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

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

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u/glenninator Dec 04 '23

It needs more content. It’s simple. It’s in space, show us aliens. Sci fi experiments and goop. Picture fallout but in space. Bring us that. Game is too tame, just fighting humans in space is boring.

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u/velvetshark Dec 04 '23

I like that there's not aliens.

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u/Eglwyswrw Dec 04 '23

Same here, every sci-fi setting and their mother nowadays have aliens.

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u/Blaze0205 Dec 04 '23

probably because it’s not that likely that we’re the only ones in the entire galaxy?

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u/FlatpackFuture Dec 04 '23

Starfield takes place in a very tiny portion of it, and there's tons of alien animals etc

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u/Eglwyswrw Dec 04 '23

it’s not that likely that we’re the only ones in the entire galaxy?

Yeah, which is why Starfield's approach is unique. It raises the unusual question of what would humanity do if we are alone in the universe, a question sci-fi settings rarely ask - justifiably or otherwise.

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u/AdeptnessAble1992 Dec 12 '23 edited Dec 12 '23

Except sci-fi stories do that constantly. Literally The Outer Worlds did it in 2019. I think honestly it's more rare to have something like Mass Effect where not only are there tons of aliens, humanity is late to the party and shows up drunk & shooting Turians in the face. Edit: Guy blocked me after responding, lol you coward.

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u/Eglwyswrw Dec 12 '23

Except sci-fi stories do that constantly.

No they don't, and quoting one example doesn't sustain your point.

Literally The Outer Worlds did it in 2019

The game takes place in a single system, of course it is monoracial. Good luck finding galaxy-spanning settings without aliens, besides Dune you won't find much.

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u/Alkono44 Dec 12 '23

Battletech, Dark Matter, Altered Carbon, The Expanse, Battlestar Galactica, Firefly.

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u/Eglwyswrw Dec 12 '23

Battletech,

It has the Tetatae, bird-like aliens.

Dark Matter,

It has aliens from another universe...

Altered Carbon,

It has Martians, bird-like aliens...

The Expanse,

It has aliens from another universe...

Battlestar Galactica,

It has Cylons, reptile-like aliens...

Firefly.

Well fucking finally... no intelligent aliens show up in Firefly, though there are signs Firefly shares a universe with the Alien universe. Ironic.

Anyway, an alien-less universe is unusual. The allure of writing first contact scenarios is just too much for most sci-fi writers.

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u/Alkono44 Dec 13 '23 edited Dec 14 '23

Ah so we have to move the goalposts to prove your point. Got it. Battlestar has 2 different continuities with the cylons being created by humans. Altered Carbon as well, in which there is only a precursor civ. Battletech has 1 novel I never even heard of that has the Tetatae and it is forgotten by the community intentionally now that I'm looking at it. Lets not forget about Starfield's ending and how the artifacts are completely unexplained and knowing Bethesda they probably come from aliens.

also where are the aliens from another universe in dark matter? literally don't remember that and can't find it.

The alien/firefly connection is BS and you know it. Go pal around with Joss Whedon if you want to be with that crowd.

Edit: This guy blocked me as well. He is a coward through and through.

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u/Eglwyswrw Dec 13 '23

move the goalposts

Goalposts are exactly where I placed them with the first comment:

Starfield [...] raises the unusual question of what would humanity do if we *are alone in the universe, a question sci-fi settings rarely ask [...]*

Only Firefly and The Outer Worlds were offered as examples.

Battlestar has 2 different continuities

Talk about moving goalposts. "Battlestar doesn't have aliens in a certain continuity! " lol

Altered Carbon as well, in which there is only a precursor civ.

"Precursors" are intelligent aliens too (like in The Expanse, doesn't matter if they are dead).

never even heard of that has the Tetatae

You don't have to tell me what I already know; if you had heard of them you wouldn't have mentioned Battletech in the first place.

And who the fuck cares if some nerds find them weird, they are still an alien intelligence from the official canon.

knowing Bethesda they probably come from aliens.

Ah, attacking from a different front now.

Spacetime distortions creating magic minerals hardly requires an intelligence, human or alien. Until proven otherwise no, Starfield has zero smart aliens.

where are the aliens from another universe in dark matter?

My patience is over spaceboy. Go rewatch Season 3.

The alien/firefly connection is BS

I conceded the point on Firefly...

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u/Alkono44 Dec 14 '23

Talk about moving goalposts. "Battlestar doesn't have aliens in a certain continuity! " lol

Clearly, if I brought it up in this thread I was intending that version because it's what I'm familiar with. You said it didn't exist, it does. Also, I'm sorry, I never finished Dark Matter because I heard about the ending of S3 and S2 really didn't hit for me. I shouldn't have used it as an example, my bad. Also the firefly point being conceded didn't come off that way, i apologize.

Your logic for defending the spacetime distortions in Starfield is...shaky to me, but I guess I understand how bad you want that so who cares. Like I was trying to provide examples since you shut down any conversation it seems but after reading the post history I think it's a futile endeavor. Have a good day.

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u/Eglwyswrw Dec 14 '23

0 day account, 0 kar.a

Zero patience for people using sarcasm when you fucker didn't even watch the stuff you are wrongfully mentioning as an argument.

Once you watch Dark Matter we can debate it again.

lost

Only thing lost here is our precious time on this Earth. To avoid that, you are getting the hammer. Now get lost (lol).

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