were handing out....and you could tell most folks hadn't put much time into the game. People on level 60 but NG+8 (mostly posts from late 2023).

Ask people "best ship" and they'd all say get a Class A because it's fast. Anyone that's actually spent time in the game knows a well designed Class C is almost mandatory for high level systems. You can use perks and well placed turrets to offset speed. A dinky/fast Class A is going to struggle against 3, Level 70 Starborn ships.

Then people would ask about the best guns and nearly everyone would say "Beowulf, Grendel" or anything fully automatic. These folks hadn't invested into any combat perks, isolation perk etc. If they had, they'd realize fully auto guns waste a lot of bullets and aren't as effective/efficient as powerful rifles like a fully upgraded Advanced Breach or a fully upgraded Advanced Coachman with Hornets Nest ammo. Hell an Advanced Orion with points in the Laser tree or Advanced Va'Ruun rifle with points in the Particle Beam skill make those weapons pretty damn OP.

All the advice came from the perspective of people that had beaten the game many times but didn't level up enough to understand the game mechanics. They played the game like low level players that hadn't unlocked shyt.

This whole post is facts. I've always been able to tell who actually played the game and who is just repeating shyt they hear from how they talk about it. I'm level 121, I use nothing but particle beam weapons at this point because they are easily the most powerful weapons in the game nothing else compares really. A class A ship is useless. People still think you can't give your companions orders when you can as long as you invest in the manipulation perk. People think Shattered Space was only a 5 hour DLC, I did everything there was to do on Va'Ruun'Kai and it took me close to 50 hours.

Like I've said before people didn't actually play this game. This is one of the most open ended, non hand holding games on the market. Most people are used to linear narrative experiences and this game isn't that and never will be. They want a game that throws story at them every 5 minutes and holds your hand and overly explains everything. This game wasn't for everyone and never should have been advertised as such.

 

[Arcavian]

Facts.

I'm lvl 113 and still on my first vanilla run.

I looked over at reddit to see what kind of advice people were handing out....and you could tell most folks hadn't put much time into the game. People on level 60 but NG+8 (mostly posts from late 2023).

Ask people "best ship" and they'd all say get a Class A because it's fast. Anyone that's actually spent time in the game knows a well designed Class C is almost mandatory for high level systems. You can use perks and well placed turrets to offset speed. A dinky/fast Class A is going to struggle against 3, Level 70 Starborn ships.

Then people would ask about the best guns and nearly everyone would say "Beowulf, Grendel" or anything fully automatic. These folks hadn't invested into any combat perks, isolation perk etc. If they had, they'd realize fully auto guns waste a lot of bullets and aren't as effective/efficient as powerful rifles like a fully upgraded Advanced Breach or a fully upgraded Advanced Coachman with Hornets Nest ammo. Hell an Advanced Orion with points in the Laser tree or Advanced Va'Ruun rifle with points in the Particle Beam skill make those weapons pretty damn OP.

All the advice came from the perspective of people that had beaten the game many times but didn't level up enough to understand the game mechanics. They played the game like low level players that hadn't unlocked shyt.

My damn battleship dusts those Starborn ships before i get a shot off

and grendels and beowulfs get sold as soon as I see them, I don't even have a custom version of them, they suck

I never beat the game, I'm level 60 got a big ass fukking crew, and I'm never going to through the unity

This whole post is facts. I've always been able to tell who actually played the game and who is just repeating shyt they hear from how they talk about it. I'm level 121, I use nothing but particle beam weapons at this point because they are easily the most powerful weapons in the game nothing else compares really. A class A ship is useless. People still think you can't give your companions orders when you can as long as you invest in the manipulation perk. People think Shattered Space was only a 5 hour DLC, I did everything there was to do on Va'Ruun'Kai and it took me close to 50 hours.

Like I've said before people didn't actually play this game. This is one of the most open ended, non hand holding games on the market. Most people are used to linear narrative experiences and this game isn't that and never will be. They want a game that throws story at them every 5 minutes and holds your hand and overly explains everything. This game wasn't for everyone and never should have been advertised as such.

Im like 5 hours into Shattered Space and there is so much to do

I love how starfield doesn't tell you how to do shyt and it really is the "what you make it" game

 

[Uchiha God]

Destin: "Can you solidify that Starfield is staying put (exclusive) for the time being?"

Spencer: "No."

 

[Anti-Anime]

Destin: "Can you solidify that Starfield is staying put (exclusive) for the time being?"

Spencer: "No."

more people getting to play a game