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/caverunner17 Dec 04 '23

Someone can like the concept of the game but hate the execution.

There have been a few games as of recent that have really turned themselves around after some major updating.

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u/caverunner17 Dec 04 '23

I couldn’t get past 5 before I was bored. Loved the concept of a space Skyrim. Hated the execution. Maybe it can be fixed. Maybe it can’t be.

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u/caverunner17 Dec 04 '23

You were never the target audience with the attention span of a goldfish like that.

If a game isn't interesting within the first few hours, it's not worth playing to me. There are too many good games that don't suffer from a bore-fest that you have to slog through. I only have a few hours per week to play and I'm not wasting it on something that isn't fun to me. In comparison, one of my black Friday purchases was Hogwarts Legacy. 1 hour in and I was hooked. Nothing about Starfield made me want to continue playing.

The bar for quality open world games has risen significantly the last 6-7 years. Bethesda hasn't kept up in storytelling, animation, graphics, or even gameplay.

I had high expectations and literally built a new PC to play it. Yet in the end, it just disappointed.

In the end, it's great that you enjoyed it, but there's plenty of people like myself where the game fell flat on.