r/XboxSeriesX • u/Turbostrider27 • Dec 04 '23

Xbox wants Starfield to have the 12-year staying power of Skyrim Discussion

https://www.pcgamesn.com/starfield/popular-like-skyrim
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u/Algorhythm74 Dec 04 '23

There are some fundamental issues they likely can’t change.

  • The core characters are uninteresting, bordering on unlikeable.
  • There are no real stakes that drive the narrative, thus very little emotional motivation outside of living your space fantasy.
  • Living a “space fantasy” is wasted by being a load screens simulator.
  • No real choices, you can join any faction, and Sarah Morgan is going to dislike 90% of what you do no matter what.
  • The game and graphics are dated for a 12 year life cycle (sure some vistas a pretty, but the faces and eyes…)

More content can give you more to do in the gameplay loop, but it doesn’t solve for some fundamental design decisions they made early on - which I’m not sure can be changed or undone.

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u/caverunner17 Dec 04 '23

The Bethesda straight on faces during conversations are just dated as hell. It was weird 12 years ago and still is weird today.

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u/Emerald_Talon Dec 04 '23

Yup, final fantasy 16 was what I played before I tried starfield and man it’s crazy Bethesda won’t put in the work for cinematic camera angles and movements for dialogue. Every single conversation in FF16 had at least some sort of cinematic angle to it, and all important conversations had legit camera movement just like a movie or show. It’s just crazy Bethesda just went “meh” and did the straight on face thing