r/XboxSeriesX • u/Turbostrider27 • 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/APunnyThing Nov 20 '23

Cool, hopefully it gets better over time and Bethesda takes the criticism to heart on whatever project they make next.

Starfield is a fun enough game but it could have been a lot better and a lot less tedious to navigate both in menus and in space.

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u/AuthoritarianSex Nov 20 '23 edited Nov 20 '23

Unlikely. Bethesda has carved out a slot for itself as one of the most popular and profitable devs. Starfield sold extremely well, even though the reviews and hype have seemingly crashed down back to earth now. My point being they can get away with mediocrity, unfortunately

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u/ShortNefariousness2 Nov 20 '23

Starfield is brilliant though.

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u/supernewf2323 Nov 20 '23

Is it really though?

It's essentially fallout/skyrim in space. but.. also with 80% of the game being repetitive and beyond boring.

My worry going into it was it was going to be TOO big.

and after spending around 50 hours with it i was 100000% right.

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What good is 1000 planets. if only like 20 of them are actually interesting?

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '23

It's essentially fallout/skyrim in space

I don't know what insane expectations people had, but this was my exact expectation. And this is what I got. It's like people have no idea what kind of games BGS makes.

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u/supernewf2323 Nov 20 '23

i am saying fallout/skyrim in space like it was a great thing 10 years ago.

At this point, Starfield is a mashup of a bunch of concepts that are done better in nearly every AAA game these days. It's honestly disappointing.

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u/attilayavuzer Nov 20 '23

No game stands up to that level of scrutiny. Feels disingenuous to compare every system in a game to another AAA game that specializes in that system.

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u/supernewf2323 Nov 20 '23

I can understand where you are coming from

but when they are drastically worse. it's a fair assessment.

for example.

Skyrim/fallout are better games than starfield in terms of the rpg elements, the writing. the dungeons. everything.

every shooter made since 2015 or even earlier. has better, more responsive combat.

Starfield feels like they bit off more than they could chew. Realized it like 2 years ago. And said. "Meh,. lets finish this up and release it"