"starbox"
since a star-field gives one the impression that its open and not bounded & constrained like in a box
...also a play on "skybox", "if you see it you can go there"... except you can't
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since a star-field gives one the impression that its open and not bounded & constrained like in a box
...also a play on "skybox", "if you see it you can go there"... except you can't
SEGAvangelist
Gold Member
I love that your rebrands are so bad that they need explanation.
Kilau
Member
SEGAvangelist
Gold Member
Its
It's actually over 33% better than that!
Kilau
Member
Be careful, you are going to get your main banned.
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
I consider it a 7/10 game. I got all the achievements and put a lot of time into it. I don't consider a 7/10 game to be bad. Starfield wasn't bad by any means. It did a lot of things well, but it completely missed the mark in what I love about Bethesda games. For me, exploration sucked. Far too many loading screens. I have no hesitation recommending it to anyone who has enjoyed Bethesda games. Sadly, I don't think it will move the needle in terms of Gamepass uptake.
SEGAvangelist
Gold Member
Your persistence is inspiring.
S0ULZB0URNE
Member
S0ULZB0URNE
Member
It's a review thread
Gavon West
Spread's Cheeks for Intrusive Ads
I've understood why so many have a hard on for Starfield. I just didn't know it would last this long. Must be painful....
Topher
Gold Member
j0hnnix
Gold Member
Just got to the entangled quest line.
Will probably start it today and hoping before dinner time have it untangled.
I have really enjoyed the game and loved the whole crimson fleet / sysdef line. Started off not liking this game, uninstalled it but co-worker kept wanting me to give it another chance glad i did. I personally still do not like the whole menu layout and *jumping* back and forth with the inventory and the map just to get to quests eww. i know main line is selected under character but just does not click with me , I've adjusted to just dealing with it.
Will probably start it today and hoping before dinner time have it untangled.
I have really enjoyed the game and loved the whole crimson fleet / sysdef line. Started off not liking this game, uninstalled it but co-worker kept wanting me to give it another chance glad i did. I personally still do not like the whole menu layout and *jumping* back and forth with the inventory and the map just to get to quests eww. i know main line is selected under character but just does not click with me , I've adjusted to just dealing with it.
The Cockatrice
Gold Member
Excited for this.
Katatonic
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ChoosableOne
ChoosableAll
amigastar
Member
He looks old indeed in this video. Maybe no makeup?Part about Sam was great lolConan looks older than Jim Ryan, when did that happen?
ChoosableOne
ChoosableAll
He probably made a deal with AMD
rhodesianshepard
Member
he is 60 lol
skit_data
Member
Is the framerate like this when streaming to other devices in general or is the capture just crappy?
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rhodesianshepard
Member
Is the gameplay at 6:07 real? I have never played Starfield but holy shit that looks like something out of the PS3 era
Gtafans93
Member
Cant wait to see all the youtubers hating on the game to do a 180 and start loving it early next year when the expansion/s? and mods come out.
S0ULZB0URNE
Member
You think so?
graywolf323
Member
ultrazilla
Gold Member
Some quick points-
-My biggest disappointment of 2023 and IMO one of my biggest disappointments in gaming on my 51 years on this planet. Put a little over 84 hours into it and found myself most of the time just walking aimlessly on pretty much barren planets with key travel locations being a random fucking cave.
-Don't even get me started about the DLSS fiasco and "exclusivity".
-Most of the characters were annoying, many of the locations were underwhelming and the story was probably decided upon by an ai prompt. I mean, a hero's journey about what life/death/your place in the universe is.
It was cringe IMO.
-The graphics were average at best.
-The music was a surprise standout as were *a few* and I mean just a *few* quest lines that played out pretty neat.
-Otherwise it just felt terribly average. No real "wow factor" to keep me engaged nor wanting to return to it. At this point, the DLC could straight up rip off the original Star Wars movies beat for beat(which
I freaking love) and I *still* wouldn't reinstall it.
50/100
-My biggest disappointment of 2023 and IMO one of my biggest disappointments in gaming on my 51 years on this planet. Put a little over 84 hours into it and found myself most of the time just walking aimlessly on pretty much barren planets with key travel locations being a random fucking cave.
-Don't even get me started about the DLSS fiasco and "exclusivity".
-Most of the characters were annoying, many of the locations were underwhelming and the story was probably decided upon by an ai prompt. I mean, a hero's journey about what life/death/your place in the universe is.
It was cringe IMO.
-The graphics were average at best.
-The music was a surprise standout as were *a few* and I mean just a *few* quest lines that played out pretty neat.
-Otherwise it just felt terribly average. No real "wow factor" to keep me engaged nor wanting to return to it. At this point, the DLC could straight up rip off the original Star Wars movies beat for beat(which
I freaking love) and I *still* wouldn't reinstall it.
50/100
Ocean Dweller
Member
beat it and uninspiring
Gamer_By_Proxy
Member
I figured this out in about 3 hours with the game. I feel sorry for your time loss.
The logo and theme music is all I think is great with the game.
Ronin_7
Banned
It's bad.
ultrazilla
Gold Member
I think my problem was that I was continually looking for "wow, that was cool and memorable" moments/set pieces. Like exploring a distant planet to find an amazing say-lost robotic civilization deep in a planet's core? Something really cool. Instead I was just pointing my character in a direction and running for what seemed like hours(well, I guess they *were* hours lol) to come across a random cave or spaceship landing.
I guess I was looking for an awesome "pay off" for exploring or continuing to explore the game's universe because Bethesda hyped it up so much. I figured after all the time it spent in development, there surely would be some freaking epic moments!? I'll take much of the blame for getting sucked into the hype. I should have known better. Sigh.
Agreed again on the music, loved the soundtrack and the actual logo aesthetics-I dig stuff like that from a design standpoint:
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LordCBH
Member
Is the expansion gonna add some oomph and wow to this game? Will it make exploration not suck camel dick?
Best part of the game by far are the curated areas like the main cities. I quite like those. But holy shit everything outside those curated areas is ass.
Mibu no ookami
Member
It hasn't been out for more than 3 months and the game is already discounted from 70 dollars to 55 dollars.
ReBurn
Gold Member
Maybe instead of a discount they should be giving it away for free if you buy a console.
Ristifer
Member
But what about the game?
Bumblebeetuna
Member
how do holiday sales work
Mibu no ookami
Member
Takes a look at Spider-Man and Super Mario Wonder...
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is free when you buy a PS5
Not a bad way to phase out the original PS5 model
www.polygon.com
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Mibu no ookami
Member
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is free when you buy a PS5
Not a bad way to phase out the original PS5 model
To boost console sales, but the game itself is not discounted.
Microsoft didn't even bother to make an official Starfield bundle for XSX and you've got to wonder why, but the answer is pretty obvious.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
and?
They're giving the game away for free. Starfield is having a holiday discount like thousand(s) of other games are.
Also didn't you have me on your ignore list?
Bumblebeetuna
Member
You mean the Spider-Man being bundled with PS5 right now? And when you have to compare to a Nintendo game…
MW3 was on holiday sales and it will move millions.
Bumblebeetuna
Member
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is free when you buy a PS5
Not a bad way to phase out the original PS5 model
Mibu no ookami
Member
Man you guys are hilarious.
One company is boosting sales of their ecosystem via bundling and the other is discounting a game for existing and new consumers.
If you can't tell the difference between the two you've too far-gone.
Maybe if you try to explain why Spider-Man 2 and Mario Wonder aren't individually discounted but Forza and Starfield are... Why is there no official Forza or Starfield bundle this holiday season?
One company is boosting sales of their ecosystem via bundling and the other is discounting a game for existing and new consumers.
If you can't tell the difference between the two you've too far-gone.
Maybe if you try to explain why Spider-Man 2 and Mario Wonder aren't individually discounted but Forza and Starfield are... Why is there no official Forza or Starfield bundle this holiday season?
havoc00
Member
Nintendo hardly ever does discounts let alone a month after a games release
Mibu no ookami
Member
Most companies don't, especially for successful games.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Modern Warfare 3 has been the top selling game on PSN and XBL since it launched and it also got a $10 discount.
You're making a bad analogy, plain and simple.
Bumblebeetuna
Member
What a bizarre hill to die on. You even go on to say “successful games” don’t do this. Who knew Call of Duty games are failures every year.
So doing a discount during the holidays, which every company does, is bad news about the games success. But giving the game away free, oh well that’s just good business!
Again, laughably bad take. There are plenty of reasons to shit post about Starfield. A Black Friday sale isn’t one of them.
Also why would they make holiday bundles for those games when every console comes with GamePass, and those games are on GamePass?
Mibu no ookami
Member
What a bizarre response.
Big games always come out for the holidays, but they are rarely discounted within a couple of months of releasing, black friday or otherwise.
The idea that bundling the game with a console is giving it away for free is also puzzling. Neither is the game free nor is the console discounted. It's an entirely different marketing approach. If the game was free, you'd expect there to be a PS5 sold for 430 dollars without the game right? But that isn't the case. The base PS5 is still being sold for the same price and the base game is still being sold for the same price. The bundle is to entice you to buy into the ecosystem.
There is a distinct difference, but clearly you guys aren't going to pick up on that. I just watched a few videos on youtube and I'm convinced now that there are people who don't want to have anywhere close to a decent conversation about the economics of this.
They still have a Forza Horizon bundle despite Forza Horizon coming with GamePass. Not ever bundle includes GamePass.
Bumblebeetuna
Member
Like I said, discounting a game, as all companies do this time of year, bad!
Giving the game away free with your console, amazing.
Also Starfield is $55 on the Xbox holiday sale. You’re making this big distinction about Spider-Man 2 bundles being to “get you in the system”, you’re already in the system if you’re shopping the Xbox store for discounted digital games.
When you obnoxiously mentioned Spider-Man and Mario, did you just forget Sony is literally giving the game away for free right now? Be better. This is absolute nonsense.