r/XboxSeriesX Nov 20 '23

Starfield is still being worked on by 250 Bethesda devs Discussion

https://www.pcgamesn.com/starfield/bethesda-team
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u/pc3600 Nov 20 '23

In a couple of years people will come back with the " perhaps I judged you too harshly" memes, star field is good sure it needs work but I'm still enjoying it, just now people are starting to give quantum break some love too after all the critics shit on it

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u/Propaslader Nov 20 '23

Starfield is good, DLC will help and I'm looking forward to that but thematically it's a much different game to Fallout 4 & Skyrim and I think that's what's causing a lot of the mixed reviews.

BGS have gone for scale & scope to fit in and get closer to a more authentic space exploration feeling, whereas Skyrim & Fallout are a lot more intimate with their worldspace. It's going to be harder for players to connect with the world of Starfield in the same way they can in other BGS games, and it doesn't help that most NPC's in Starfield are ones that aren't really worth caring about.

It's a different kind of game to what they normally make, and despite the flaws I'm glad they've made it the way they have.

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u/DontGetNEBigIdeas Nov 20 '23

Ironic that you compare it to FO4, given people shit on that game at release just as they are with Starfield.

And Skyrim as well (“It’s no Oblivion”).

I feel like it should be normalized for journalists to re-review games 3 years later — after all the hype and backlash has died down.