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For those who have pre-ordered it is already here, the rest have to wait a little longer. Starfield is finally here! Have you bought it, why or why not? If you've already played it, what do you think of it? We are very curious!

Discuss all things Starfield below!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I feel like I was completely ripped off. This game is nothing like promised, and I can't believe how many people seem to be okay with that.

There are more issues than I have the patience to type, so here are just a few of the most egregious.

Graphics. The graphics are nowhere near modern. They are basic colors and sometimes pretty blocky. It almost looks like graphics from a game over 30 years old. This is unacceptable.

Spaceship flight mechanics. There are none. In fact, I have yet to see ANY spaceships in this game. So far, it's 100% on foot.

First-person gameplay. Not very realistic, but kind of satisfying. There's a lot of jumping and numerous enemies to avoid. They get a little repetitive, but are enough to hold interest. Some have loot that can give your character special abilities like flying with a raccoon tail, breathing underwater like a frog, or even throwing fireballs.

Character creation. This is virtually non-existent. In fact, I don't think I was ever asked to review my character. I tried restarting a few times and every time I'm automatically set as some guy in red with a moustache. I did find a multiplayer option, but that just gives a green variant.

I'm thinking of refunding this game as it is nothing like what Todd Howard promised.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Y'all I thought we agreed as a society to not preorder anymore?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Not only preordering, spending almost 50% more on the game just to play it 5 days early. The fuck is wrong with people, no wonder the industry got like it is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just played 4 hours. Not saying whether the game is good or bad, but I'm not seeing the point of the spaceship yet.

It's looks like merely a medium for the fast traveling mechanic. You can't really "move" in space (as far as ive tried), and can't use it to fly within a planet.

I expected being able to manually travel from planet A to planet B and finding cool stuff along the way. If you wanna actually move you need to fast travel.

I also expected to be able to get in my ship and go from place A to place B within the same planet (also finding cool stuff along the way). It seems that also is just done by fast traveling only.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'll let you know in 2 years when it is on sale for at least 50% off.