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Starfield's first DLC is one of the worst Bethesda DLCs of all time (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Starfield steam page for the DLC currently shows eight user review score of 41%, making this one of the worst Bethesda DLC's released of all time. This is so horribly, shockingly bad for Bethesda, because it shows as a gaming company, they are no longer capable of delivering a really good gaming experience as they had in the past. Some of the reviews sum up quite nicely what is wrong with this DLC....

Less content than any skyrim DLC. Less than The Fallout 4 story DLCs. Doesn't change of the complaints people had with the base game, writing is still at a 4th grade level.

Quick: If you are looking to buy my answer is no, you aren't missing much content. I was really hoping to enjoy this DLC. Took about 4 hours for the main story and maybe 2 more hours to 100% the achievements.

These two reviews I think really summed up what Starfield has become, $70 for an AAAA title that has extremely little buy-in from the community, horrifically low amount of replayability and can be breezed through easily. It's mind-boggling to see this

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Remember, folks: Microsoft kept these people, and fired the ones who made Hi-Fi Rush.

That, alone, was my signal the entire console was going to slowly burn down.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago

Microsoft is a fucking ghoulish, evil company. The only reason they bought Bethesda was to own their IP. They have Elder scrolls, Fallout, and Doom Because of ID games. That alone is going to bring them so much money, if they ever want to sell any of those franchises in the future, they can sell them for a fortune. That's probably the reason why they acquired Bethesda to begin with. Laying off Hi-Fi Rush after they delivered an excellent product was just pure evil.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 months ago (3 children)

(cough) Horse Armor (cough)

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/horse-armor

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Which was exclusive to...Microsoft! Full circle.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Yeah...

Basically every Oblivion DLC that was not Shivering Isles (and MAYBE Heroes of The Nine or whatever) was god awful. And Fallout 3 (aside from the last two hours of the story DLC) was only really tolerated because it was mostly sold as a season pass. Operation Anchorage was a cool novelty that made stealth trivial and the rest... existed.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Microsoft really knows how to pick the winners, don't they?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

they are a reverse midas. Anything they touch doesn't turn into gold but into shit

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago

Mierdas touch

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

Not really. It isn’t as good as Far Harbor aeven though the world building is better and more interesting. Of course it’s way worse than Dragonborn. But it’s definitely better than Nuka World and Automaton. And also better than the Pitt and Mothership Zeta even though it’s difficult to make comparisons with Fallout 3

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Hard disagree. Enjoyed all of those dlcs.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This makes me feel better about them being exclusive to Microsoft now. I’m not missing anything at all.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

You're not. I pirated it on release and was very glad I didn't buy it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Well...except the next installations of Fallout and Elder Scrolls. Let's be honest, that's what Microsoft were really buying, and neither are anywhere near a release.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Judging by how Starfield turned out, will missing either of those games (which are almost certainly going to be using the same incredibly outdated engine) be much of a loss?

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